The Tampa Bay Rays lost the World Series, but they still showed the model that most of baseball will follow
The Dodgers are a glamour franchise in a beautiful, classic ballpark. The Rays are so unloved that they are trying to sell half of themselves to Montreal for some reason. In the bottom of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, it was still very much up for grabs. The Los Angeles Dodgers led Game 6 […]
Is the NHL’s Winter Classic canceled?
The news shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it’s still just as disappointing: The 2021 Winter Classic has been officially postponed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for Jan. 1, 2021, the NHL’s annual outdoor game to ring in the New Year has been pushed to 2022. The announcement also noted that the […]
No more double cupping of drinks as Tim Hortons embraces the sleeve
Tim Hortons is ending the practice of double cupping hot drinks, a move the fast food restaurant says will eliminate hundreds of millions of cups from landfills each year. The subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International Inc. will instead provide customers with a cup sleeve, a thick paper material that protects hands from hot beverages. Hope […]
‘Obliterated by the Atlantic bubble’: WestJet suspends service to four Eastern Canada cities
WestJet Inc. says it’s “indefinitely suspending” operations to Moncton, Fredericton, Sydney and Charlottetown, while significantly reducing service to Halifax and St. John’s, effectively eliminating more than 100 flights weekly or almost 80 per cent of seat capacity from the Atlantic region starting Nov. 2. “It has become unviable to serve these markets and these decisions […]
Ex-Bomber Streveler shows off Cup ring to NFL ‘mates
One year ago, Chris Streveler spent Canadian Thanksgiving weekend digging out from Winnipeg’s record-setting October snowstorm and helping the Blue Bombers end a three-game losing streak. Fast-forward 12 months, and the 25-year-old quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals spent it flying to New York and back, where his team ended its two-game slide against the NFL’s […]
NHL Draft 2020 winners, losers
It’s over, finally. A few months later than usual, the 2020 NHL Draft has come and gone and still had all the excitement and intrigue that normally comes on Day 1 when it’s held in June. There were the expected picks. There were trades — a whopping 27. There were players that dropped and there […]
Unilateral ban on single-use plastics ignores spirit of USMCA, critics, experts say
WASHINGTON, Wash. — Canada’s proposed ban on single-use plastics may not run afoul of its trade deal with the United States and Mexico, but experts suggest it disregards the “pause-and-check” spirit of the agreement. The Washington-based Plastics Industry Association added its voice this week to a chorus of complaints about the proposal, which would classify […]
NHL, players association targeting Jan. 1 start date for 2020-21 season
The NHL and its players association have targeted Jan. 1, 2021 as the start date for the 2020-21 regular season, they announced in a joint statement on Tuesday. The news — originally reported by Sportsnet hockey reporter and NHL Network insider Elliotte Friedman — does not guarantee the league will start on Jan. 1, but […]
Plastic pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic. From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping has surged. Since most of that cannot be recycled, so has the waste. But there is another consequence. The pandemic has intensified a price war between recycled […]
After historic NBA playoff run, everyone knows who Canadian player Jamal Murray is now
By Samuel Riches Jamal Murray was unavailable for this story. The kid from Kitchener — who has logged more minutes during this year’s National Basketball League playoffs than anyone else, who scored 50 points, then 42 points, then 50 points again in three straight games against a Utah Jazz team that features one of the […]