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With the municipal election quickly approaching, a new Canada Pulse Insights poll commissioned by OMNI and City News is showing that the race for Mayor is neck-and-neck. Sarah Jones breaks down the numbers.

Canada forward Sarah Nurse will be one of the stars featured in the PWHPA game played on Sportsnet as part of Hockey Day in Canada. (Liam Richards/CP) Hockey Canada clarified Saturday that forward Sarah Nurse did not decline an invitation to the national team’s camp ahead of the upcoming women’s world championship, but instead was unable to attend.

The phone call came while Lauren Coppinger was at the ferry terminal. On the other end was Softball Canada, calling to tell the North Saanich athlete she had earned a spot on the U18 Women’s National Team.

According to a new report from consulting giant Wood Mackenzie, battery storage is now cheaper than gas peaker plants in almost every market. Analysts are hailing the milestone as a seminal moment for the electrification of the global economy – or, as we like to call it, the energy transition. Granted, this is an important moment. But it’s also just one data point in a process of technological change that will end many decades in the future. And, in that change, there is a critical lesson for Canada at this point in our country’s economic evolution. I’ve been writing about technological change for four decades. My model is based on the transition from horses and steam to tractors and modern industrial farming from 1900 to 1950. In that process are all the components of most technology adoptions.

The 2026 Canada Beer Cup Gala Awards were held in Calgary, with Northern B. C. being well represented. P. G. had three breweries take part including Deadfall Brewing Company, Trench Brewing and Distilling, and Slaughterhouse Craft.

It took a late equalizer from Olivia Smith to rescue a result, with the first of Canada’s two matches against Denmark ending in a 1-1 draw. In a practice penalty shootout, the hosts found their clinical nature, going four-for-four from the spot to end the evening on a high. It had been over a year since the women’s national team played a match on home soil, with head coach Casey Stoney fielding a familiar core. The Northern Super League was well-represented, with Marie-Yasmine Alidou and Shelina Zadorsky starting, while Sabrina D’Angelo, DB Pridham, and Kaylee Hunter would come off the bench.

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Both Gabriela Dabrowski and Félix Auger-Aliassime extended their stays in China on Saturday, with Dabrowski potentially leaving the Chinese capital with a shiny souvenir. The Ottawan, alongside Luisa Stefani, will compete for a fifth WTA title this season after beating Elise Mertens and Diana Shnaider 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the China Open semis. It will also be a second-straight final for Dabrowski and Stefani, following their Sao Paulo triumph last month. Dabrowski and Stefani had a flying start to their final-four contest as the Canadian-Brazilian tandem broke twice in the opening set to go 5-2 in front. However, Mertens and Shnaider pushed back and prevented the second seeds from serving out the first, soon bringing the set to 5-4. Dabrowski and Stefani found their grove again at the right time, though, breaking on the first try at 4-5, love-40, to take the opener. Read also: Fernandez Claims First Title of Year in SingaporeThe stronger start went the way of Dabrowski and Stefani once more in the second. The duo broke in the third game and consolidated to lead 3-1, but on this occasion, Mertens and Shnaider completed their comeback bid.