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Charge rally to slip past Sceptres 3-2

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Charge gave their home fans the start they were hoping for with a come-from-behind 3-2 Professional Women's Hockey League victory over the Toronto Sceptres Tuesday night. Ottawa (1...

Dec 03, 2024

Three bills affecting transgender Albertans pass debate, set to become law

EDMONTON - A trio of bills affecting transgender people in Alberta have passed the final stage of debate in the legislature and are set to become law. LGBTQ+ advocacy groups have already promised to c...

Dec 03, 2024

Former Edmonton Elks CEO to head athlete safety committee after fighter's death

EDMONTON - Alberta's sport minister says the former head of the Edmonton Elks football team will lead a committee tasked with improving athlete safety in combative sports. Joseph Schow says Victor Cui...

Dec 03, 2024

Northern Super League and team officials hold two days of meetings in Toronto

TORONTO - Northern Super League and team officials kick off two days of meetings Wednesday in Toronto. While those behind the new women's pro soccer league met in September in Halifax, the Toronto gat...

Dec 03, 2024

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Hronek out eight weeks with lower-body injury

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek is expected to be out until the end of January as he recovers from a lower-body injury. General manager Patrik Allvin issued a statement Tuesday s...

Dec 03, 2024

Blue Jays GM Atkins says there is a great deal of opportunity for the club

TORONTO - Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins wouldn't tip his hand on off-season plans Tuesday and instead spoke in generalities ahead of what should be an interesting few weeks on baseball's free ...

Dec 03, 2024

B.C. Lions name former quarterback Buck Pierce as head coach

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have named Buck Pierce as their new head coach. It's the first head coaching job for Pierce, who spent the last nine seasons on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' staff. He had been...

Dec 03, 2024

IBL's Maple Leafs sign Ayami Sato, widely considered baseball's top female pitcher

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercounty Baseball League have signed Ayami Sato, making the Japanese pitcher the league's first female player. The team announced the signing in a release T...

Dec 03, 2024

Canadian women wrap up eventful year with lopsided 5-1 win over South Korea

MURCIA - Marie-Yasmine Alidou and Olivia Smith scored to help the Canadian women's soccer team wrap up a tumultuous year with a lopsided 5-1 win over 19th-ranked South Korea in an international friend...

Dec 03, 2024

Jets place forward Ehlers on injured reserve, recall Lambert from AHL

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets placed have forward Nikolaj Ehlers on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the NHL club said Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Friday, when Ehlers left Winnipeg's 4...

Dec 03, 2024