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TORONTO — It's an exciting time for Toronto sitting on the doorstep of advancing into the Professional Women's Hockey League championship final.

TORONTO — Yusei Kikuchi wanted to start an important six-game stretch against American League rivals with some of his best pitching.

TORONTO — The WNBA's widely reported arrival in Toronto isn't just a good thing for women's basketball in Canada, but for women's sports in general, says one expert.

VANCOUVER — Amid a busy month of May, the Vancouver Whitecaps (5-2-3) will put their unbeaten road record on the line when they visit a familiar foe on Saturday in LAFC (4-4-3).

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have performed a flyover across downtown Vancouver at the start of the Stanley Cup playoff game between the Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers. Eight Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor jets flew in formation over the arena.

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Ethan Gauthier scored 5:23 into overtime as the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs edged the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 1-0 in the second game of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Championship final on Friday night.

The CFL Players Association launched an appeal Friday night against the CFL for denying it access to the full independent report that resulted in the league suspending quarterback Chad Kelly for violating its gender-based violence policy.

TORONTO — Saad Zafar is ready for cricket to take the next step in Canada, both on the pitch and in the stands.

Premier Danielle Smith says she's pleased the University of Calgary moved to have police dismantle an on-campus pro-Palestinian protest and hopes the University of Alberta will take note.

MONTREAL — One way Canada plans to shrink the number of temporary residents is to offer them the opportunity to remain permanently, the immigration minister said Friday, but that doesn't mean everyone who wants to stay will be able to.