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The Toronto Tempo, Canada’s first WNBA team, has now drafted and signed players ahead of the franchise’s inaugural season, which will tip off May 8. Eric Sorensen looks at the talent assembled.

International rugby is coming back to Edmonton this summer. The inaugural World Rugby Nations Cup will bring some elite competition to the city in July. Nicole Stillger has the details.

This week on Building Bright Futures, Kaytlyn Poberznick sits down Cassie Porte. Cassie is co-president of Queen’s Rheumatic Disease Club, and founder of “Cassie + Friends”, doing her best to bring awareness to those dealing with Juvenile Arthritis. If you know a young person in our community who should be featured on Building Bright Futures,...

The Toronto Tempo has signed Kia Nurse for it’s inaugural WNBA season. Global’s Megan King has more on what the Canadian guard will bring to the court, as the Tempo looks to build ‘Canada’s team’ for women’s basketball.

Excitement is building for the Toronto Tempo’s inaugural season, but there’s still lots of work to be done because of a labour dispute that delayed some of the team’s preparations. Eric Sorensen looks at the crucial pieces needing to fall into place for Canada’s first WNBA franchise.

Leaders from a dozen Latin American countries gathered in Florida Saturday for U.S. President Donald Trump’s inaugural summit focused on combating drug trafficking. Canada and Mexico are not part of the new initiative. Candice Cole reports.

It’s been 20 years since Stephen Harper became prime minister. On Friday, he formally inaugurated his prime ministerial archives at the Library and Archives Canada. The records of Harper’s time in office form the single largest digital archive the institution has ever received. And as David Akin reports, the information it contains dispels a widely-held...

WATCH: Saskatchewan’s Braidy Birdsall and Addie Ziebart can now consider themselves professional baseball prospects after being selected in the inaugural Women’s Pro Baseball League draft.

New York City ushered in the New Year with a new mayor as Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office at midnight Thursday. The private swearing-in ceremony was held at the historic Old City Hall subway station, which has been closed to the public since 1945. Later in the day, Mamdani was publicly inaugurated on...

The Vancouver Goldeneyes are making history on home ice in their inaugural season. The Goldeneyes are currently undefeated on home ice at the Pacific Coliseum. Goldeneyes general manager Cara Gardner Morey joins Asa Rehman on Global News Morning Weekend BC.

Vancouver’s newest professional hockey team is kicking off it’s inaugural season before a sold-out crowd at the Pacific Coliseum tonight. As Taya Fast reports, members of the Goldeneyes are hoping to inspire other young women to get into the sport.

The Vancouver Rise made history Saturday night in Toronto, defeating AFC Toronto to win the inaugural NSL championship. Sinead King, the president of the Vancouver Rise joins Jay Janower on Global News Morning after the championship victory.

It was a patty party at Agave By Imperial restaurant on Monday, celebrating the winners of the United Way Peterborough & District’s inaugural ‘Ultimate Burger Battle.’ Throughout the month of November, eight area restaurants offered their ‘bun’ in a million burger creations to raise funds for the United Way. The battle brought in more than...

We speak with Dr. Justine Dol about her new leadership role designed to provide dedicated time and resources to expand and advance IWK’s research program in women’s and gender-diverse health.

Vancouver’s professional women’s hockey team is launching it’s inaugural season at home Friday night against Seattle. And as Travis Lowe reports, a Kelowna girls team will be a part of the historic launch, looking for inspiration from their hockey heroes.

A Truck crash into an over pass caused a partial shutdown of the newest branch of the REM network Tuesday morning less than 48 hours after officially opening to the public. As Brayden Jagger Haines reports, officials are still working out the kinks with the newly inaugurated north shore segment.

Women’s sport in Canada is growing in popularity. The WNBA and the PWHL are expanding, and the inaugural season of professional women’s soccer just wrapped up. As Lexy Benedict reports, the federal government is now announcing plans to invest millions of dollars to support women’s sports leagues.

The long awaited Deux-Montagnes line of the REM train service is set to open to the public Saturday morning. On Friday, the branch was officially inaugurated, showcasing 14 new stations and creating a direct line of transit from Deux-Montagnes to Brossard on Montreal’s south shore. As Tim Sargeant reports, officials are hoping the new service...

After an historic inaugural season, the Montreal Roses are heading to the playoffs, making history once again by competing in the first-ever Northern Super League playoffs! Montreal Roses star defender from Dollard-des-Ormeaux Stephanie Hill joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella with more.

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