Category Archives: Sports

Predators send defenceman P.K. Subban to Devils for Santini, picks
VANCOUVER - P.K. Subban is leaving Music City. The Nashville Predators traded the 30-year-old defenceman to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday ahead of the second round of the NHL d...
Jun 22, 2019

Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Alex Edler to two-year extension
VANCOUVER - Defenceman Alex Edler says signing an extension with the Vancouver Canucks was always his top priority. On Thursday, the Canucks announced that the 33-year-old Swede had inked a deal worth...
Jun 22, 2019

David Ortiz shooting suspect charged with drug possession
NEWARK, N.J. - The man in custody in the Dominican Republic on suspicion of shooting former baseball star David Ortiz was indicted Thursday on drugs and weapons charges unrelated to the shooting. Rolf...
Jun 22, 2019

Cape Breton town writes to prime minister opposing funds for airport
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The mayor of a Cape Breton town has formally complained to the Prime Minister's Office about a proposal to fund an airport that would service a major golf resort on the is...
Jun 22, 2019

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka enjoying Fashion Week in Paris
PARIS - Serge Ibaka is looking good in Paris. The Toronto Raptors big man is enjoying Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020, showing off a colourful wardrobe. His schedule has included trips to M...
Jun 22, 2019

Guardado scores 2 as Mexico beats Canada 3-1
DENVER - Andres Guardado had two goals in the second half, Roberto Alvarado also scored and Mexico beat Canada 3-1 in the group stage of the Gold Cup on Wednesday night. Mexico has won its first two m...
Jun 21, 2019

Vancouver Canucks to induct ex-forward Alex Burrows into ring of honour
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks will induct former forward Alex Burrows into the team's "ring of honour" this season. The club announced the move Friday before the start of the NHL draft. The Canuck...
Jun 21, 2019

Yukon's Dylan Cozens drafted seventh overall by Buffalo Sabres at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Dylan Cozens was selected seventh overall by the Buffalo Sabres at the NHL draft on Friday, making him the first-ever Yukon product to be picked in the opening round. The six-foo...
Jun 21, 2019

Oilers select Swedish defenceman Philip Broberg eighth overall
VANCOUVER - Ken Holland was part of the Detroit Red Wings' front office that selected a defenceman named Nicklas Lidstrom back in 1989. Thirty years later, the Edmonton Oilers will be&n...
Jun 21, 2019

Greg Ellingson, Trevor Harris lead Eskimos over Lions 39-23
EDMONTON - Trevor Harris threw three touchdown passes, including two to Greg Ellingson, as the Eskimos overcame a bad start to spoil former quarterback Mike Reilly's return to Edmonton with a 39-...
Jun 21, 2019