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After 92-win season, Blue Jays look to take next step starting with wild-card series

TORONTO - Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr., delivered a pre-season pronouncement that last year's squad provided the trailer and this year's team would deliver the movie. Well grab your popcorn...

Oct 06, 2022

Ticats looking to come off bye week with important win over Riders

HAMILTON - Dane Evans and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats could give their playoff hopes a boost by continuing their trend coming off a bye week. Hamilton (4-10) hosts Saskatchewan (6-9) on Friday night in a ...

Oct 06, 2022

Edmonton Oilers release Jake Virtanen from professional tryout offer

EDMONTON - Jake Virtanen's tryout stint with the Edmonton Oilers is over. The club released the 26-year-old former Vancouver Canuck from his professional tryout offer on Thursday. The unrestricted fre...

Oct 06, 2022

Second-half rally carries Canadian women to 2-0 win over Argentina

SANLCAR DE BARRAMEDA, Spain - Canada rallied in the second half, pulling ahead on an own goal and Cloe Lacasse's first senior strike to defeat 10-woman Argentina 2-0 in a women's international soccer ...

Oct 06, 2022

Sliders dismayed over Calgary track reno money funnelled to public day lodge

CALGARY - Provincial government money set aside to renovate the sliding track at Calgary's Canada Olympic Park has been redirected into the park's commercial side to a public day lodge. The sliding tr...

Oct 06, 2022

NHLers glad to see women moving up management ranks: 'It's amazing'

Auston Matthews and Morgan Rielly appreciate the quiet moments. The ones off to the side, away from fans and media, where they get the opportunity to pick the brain of one of hockey's best-ever talent...

Oct 06, 2022

PM Justin Trudeau floats idea of replacing scandal-plagued Hockey Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could step in and create a new national body to replace scandal-plagued Hockey Canada. Speaking in Ottawa today, Trudeau told reporters the go...

Oct 06, 2022

Toronto Arrows sign flanker Owain Ruttan, the fifth overall pick in the MLR draft

TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have signed forward Owain Ruttan, the fifth overall pick in the August Major League Rugby draft. The 24-year-old from nearby Cobourg comes from the University of British C...

Oct 06, 2022

University, college curling lags in Canadian curling scene

CALGARY - In the aftermath of missing the playoffs in February's Winter Olympics, Jennifer Jones and her teammates discussed why other countries have become so strong in international curling. The con...

Oct 06, 2022

Venus Williams, Spike Lee set for Black Entrepreneurs Day

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Venus Williams, Spike Lee, Tracee Ellis Ross, Shaquille O'Neal and Killer Mike are among those set to participate in a celebration of African American business success and opportuni...

Oct 06, 2022