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TORONTO — Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly is ready to return. Toronto head coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters following Tuesday's practice the team's No.

NEW YORK — Edmonton centre Connor McDavid has been named the NHL's top star for March, while Chicago centre Connor Bedard has been honoured as rookie of the month.

NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays reliever Genesis Cabrera will begin serving his suspension Tuesday night after his three-game ban was reduced to two games on appeal.

OTTAWA — Football Canada named Kevin McDonald as its interim managing director Tuesday. McDonald played football collegiately at Wilfrid Laurier and was a coach at both Queen's and Mount Allison University before joining the CFL in 2001.

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Thick fog covers the mountainside as heavy, pounding rain pelts a remote lagoon Tuesday near the northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos, where a real-life drama involving a stranded killer whale calf is unfolding.

OTTAWA — An Ontario man convicted of murdering three women in Renfrew County has died in prison of what officials say were natural causes.

TORONTO — There’s no evidence that a grocery code of conduct would raise food prices for Canadians, said Empire Co. Ltd. chief executive Michael Medline.

TORONTO — Four new police helicopters will help fight the car-theft crisis and assist searches for missing vulnerable people, the province and Toronto-area police forces say.

Midfielder Quinn and midfielder/forward Olivia Smith have dropped out of Canada's squad for the SheBelieves Cup due to injuries sustained at their clubs. They have been replaced by Emma Regan and Marie-Yasmine Alidou.

TORONTO — Montreal-based healthcare company Searchlight Pharma is being purchased by drug company Apotex. The financial terms of the deal that's expected to close in the second quarter of this year were not immediately available.