The Saint John Sea Dogs won the Memorial Cup in Mississauga, Ontario on Sunday, defeating the Mississauga St Michael's Majors 3-1 to become the first team from Atlantic Canada to take the crown and only the eighth from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to do so. Alex J. Walling has more. ...more
It's not everyday that one sees the formation of a new professional basketball league. That took place in Halifax on Thursday when the National Basketball League of Canada was born. If it's done right, the league can only be a positive step. ...more
Saint Mary's University reinstated the women's hockey team, which was cut two weeks ago thanks to a bag load of cash supplied by Canadian Tire. "Women's hockey is alive and well," said the women's head coach Lisa Jordan, who has yet to receive a contract. ...more
With support from Hayley Wickenheiser, Sidney Crosby's parents and Cassie Campbell, just to name a few, the Saint Mary's women's hockey team will live past their March 31 deadline. That was the day the team was to be eliminated and 14-year head coach Lisa Jordan would have her contract expired. ...more
Lisa Jordan, the only women's hockey coach in St. Mary's history, was told that her hockey team was being dumped as the program was being terminated. And, her contract which ends on March 31 was not being renewed. It was a bombshell. ...more
The Carleton Ravens downed the Trinity West Spartans on Sunday to capture their seventh W.P. McGee Trophy as CIS national basketball champions.That's their seventh crown in nine years, including five in a row from 2003-2007, and they've made the semi-finals nine consecutive times. Dynasty or what? ...more
The 2011 Canada Winter Games are over. Two weeks plus of partying, frivolity and competition in Halifax have ended and looking back, this could be one of the best Winter Games ever contested. ...more
Who is Amber Holland? Yes, she is a curler, a good curler but other than the good curlers of our land and a few in Saskatchewan, she was not well known. That has changed at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Alex J Walling has more. ...more
The Canada Games have reached the halfway mark so let's take a look back at some of the biggest stories from Week 1, including B.C. winning the gold in men's hockey, the play of Nathan MacKinnon, 10-year-old gold medalist Shallon Olsen and speed skater Antoine-Gelinas Beaulieu. ...more
Chris Flynn is the only Canadian Interuniversity Sport player to be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. As they say out east, he must have been some good. He was. ...more
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