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WINNIPEG — Gabe Vilardi’s hat trick helped the Jets clinch a berth in the NHL playoffs. And now, he’s looking forward to Winnipeg’s famous playoff Whiteout.

RCMP in the Vancouver-area city of Langley have issued an Amber Alert for a baby boy. Police say three-month-old Tyler Durocher was last seen on Thursday in Langley.

BRANDON, Man. — Denton Mateychuk scored and added an assist as the Moose Jaw Warriors downed the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-2 on Thursday to complete a four-game sweep in the first round of the Western Hockey League playoffs.

MONTREAL — The Tampa Bay Lightning are staying white hot as they close in on a playoff spot. Steven Stamkos and Nicholas Paul had two goals apiece to lift Tampa Bay to a 7-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

MONTREAL — A spring storm that hit Quebec and Ontario Thursday knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers, closed schools and blanketed Montreal with heavy, wet snow. As of 11 p.m.

UTICA, N.Y.

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk looked completely dejected following a 6-0 loss to his older brother’s Florida Panthers on Thursday. The Ottawa Senators captain was often at a loss for words over what had just transpired.

OTTAWA — Attacks on aid workers are not something that just happens in war, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, slamming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's defence of a deadly airstrike in central Gaza on April 1.

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Equipment for the rescue of a killer whale calf stranded in a Vancouver Island lagoon has started arriving in the remote community of Zeballos, ahead of a complex operation that could happen as early as next week.

HALIFAX — A second water main break in as many days at a large hospital complex in Halifax forced the cancellation of some surgeries Thursday, while leaving no running water for drinking or for flushing toilets.