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TORONTO (AP) — Alex Steeves scored his first NHL goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs jumped out to an early lead and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 Saturday night.

OTTAWA — Brendan Gallagher recorded his fifth multi-point game of the season with a goal and assist to help power the Montreal Canadiens past the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Saturday.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Rachel Homan's curling team is a win away from repeating as Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions.

WASHINGTON — Federico Bernardeschi's 70th-minute penalty lifted Toronto FC into a 2-2 draw with D.C. United in their Major League Soccer season opener Saturday night.

OTTAWA — The Prime Minister's Office says Justin Trudeau spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine on Saturday ahead of a virtual G7 meeting slated for Monday.

Toronto FC has opted to go with two designated players — for accounting purposes --- to start the season. And the club is trying to get rid of one of them.

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership contender Chrystia Freeland vows to scrap Canada's consumer carbon pricing regime in favour of alternatives to be developed through wide-ranging consultations.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Christina Black's deployment of a five-player rotation on her curling team, instead of the traditional four players and alternate, delivered Saturday in a playoff win at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

OTTAWA — Stephanie Markowski knows she won't forget this milestone. Just over nine minutes into her 18th Professional Women's Hockey league game, the Charge defender scored her first goal Saturday, helping Ottawa to a 3-1 win over Montreal.

OTTAWA — Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada's sovereignty.