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WATCH: With homegrown players spread across the country, the 2024 U Sports women’s hockey championship tournament has meant several Saskatchewan-born athletes are returning to their home province.

WATCH: Concordia Stingers fifth-year captain Emmy Fecteau and head coach Julie Chu speak about capturing the 2024 U Sports women’s hockey championship at Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon.

WATCH: After weeks of waiting after being eliminated from playoffs, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies will finally be back on the ice at Merlis Belsher Place to host Canada’s best at the 2024 U Sports women’s hockey championship.

The USask Huskies host the 2024 U Sports National Women’s Hockey Championship March 14-17. Team coach Steve Kook said they’ve been busy preparing for the event. Team captain Kennedy Brown said they have women on the team with national championship experience and are excited to bring that energy to this championship.

Some of the top university athletes in the country are in Winnipeg for the U Sports Track & Field National Championships beginning today. Teagan Rasche checks in with some University of Manitoba Bisons athletes who have high hopes.

The best women’s basketball in the country is coming to the University of Alberta campus for three days as the Pandas basketball team hosts the 2024 U SPORTS Championship. Head coach Scott Edwards and Panda forward Shae McCusker joined us on Global News Morning Edmonton with all the details.

Across Canada, more and more schools are creating their own eSports teams as a way to get students more engaged, and work on skills such as teamwork, communication and discipline. Drew Stremick reports.

A doctor who moved to Nova Scotia to open a family practice is speaking out about the challenges some physicians are facing. As Skye Bryden-Blom reports, Dr. Jabu Matthew Abraham closed his clinic after struggling to balance the costs of operating a business with the needs of his patient.

B.C’s new short-term rental rules are in effect as of May 1. Alissa Thibault reports the province is set to start enforcing the regulations in a bid to get more housing units back in the traditional rental pool.

The province has announced new supports to help youth in Port Hope and across Northumberland County. A visit from the Health Minister brought funding for a new Youth Wellness Hub. Robert Lothian has the details.

WATCH: CAA released the 2024 Top 10 Worst Roads in Saskatchewan ranking and Moose Jaw took four of those spots. Global’s Moosa Imran has more from the city’s residents.

There have been sightings of the first humpback whale calf in B.C. waters for the season.

The federal labour minister has struck a commission to look into the fundamental issues that led to the 2023 port strike in B.C., that stopped billions of dollars in trade for 13 days last summer. Grace Ke report.

With just months away from the Summer Olympics in Paris, athletes from around the world will be vying for Olympic glory and gold. Usually, those are the only prizes any victorious Olympian will be walking away with — but one Olympic sport will soon raise the stakes by putting money on the table. Mike Drolet...

The new short-term rental rules come into effect in less than two weeks and the province is now releasing new details — to guide people through the changes. Keith Baldrey explains how this is all going to work?

WATCH: Skating onto the ice at Merlis Belsher Place for the final time Sunday, seven members of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s hockey team wrapped up their careers hosting U Sports nationals.

Bowen Island is debating whether to restrict short-term rentals to homes that are a primary residence, or a secondary suite. Smaller communities, like Bowen, have the option to voluntarily opt in. Bowen Island Mayor Andrew Leonard discusses how the decision could impact the community’s economy, which is primarily driven by tourism,

The Canada Border Services Agency says it has seized more than 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from a shipping container in Halifax, after a tip from U.S. Homeland Security.

WATCH: The U Sask Huskies fell in U Sports quarterfinals on home ice Thursday but as Scott Roblin tells us, it was still a memorable night for defender Brooklyn Stevely making a remarkable return to the lineup.

Canada’s sports landscape is ever-evolving, and now there’s a push to grow women’s sports. Allison Sandmeyer-Graves with Canadian Women and Sport joins Global News Morning Calgary to talk about participation rates, and how the creation of the PWHL has opened doors for more professional women’s sports.