Category Archives: Sports

Former CFL pioneer and Norman Kwong dead at 86
CALGARY — The China Clipper sailed to the rescue of more than one professional sports team — as a bruising football fullback, a tenacious front-office manager in the CFL and part-owne...
Sep 05, 2016

McDavid says Team North America's youth will be an asset at World Cup
MONTREAL — Connor McDavid believes Team North America’s youth will be the group’s main asset at the World Cup of Hockey, not its Achilles’ heel. Last year’s first-overall...
Sep 05, 2016

Former CFL pioneer and Norman Kwong dead at 86
CALGARY — The China Clipper sailed to the rescue of more than one professional sports team — as a bruising football fullback, a tenacious front-office manager in the CFL and part-owne...
Sep 05, 2016

Andersen expected to be ready for start of Leafs season; sidelined 3-4 weeks
New Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen will not play for Team Europe at the World Cup of Hockey. The Leafs said Monday that Andersen will be sidelined for the ...
Sep 05, 2016

Friends mourn Quebec singer killed in helicopter crash in northern New Brunswick
Friends say they’re struggling to come to terms with the death of a Quebec singer and former amateur hockey player who died in a helicopter crash Sunday. Roberto Bissonnette was k...
Sep 05, 2016
Canada beats Dutch to advance to super round at women's baseball World Cup
GIJANG, Korea, Republic Of — Edmonton’s Nicole Luchanski had three extra-base hits and drove in two, and Amanda Asay of Prince George, B.C., pitched seven strong innings as Canad...
Sep 05, 2016

Hertl the latest to withdraw with injury; opts to put NHL club "first"
KANATA, Ont. — San Jose Sharks winger Tomas Hertl is the latest player to pull out of the World Cup of Hockey with an injury. The 22-year-old withdrew from the Czech Republic squad, citing ...
Sep 05, 2016

Canada's Aurelie Rivard entering Rio Paralympics as swimmer to beat
TORONTO — Aurelie Rivard describes herself as a totally different person in the four years since her Paralympic debut. Now 20 years old, the St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., native enters the Rio de...
Sep 05, 2016

Two people dead in helicopter crash in northern New Brunswick
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — The co-owner of the Capitales de Quebec baseball team was one of two people killed in a helicopter crash in northern New Brunswick Sunday afternoon. The team’s Fac...
Sep 05, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Sunday’s Games CFL Winnipeg 28 Saskatchewan 25 — MLB American Toronto 5 Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Yankees 5 Baltimore 2 Chicago White Sox 13 Minnesota 11 (12 innings) Detroit 6 Kansas City 5 Housto...
Sep 04, 2016