Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — For a team hoping to rebound after a last-place finish in 2024, the Toronto Blue Jays have had a relatively quiet off-season. That will need to change in a significant way if Canada’s lone big-league club is going to improve in 2025. First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the face of the franchise, still […]

TORONTO — CIBC says paying down debt is the top financial priority for Canadians heading into 2025. In its annual Financial Priorities poll, CIBC found Canadians continue to see rising costs for household goods and high interest rates as their biggest financial concerns. Keeping up with bill payments is the second biggest priority for respondents. […]

OTTAWA — The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command says Chinese and Russian air co-operation in the Arctic has Norad’s “full attention.” Those two countries for the first time staged a joint patrol in the Arctic near the coast of Alaska last July. U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot told The Canadian Press in a […]

OTTAWA — Dave Cameron and his players once again found themselves in an uncomfortable position. Coming off a stunning, embarrassing loss to Latvia some 48 hours earlier at the world junior hockey championship, Canada led another of the sport’s lesser lights by a single goal late in regulation Sunday. The tournament hosts would get the […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Tuomas Uronen scored at 1:46 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over the defending champion United States on Sunday in the world junior hockey championship. Uronen, who plays for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League, came down the right side on a rush and beat goalie Trey […]

OTTAWA — Canada got back in the win column at the world junior hockey championship. It wasn’t pretty. Oliver Bonk, Caden Price and Mathieu Cataford, into the empty net, scored as the wobbly host country picked up an unconvincing 3-0 victory over Germany on Sunday. Carter George made 25 saves to register the goaltender’s second […]

TORONTO — Bruce Brown intercepted a pass and streaked down the court, driving past some token defence from Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson for a one-handed slam dunk. Brown’s Toronto Raptors teammates burst off the home team’s bench, cheering for the veteran forward. “It’s just because they didn’t think I can jump, because I haven’t […]

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Dalyn Wakely scored twice as the Barrie Colts topped the North Bay Battalion 3-1 in Ontario Hockey League play on Sunday. Zach Wigle had the other goal for Barrie. Briir Long replied for North Bay. 67’S 5 PETES 4 PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Will Gerrior scored the game-winning goal at 19:49 of […]

TORONTO — Trae Young had a double-double as the Atlanta Hawks routed the struggling Toronto Raptors 136-107 on Sunday. Young had 34 points and 10 assists as Atlanta (18-15) won its fourth game in a row. He played only 32 minutes as both teams rested their starters with the game well in hand for the […]

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Police say they have charged a 41-year-old man with second-degree murder after his mother was found dead during a welfare check at a home in Niagara Falls, Ont. Niagara Regional Police say they were called to a residence near Huron and St. Claire Avenue around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. They found […]