National Sports
With new faces in camp, Charge focused on making playoffs in second PWHL season
By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Charge have some tough decisions ahead, and general manager Mike Hirshfeld is prepared to make them. The team gathered Tuesday the first day of training camp in preparation for the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s second season. While there were many familiar faces, there are a number of new additions who will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s privacy commissioner opens investigation into World Anti-Doping Agency
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of biological samples collected from athletes. The office of privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the investigation will examine whether the collection, use and disclosure practices of the organization respect Canada’s personal information law for the private sector. The commissioner’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Review into Canadian women’s soccer Olympic drone-spying scandal: What they said
By The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
Some reaction to the independent report into drone-spying by the Canadian women’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics: “The findings of the independent investigator reveal that the drone incident in Paris was a symptom of a past pattern of an unacceptable culture and insufficient oversight within the national teams. This is no longer part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key findings from Sonia Regenbogen’s independent review into Olympic drone-spying
By The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
Findings from the independent report by Sonia Regenbogen into the drone-spying scandal involving the Canadian women’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics: – Two of the women’s national team coaches directed, approved and condoned the actions taken by a third member of the women’s national team coaching staff to film practices of an opposing team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Priestman out in wake of Olympic drone-spying scandal, Herdman yet to give evidence
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
Bev Priestman is out as coach of the Canadian women’s soccer team in the wake of an independent report into the Olympic drone-spying scandal. Canada Soccer says assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi, who like Priestman are serving a one-year FIFA ban over the illegal use of a drone to film New Zealand ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s privacy commissioner to launch investigation into World Anti-Doping Agency
By The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
GATINEAU, Que. – Canada’s privacy commissioner is launching an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency. The move comes after Philippe Dufresne’s office received a complaint about the Montreal-based agency’s handling of biological samples collected from athletes. In a release, the office says the investigation will examine whether the collection, use, and disclosure practices of WADA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Rugby Canada chair seeks seat on World Rugby’s executive board
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis is seeking a seat on World Rugby’s executive board. There are 13 candidates running for the six available positions with Dennis running against Samoa’s Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Uruguay’s Sebastian Pineyrua for the non-high-performance union position. The election is set for Thursday at World Rugby meetings in Dublin, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!O’Shea, Dinwiddie set to square off in second Grey Cup showdown as CFL head coaches
By The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Mike O’Shea and Ryan Dinwiddie are together again at the Grey Cup. Winnipeg faces Toronto in the CFL championship game Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium, the second meeting in three years between the two teams after the Argonauts edged the Blue Bombers 24-23 in the 2022 game. Winnipeg is making its fifth straight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL adds former Red Wings, Oilers GM Holland to hockey ops department as consultant
By The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
NEW YORK – Former Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland has joined the NHL’s hockey operations department as a consultant. The league announced the new role for the Hockey Hall of Famer in a release Tuesday. Holland spent 27 years as an NHL general manager, including 22 in Detroit. He helped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ambrosie holds final state of the league address as CFL commissioner
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
VANCOUVER – CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has some friendly advice for his successor: Surround yourself with good people and be open-minded. Ambrosie held his final state of the league address Tuesday after announcing last month he planned to retire in 2025 once a new commissioner is hired. The 61-year-old Winnipeg native was named the CFL’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PWHL MVP Spooner set to miss start of season for Toronto Sceptres with knee injury
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
TORONTO – The Toronto Sceptres will have a big piece of their lineup missing to start the upcoming Professional Women’s Hockey League campaign. Reigning MVP and scoring champ Natalie Spooner will miss the start of the regular season, general manager Gina Kingsbury announced Tuesday on the first day of training camp. Spooner had told The ... Read More »
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