Category Archives: Sports
Canada takes speedskating silver in men's team sprint at World Cup stop
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada won the silver medal in the men’s team sprint Saturday at a World Cup long track speedskating stop. Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., Montreal’s Christopher...
Dec 10, 2016
Jacobs to play Carruthers in The National Grand Slam of Curling final
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Olympic champion Brad Jacobs advanced to the championship game at The National Grand Slam of Curling on Saturday night with a 5-3 semifinal victory over Brad Gushue. Jacobs, t...
Dec 10, 2016
Former B.C. Lions standout Klassen dies at 57 following battle with cancer
VANCOUVER - Defensive lineman Rick Klassen, who played 10 seasons in the CFL including nine with the B.C. Lions, has died at 57 following a battle with cancer. The Lions confirmed Klassen’s deat...
Dec 10, 2016
Twin blasts near Istanbul soccer stadium kill 29 , wound 166
ISTANBUL - Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a na...
Dec 10, 2016
Canada's Kingsbury wins World Cup moguls opener, claims 34th gold medal on circuit
RUKA, Finland - Mikael Kingsbury is continuing to set records on the World Cup moguls circuit, and he hasn’t even been able to break out his best moves yet. The Canadian freestyle ski star opene...
Dec 10, 2016
Virtue and Moir finally claim elusive Grand Prix Final title
MARSEILLE, France - Former Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the ice dance at the Grand Prix final on Saturday, clinching the elusive title for the first time in their comeback year. L...
Dec 10, 2016
Canada's St-Gelais takes bronze in 500m short-track speedskating World Cup race
SHANGHAI - Canada’s Marianne St-Gelais finished third in women’s 500-metre World Cup short-track speedskating race Saturday. St-Gelais, from Saint-Felicien, Que., was passed at the finish ...
Dec 10, 2016
Russia accepts IOC plan to retest Olympic doping samples
MOSCOW - Russia will accept an International Olympic Committee plan to retest all drug test samples given by its athletes at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said...
Dec 10, 2016
Calgary's Brady Leman finishes second in ski cross race
VAL THORENS, France - Calgary’s Brady Leman finished second in Saturday’s men’s World Cup ski cross race. Leman, who finished third in the overall standings last season, ended up beh...
Dec 10, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Friday’s Games NHL Minnesota 3 Edmonton 2 (SO) Washington 4 Buffalo 1 St. Louis 4 New Jersey 1 Columbus 4 Detroit 1 N.Y. Rangers 1 Chicago 0 (OT) Anaheim 3 San Jose 2 — AHL St. John’...
Dec 09, 2016
