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The eight-team Fan Controlled Football League will stream its games live on Twitch when it begins play next year, the league announced Monday.

On the night of the vigil for 15 people killed in the Humbolt Broncos bus crash, Hayley Wickenheiser had to be home with her family and teenage son.

Despite missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season, Canucks president Trevor Linden is optimistic about the NHL team's future.

Every year, thousands of teenage athletes travel millions of kilometres by bus in search of their dreams. Anybody who has been on one of these bus trips knows they can be long, tedious trips often on isolated, dark and dangerous highways.

Every year, thousands of teenage athletes travel millions of kilometres by bus in search of their dreams. Anybody who has been on one of these bus trips knows they can be long, tedious trips often on isolated, dark and dangerous highways.

Canada's long-distance star Mohammed Ahmed from St. Catharines, Ontario takes some time to play a little track trivia with CBC's Anson Henry.

Jeff Blashill will return as United States coach for the upcoming world hockey championship in Denmark. The Detroit Red Wings bench boss will have Dan Bylsma, Don Granato and Seth Appert as his assistants.

It was a short and sweet practice Monday as the Winnipeg Jets prepare for their first playoff game later this week, and head coach Paul Maurice says he's excited — and ready.

The Toronto Wolfpack's first game on Canadian soil this season will take place more than 40 kilometres north of their usual home in downtown Toronto due to ongoing renovations at Lamport Stadium.

The Montreal Canadiens have missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second time in three seasons after tying a team record with 40 regulation time losses en route to a 29-40-13 campaign, fourth worst overall in the 31-team NHL.

Speedy forward ​Ilya Kovalchuk is close to returning to the NHL for the first time since leaving to play in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League five years ago, according to reports.

Changes are inevitable after the Ottawa Senators finished 30th overall in the NHL standings, but captain Erik Karlsson is hopeful they won't include him.

Ottawa head coach Guy Boucher says he will take as much responsibility as possible for the Senators' disappointing season. The team fell from Eastern Conference finalists last season to second-last place in the league.

Basketball has taken Paige Crozon to the University of Utah, a pro team in Germany and now the Commonwealth Games. But she was born and raised in Humboldt, Sask., and is hurting in the wake of Friday's horrific bus crash.

The NHL playoffs have finally arrived, and all regular-season stats can be thrown out the window. So forget about your miserable last-place finish in fantasy hockey and follow this guide to reclaim glory atop your pool.

There are quite a few rookies at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, but none quite like Bob Pitcairn. The Canadian fullbore shooter is making his Games debut at the age of 79, and on Monday he officially became the oldest participant to ever compete at a Commonwealth Games.

Ruck's bronze in the 100m freestyle final was her 7th of the Commonwealth Games, tying the Canadian record held by Elaine Tanner and Bill Sawchuk

The Canadians head into day 2 of the decathlon occupying the top two spots. Warner (4,509) sits in first, while LePage (4,380) is right behind in second.

What started as a text between two friends to remember the victims of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus crash Friday has turned into a social media phenomenon.

Saskatchewan's Justice Ministry has issued an apology after two players on the bus that crashed while taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game were misidentified — one who was pronounced to be dead is alive, and the other said to have been alive is dead.

The families of two young hockey players caught in Friday's tragic bus crash near Tisdale, Sask., say they are "grieving together" after a coroner mistakenly said one of the teens was alive and that the other was dead.

Saskatchewan's Justice Ministry has issued an apology after two players on the bus that crashed while taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game were misidentified — one who was pronounced dead is actually alive, and another said to have been alive is dead.

The families of two young hockey players caught in Friday's tragic bus crash near Tisdale, Sask., say they are "grieving together" after a coroner mistakenly said one of the teens was alive and that the other was dead.

Two people on the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team when it crashed were misidentified — one player pronounced as dead is alive, and another believed to be alive is dead, the Saskatchewan Justice Ministry says.

Even though the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins reside in the East, the West is the more tasty conference when it comes to contenders this spring. Here is a glance at the first-round matchups in the Western Conference.

Teenage swimmer Taylor Ruck tied a Canadian record Monday by winning her seventh medal of the Commonwealth Games in Australia.

The Canadian pair of Sam Pedlow and Sam Schachter cruised past Robin Miedzybrodzki and Seain Cook of Scotland to improve to 3-0 at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Hockey Night in Canada's coverage of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs features Toronto facing Boston, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia reigniting the battle of Pennsylvania, and Vegas making its post-season debut against Los Angeles beginning Wednesday, April 11.

Roberto Luongo came off the bench to shut down Boston in the third period, and the Florida Panthers dashed the Bruins' hopes of getting the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 4-2 win Sunday night.

On this desert night in Las Vegas, Swedish skip Niklas Edin wasn’t going to lose. Edin was flawless, surgical with his takeouts, deft in his delivery — he finally won a championship game again after a year of heartbreaking championship losses.

Canadian Damian Warner opened the Commonwealth Games decathlon with a strong 100 metres Monday, clocking a season-best 10.29 seconds.

Defending champion Damian Warner opened the Commonwealth Games decathlon competition Monday with strong performances across the board to take the lead after Day 1, while fellow Canadian Pierce LePage was in second place.

C.J. Miles scored 22 points, while OG Anunoby added 21, and the undermanned Toronto Raptors beat Orlando 112-101 on Sunday in their final home game of the regular season.

The largest assembly of people ever in Elgar Petersen Arena gathered Sunday to remember those who died in the tragic collision.

Reed pulled ahead of Jordan Spieth with an 8-foot birdie putt at the 14th hole Sunday, saved par with a 6-foot putt at No. 17 and pulled off a testy two-putt at the final hole to win with a 1-under 71. His total was a 15-under 273.

Steve Pearce homered on Cole Hamels' first pitch of the game, Kendrys Morales added a three-run shot in the first inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 on Sunday.