Author: The Canadian Press

Calgary writer Natalie Sue’s debut novel about the absurdities of office life is one of three finalists for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $25,000 award, named for essayist and humorist Stephen Leacock, honours the best Canadian book of literary humour published in the past year. Sue’s “I Hope This Finds You Well,” […]

HAMILTON — Jamal Peters and DaShaun Amos are together again. The veteran defensive backs reunited this off-season when Amos signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. They were 2022 Grey Cup champions with the Toronto Argonauts. Amos, a field-side halfback, won another Grey Cup last season with Toronto before signing with Hamilton in free agency. With plenty […]

The May long weekend marks the unofficial start of cottage season for many Canadians, but a new report says some looking to buy a vacation home of their own are holding back until economic tensions settle. The report by Re/Max Canada, which is based on a Leger survey it commissioned in March, said lower borrowing […]

TORONTO — The Panthers are off to another Eastern Conference final. The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, are once again left to pick up the pieces. Eetu Luostarinen and Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists each as Florida throttled Toronto 6-1 in a dominant effort to take Game 7 and win the teams’ second-round playoff […]

Wildfires have forced more than 800 residents to evacuate their northwestern Ontario First Nation. Chief Waylon Scott of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nation, which sits about 100 kilometres northwest of Kenora near the Manitoba border, says rain and cooler temperatures have kept several fires at bay, but the blazes still pose a major threat. In a […]

TORONTO — Scott Laughton has crossed paths with Mark Scheifele through the years. As hockey players of the same Ontario vintage, they run in similar circles from time to time. Laughton, a Maple Leafs forward preparing for the biggest game of his life, was a huge Scheifele fan Saturday. He wasn’t alone. The Jets centre […]

TORONTO — Matthew Knies is good to go for Game 7. Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube confirmed following Sunday’s morning skate the big winger will suit up in his usual spot on Toronto’s top line in the winner-take-all finale against Florida. Knies took a reverse hit from Panthers defenceman Aaron Ekblad in the first […]

TORONTO — An early-morning crash has torn one family apart, Toronto police said Sunday as they announced three children had died in a collision allegedly caused by an impaired teen driver. Police revealed details at a news conference hours after the crash, which took place shortly after midnight at the eastbound offramp at Renforth Drive […]

MONTREAL — Quebec police say a man is facing second-degree murder charges after a woman was killed at a home on Friday in the Laurentian town of Lachute. Police say emergency crews were called around 2:30 p.m. on Friday to Saint-Exupéry Street in Lachute, where they detained a man on private property that was not […]

TORONTO — Police in Toronto say three children are dead after a suspected impaired driving crash near Toronto Pearson International Airport. Police say the crash happened just after midnight on Sunday on the eastbound offramp at Renforth Drive and Highway 401, when a stopped vehicle with six people in it was hit by another vehicle. […]