Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Police say they have arrested and charged a suspect in connection to an alleged hate-motivated incident in Waterloo region. Waterloo Regional Police say officers responded to reports of a disturbance at a residential building on King Street North near Elgin Street at around 1:40 p.m. Thursday. Investigators say they determined that an unknown […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Banking conference The CEOs of Canada’s biggest banks will speak at the RBC Capital Markets Canadian Bank CEO Conference on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The executives slated to speak include RBC’s Dave McKay, BMO’s Darryl White and Scotiabank’s Scott Thomson. […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Boston University’s Cole Eiserman broke a second-period tie and the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night to advance to the world junior hockey championship game. The Americans will face Finland — a 4-3 overtime winner over Sweden in the first semifinal — for the title Sunday night. […]

TORONTO (AP) — Matthew Knies had three goals and two assists, Mitch Marner had a goal and four assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 6-4 on Saturday night. Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists in his return after missing six games with an undisclosed upper-body injury, and Jake McCabe […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Finn Harding scored 27 seconds into overtime and the Brampton Steelheads edged the visiting Flint Firebirds 5-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at the CAA Centre. Harding, who finished with two assists, set up Vilmer Alriksson’s goal at 19:38 of the third period that tied the contest at 4-4 and […]

OTTAWA — The United States sits one win from history. Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist each as the Americans beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday to advance to the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Cole Eiserman and Oliver Moore, into the empty net, also scored for the […]

TORONTO — Matthew Knies recorded his first career NHL hat trick and Mitch Marner had a goal and four assists Saturday, lifting Toronto to a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins in Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews return from injury. The line of Knies, Matthews and Marner had 13 points on the night with two […]

OTTAWA — Finland is back in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to secure the country’s 4-3 victory over Sweden in the semifinals of the men’s under-20 tournament Saturday. The 19-year-old undrafted forward snuck a shot past Swedish goaltender Melker Thelin […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over Sweden in the world junior hockey semifinals Saturday. Rautiainen beat goalie Melker Thelin from a sharp angle to the right of the net on a 4-on-3 man advantage with Tom Willander in the […]

OTTAWA — Finland is back in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to secure the country’s 4-3 victory over Sweden in the semifinals of the men’s under-20 tournament Saturday. The forward snuck a shot past Swedish goaltender Melker Thelin on a […]