National Sports

TORONTO — Veteran Nick Arbuckle will be the Toronto Argonauts' opening-day starter. Toronto head coach Ryan Dinwiddie said Arbuckle will be under centre Friday night when the Argos visit the Montreal Alouettes.

It will be a historic CFL first Saturday night in Vancouver. The B.C. Lions will host the Edmonton Elks at B.C. Place in the season opener for both teams. This will mark the first opening week featuring two Canadian starting quarterbacks (B.C.

EDMONTON — If history repeats itself, Edmonton's mayor may soon declare an official Florida Panthers Day in Alberta's capital city. Last year's bet between Amarjeet Sohi and Mike Ryan, the mayor of Sunrise, Fla.

TORONTO — Stewart Johnston is set for his first CFL season as commissioner. Just six weeks after replacing Randy Ambrosie, Johnston is preparing to oversee his first regular season.

EDMONTON — Oilers winger Connor Brown will suit up for the Stanley Cup final opener against the Florida Panthers. The Edmonton winger declared himself ready following his team's optional morning skate at Rogers Place.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dan Muse is the new head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

BENGALURU, India (AP) — At least 11 people are dead and more than 30 injured after a stampede on Wednesday as crowds tried to enter a cricket stadium in southern India’s Karnataka state, authorities said.

OTTAWA — After taking a meaningful step forward last season, the Ottawa Redblacks enter 2025 with cautious optimism they have the pieces in place to emerge as legitimate Grey Cup contenders.

TORONTO — Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov is the winner of this season's Ted Lindsay Award, the NHL Players' Association announced Wednesday. The award is given annually to "the most outstanding player in the NHL" as voted by his peers.

EDMONTON — Here we go again. From B.C. to all points north and east, Canadian hockey fans are hoping the nation’s Stanley Cup nightmare-drought ends as the Edmonton Oilers host the Florida Panthers in the NHL final.