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TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays are doing everything they can to put the “home” in home-field advantage. Significant renovations to the outfield seating at Rogers Centre have caught the attention of Blue Jays fans, but its major changes to the restricted areas of the ballpark that team president Mark …
Read More »Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign 5 players, including new QB – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed five new players with no CFL experience on Wednesday. The Bombers added a new mobile quarterback with the signing of American Billy Hall. Defensive tackle O’Bryan Goodson, Canadian defensive back Jordan Veltri, and receivers Manasseh Bailey and Tre …
Read More »Impact players still available as CFL free agency set to begin Tuesday
Now comes the waiting for Jeremy O’Day. According to CFL sources last week, the Saskatchewan Roughriders GM reached agreements in principle with quarterback Trevor Harris and receiver Jake Wieneke during the CFL’s free-agent negotiating window. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity as deals reached during that time couldn’t …
Read More »Indigenous artists paint special hockey sticks to be awarded to world junior players at tournament
Four Indigenous artists from the Maritimes were selected to paint hockey sticks for the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships taking place in Moncton and Halifax. For Mi’kmaw artist Lorne Julien from Millbrook First Nation, the opportunity has been a dream come true. The call went out about a month ago …
Read More »Investigator hired to look into group sexual assault allegations involving 2003 World Junior players
Warning: This story contains sexually graphic details that may be disturbing to readers Hockey Canada is covering the cost of a third-party investigator hired to look into allegations that a group of men on the 2003 World Junior hockey team sexually assaulted a woman in Halifax during a tournament nearly …
Read More »Canada’s top women hockey players say there’s much to do to clean up toxic behaviour
Players on Canada’s senior women’s hockey teams are demanding a “thorough and transparent investigation” into recent allegations of sexual assault involving Hockey Canada teams, and say the organization has a lot to do to address “toxic behaviour” in the sport. The players from Canada’s most recent Olympic and world championship …
Read More »Manitoulin hockey players speak out over racist ‘war cries’
The conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario (CSPGNO) said it will be implementing compulsory sessions on cultural sensitivity in all of its schools, following incidents involving students from École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier at recent hockey games. At games against the Manitoulin Secondary School (MSS) girls’ hockey team, Manitoulin players said they witnessed …
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