41 junior hockey players from across the country have been invited to a ‘virtual training camp’ to prepare them for the possibility of suiting up for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships this winter. The invitees include Halifax’s Justin Barron. He was the only Nova Scotia born player invited.

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The Raptors are the lone NBA team that will travel directly to Florida as opposed to their home market for the beginning of training camp because of border restrictions currently in place between Canada and the United States. Other teams will return to their home court for practice and to get ready for the playoffs in Orlando.

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Ottawa has been awarded the 2021 men’s world curling championship by the World Curling Federation and Curling Canada.

This year’s men’s championship in Glasgow, Scotland, was cancelled this spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as was the women’s championship and world mixed doubles in Prince George and Kelowna, B.C.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the federal government is “comfortable” with the NHL having a hub city in Canada, as long as local health authorities approve.