EYE ON SPORTS: Golden ‘Para’-smile for Canada’s Wilkie…
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Nathalie Wilkie of Salmon Arm, B.C., is all smiles after receiving Canada’s first gold medal at the 2026 Paralympic Games in Milan Cortina. Wilkie won the 12.5-km women’s standing para biathlon on March 8, after winning silver in the para biathlon sprint the day before. As of March 9, Canadian athletes have a total of seven medals – one gold, three silver and three bronze. The Paralympic Games began on March 6 and will come to a close on March 15.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout – CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE-Michael P. Hall, used with permission 
Maddox Dagenais (left) scored a hat trick and goaltender Patrick Déniger registered his fifth shutout of the season, guiding the Quebec Remparts to a 6-0 victory in Baie-Comeau over the Drakkar on Feb. 20. The previous evening, the Remparts won 6-1 in Baie-Comeau. The Remparts will be in Nova Scotia to play the Cape Breton Eagles twice (Feb. 26 and 27) before facing the Halifax Mooseheads on March 1. (Photo courtesy of the QMJHL/John James Blanchette) 
Team Canada’s Brad Jacobs competes against Sweden during men’s preliminary round curling at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina on Friday, February 13, 2026. Photo by Candice Ward/COC 
Kashawn Aitcheson (2) and his Team Canada teammates were eliminated from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) men’s World Junior Championship by Czechia on Jan. 4 in Minneapolis, Minn. Czechia defeated Canada 6-4 in the semifinal round and eliminated the Canadians for the third straight year. Canada won the bronze medal after defeating Finland 6-3 in the third-place game on Jan. 5. (Photo courtesy of the IIHF/Tim Austen) 
Trois-Rivières is hosting the annual World Junior A Challenge, an elite junior men’s hockey tournament which includes two teams from Canada (Canada East and Canada West), Sweden and the United States. The Canadian teams have players who play on national junior A teams (AAA Junior in Quebec). On Dec. 7, Canada East opened the tournament with a 4-1 victory over the United States, while Sweden bounced Canada West 6-2. The championship game will be played at the new Colisée Vidéotron on Dec. 13. (Photo courtesy of Hockey Canada) 
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger made history in game one of the 2025 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. On Oct. 24, Barger came off the bench to pinch hit for teammate Davis Schneider with the bases loaded. He then hit Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda’s fourth pitch over the right centre field wall for the first-ever grand slam by a pinch hitter in a World Series game. As of Oct. 27, Toronto and Los Angeles have one win each in the best-of-seven championship series. 
Canada defeated Nigeria 4-1 at the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco on Oct. 19. Canada is in group D along with France and Samoa. The Canadian teenagers will play Samoa on Oct. 22 and France three days later. The gold medal game is scheduled for Nov. 8 in Rabat, Morocco. (screenshot)