Category Archives: Sports
All-star Josh Naylor headlines Canada's World Baseball Classic roster
OTTAWA - All-star first baseman Josh Naylor is among the 30 players named to Canada's World Baseball Classic roster, Baseball Canada announced Thursday. Naylor, who plays for the MLB's Seattle Mariner...
Feb 05, 2026
Toronto Raptors avoid luxury tax, add depth at centre at NBA trade deadline
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors general manager Bobby Webster had a short to-do list ahead of the NBA's trade deadline: avoid the luxury tax and add some depth at centre. He feels he checked both those boxe...
Feb 05, 2026
Auger-Aliassime tops Wawrinka in straight sets to advance to Open Occitanie quarters
MONTPELLIER - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-6 (3) in second-round men's singles tennis action at the Open Occitanie on Thursday. Auger-Aliassime fired 16 a...
Feb 05, 2026
Canadian Cory Johnston off to solid start in Elite Series opening event
SCOTTSBORO - Canadian Cory Johnston is off to a solid start to the 2026 Elite Series season. Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., took the lead after the first round of the circuit's opening event on Lake Gunter...
Feb 05, 2026
Timeline of charges, deportation for trucker who caused deadly Humboldt Broncos crash
The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash is one step closer to being deported to India. Lawyer Michael Greene says his client Jaskirat Singh Sidhu learned Wednesday that a req...
Feb 05, 2026
Harper's archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has officially launched his archival collection, which includes more than a million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. Harper spoke about the collection a...
Feb 05, 2026
Deportation closer for driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash: lawyer
CALGARY - A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being deported to India. Lawyer Michael Greene says Immigration, Refugees...
Feb 05, 2026
Liam Draxl to open Canada's Davis Cup qualifiers first-round match against Brazil
VANCOUVER - Playing the opening match gives Liam Draxl the opportunity to start Canada off on the right foot against Brazil when the Davis Cup Qualifiers first round begins Friday. Draxl, ranked 145th...
Feb 05, 2026
CP NewsAlert: Seth Jarvis added to Canadian men's Olympic hockey roster
MILAN - Hockey Canada says Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes has been added to Canada's men's Olympic team, replacing injured Brayden Point of the Tampa Bay Lightning. More to come. The Canadian ...
Feb 05, 2026
Alberta hockey players wear, share stickers memorializing car crash casualties
A group of young hockey players north of Calgary will be donning and distributing stickers made in memory of three junior hockey players who died in an Alberta highway crash earlier this week. A paren...
Feb 05, 2026