Signa Butler

AFC Toronto announced Monday that Jade Kovacevic, a former Canadian youth international and League1 Ontario's all-time leading scorer, is their historic first signing.

From taking up the sport of freestyle skiing in her early 20s, to making the Beijing Olympic halfpipe final six years later, to landing her first-ever World Cup podium and X Games invite this season at age 27, Canada’s Amy Fraser is just getting started.

The Canadian women’s mogul team has undergone some big changes, with a small group of hungry up-and-comers, led by a 21-year-old Maïa Schwinghammer, hoping to make their own mark on the world stage.

There were many lessons learned in the Canadian women’s first-ever forage in the prestigious Volleyball Nations League last season. Now the young squad is ready for year No. 2.

On the field, it’s the first year for the National Women’s Soccer League’s expanded playoff format, which sees six teams qualifying to the post-season instead of four like in years past.

With less than two months before the Games, Canadian women’s coach Bev Priestman revealed her pool of players for the team’s final camp and two exhibition matches in mid-June in Cartagena, Spain.

Eva Havaris has been through nearly everything in her 20-plus years as a Canadian sports executive. From being the only woman in the boardroom and a CEO at 30, to having people treat and speak to her differently because of her gender, it’s been a journey with bumps and barriers along the way.

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated play 'The Wolves' touches on larger themes in the world, but at its base is the theme of sport, and how vital it can be for young women. CBC Sports host Signa Butler participated in a panel that discussed how young women can be empowered through sport – as athletes, coaches, parents, members of the media, executives, and fans.

Of all the stories in the NHL in 2005-06 — increased goal scoring and attendance, the sensational rookie battle between Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, the surprising Carolina Hurricanes, the re-emergence of Jaromir Jagr — Jonathan Cheechoo's is perhaps the most poignant.