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Watch live action from the Canadian Premier League matchup between Forge FC and Atletico Ottawa. Coverage begins on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, CBC TV and CBC Gem.

Sandra Abstreiter made 39 saves her first PWHL shutout, Kaitlin Willoughby scored twice and the Montreal Victoire beat the Ottawa Charge 3-0 on Friday night to take the league lead.

Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined $2,500 US by the National Hockey League on Friday for unsportsmanlike conduct.

The federal government will contribute $15 million to the construction of two new treatment facilities in Greater Toronto Area for first responders who are dealing with post-traumatic stress injuries.

Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's ground squirrels, known colloquially as gophers.

Albert Korir of Kenya, the 2021 New York Marathon winner, was banned five years after he admitted doping, track and field investigators said Monday. Last May, Korir won the Ottawa Marathon, with Calgary-born Rory Linkletter second.

An Ottawa father says he was shocked to discover that his teenage son had ordered banned pharmaceuticals from the internet, and is warning others about websites that he says are putting kids at risk.

Ottawa backed the world's largest cricket farm with tens of millions in public money. It collapsed before reaching full production, exposing a gap between hype and demand while also leaving questions about how much of that money was ever recovered.

Canadians will bring home a pair of medals from a World Cup ski cross event on Saturday in Gällivare, Sweden. Reece Howden, of Cultus Lake, B.C., won silver in the men's big final while Ottawa's Hannah Schmidt took bronze in the women's competition.

Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Luisa Stefani were defeated 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 by Katerina Siniakova of Czechia and Taylor Townsend of the United States on Friday in the women's doubles semifinals at the Miami Open.