Vancouver Canucks win three games under new management
After a dismal start to the season, the Vancouver Canucks appear to be improving under new coaching and management. Francesco Aquilini, Chairman and Governor NHL, Vancouver Canucks, announced today...
View ArticleBritish Columbians react to new COVID-19 restrictions
New Year’s Eve events are slowly being cancelled in B.C. after Dr. Bonnie Henry banned them Friday afternoon. One of the first major cancellations was Bryan Adams’ concert on Dec. 31 at Rogers Arena,...
View ArticleCanucks donate food to charities from postponed games
With the NHL icing games due to mounting COVID-19 cases, the Vancouver Canucks have found something positive to do with the pause in play. Canucks Sports and Entertainment donated the food from the...
View ArticleFormer Broncos, Falcons, Giants coach Dan Reeves dies at 77
Dan Reeves, who won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four more appearances in the title game with the Denver Broncos and the...
View ArticleNHL postpones another Canucks game due to attendance restrictions
The NHL has postponed the Jan. 8 game between Vancouver and Ottawa due to COVID-19 restrictions that limit crowd sizes. This is the seventh postponed Canucks game this season. In total, the NHL has...
View ArticleBlue Jays hire first female coach as Jamie Vieira joins minor-league staff
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Jamie Vieira as a minor-league hitting coach, making the Georgetown, Ont., native the first woman to coach in the organization. Vieira, a former softball...
View ArticleFormer Canuck Reid Boucher convicted of sexual assault
An ex-Canuck, Reid Boucher, has plead guilty to sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in 2011. He made the plea on Friday in a Michigan court, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press. Boucher...
View ArticleBeijing district orders mass COVID-19 testing ahead of Olympics
People in a Beijing district with some 2 million residents were ordered Sunday to undergo mass coronavirus testing following a series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls ahead of the...
View ArticleThe incredible, feel-good story of Canada’s men’s soccer team
In today’s Big Story podcast, for decades, Canada’s men’s soccer team was irrelevant at best, a punchline at worst. While the women’s side went on to Olympic medals and World Cup runs, the Canadian men...
View ArticleB.C. school sports tournaments allowed to resume
The B.C. government is now allowing school sports tournaments to go ahead, days after it loosened the rules for club competitions. The previous health orders banned a student from playing in a sports...
View ArticleMoms with muscle: B.C. women inspire through body building
Parveen Toor and Sandy Dosanjh wear many hats: mothers, daughters, friends. But the Metro Vancouver women are also competitive bodybuilders. They say their respective fitness journeys have brought them...
View ArticleWould B.C.’s premier choose 2026 World Cup or 2030 Olympics?
If B.C.’s premier was given a choice on whether Vancouver hosted World Cup soccer games in 2026 or the 2030 Winter Olympics, he’d go for the beautiful game. “If we can have a marquee event as part of a...
View ArticleOrange Jersey Project aims to help Canadian youth further reconciliation...
Ten thousand youth hockey players across Canada will soon be wearing orange practice jerseys as part of a campaign to advance truth and reconciliation. The Orange Jersey Project is an initiative of the...
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Russia-Ukraine: The sports world reacts
As political leaders and the world calls on Russia to cease conflict in Ukraine, similar calls are being seen in sports all across the world. Friday, Washington Capitals star and Russian native...
View ArticleFIFA changes course, suspending Russian teams from international competitions
FIFA, world football’s governing body, has announced that they have suspended all Russian teams from international competition in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pivoting away from its...
View ArticleIIHF suspends Russia and Belarus from international play amid Ukraine invasion
The International Ice Hockey Federation has suspended Russia and Belarus from every age category in international play until further notice, the governing body said Monday, marking one of the most...
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