National Sports

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Canadian kicker Tyler Crapigna on Tuesday. Crapigna, of Ottawa, was recently released by the Montreal Alouettes. The former McMaster Marauder has made 98-of-115 career field-goal attempts in the CFL (85.

Players, staff and billet families with the Ontario Hockey League will all be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the upcoming season.

It hasn't taken head coach Orlondo Steinauer long to figure out when veteran linebackers Simoni Lawrence and Jovan Santos-Knox are on the field together at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats training camp.

The Seattle Kraken will get to choose from some of the NHL's biggest names as they pick their inaugural team on Wednesday. Clubs across the league scrambled to protect their assets with last-minute moves on Saturday.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have named Jean-François Houle as the new head coach for the club's American Hockey League affiliate.

TOKYO (AP) — European shares opened higher Tuesday after Asia tracked a retreat on Wall Street as investors grew jittery over the possibility that surging virus cases could stifle the global economic recovery.

The opening ceremony isn't until Friday, but Canadian athletes will be out on the softball pitch early tomorrow morning for Canada's first event of the Tokyo Olympics.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price says more needs to be done to make more people aware of the history of residential schools. Price, from Anahim Lake, B.C.

Mike Filer is putting himself and his family ahead of the game of football. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats veteran centre retired Monday after playing eight seasons with the CFL club.

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Three young men who likely died from carbon monoxide exposure while camping near a country music festival in Michigan were pals who played high school football together.