National Sports

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — U Sports will allow incoming student-athletes who have played professional hockey to participate immediately in men's hockey without a waiting period. The change starts with the 2025-26 season, U Sports announced Tuesday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps know they're headed for hostile territory this week.

TORONTO — It was a hot debate in the Toronto Raptors' locker-room.

New Zealand to Guelph, Ont., is quite the commute, especially when the family home is in B.C. But for veteran soccer coach Alan Koch, it's normal.

FORT ERIE, Ont. — The $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the second jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, will be held Sept. 9 at Fort Erie Racetrack. The racetrack made the announcement Tuesday.

GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — The owner of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, B.C., has confirmed eight people were aboard a gondola that fell to the ground Monday morning.

LIVIGNO — Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury won silver at a World Cup moguls event Tuesday. Kingsbury scored 82.

MONTREAL — Montreal public health officials say someone contagious with the measles virus who was not vaccinated attended an NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 3 between the Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres.

Jennifer Heil set the bar for Canada at the 2006 Turin Olympics. The decorated skier captured the country's first medal — and its attention — with a gold in moguls on the opening day of competition.

OTTAWA — Ottawa Rapid FC, whose owners include Northern Super League co-founders Diana Matheson and Thomas Gilbert, has fleshed out its ownership group.