Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot’s folk music legacy could still be honoured with a museum in his Ontario hometown. Pam Carter, president of the Mariposa Folk Festival, says local officials in Orillia, Ont. haven’t given up hope that artifacts from the late singer-songwriter’s life may wind up at a dedicated space in the city. But she […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada will release the summary of deliberations from its recent interest rate decision on Tuesday and senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers will give a speech in Toronto on Wednesday. The central bank cut […]

TORONTO — Lindsay Ell says in hindsight, she never really fit the country music mould. And that’s why the Calgary-raised singer-songwriter is switching gears more than a decade into her career, leaving Nashville country behind for a new record of confessional alt-pop music. Ell’s recently released EP “Love Myself” sees her going deep into her […]

TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan tries not to think about the Toronto Raptors retiring his jersey. Instead, he likes to focus on other Raptors greats who deserve the honour. DeRozan watched Vince Carter’s No. 15 get retired — the first to be so honoured by the Raptors — during the intermission of Toronto’s 131-128 overtime win […]

TORONTO (AP) — An emotional Vince Carter acknowledged his contentious exit from Toronto as his No. 15 jersey became the first number retired by the Raptors in a halftime ceremony during Saturday’s game against Sacramento. “It’s not just Carter 15 going up, it’s all of us going up,” Carter told fans before a banner with […]

TORONTO (AP) — RJ Barrett scored 31 points, Chris Boucher had a season-high 24, and the Toronto Raptors snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Sacramento Kings 131-128 in overtime on Saturday night. Toronto’s Ochai Agbaji scored a season-high 22 points, and Gradey Dick also had 22. Domantas Sabonis had 17 points, 20 rebounds […]

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — The visiting Saginaw Spirit scored the game’s first four goals then skated to a 6-2 Ontario Hockey League victory over the Owen Sound Attack on Saturday night. Nic Sima had two goals and assist for the Spirit (8-5-1-0), while Calem Mangone, Zayne Parekh, Sebastien Gervais and Michael Misa added singles. Sam […]

OTTAWA — Anton Forsberg stopped 22 shots and recorded a shutout against the Seattle Kraken for the second year in a row, lifting the Ottawa Senators to a 3-0 win on Saturday. Forsberg, who led Ottawa (6-5-0) to a 2-0 win against Seattle last December, made 22 saves as the Senators bounced back after losing […]

TORONTO — Vince Carter spoke about family, legacy, anger, and ultimately, love in an emotional news conference ahead of his jersey being retired by the Toronto Raptors. Carter will become the first player in Raptors history to be so honoured. His iconic No. 15 will be hung in the rafters of Scotiabank Arena in a […]

TORONTO — Quarterback Chad Kelly tossed four touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Toronto Argonauts to a 58-38 win against the Ottawa Redblacks in the East Division semifinal on Saturday. A last-minute Ottawa touchdown allowed the teams to match the CFL playoff record with 96 points combined, set when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated […]