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OG Anunoby, Toronto Raptors agree to multi-year extension

TORONTO — Forward OG Anunoby and the Toronto Raptors have agreed to a multi-year contract extension. The Raptors announced the deal with the 23-year-old Anunoby on Monday, but did not disclose financial terms per team policy.

Dec 21, 2020 6:23 PM Read more >

Canadian Vasek Pospisil wins year-end comeback player of the year award

Canada's Vasek Pospisil has been named the ATP Tour's comeback player of the year. Pospisil, from Vancouver, reached two tournament finals during the abbreviated 2020 season after undergoing back surgery last year.

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Star power added to nationals as Ontario and Manitoba cancel curling playdowns

More star power was added to the national curling championships on Monday when Ontario and Manitoba cancelled provincial playdowns due to the pandemic and instead declared representatives to compete in the Calgary bubble later this season.

Dec 21, 2020 4:18 PM Read more >

Homegrown receiver Lemar Durant signs extension with B.C. Lions

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions have signed Canadian wide receiver Lemar Durant to a one-year extension that will keep him with the team through the 2022 season. The native of Coquitlam, B.C.

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Edmonton Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom set to miss entire season with injury

Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland says defenceman Oscar Klefbom will miss the 2020-21 season after suffering a shoulder injury last season. The team hopes Klefbom can return for the start of the 2021-22 season.

Dec 21, 2020 3:44 PM Read more >

QMJHL hopes to return to action with events in four cities next month

MONTREAL — The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says its 12 Quebec-based teams will resume play next month in Chicoutimi, Drummondville, Rimouski and Shawinigan during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dec 21, 2020 2:36 PM Read more >

Canada's preparation for world junior hockey championship continues to fluctuate

A Canadian team already short on game reps ahead of the world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton must recalibrate yet again with the cancellation of one of its two pre-tournament games.

Dec 21, 2020 12:27 PM Read more >

World junior hockey championship says no new positive COVID-19 tests for players

EDMONTON — The International Ice Hockey Federation says there are no new positive tests for COVID-19 among players on the 10 teams at the world junior championship.

Dec 21, 2020 12:20 PM Read more >

Loss of sponsor to pandemic prompts Olympic lugers Walker, Snith to be creative

CALGARY — Olympic silver medallists Tristan Walker and Justin Snith pivoted when they lost a financial sponsor to the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dec 21, 2020 10:50 AM Read more >

Canada's Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold

VAL THORENS, France — Canada's Reece Howden won gold in men's World Cup ski cross and Marielle Thompson placed third among women Monday. Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C., and Thompson, from Whistler, B.C.

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