Category Archives: Sports
B.C. Lions sign all-star receiver Bryan Burnham to two-year contract
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions signed all-star receiver Bryan Burnham to a two-year contract on Sunday. Burnham, 26, was due to become a free agent on Tuesday. “I have loved my time in Vancouver for...
Feb 12, 2017
Canada's Thompson Leman, win ski-cross gold at World Cup in Sweden
IDRE FJALL, Sweden - Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., and Calgary's Brady Leman each won gold at a ski-cross World Cup event on Sunday in Idre Fjall, Sweden. Thompson led the final all the way dow...
Feb 12, 2017

Ex-NFL player Quentin Moses, 2 others die in house fire
MONROE, Ga. - Fire officials say former NFL linebacker end Quentin Moses and two other people have died in a house fire in Georgia. Monroe Fire Department Chief Keith Glass tells local news media that...
Feb 12, 2017
Canada's Beaulieu-Marchand wins slopestyle bronze at World Cup in Quebec City
QUEBEC - Canada’s Alex Beaulieu-Marchand won bronze in men’s skiing slopestyle at a World Cup event in his hometown of Quebec City on Sunday afternoon. Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli t...
Feb 12, 2017
Francois Hamelin wins bronze in 500 metres at World Cup short-track event
MINSK, Belarus - Canada’s Francois Hamelin earned his first medal of the season, a bronze in the men’s 500 metres on Sunday at the final World Cup stage of the short-track s...
Feb 12, 2017
Leicester loses again with fairytale turning into nightmare
MANCHESTER, England - Soccer’s greatest fairytale is proving to have the gloomiest of sequels. Leicester, the unfashionable English club which enchanted the sporting world by winning the Premier...
Feb 12, 2017
Canada's Jean earns bronze in mass start at world single distance championships
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Olivier Jean earned a bronze medal in the men’s mass start on Sunday, the last day of the world single distance speed-skating championships....
Feb 12, 2017
Oilers recall Iiro Pakarinen from American Hockey League conditioning stint
EDMONTON - Forward Iiro Pakarinen was recalled from his conditioning stint in the American Hockey League by the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday but will remain on injured reserve. Pakarinen, 25, appear...
Feb 12, 2017
Toronto FC leaves snow for warmth of Florida and final stage of pre-season
Toronto FC leaves the snow for the warmth of Florida on Monday, kicking off the most important part of its training camp. While the first part of pre-season - in California and Toronto ...
Feb 12, 2017
Canada's Erik Guay takes silver at men's downhill world championship
Canada’s Erik Guay is happy right where he is - on a World Cup podium. Guay earned his second medal of the week on Sunday, winning silver in the men’s downhill at the world skiing cha...
Feb 12, 2017