Author: The Canadian Press

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — When Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish resigned from a regional police board, citing the need to be openly critical of the largest budget increase in the force’s history, her decision took many by surprise. But to those who’ve known her long enough, this is how the 78-year-old former member of Parliament has always […]

TORONTO — Renata Fast of the Toronto Sceptres scored on a breakaway late in overtime to successfully celebrate Natalie Spooner’s return after a nine-month layoff from off-season knee surgery with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday. With 3.7 seconds remaining in the extra three-on-three period, Fast deked Minnesota goalie Maddie Rooney to […]

TORONTO — Toronto Sceptres forward Natalie Spooner equated her nine-month layoff from left knee surgery to returning to action after giving birth to her son Rory two years ago. The reigning Professional Women’s Hockey League MVP successfully returned from her knee rehab, picking up an assist in Toronto’s 3-2 overtime win against the defending champion […]

TORONTO (AP) — Renata Fast of the Toronto Spectres scored on a breakaway late in overtime to successfully celebrate Natalie Spooner’s return after a nine-month layoff from off-season knee surgery with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday night. With 3.7 seconds remaining in the extra three-on-three period, Fast deked Minnesota goalie Maddie […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — Luke Torrance scored at 3:04 of overtime and the Oshawa Generals recovered from blowing a two-goal lead to beating the Kitchener Rangers 4-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Tuesday night at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. Harrison Franssen, Beckett Sennecke and Brooks Rogowski also scored for the Generals (32-15-3-2), who led 2-1 after […]

TORONTO — Renata Fast of the Toronto Spectres scored on a breakaway late in overtime to successfully celebrate Natalie Spooner’s return after a nine-month layoff from off-season knee surgery with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday. With 3.7 seconds remaining in the extra three-on-three period, Fast deked Minnesota goalie Maddie Rooney to […]

TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Ingram has a $120 million extension from the Raptors before ever playing a game for Toronto. The recently acquired forward agreed to the deal Tuesday, less than a week after the Raptors got him from the New Orleans Pelicans. Klutch Sports Group, Ingram’s agency, congratulated the 2020 All-Star and NBA’s Most […]

TORONTO — The head of the Juno Awards says he’s not rushing to decide the fate of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s many honours with the music organization, even after it was confirmed last week that she was stripped of her Order of Canada. Allan Reid, the CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said […]

TORONTO — Two girls accused in the killing of a homeless Toronto man were swigging liquor from bottles and smoking marijuana with friends at a mall hours before they encountered him in a downtown parkette, another teen testified Tuesday. A girl who was part of the same social circle told the court a group of […]

TORONTO — Intact Financial Corp. says it earned $667 million in the fourth quarter. That’s up 26 per cent from the $531 million it earned during the same quarter last year. The Toronto-based firm says earnings per share were $3.58, up from $2.78 a year earlier. Insurance revenue was $6.8 billion, up from $6.5 billion […]