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WINNIPEG — What a difference a year makes for the Blue Bombers. At this time last season, the CFL team was on its way to opening with a four-game losing streak and didn’t pick up its second victory until the sixth game.

VANCOUVER — Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin believes adding Evander Kane to the lineup will make Vancouver a tougher team to play against next season.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have reinstated veteran starter Max Scherzer from the 60-day injured list and designated fellow right-hander Spencer Turnbull for assignment.

Team Reid Carruthers plans to return with the same four-player lineup next season, but the rink's focus will be on the 2025-26 campaign and not on qualifying for the Winter Olympics. The Winnipeg-based team has pulled out of the Oct.

Canada rugby coach Stephen Meehan has called 42 players into camp in Edmonton ahead of July test matches against Belgium and Spain.

EDMONTON — Growing. Inconsistent. Building.

Famed Canadian sportscaster Don Cherry signed off from his podcast for the final time — or so it seemed. The 91-year-old Cherry had hosted "Don Cherry's Grapevine Podcast" since November 2019, producing 313 episodes in total.

OTTAWA — Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin has won the Professional Women's Hockey League's Billie Jean King MVP Award for the 2024-25 season.

WIMBLEDON — Carson Branstine defeated Bianca Andreescu 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1 in an all-Canadian second-round Wimbledon women's qualifier on Wednesday.

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi remains Major League Soccer's highest-paid player this season at $20,446,667 (all figures in U.S. dollars), according to figures released Wednesday by the MLS Players Association.