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Jets sign forward Colby Barlow to three-year, entry-level contract
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets have signed first-round pick Colby Barlow on a three-year, entry-level contract. The deal carries an annual average value of US$1.2 million. The Jets selected Barlow 18th overall at the 2023 NHL draft after he had 79 points (46 goals, 33 assists) in 59 games with the Ontario Hockey League’s Owen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada women looking forward not back as they take on Reggae Girlz in Olympic playoff
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
Olympic champion Canada returns to action Friday for the first time since a disappointing showing at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, facing Jamaica in a two-legged playoff to determine the last CONCACAF entry in the 12-county field for the 2024 Paris Games. After a camp in Florida, the Canadians left Thursday for Jamaica and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ticats remain hopeful that quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell will return this season
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
HAMILTON – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats still remain hopeful about quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell’s return. Mitchell, 33, suffered a lower-leg fracture in Hamilton’s 16-12 home win over Ottawa on July 28. He had surgery and went on the six-game injured list with the expectation he could return to the team later in the season. On Thursday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young Ukrainian hockey players await Quebec government OK to attend English school
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – A half-dozen boys from Ukraine who played this year in Quebec City’s famed peewee hockey tournament have been sidelined since returning to the province to attend high school. The youngsters arrived in Quebec on Sept. 1 but so far have not been able to attend an English high school in the Quebec City ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drew Scott of ‘Property Brothers’ joins Vancouver Giants ownership group
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Giants have added another celebrity to their ownership group. The Western Hockey League team announced Thursday that Drew Scott, best known as co-star of the television show “Property Brothers,” is joining star singer Michael Bublé as part-owner of the club. Scott, who is from Vancouver, is the co-founder of lifestyle and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nesting cormorants — and their droppings — have taken over a harbour in Nova Scotia
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
SYDNEY, N.S. – It’s a battle in the skies – and so far, the bombing cormorants sowing scatological havoc in a Nova Scotia harbour are winning. For the second year, the cormorants have squatted in the Sydney, N.S., harbour for their nesting season. The waterfowl have coated the docks in so much guano this year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Breath of fresh air’: Pearson excited for new opportunity with Canadiens
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Tanner Pearson’s initial reaction to being traded brought a combination of feelings. The veteran forward was sent to the Montreal Canadiens along with a 2025 third-round pick by the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, in exchange for goaltender Casey DeSmith. Pearson was in attendance for the first day of training camp with his new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senators sign defenceman Djibril Toure to three-year, entry-level contract
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators have signed amateur tryout defenceman Djibril Toure to a three-year, entry-level contract. The 20-year-old from Dorval, Que., had 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) and a team-leading 91 penalty minutes over 57 regular-season games as a rookie with the Ontario Hockey League’s Sudbury Wolves last season. He also had an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Larry Jackson a ‘rock star’ after driving NASCAR in Wonder bread ad
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
Larry Jackson has been firefighter of the year twice. He’s raced in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series for more than a decade. But doing doughnuts in the Wonder Bread car for a TV commercial? That’s what finally convinced his teenage daughter that he’s cool. “There was, I don’t know, like 100 people on set there and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elks confident under Ford as they look to avenge two shutout losses to Lions
By Steven Sandor, The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
EDMONTON – In two previous meetings this season, the B.C. Lions have outscored the Edmonton Elks by a combined score of 49-0. Two blowouts. Two shutouts. But that was then, when the Elks were in the midst of a nine-game losing streak to begin the season. Now, with Tre Ford at quarterback, the Elks have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nesting cormorants — and their droppings — are taking over a harbour in Nova Scotia
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
SYDNEY, N.S. – It’s a battle in the skies – and so far, the bombing cormorants sowing scatological havoc in a Nova Scotia harbour are winning. The Crown corporation that operates a ferry service from the harbour in Sydney, N.S., says it will form a task force to evict the cormorants strewing droppings and seaweed ... Read More »
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