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Maddy Grant and Breanne Nicholas return to the Canadian women's rugby sevens side for the HSBC SVNS in Perth, Australia, later this month. Grant was with the Canadian 15s team at the WXV tournament in New Zealand in the fall.

TORONTO — Bruce Brown wasn't sure if he'd even play for the Raptors just six hours after he arrived in Toronto, but he knew his abilities to cut to the basket and set picks would make the trip with him from Indiana.

OTTAWA — Jacques Martin issued a challenge to his team a couple days ago, and the Ottawa Senators answered it with a 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

BARRIE, Ont. — Quentin Musty had two goals and four assists as the Sudbury Wolves dominated the Barrie Colts with a 7-3 win on Thursday night in the Ontario Hockey League.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Félix Lacerte scored a hat trick as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 6-1 on Thursday night in the Quebec Maritimes Hockey League.

Phil Mack, a veteran of both the national sevens and 15s sides, has been named attack coach for the Canadian 15s men's rugby team.

VANCOUVER — Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after Vancouver saw its snowiest day in almost three decades, with schools shut for a second day and freezing rain on the way. The fresh pummelling in B.C.

VANCOUVER — The union representing transit supervisors in British Columbia's Lower Mainland says it will be “withdrawing all services” on Monday if an agreement with Coast Mountain Bus Company isn't made.

MELFORT, Sask. — The common-law partner of the man responsible for a massacre on a Saskatchewan First Nation wept as she talked about years of emotional and physical abuse that would culminate in the death of her father during the stabbing rampage.

TORONTO — As befitting its main attraction, Thursday's UFC 297 news conference was loud and raucous.