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Canucks president Rutherford tests positive for COVID-19, enters NHL's protocol

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks say Jim Rutherford, the team's president of hockey operations, has tested positive for COVID-19. He has entered the NHL's protocol and is working from home during his quarantine period.

Mar 17, 2022 1:39 PM Read more >

Ottawa Senators sign forward Philippe Daoust to entry-level contract

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Philippe Daoust to a three-year, entry-level contract, which will kick in next season. The 20-year-old Daoust was taken in the sixth round, 158th overall, by Ottawa in the 2020 NHL Draft.

Mar 17, 2022 1:15 PM Read more >

Whitecaps sign defender Tristan Blackmon to contract extension through 2023

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed defender Tristan Blackmon to a contract extension through 2023, with club options for 2024 and 2025, the team announced on Thursday.

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Canadiens GM Kent Hughes 'not looking to make a fire sale' following Chiarot trade

BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes made two major trades in the last few weeks but dimmed expectations for any blockbuster deals ahead of Monday’s trade deadline.

Mar 17, 2022 12:26 PM Read more >

Sala poisoned by exhaust fumes before dying in plane crash

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala was “deeply unconscious” after being poisoned by exhaust fumes before dying from severe head and chest injuries in a plane crash in 2019, a jury concluded Thursday.

Mar 17, 2022 12:10 PM Read more >

U.S. bobsled/skeleton athletes support call for change from Canadian counterparts

Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes have received public support from their American counterparts. In a statement released Thursday by the Athletes' Advisory Council of U.S.

Mar 17, 2022 11:54 AM Read more >

World curling championship redo in Prince George for Canada's Kerri Einarson

Kerri Einarson and Prince George, B.C., are about to get a women's world curling championship do-over.

Mar 17, 2022 11:21 AM Read more >

Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Canadian offensive lineman Jamal Campbell

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian offensive lineman Jamal Campbell on Thursday. The six-foot-five, 292-pound Campbell was released earlier this week by the Toronto Argonauts. Campbell, 28, played six seasons with Toronto.

Mar 17, 2022 11:10 AM Read more >

Olympic champion Damian Warner aims to be even faster at indoor track championships

Damian Warner scaled the heights of athletic excellence last summer, capturing an Olympic title in the decathlon — the event that unofficially crowns the "world's greatest athlete." But the 32-year-old from London, Ont.

Mar 17, 2022 10:07 AM Read more >

A team-by-team look at the 2022 women's world curling championship field

A capsule look at the field for the women's world curling championship March 19-27 at the CN Centre in Prince George, B.C. (teams listed from skip to lead). CANADA Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur.

Mar 17, 2022 9:55 AM Read more >