Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — After playing soccer at three U.S. colleges and professionally in Iceland, Leah Pais wanted to come home. AFC Toronto was only too happy to oblige and the 22-year-old midfielder/forward from Mississauga is the second signing of the new Northern Super League franchise, following former Vaughan Azzurri teammate Jade Kovacevic. “I have missed birthdays, […]

TORONTO — Two months after Josclyn Johnson’s 18-month-old daughter started daycare, the centre announced it was leaving the national $10-a-day program, which has left Johnson considering a line of credit to pay the new $2,310 monthly fee or leaving the workforce to care for her child. “We’re sort of forced to stay in the daycare […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — Sam Dickinson put away the eventual winner as the London Knights defeated the Kitchener Rangers 3-1 on Tuesday in Ontario Hockey League play. Oliver Bonk and Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan, into an empty net, also scored for London (16-4-0). Knights goaltender Aleksei Medvedev stopped 20 shots for the win. Jack […]

TORONTO — Sheung-King and Martha Baillie were among the big winners at the Writers’ Trust Awards ceremony Tuesday that saw many take the podium with emotional pleas to protect LGBTQ rights and end the war in Gaza. Sheung-King claimed the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for “Batshit Seven,” a novel about a detached […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Evan Bouchard, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers, who were coming off a 3-0 loss in Montreal on Monday. Tim Stutzle and Josh […]

TORONTO — Richmond, B.C. author Sheung-King has won the $60,000 Writers’ Trust fiction prize for “Batshit Seven,” about a detached millennial living through the Hong Kong protests. Another big winner is Toronto writer Martha Baillie, who takes home the $75,000 non-fiction prize for her family memoir “There Is No Blue.” Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Auston Matthews boarded a plane and crossed an ocean. The Maple Leafs are hoping the trip provides some answers — and gets their best player back on the ice. General manager Brad Treliving said following Tuesday’s practice his captain, out day-to-day since Nov. 5 with an undisclosed upper-body injury, is in Germany to […]

TORONTO — Fears of conflict escalation in Europe weighed on stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic Tuesday, but Canada’s main index recovered from early losses to end slightly up, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 33.83 points at 25,010.77 as gains in mining stocks helped offset losses […]

OTTAWA — A Métis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims to Indigenous ancestry. Randy Boissonnault, who had said his great-grandmother was a “full-blooded Cree woman,” has also been described as Indigenous multiple times in communications from the Liberal party. He has walked back […]

TORONTO — A northern Ontario First Nation has declared a state of emergency over concurrent crises involving crime, gang activity, addiction and mental health problems that have plagued the community for years. Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg Chief Louis Kwissiwa is calling for policing and mental health help from the province and the federal government. Kwissiwa says the […]