Northlands Parkway lost to the Glenlawn Lions in the South Central Athletic Conference high school volleyball varsity boys AAAA semifinal. The Lions beat the Nighthawks in four sets. NPC will meet the Olympiens at College Jeanne-Sauve in Winnipeg tonight (7:30 p.m.) in the junior varsity girls final.
Josh Hiebert, Brayden Poirier and Grant Friesen scored two goals each in the Carman Cougars 9-2 victory over the Garden Valley Zodiacs in the lone Zone 4 High School Hockey League game Wednesday night. Brody Benner, Mack Keith and Brayden Cox also scored for the Cougars. Bryce Neufeld and Rhett Peters replied for the visiting Zodiacs.
The Winnipeg Jets play their second of a three-game road trip tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Jets became the fastest team to 15 wins in NHL history thanks to Tuesdays 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers.
Elias Salomonsson had two goals and an assist and Nikita Chibrikov potted the shootout winner as the Manitoba Moose snapped their four-game losing skid with a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals 5-4. Manitoba goaltender Thomas Milic made 27 saves in regulation and overtime and then stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout.
The CFL Awards will be handed out tonight in Vancouver. Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira is the West Division finalist for the Most Outstanding Player Award and Most Outstanding Canadian. Oliveira led the league in rushing yards (1,353) for the second year in a row becoming the first player to accomplish the feat since Andrew Harris from 2017-2019. He also led the CFL in yards from scrimmage (1,829). Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and Montreal Alouettes defensive lineman Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund are the East Division finalists for Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian.
Toronto's city council has approved a new FIFA World Cup charge, aimed at helping ease the burden of hosting the pricey sporting event. Council members voted to raise the tax applied to hotels and short-term rentals from six per cent to 8.5 per cent. The tax will run from June 1st, 2025, to July 31st, 2026. Toronto has estimated hosting its piece of the expanded 48-team soccer showcase will cost 380-million-dollars, an increase of 80-million-dollars compared to a 2022 forecast.