Category Archives: Sports
Former IndyCar ace Carpentier high on future of Formula E electric racing
MONTREAL - Patrick Carpentier admits it took a while to get used to the idea of electric car racing. Now that he’s seen it, he likes it. The former IndyCar ace from Joliette, Que., who has been ...
Jan 19, 2017
Offensive lineman Justin Senior wants to "dominate" at Senior Bowl
Justin Senior will begin his off-season audition for NFL employment against pretty stiff competition. The six-foot-five, 310-pound Mississippi State offensive tackle will participate in the&...
Jan 19, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack land Air Transat as sponsor for their transatlantic travels
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack, who will be no strangers to transatlantic travel, have found their airline. The new rugby league team, slated to begin play in the third tier of English rugby leag...
Jan 19, 2017
Coach John Herdman looks to survey new wave of women's soccer talent
TORONTO - The Canadian women’s soccer team takes its first step into the new quadrennial on Friday at a camp in Los Angeles where players ranging from 15-year-old Jordyn Huitema to 33-year-...
Jan 19, 2017
Virtue, Moir on top of their game in return to Canadian championships
OTTAWA - The return of veterans Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to competition this season has been like slipping on a favourite sweater for figure skating fans. They’ve been the face...
Jan 19, 2017

Montreal Alouettes sign veteran quarterback Durant to three-year deal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed veteran quarterback Darian Durant to a three-year contract Thursday. Montreal acquired Durant’s rights from the Saskatchewan Roughriders last week. He wa...
Jan 19, 2017
Whitecaps veteran Marcel de Jong on verge of Canada soccer milestone
TORONTO - Marcel de Jong could earn his 50th cap for Canada this weekend when the Canadian men play Bermuda in a friendly. The 30-year-old defender-midfielder from the Vancouver Whitecaps is one of 18...
Jan 19, 2017
Former champion Lemieux looks to get back in world title picture against Stevens
MONTREAL - Former middleweight champion David Lemieux is set to face American Curtis Stevens in March in a bout that was supposed to have happened three years ago. The two brawlers were to have been t...
Jan 19, 2017
Offensive lineman Justin Senior wants to "dominate" at Senior Bowl
Justin Senior will begin his off-season audition for NFL employment against pretty stiff competition. The six-foot-five, 310-pound Mississippi State offensive tackle will participate in the&...
Jan 19, 2017

Current carding money not cutting it, time for a raise, say athletes
CALGARY - When speedskater Marsha Hudey couldn’t afford to pay for her cellphone, she shut it off until she could. The 26-year-old Olympian from White City, Sask., will occasionally skip bu...
Jan 19, 2017