Watch the U Sports men's hockey semifinal between the Concordia University Stingers and University of Saskatchewan Huskies from TD Place Arena in Ottawa.

Three-alarm fire near the intersection of Kewbeach and Kenilworth avenues is now contained after 35 Toronto Fire units responded to call, authorities say.

The Scotiabank Girls Hockey Fest returned to Winnipeg on Saturday.

With the growth of the women’s game, this year’s event at the Hockey for All Centre was bigger than ever, providing an opportunity for girls to hone their skills, be inspired to chase their dreams, and even learn from a PWHL player.

“This event has been great. Getting here last night, obviously, I was super excited to be here. But the girls have been phenomenal, and I love growing the game. So, once this opportunity came up, I was like, ‘I want to grab it, I want to go, and I just want to impact the younger generation,’” said Jessica DiGirolamo, Boston Fleet, PWHL.

“Being part of a team really shows that when we work together, we can achieve more. This opportunity that we have to bring them together as a team in a safe and fun environment to learn skills is exactly what we want for them,” said Antia D’Ottavio, volunteer.

The one-day clinic is in its 17th year, but over time, attendance has steadily grown. This year, 250 girls aged seven to 14 participated. With the PWHL’s rise in popularity, the excitement surrounding the women’s game is clearly reaching the younger generation.

“During this panel, I mean, the kids are asking questions and specifics about the PWHL, and I think it’s amazing. And they’re wearing patches for their respective teams that they love,” said DiGirolamo. “We had some Boston Fleet fans, which was great, but I do think the league is growing, and it’s heading in a direction that we all want to see.”

“It was really fun because I’ve never seen a PWHL player before,” said Willow Pickard, a participant in the seven to nine age group.

The girls were broken up into different age groups, with each group having a chance for skills training on the ice, as well as a classroom session with a panel.

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The Canadian government announced it will give more than $1.1 billion to Quebec in additional funding to support the extension of Montreal Metro's Blue line and the construction of Quebec City's tramway.

The 48th Winnipeg World of Wheels was in full swing on Saturday at the RBC Convention Centre, with car enthusiasts of all ages flooding through to enjoy this display of automobile artistry.

The exhibition features the finest hot rods, customs, trucks, and motorcycles, with some of the cars having taken five to seven years to build. Several awards were given in different categories, such as Manitoba’s Best Award, Maple Leaf Award, and Women’s Car of the Year.

The annual event will run through Sunday, showcasing over 250 vehicles.

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ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff came home to Atlanta Saturday to rally core Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Donald Trump’s administration.

“Georgia will bow to no king!” Ossoff proclaimed at the end of a 20-minute speech that labeled Trump as corrupt, out of touch with the problems of regular people, and “trying to poison our democracy with fear and intimidation.”

“Atlanta, this is not a drill. Atlanta, this is not a bad dream,” said Ossoff, who could be the Republicans’ No. 1 Democratic target in the 2026 elections. “As citizens, this is the test of our lifetime. So tell me, Atlanta, are you ready to fight?”

Ossoff’s campaign tried to play down the idea that Saturday’s event was the launch of his 2026 reelection campaign, and he never specifically asked the 2,000 Democrats gathered in a music hall on Atlanta’s gentrified east side for their votes. But others, including fellow Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, made that explicit, and Ossoff’s campaign handed out yard signs to people as they left.

It’s still so early that it’s not clear what Republicans will oppose the first-term Democrat. Many Republicans would like to see Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp enter the race. But the second-term governor has been holding back a decision and could opt instead to run for president in 2028 or to retire from politics. If Kemp declines to run, Republicans including U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter, Rich McCormick and Mike Collins could seek the nomination, as well as state Insurance Commissioner John King. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has also mused about a possible run for Georgia governor or Senate in 2026.

Any race in Georgia is likely to be closely contested and fantastically expensive. The twin Senate races in 2020, when Ossoff and Warnock narrowly won and flipped control of the Senate to Democrats, cost more than $900 million combined, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks political spending. Warnock’s 2022 reelection over Republican Herschel Walker cost more than $470 million, OpenSecrets found.

Ossoff, keeping his focus off 2026, tried to speak to the alarm that Democratic voters say they are feeling, and promising he was doing everything he could to fight back.

“Maybe right now you feel surrounded by darkness. You might be a little numb. You might be wondering if there’s a way out,” Ossoff said. “But Atlanta, we don’t have the luxury of despair.”

Ossoff tried to carve out a lane as a traditional senator who could do bipartisan work in his first four years. With Democrats restive and in the minority, he may be looking to shift his tone to something more antagonistic towards Trump. But some themes that Ossoff sounded Saturday are consistent with his first four years, including opposition to what he sees as corruption rooted in the influence of money in politics.

“This is why things don’t work for ordinary people,” Ossoff said. “It’s not because of trans kids or woke college students or because our new archenemy, Canada. The corruption is why you pay a fortune for prescriptions. The corruption is why your insurance claim keeps getting denied. The corruption is why hedge funds get to buy up all the houses in your neighborhood.”

Ossoff showcased people who said they’re being harmed by Trump’s policies, but in the hometown of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it wasn’t hard to find others in the audience. Bev Roberts, attending with her mother, described herself as a “Trump refugee,” saying she was laid off by the U.S. Agency for International Development and forced to come home from Cairo. Like many Democrats, Roberts is unhappy with what she sees as ineffective opposition thus far.

“I want to hear practical solutions, I don’t want to hear rhetoric,” Roberts said before the speech. “I think Democrats need to change.”

Some questioned whether a campaign rally was suited to this moment. Thomas McCormick, who drove 140 miles to Atlanta from the central Georgia town of Dublin, said he’s not seeing any effective opposition from Democrats, with the possible exception of Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. He expressed disgust with Saturday’s event and mused about supporting a third party, saying that Democrats can’t wait until 2026, likening the impact of Trump’s work so far to the explosion of the Hindenburg airship in 1937.

“That’s two years, that’s two years of damage,” McCormick said, as strains of “Macarena” echoed through the hall before the rally began. “I have been on the left side of politics my whole life. This is the best I’ve got?”

Jeff Amy, The Associated Press

Jim Cuddy, Arlene Dickinson, Shawn Majumder and Mayor Olivia Chow joined a crowd of more than 1,500 in Nathan Phillips Square Saturday afternoon in a show of Canadian solidarity.

Ottawa police say they've ticketed but not criminally charged a driver who collided with a demonstrator Saturday afternoon during a protest at a Tesla dealership.

Seattle Kraken assistant coach Karen Campbell's hometown of Rocanville, Sask., is unveiling a highway board honouring her and hosting a watch party as her team takes on the Edmonton Oilers Saturday night.