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NASHVILLE — Six seasons into his NHL career, Casey DeSmith finally has his first playoff win.

TORONTO — Blue Jays fans got a taste of what Shohei Ohtani could do if he played in Toronto, but Friday's lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers likely soured the already bitter taste in their mouths.

OSHAWA, Ont. — The Oshawa Generals spotted the North Bay Battalion an early 2-0 lead before storming back with four unanswered goals to post a 4-2 victory in the opening game of the Ontario Hockey League's Eastern Conference final.

TORONTO — The National Newspaper Awards were handed out in Toronto on Friday night.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que.

ZEBALLOS, B.C.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is preparing to ban most public drug use, a change to parts of its decriminalization pilot project that the premier says should have been in place all along.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Andre De Grasse enjoyed a successful outdoor season debut in the men's 200 metres at the East Coast Relays on Friday. De Grasse of Markham, Ont., ran 20.

OTTAWA — The future was just starting to appear bright for Mykyta Zakharchenko. The 18-year-old's youth in Ukraine was shadowed by two major conflicts with Russia before he escaped to Canada in 2022.

VANCOUVER — A high-risk sex offender who went on the run for 10 days in 91Ô­´´ has pleaded guilty to breaching his long-term supervision order and failing to attend court.