Category Archives: Sports

Fans say seeing Habs at home in final a once in a lifetime experience
MONTREAL - Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of ...
Jul 03, 2021

Canadiens fall to Lighting, down 3-0 in Stanley Cup final
The Stanley Cup will be in attendance at the Bell Centre for Game 4. The Montreal Canadiens are hoping they won't have to watch it handed back to the defending-champion Tampa Bay Lightning. Tyler John...
Jul 02, 2021

Lightning beat Canadiens 6-3 to take 3-0 stranglehold in Stanley Cup final
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens' dream of hoisting the Stanley Cup for a 25th time to close out an improbable playoff run in a season like no other is on life support. And the Tampa Bay Lightning ar...
Jul 02, 2021

Manoah fans 10 and 3 Blue Jays homer in 11-1 win over Rays
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Alek Manoah, back from a five-game suspension, struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings of three-hit ball for the Toronto Blue Jays in their 11-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays...
Jul 02, 2021

How the BCHL almost made a return to Quesnel
QUESNEL - Quesnel hasn't had a Junior A hockey team since the Millionaires left town in 2011. The rink where the team used to play is gone too, although the interest to play in the city has not left.T...
Jul 02, 2021

Denis Shapovalov trounces Andy Murray, advances to round of 16 at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is through to the round of 16 at Wimbledon after routing Britain's Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 on Friday. The 22-year-old Shapovalov from Richmond Hill, Ont., had 12 a...
Jul 02, 2021

Canada meets Czechs in semifinal of must-win Olympic basketball qualifying event
VICTORIA - Canadian Dwight Powell says he's fully healed from the torn Achilles tendon that kept him out of much of the NBA basketball season and is now making up for lost time with a dominant perform...
Jul 02, 2021

Vancouver Whitecaps need focus, right mindset to turn season around: coach
In the midst of a disappointing start to the season, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos is once again reminding his team that every game in Major League Soccer is theirs to win - or lose. ...
Jul 02, 2021

Canada's Ben LeSage returns to test rugby after exiting World Cup with broken hand
The last time Ben LeSage played for Canada, he broke his hand. And kept playing. It happened four minutes into Canada's opening match at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a 48-7 loss to Italy on Sept. 26 in F...
Jul 02, 2021

Toronto FC draws 'line in the sand,' changes training in bid to end losing streak
After a woeful start to the MLS season, Toronto FC has drawn "a line in the sand" going into Saturday's game at D.C. United, according to fullback Kemar Lawrence. "We took a hard look at ourselves thi...
Jul 02, 2021