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Canada's Patrick Chan is attempting to add another quadruple jump to his repertoire in order to keep up with the world's top skaters.

The Canadian Olympic Committee is heralding a "bold new vision for the future of Team Canada" that includes increased funding while still announcing layoffs.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson is taking a leave of absence to attend to a personal matter, the team announced in a news release Thursday.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson is taking a leave of absence to attend to a personal matter, the team announced in a news release Thursday.

As former Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer prepared for his first game at Air Canada Centre in almost nine months, he wondered what it would be like in the visitors' dressing room.

The Anaheim Ducks have signed holdout defenceman Hampus Lindholm to a six-year, $31.5 million US contract. The 22-year-old has posted 92 points in 236 games over the past three seasons while honing his two-way game.

Goalie Shannon Szabados, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, has returned to Canada after a failed attempt to stick with the Peoria Rivermen of the Southern Professional Hockey League under a package deal with defenceman and friend Carl Nielsen.

Goalie Shannon Szabados, a two-time Canadian Olympic gold medallist, says she wants to have fun and play hockey, not engage in a war of words through the media with former coach Jean-Guy Trudel after the Peoria Riverman released her earlier this week.

The journey to a Stanley Cup is a long one, and more than ever, NHL teams understand the importance of having a good backup around to keep their No. 1 goalie fresh.

Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard appears to be in line for a medal updgrade after three athletes from Kazakhstan were stripped of their golds from the 2012 London Olympics due to failed retests of their doping samples.

Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard appears to be in line for a medal updgrade after three athletes from Kazakhstan were stripped of their golds from the 2012 London Olympics due to failed retests of their doping samples.

Looks like Justin Bieber needed some ice time to clear his head after losing his cool during the U.K. leg of his Purpose tour.

Michael Phelps took the plunge in June, secretly marrying his longtime girlfriend two months before the Olympic great completed his last gold-medal haul.

A growing number of Canadian parents have had their kids undergo baseline testing for concussions prior to the start of the season for contact sports like hockey, lacrosse or rugby. But the debate over the procedure's usefulness rages on.

For the first time, an MP is raising concerns about the possibility of holding an NHL outdoor classic on the lawn of Parliament Hill next year.

After eight decades under the heat of the Saskatchewan summer and the harsh prairie winter, the roar of the crowd at Mosaic Stadium will go quiet one final time after the Roughriders’ last home game of the 2016 season on Saturday.

Veteran hockey writer Mike Brophy, co-author of the new book "Unbreakable: 50 Goals in 39 Games," gives his thoughts on what the NHL can do to make Wayne Gretzky's favourite record approachable again, and how the Great One would fare in the modern game.

Benoit Pouliot had a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers stretched their winning streak to four games with a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.

DeMar DeRozan picked up exactly where he left off last season. The Raptors all-star scored 21 of his 40 points in a spectacular third quarter to propel Toronto to a 109-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons in the team's season opener on Wednesday.

Shea Weber's power-play goal with 2:57 remaining lifted the Montreal Canadiens to their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.

Italian star Sebastian Giovinco scored one goal and helped set up the other two to lead Toronto FC to its first ever playoff win Wednesday night, a 3-1 decision over the Philadelphia Union in an MLS first-round knockout game.

Tracy Fleury's steal of three in the third end set her up for a decisive 7-4 win over 2014 champion Val Sweeting in Draw 3 action Wednesday at the Masters Grand Slam of Curling in Okotoks, Alta.

The Raptors return to action Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons as players get ready to follow up their historic 56-win season.

Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says while he would welcome a fight with middleweight title-holder Michael Bisping, it's not in the cards right now.

Perhaps nobody can understand the current plight of embattled Maple Leafs netminder Frederik Andersen quite like James Reimer, the longest tenured goalie in Toronto over the past decade.