Category Archives: Sports

Team Canada without lead Harris as it looks for fifth straight Scotties title
CALGARY - Kerri Einarson will be without lead Briane Harris as she tries for a fifth straight Canadian women's curling title. Curling Canada said in a statement Friday that Harris is ineligible to pla...
Feb 16, 2024

Rangers' Blake Wheeler is out for the rest of the regular season because of injury, AP source says
New York Rangers forward Blake Wheeler will miss the rest of the NHL regular season because of injury, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press o...
Feb 16, 2024

Canadian speedskaters take silver and bronze in world championship team pursuit
CALGARY - Canada has claimed silver and bronze medals in team pursuit at the world speedskating championship. Italy won men's gold ahead of Norway and Canada, while the Dutch beat Canada to reclaim th...
Feb 16, 2024

Jamie Drysdale settling in with Flyers after shock trade from Ducks
TORONTO - Jamie Drysdale was in a daze as he listened to the voice on the other end of the line. California dreaming with a franchise he thought would be home for a long time, the defenceman - an offe...
Feb 16, 2024

Top-ranked Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi wins Grand Slam event
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi won gold in the under-57 kilogram category Friday at a judo Grand Slam event. Deguchi won the gold medal in a walkover when her opponent, Nora Gjakov...
Feb 16, 2024

Veteran forward Meghan Agosta retires from Canadian women's hockey team
VANCOUVER - Triple Olympic gold medallist Meghan Agosta has announced her retirement from the Canadian women's hockey team. The 37-year-old forward from Ruthven, Ont., ranks sixth all-time in goals (8...
Feb 16, 2024

Prosecutors drop domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins' Milan Lucic
BOSTON (AP) - Prosecutors dropped a domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic on Friday, saying the decision by his wife to invoke marital privilege made it impossible for the...
Feb 16, 2024

Canada's Pickrem takes bronze in 200 breaststroke at world aquatics championships
DOHA, Qatar - Canada's Sydney Pickrem picked up her second medal of the world aquatics championships with a bronze in Friday's women's 200-metre breaststroke. Pickrem finished in a time of two minutes...
Feb 16, 2024

2 juveniles charged in mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday. A news release from the Jackson Coun...
Feb 16, 2024

Canadian women's water polo team qualifies for Paris Games after South Africa forfeit
DOHA, Qatar - The Canadian women's water polo team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after South Africa forfeited its allocated spot. Water Polo Canada made the announcement Friday after Canada wa...
Feb 16, 2024