National Sports

Fresh from a comprehensive 46-24 victory over France to open the WXV women's rugby tournament, Canada faces an Irish side riding high after upsetting reigning World Cup champion New Zealand 29-27.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The Saskatchewan Party is promising more help for parents trying to keep their children in sports and the arts. With a provincial election set for Oct.

CALGARY — Jean-Michel Menard is back on the Canadian men's curling stage. The first francophone skip from Quebec to win a national men's championship has returned this season playing third for Felix Asselin.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada will hold a Beyond The Boards summit in Ottawa in November to analyze gender-based violence, homophobia, sexism and transphobia in the game.

Connor McDavid stands in the middle of the locker room. The Edmonton Oilers captain's voice rises as he emphatically calls on teammates to give more.

VANCOUVER — A packed schedule finally caught up with the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday. Playing their sixth game in 18 days, the 'Caps sputtered, then stalled in a 3-0 loss to the surging Seattle Sounders.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka's solo homer started a five-run rally against an ailing Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio tied the game in the eighth with his second homer of the night and Garrett Mitchell delivered a two-run shot later in the inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-3 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday that eve

KELOWNA, B.C. — Terik Parascak scored twice for the Prince George Cougars in a 5-2 victory over the host Kelowna Rockets in the Western Hockey League on Wednesday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Kaitlyn Lawes downed four-time women's world curling champion Silvana Tirinzoni 4-3 at the HearingLife Tour Challenge on Wednesday.