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3-year-old Ethan Reimer named UNBC MVP of the Month

PRINCE GEORGE- Ethan Reimer has gone through a lot as a kid. He was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. A birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart. As a result, it's been a...

Mar 09, 2023

Blue Jays beat Braves, lose to Rays in split-squad spring training games

George Springer hit a two-run homer as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 in spring training baseball action Thursday. Another Jays split squad was defeated 6-1 by Tampa Bay a...

Mar 09, 2023

St-Onge, COC respond to letter calling for hard ban of Russian, Belarusian athletes

Canada's sport minister and the Canadian Olympic Committee have restated that Russia and Belarus should be excluded from the next Olympics, but differ on if athletes from those countries could be allo...

Mar 09, 2023

Split verdict for ex-Fox execs in soccer rights bribe case

NEW YORK (AP) - A former Fox executive was convicted Thursday of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to nab broadcasting rights to the World Cup and other top soccer matches. A second ex-exec...

Mar 09, 2023

Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan books playoff ticket at Tim Hortons Brier

LONDON, Ont. - Northern Ontario coach Mike Harris didn't say a word when Tanner Horgan vented some frustration by smacking the top of a water bottle a few times after giving up a mid-game steal on Thu...

Mar 09, 2023

Prospects Taylor, Brodrique set for their CFL audition at national combine

Jake Taylor won't have to venture far to participate in the CFL's national combine. The versatile University of Alberta Golden Bear will be among 87 prospects participating in the combine March 21-25 ...

Mar 09, 2023

Poulin leads experienced Team Canada in quest for third straight women's hockey title

CALGARY - Captain Marie-Philip Poulin will lead an experienced squad when Canada seeks its third straight women's world hockey title next month. Hockey Canada released its 23-player roster for the tou...

Mar 09, 2023

Former Paralympian Patrick Jarvis named Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton interim CEO

CALGARY - Former Paralympian Patrick Jarvis was named the interim chief executive officer for Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton on Thursday. Jarvis's appointment comes after a tumultuous year for Bobsleigh Ca...

Mar 09, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays fans fifth least annoying in Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays fans have earned themselves a good reputation around Major League Baseball. A recent survey of fans voted Blue Jays supporters the fifth least annoying and 11th best-behaved in all o...

Mar 09, 2023

Former CFL player Darnell Sankey making quick adjustment to playing in XFL

It hasn't taken Darnell Sankey long to adjust to life in the XFL. Sankey, the CFL's leading tackler in each of the last two seasons, had eight tackles (five solo, two for loss) and half a sack in the ...

Mar 09, 2023