Month: June 2020

Alexis Lafreniere will have to wait a little longer to find out where he’ll start his NHL career. And a massive wrinkle has just been added to the league’s return-to-play plan for its pandemic-hit season. Chaos was the word that came to mind at the NHL draft lottery Friday as one of eight placeholder spots […]

The Knights’ top six picks in the 2020 OHL draft have been invited to Hockey Canada’s under-17 development camp this summer. First-rounder Ben Bujold leads a group including Kanata teammate Colton Smith, fellow second-rounder Jackson Edward, Brody Crane, Landon Sim and Isaiah George into the 113-player virtual camp scheduled for July 19-25. The half-dozen prospects […]

Former NHL player Daniel Carcillo is spearheading a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian Hockey League and its member teams on behalf of players who allegedly suffered abuse while playing major junior hockey. Carcillo and Garrett Taylor, who played in the Western Hockey League from 2008-10, filed a statement of claim Thursday with the Ontario Superior […]

The Kitchener Rangers, Ontario Hockey League, and local police are investigating allegations that players on the junior hockey club forced younger teammates to do cocaine at a party. Former Kitchener forward Eric Guest posted a video to Twitter on Monday night alleging that when he first joined the Rangers as a 16-year-old an older teammate […]

With plans for the return of men’s professional soccer in North America safely underway, Canada Soccer has announced that the 2020 edition of the Canadian Championship will feature its 11 professional clubs from both the Canadian Premier League (CPL) and Major League Soccer (MLS). In working with both League1 Ontario and the PLSQ, Canada Soccer […]

The Government of Canada has agreed to contribute 7.5 M Canadian dollars (about USD$5.3 million) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the response to COVID-19 in 23 countries of the Americas. The contribution will benefit a total of fifteen Caribbean countries – Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, […]

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan battled body-image issues as a teenager. But the 31-year-old from Toronto stuck with her sport of trampoline, beating odds that, according to a recent report by Canadian Women & Sport, see one in three Canadian girls drop out of sports during adolescence. “It was through sports that I went through […]

Atlantic University Sport (AUS) has announced the fall sports schedule has been cancelled due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. That means there will be no competitions in men’s football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s rugby and men’s and women’s cross country running. “It is with very heavy hearts that we make this announcement […]

We know Canadians living with disabilities are facing significant challenges during this difficult time, with some experiencing job insecurity and others seeing increased costs for personal support workers, medication, and medical supplies. As we work together to restart the economy, we must continue to protect health and safety, and ensure the right supports are in […]

A pair of feathered friends has been making its presence known in downtown Edmonton this week. Two Canada geese seem to have taken a liking to the corner of Jasper Ave. and 102 Street. “It’s different,” said Cst. Troy Forester of the Edmonton Police Service, whose beat takes him to the area regularly. “Probably has […]