Category Archives: Sports
PEI's Lorie Kane, winner of four LPGA titles, joins Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
PRIDDIS, Alta. - She was the fresh face of Canadian women’s golf a year before Brooke Henderson was born. Now Lorie Kane, who at 51 is making her 26th straight appearance at the Canadian Open, i...
Aug 23, 2016
New York alleges in lawsuit Blue Jay Encarnacion knowingly gave her two STDs
TORONTO - A New York woman is suing Edwin Encarnacion, alleging the Toronto Blue Jays slugger knowingly infected her with two sexually transmitted diseases. Ashley Lebron, 24, filed the lawsuit in a N...
Aug 23, 2016
Hesjedal, Mollema headline multi-stage Tour of Alberta cycling race
EDMONTON - Defending champion Bauke Mollema and Canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal will headline the 2016 Tour of Alberta multi-stage cycling race. Mollema, who won the 2015 Tour of Alberta, finished 11t...
Aug 23, 2016
New York alleges in lawsuit Blue Jay Encarnacion knowingly gave her two STDs
TORONTO - A New York woman is suing Edwin Encarnacion, alleging the Toronto Blue Jays slugger knowingly infected her with two sexually transmitted diseases. Ashley Lebron, 24, filed the lawsuit in a N...
Aug 23, 2016
Hesjedal, Mollema headline multi-stage Tour of Alberta cycling race
EDMONTON - Defending champion Bauke Mollema and Canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal will headline the 2016 Tour of Alberta multi-stage cycling race. Mollema, who won the 2015 Tour of Alberta, finished 11t...
Aug 23, 2016
Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic seeded No. 1 for US Open
NEW YORK - Serena Williams is the No. 1 seeded woman for the U.S. Open after barely holding on to the top spot in the rankings, and Novak Djokovic is No. 1 among the men. Neither Williams nor Djokovic...
Aug 23, 2016
Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic seeded No. 1 for US Open
NEW YORK - Serena Williams is the No. 1 seeded woman for the U.S. Open after barely holding on to the top spot in the rankings, and Novak Djokovic is No. 1 among the men. Neither Williams nor Djokovic...
Aug 23, 2016
Whitecaps sign Canadian defender/midfielder Levis to multi-year contract
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Canadian defender/midfielder Brett Levis to a multi-year first-team contract. The contract is through 2017 with options for 2018 and 2019. Levis, who wa...
Aug 23, 2016
Whitecaps sign Canadian defender/midfielder Levis to multi-year contract
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Canadian defender/midfielder Brett Levis to a multi-year first-team contract. The contract is through 2017 with options for 2018 and 2019. Levis, who wa...
Aug 23, 2016
CBC's Olympic television coverage averages 1.271 million viewers
TORONTO - CBC’s English-language coverage of the Rio Olympics averaged 1.271 million viewers, an 11 per cent increase over the 2012 London Games. The primetime average was 2.315 million, 23 per ...
Aug 23, 2016
