National Sports

STEVENSTON — Canada advanced to the playoffs at the word wheelchair curling championship with a 9-3 win over Italy in its final round-robin game Thursday. The Canadian squad skipped by Gil Dash of Wolseley, Sask.

LAKE PLACID — Defending women's champion Hallie Clarke of Brighton, Ont., is in third place after Thursday's opening two runs at the skeleton world championships. Clarke posted a two-run time of 1:51.09, .

MONTREAL — A Montreal Gaelic sports club says it won't travel to the United States this summer for tournaments because of the policies of the Trump administration on transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming athletes.

DUNEDIN — Bo Bichette had three hits and drove in a run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 in spring training action Thursday. Bichette led off the bottom of the first inning with a single and was driven in by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

TORONTO — Fullback-wingback Richie Laryea, injured early in last weekend's 4-2 loss in Orlando, will not make the trip with Toronto FC for Saturday's game at FC Cincinnati.

Mauro Eustaquio went back to his roots for the first stage of York United FC's training camp, taking the Canadian Premier League team to his hometown of Nazare, Portugal.

The banged up New Jersey Devils wasted no time filling an area of need ahead of the NHL trade deadline , the defending champion Florida Panthers made an under-the-radar move that could pave the way for another deep playoff run, and the Vegas Golden K

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets acquired Chris Driedger from the Florida Panthers for Kaapo Kahkonen in a swap of depth goaltenders Thursday. Driedger, who hasn't played in the NHL this season, was 10-6-4 with an .878 save percentage and a 2.

ST LOUIS — St. Louis Blues defenceman Colton Parayko will undergo a scope on his left knee and will be re-evaluated in six weeks, team president of hockey operations Doug Armstrong announced Thursday.

OTTAWA — A proposed class action lawsuit against those who allegedly organized and funded the "Freedom Convoy" protests cleared another hurdle on Thursday when the Ontario Court of Appeal refused to dismiss the case.