Toronto officially announced as WNBA's latest expansion team
The WNBA is finally, officially, coming to Toronto. Kilmer Sports Ventures has been awarded a women's professional basketball team. The official announcement was made Thursday morning at a press conference attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, rapper Drake and Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes.
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![From left: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, Kilmer Group chairman and CEO Larry Tannenbaum, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow celebrate the arrival of the league's newest team. Five people, three men and two women, gather and touch a Wilson basketball with their hands to mark arrival of the Women's National Basketball Association to Toronto.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7212417.1716475702!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/trudeau-ford-chow-toronto-wnba-1180.jpg)
The WNBA is finally, officially, coming to Toronto. Kilmer Sports Ventures has been awarded a women's professional basketball team. The official announcement was made Thursday morning at a press conference attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, rapper Drake and Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes.