Category Archives: Sports

CFL all-star defensive back Garry Peters signs extension with B.C. Lions
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions signed American defensive back Garry Peters to a two-year contract extension Thursday. Peters was slated to become a free agent Feb. 14. Peters was a CFL all-star last seaso...
Feb 02, 2023

Canada's Auger-Aliassime named to Team World for Laver Cup
VANCOUVER - Felix Auger-Aliassime will look to help Team World defend its Laver Cup title when the tournament comes to Canada this fall. The 22-year-old from Montreal became the first player named to ...
Feb 02, 2023

Lucia Stafford finding success on the track back in Toronto with longtime coach
TORONTO - Lucia Stafford says the key to her early-season track and field success is simple. She's happy. Life is good. The 24-year-old from Toronto crushed the Canadian indoor record in the 1,000 met...
Feb 02, 2023

Canada's Andreescu through to quarterfinals in Thailand with win over Zakharova
HUA HIN, Thailand - Top-seed Bianca Andreescu advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Russia's Anastasia Zakharova on Thursday. The native of Miss...
Feb 02, 2023

Two-time world champion David Murdoch named Curling Canada high-performance director
OTTAWA - Two-time world champion David Murdoch has been named Curling Canada's new high-performance director. He succeeds the retiring Gerry Peckham, who spent over three decades with the organization...
Feb 02, 2023

Markkanen, Conley power Jazz to 131-128 win over Raptors
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Lauri Markkanen had 28 points and 13 rebounds and Mike Conley added a three-point play and two clutch free throws in the closing minutes to lift the Utah Jazz to a 131-128 win ov...
Feb 01, 2023

Hockey team of preteen Ukrainian refugees arrives in Quebec City for tournament
QUEBEC - A team of preteen Ukrainian refugees has arrived in Quebec City, where they'll get the chance to compete in a renowned hockey tournament. The team of 11- and 12-year-olds landed in Montreal o...
Feb 01, 2023

Canadian Alphonso Davies scores as Bayern beat Mainz 4-0 to move on in German Cup
MAINZ, Germany (CP-AP) - Canadian Alphonso Davies scored 12 minutes after coming in off the bench to complete Bayern Munich's scoring in a 4-0 win at Mainz that moved the Bundesliga leader into the qu...
Feb 01, 2023

18 local athletes to take part in the 2023 Special Olympics BC Winter Games this week
...PRINCE GEORGE - Special Olympics BC Prince George has sent 18 athletes to Kamloops to compete in the 2023 SOBC Winter Games. After months of preparation, athletes will take part in 3 different Spor...
Feb 01, 2023

Veteran 'keeper Sean Johnson happy to land in Toronto — and break bread with Drake
TORONTO - Sean Johnson has yet to start a game for Toronto FC, but he has already got a taste of the city's star power. In wooing the free agent goalkeeper, the MLS club took Johnson, his girlfriend M...
Feb 01, 2023