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UTSUNOMIYA, Japan — Canada will face Germany in semifinal action after splitting its two games Saturday at the 3x3 basketball Olympic qualifying tournament.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s NDP leader trained her sights on the next provincial election as she announced a program aimed at easing the cost of housing during a rousing campaign-style speech before the party’s annual convention in Halifax.

Financially challenged Canada Soccer took a step toward improving its bottom line Saturday, voting to increase its annual membership fee for players by $4 starting in 2025.

SINGAPORE — Canada's rugby sevens women were blanked 24-0 by France in Saturday's Cup quarterfinal at the Singapore Sevens.

NEW YORK — Centres Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Elias Pettersson of the Vancouver Canucks were named finalists for the NHL's Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on Saturday. The other finalist was Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Jaccob Slavin.

MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge will decide whether the province's new language reform is constitutional because a section of the law systematically delays the delivery of verdicts handed down in English.

Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.

TORONTO — Black youth in Canada face multiple barriers in getting access to mental health services — and health-care providers can make the situation more difficult, experts say.

OTTAWA — For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent.

The Vancouver Canucks made it out of the first round Friday night, while the Toronto Maple Leafs look to accomplish something they haven't done in decades on Saturday.