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Canadian tight end McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with training injury
NFL officials will have to wait to see Canadian tight end Tanner McLachlan up close and personal. The six-foot-five, 240-pound tight end at Arizona had accepted an invitation to attend the Reese's Sen...
Jan 23, 2024
Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov showing flashes of the past after AHL demotion
TORONTO - Ilya Samsonov hasn't had a lot to smile about this season. The Maple Leafs goaltender struggled early and lost the No. 1 job in Toronto before enduring the embarrassment of being placed on w...
Jan 23, 2024
Blue Bombers home venue to be renamed Princess Auto Stadium in April
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have a new home this season. The CFL club announced Tuesday its home venue will go by the name of Princess Auto Stadium. The official change will come about i...
Jan 23, 2024
Canucks' Tocchet reflects on year behind the bench in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet took over the Vancouver Canucks a year ago, with the team struggling to find wins and consistency in how it played. Bruce Boudreau had been fired following a period of extende...
Jan 23, 2024
Vandals target religious statue
The treasurer of the board that looks after the Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine near Duck Lake, says she is saddened by the fact someone would take the effort to vandalize a statue of Mary.Referred to as t...
Jan 23, 2024
Gary McPeak named as first member of the Tisdale Trojans' Wall of Honour
The Tisdale Trojans have named their first recipient to their newly minted Wall of Honour.The club honoured Gary McPeak during their only home game earlier this month, for his achievements, impact, se...
Jan 23, 2024
'Sabotage': Nails placed in tree trunks at future Quebec EV battery plant site
MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says the site of its future electric vehicle battery plant near Montreal was sabotaged after nails were driven into trees that are set to be cut down. Northvo...
Jan 23, 2024
Former NBAer Joel Anthony finding new ways to grow basketball in Montreal
Joel Anthony still fondly remembers all the veteran players who helped him through his NBA career and the local stars who inspired him as a young kid growing up in Montreal. Now he wants to do the sam...
Jan 23, 2024
Canadian men to meet U.S. in exhibition basketball play before Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Canada's senior men's basketball team will have an early test leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canada Basketball announced the team will face the U.S. in exhibition play in Las Vegas o...
Jan 23, 2024
Parole officer for mass stabbing perpetrator recommended against parole despite low risk assessment
The institutional parole officer for the man responsible for the mass stabbing attack on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon believed his risk to public safety was low at one time...
Jan 23, 2024