Tag Archives: Sports

OTTAWA - As Canada prepares to host World Cup soccer, the federal financial intelligence agency is warning that major sporting events can heighten the risk of vulnerable people being exploited by huma...

VANCOUVER - The 30 students attending the Columbia Academy private elementary school in Vancouver often spend their recess in the courtyard of BC Place Stadium, which essentially serves as the school'...

VANCOUVER - Rumours have spread on social media that homeless people from Vancouver were being bused out of town in an attempt to "clean up" ahead of the FIFA World Cup that begins next month. But Van...

OTTAWA - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes were honoured in Ottawa Wednesday. Dozens of athletes from the Milano Cortina Games in Italy spent the day touring the capital, first with Gov. Gen. M...

Federal and Quebec politicians are criticizing the National Hockey League after Montreal Canadiens fans in the Gatineau region were banned from hosting a watch party at a local arena. Organizers of th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments...

MONTREAL - After a challenging six-month season, the Montreal Victoire are taking a break to celebrate their Professional Women's Hockey League championship win on home ground. At an event at Montreal...

A new report on women in Canadian sport leadership roles presents a mixed bag of progress, stalling and backtracking. The number of women on the boards of national sports organizations, which are unpa...

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver has issued a human rights plan for the FIFA World Cup that begins next month, saying people who are homeless will still be able to shelter in parks overnight, but str...

MONTREAL - NHL fans in Gatineau, Que., are disappointed they weren't allowed to attend a Montreal Canadiens watch party in their city's arena because the venue is located too close to the home of the ...