Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - After perhaps the poorest effort this season, the Toronto Raptors held a long and surely impassioned post-game meeting. And when coach Dwane Casey finally emerged, his first words were an ap...

TORONTO - Meg Casault, a fifth-year left-side hitter from the Alberta Pandas, was named the U Sports player of the year in women’s volleyball on Thursday. The phys-ed student from Edmonton recor...

NAPANEE, Ont. - Nicole Saxvik’s goal at 17:17 of the third period broke a tie and lifted the No. 1 UBC Thunderbirds to a 2-1 victory over the No. 8 Queen’s Gaels on Thursday at the U Sport...

EDMONTON - Trinity Western Spartans outside hitter Ryan Sclater was named the U Sports men’s volleyball player of the year Thursday. In his fifth year with the Spartans, Sclater averaged 4.29 ki...

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Brad Jacobs and Jeff Stoughton are the early leaders at the Elite 10 - the fifth stop on the Grand Slam of Curling tour. Jacobs, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Winnipeg’...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will host the Montreal Canadiens in an outdoor game to mark the NHL’s 100th anniversary, according to several online reports. The NHL has announced a press conferenc...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Aaron Sanchez says there are “no hard feelings” after the Toronto Blue Jays renewed his contract for the minimum salary of $535,000 in the major leagues and $304,444 in the...

TORONTO - Canada has been drawn in a pool with the U.S., Spain and England at the inaugural HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens rugby tournament in Japan next month. The Canadian women currently are third in the o...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Defensive-minded Virginia showed it can play with a little offensive tempo, even using five guards to outpace UNC Wilmington. London Perrantes scored 24 points, Ottawa’s Marial S...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Bonzie Colson scored 18 points and Notre Dame survived a first-round NCAA Tournament scare by pulling out a 60-58 win over Princeton. The West Region’s 12th-seeded Tigers had a c...