Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Being married is not a prerequisite to portraying the tortured couples at the heart of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” but Paul Gross and Martha Burns certainly see the advantage of being able to draw on their own longtime union in order to inhabit the stormy characters. The veteran stage and screen stars […]

WINDSOR, Ont. — Liam Greentree scored twice for the Windsor Spitfires in a 6-2 win over the Sudbury Wolves on the Ontario Hockey League on Thursday. Anthony Cristoforo, Luke McNamara, Tnias Mathurin and Ilya Protas also scored for the Spitfires who stopped the West Division at 31-8-2-1. Windsor goalie Joey Costanzo contributed 17 saves to […]

TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe walked a familiar path inside Scotiabank Arena. He simply turned left a little sooner — to the visitors locker room — than in years past. The New Jersey Devils head coach was back on familiar turf Thursday with his team in town to face the Maple Leafs. Keefe spent parts of […]

GUELPH, Ont. — Rachel Homan, Brad Jacobs and Matt Dunstone remained undefeated to qualify for playoffs at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters of Thursday. The three Canadian teams in the international field of 32 improved to 3-0 with victories and punched their tickets to Saturday’s quarterfinals at the Sleeman Centre. Homan defeated archrival […]

TORONTO — William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs battled back from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits in the third period to down the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday. Auston Matthews had two goals for Toronto (28-16-2), which entered having lost a season-high three […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL record for the most goaltenders scored on, beating Leevi Merilainen in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Merilainen became the 179th goalie Ovechkin has scored against, breaking a tie with Jaromir Jagr atop the career list. […]

OTTAWA — Three national Indigenous leaders say Indigenous Peoples should be at the centre of any discussions on how the country should respond to incoming U.S. president Donald Trump’s threats on tariffs and Canada’s territorial sovereignty. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed and Métis National Council President Victoria Pruden made […]

OTTAWA — Mark Carney is a known commodity in Liberal circles. Party organizers have tried to convince the former central banker to run under the big red banner for the past decade. The international finance globetrotter finally put an end to years of breathless speculation by launching his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau at the […]

OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney officially kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau on Thursday by launching barbs at Pierre Poilievre and describing the Conservative leader as a dangerous, sloganeering populist. Carney launched his Liberal leadership campaign at a community centre in Edmonton that was packed with roughly 200 supporters […]

OTTAWA — The federal government spent more on contracted information technology services in four federal departments in 2022-23 than it would have if the work had been done by public servants, the parliamentary budget officer found in a new analysis. A report from the PBO published Thursday said the federal government spent $18.6 billion on […]