Author: The Canadian Press

SAINT CATHARINES, Ont. — Owen Purcell’s team from Nova Scotia opened the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Sunday with a pair of impressive wins at the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club. Purcell’s Halifax Curling Club quartet, with third Christina Black, second Adam McEachren and lead Jennifer Baxter, rocked Dylan Johnston’s Northern Ontario squad 11-1 […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will have an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of a hamstring injury that forced him to leave Sunday’s loss at Atlanta. Prescott said he “felt a pull, something I’ve never felt” but added “it’ll take a lot for me to not be out there” when […]

NIAGARA, Ont. — Kevin He scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Niagara IceDogs to a 4-3 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting Sudbury Wolves on Sunday at the Meridian Centre. Max Crete, Sean Doherty and Ethan Czata also scored for the Central Division-leading IceDogs (11-4), who outshot the visitors 40-29. Quentin Musty, […]

OTTAWA — Leaders of the three main federal parties condemned violence that erupted Sunday as Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in the Toronto suburb of Brampton. Videos circulating on social media appear to show demonstrators holding banners in support of a separate Sikh country called Khalistan clashing with others, including some holding India’s […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has suffered a hamstring injury and has left Sunday’s game at Atlanta. The Cowboys announced Prescott will not return. Prescott also appeared to be favoring an injury to his right hand at the end of the third quarter. The team confirmed it was the hamstring injury which […]

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 […]