Category Archives: Sports
Public safety minister Krieger says FIFA security costs, preparations are evolving
VICTORIA - B.C. will receive $100 million from the federal government for World Cup security, but the provincial public safety minister says the final price tag won't be known for weeks as security ar...
Apr 29, 2026
Arsenal and Atletico exchange penalty goals in 1-1 draw in 1st leg of Champions League semifinals
MADRID (AP) - Atletico Madrid and Arsenal drew 1-1 in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday. It was a gritty encounter in Madrid between the clubs trying to return to the final...
Apr 29, 2026
Request for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be given a police escort is denied by Canadian police
TORONTO (AP) - A request for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be given a police escort while in Vancouver, British Columbia, for FIFA meetings has been denied, the Vancouver Police Department said W...
Apr 29, 2026
Eva Havaris appointed as chief operating officer of Football Canada
OTTAWA - Football Canada appointed Eva Havaris as its chief executive officer Wednesday. Havaris will assume her new role June 8. She joins amateur football's national governing body with over 20 year...
Apr 29, 2026
Goaltender Scott Wedgewood rises from career backup to the Avalanche's playoff rock
DENVER (AP) - Scott Wedgewood tends to notice just about everything happening around him, no matter the task. That traffic pattern five lights ahead while driving? He's already planned for it. The peo...
Apr 29, 2026
Anand backs up report saying Iranian soccer officials were turned away from Canada
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday it's her "understanding" that Iranian soccer officials saw their permission to enter Canada revoked ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver...
Apr 29, 2026
Bruins' Pastrnak among the many stars delivering big plays in the face of NHL playoff elimination
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - David Pastrnak embraces what comes from being the face of the Boston Bruins, heavy as the responsibility might be. With their season on the line, leave it to the 12th-year forward...
Apr 29, 2026
Sport boosted and bridged by massive funding infusion, says Secretary of Sport
Canadian sport has been given a boost and a bridge, says the country's Secretary of Sport. In the federal government's spring economic update, $755 million more over the next five years, and $118 mill...
Apr 29, 2026
Vasilevskiy named Vezina finalist for sixth time, Sorokin, Swayman also up for award
NEW YORK - Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy, Ilya Sorokin of the New York Islanders and Boston's Jeremy Swayman were named finalists for the Vezina Trophy on Wednesday. The award is given out annually t...
Apr 29, 2026
CFL teams load up on punters, kickers in league's 2026 global draft
TORONTO - He went first overall in the CFL's global draft Wednesday, but the Ottawa Redblacks will have to wait for South African punter Aidan Laros. That's because the six-foot-two, 218-pound Laros s...
Apr 29, 2026