Indigenous News

REGINA — Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen was a playoff early bird at the Canadian men's curling championship on Wednesday.

Toronto head coach Troy Ryan wants his team to send a clearer message to its opponents going forward.

TORONTO — Ilya Samsonov didn't have a lot to do early. The Maple Leafs goaltender made up for lost time late to secure one point. Auston Matthews then ensured their team also grabbed the second.

QUEBEC — Justin Larose scored a goal and recorded two assists in the Victoriaville Tigres' win over Québec Remparts. Maël Lavigne, Egor Goriunov, Maxime Pellerin and Justin Gendron all scored once for Victoriaville.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampede has been banned from participating in this year's Pride parade because of the decades of abuse some of its members experienced at the hands of a former performance school staffer.

An Ontario couple and their three children have been identified as the victims of a deadly plane crash in Nashville.

VICTORIA — A former British Columbia cabinet minister quit the New Democrat government Wednesday, citing antisemitism in the party caucus and indifference towards the problem.

The NHL's department of player safety says Martin Pospisil of the Calgary Flames has been suspended for three games for boarding Seattle’s Vince Dunn.

OTTAWA — The lawyer for Michael Spavor says his client has reached a settlement with the federal government over his three-year detention in China.

MONTREAL — Roman Sadovsky is still waiting to hear an explanation he thinks makes sense. The 24-year-old from Vaughan, Ont.