Category Archives: Sports
Oilers open playoffs against Ducks team built on speed, skill and youth
EDMONTON - When the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks open their first-round NHL playoff series Monday, it will be a complete reversal from 2017, the last time the teams met in the playoffs. Back then...
Apr 18, 2026
Whit Fraser talks career, hockey and Governor General coverage in new book
OTTAWA - For Whit Fraser, it all started with a leap of faith - taking a job in Canada's Far North. The former journalist and husband of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was hired by the CBC to work in Iqaluit - ...
Apr 18, 2026
'We have to get behind the team': Whitecaps fans rally as relocation rumours swirl
VANCOUVER - Barry Walker has spent every Vancouver Whitecaps game this season leading fan chants and holding up signs that read "STAY CAPS STAY." The 75-year-old superfan said the posters replace the ...
Apr 17, 2026
Sabbi scores, Vancouver Whitecaps blank Sporting Kansas City 3-0
VANCOUVER - Two months into his tenure with the Vancouver Whitecaps, Bruno Caicedo is finding his way - both on and off the field. The 21-year-old Ecuadorean forward is growing relationships with his ...
Apr 17, 2026
Soroka earns 4th victory, Arenado homers as Diamondbacks defeat Blue Jays 6-3
PHOENIX (AP) - Nolan Arenado homered and right-hander Michael Soroka moved into a tie for the MLB lead in wins among starters with his fourth of the season as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Toronto...
Apr 17, 2026
Gosling's overtime goal earns Montreal Victoire 3-2 victory over Boston Fleet
LAVAL - Nicole Gosling picked the perfect time for to score her first career goal at Place Bell. Montreal's first-round pick in the 2025 Professional Hockey Women's League draft scored on the power pl...
Apr 17, 2026
Nicole Gosling's overtime goal gives Victoire 3-2 PWHL victory over Fleet
LAVAL - Nicole Gosling scored 38 seconds into overtime to lead the Montreal Victoire to a 3-2 win over the Boston Fleet at Place Bell on Friday night. Gosling took the puck at the top of the circle an...
Apr 17, 2026
Hellebuyck, Jets left to deal with rapid fall from grace this season
WINNIPEG - Plummeting from a Presidents' Trophy winner to failing to make the NHL playoffs was "unacceptable, this season," Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck assessed Friday. "This year, it was c...
Apr 17, 2026
Canadian QB Elgersma says ‘it was time to come home’ after signing with Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Taylor Elgersma doesn't view coming to the CFL and signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this week as a consolation prize. The Canadian quarterback from London, Ont., told reporters in a v...
Apr 17, 2026
Last-place Vancouver Canucks looking to move past difficult season
VANCOUVER - The last four months haven't been easy for Thatcher Demko. Season-ending hip surgery and gruelling rehab have been tough on the Vancouver Canucks goaltender. Being sidelined for a second s...
Apr 17, 2026