Category Archives: Sports
Merritt Centennials enter B.C. Hockey Conference play with new head coach, development in mind
MERRITT - Recently hired head coach Henry Acres will lead the Merritt Centennials into a new era, with the club scheduled to play its inaugural B.C. Hockey Conference regular season game on Friday (Se...
Sep 16, 2026 Brad Anstey (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Jays staying loose with nine games left in the season and a playoff spot on the line
TORONTO - If the Toronto Blue Jays are nervous about reaching the post-season, it doesn't show. Myles Straw wore small, silver 1990s-style sunglasses as he answered questions from reporters following ...
Sep 16, 2026
Enforcer Ryan Reaves says he is retiring, leaving the NHL with three visor-less players
Enforcer Ryan Reaves said Wednesday he is retiring from hockey at age 39 after playing more than a decade and a half in the NHL, leaving just three players left who do not wear a visor. Reaves skated ...
Sep 16, 2026
Blue Jays earn critical 5-1 win over Tigers to keep pace in AL wild-card chase
TORONTO - Ernie Clement had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and Myles Straw followed it up with an RBI single as the Toronto Blue Jays earned a critical 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesd...
Sep 16, 2026
In The Rings: The Curling Group pushes back planned Rock League announcement
TORONTO - The Curling Group postponed a Rock League schedule update planned for Wednesday, the latest hiccup in what has been a period of growing pains for the young professional curling league. The f...
Sep 16, 2026
Canadian women advance to wheelchair hoops semifinals with rout of Japan
OTTAWA - Kady Dandeneau had 49 points and Canada advanced to the women's semifinals of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships with a convincing 88-68 win over Japan on Wednesday at TD Plac...
Sep 16, 2026
Diver hospitalized after apparent white shark encounter in Quebec
MONTREAL - The Canadian Coast Guard says a diver was taken to hospital after being bitten by a shark off Perc, Que., on the eastern tip of the Gasp Peninsula. The Coast Guard says it was alerted to th...
Sep 16, 2026
Oilers open camp mired in controversy around Formenton signing, Babcock hiring
EDMONTON - After a 2025-26 season full of criticism, from a slow start to a first-round playoff exit, the Edmonton Oilers opened training camp Wednesday mired in new off-ice controversy. Hiring head c...
Sep 16, 2026
Red Wings say Dylan Larkin won't skate with team at start of camp due to off-ice training injury
DETROIT (AP) - Dylan Larkin will not skate with the Detroit Red Wings when training camp starts on Thursday due to an upper-body injury, according to interim general manager Shawn Horcoff. Horcoff sai...
Sep 16, 2026
Blackhawks D Ethan Del Mastro agrees to a $1.9 million, 2-year contract
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Ethan Del Mastro has agreed to a $1.9 million, two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old Del Mastro, a fourth-round pick in the 2021...
Sep 16, 2026
