Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Captain Auston Matthews registered his 14th career hat trick, including the game-winner, to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-5 comeback win against the struggling Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Jets netminder Eric Comrie could not freeze a loose puck at the side of his goal. It slid to a wide-open Matthews in […]

HALIFAX — Hundreds across Canada marked the start of the new year by gleefully plunging into frigid lake and ocean water, some for their first time. Alejandra Lopez, who’s visiting Nova Scotia from Mexico, said she likes to do cold dips in a tub with ice water back home, but she’d never done a polar […]

BARRIE — Police in Barrie, Ont., are investigating after a child was found dead inside a home in the city’s south end. Police say they responded to a call for a well-being check at a house on Bayview Avenue near Little Avenue around 3 p.m. on Wednesday. They say a 10-year-old child was found dead […]

Inside a large indoor space marked with metal equipment, training gear and gadgets stored in drawers and shelves, athlete Peyton Markwood uses two hands to pull on the handle of a large machine with all the strength he can muster, as it measures the power and movement of his muscles. Later, his performance director, Tyler […]

TORONTO — A man is facing more than a dozen charges including sexual assault and forcible confinement after Toronto police say three people were attacked on New Year’s Eve and there may be more victims. A statement says officers were called to investigate a robbery and a break-and-enter in the Dundas Street West and Kipling […]

The Ontario Provincial Police say two people were killed and another injured in a head-on crash near Brockville, Ont. A statement says the collision happened on County Road 29 near New Dublin Road on Wednesday shortly before 2:30 p.m. Police say the two drivers, a 66-year-old woman from Smiths Falls, and a 66-year-old man from […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run in the city’s midtown has turned himself in as investigators continue to search for a second vehicle involved in the incident. Police say they were called to the scene near Eglinton and Dunfield avenues just after 7:15 a.m. Wednesday morning. They say a 70-year-old […]

BARRIE — The City of Barrie is cancelling its outdoor New Year’s Eve celebration due to severe winter weather. Officials say heavy snow accumulation has made event setup at the downtown Meridian Place challenging and presented potentially unsafe conditions. Environment Canada has issued a weather alert for the city and surrounding areas, warning of more […]

TORONTO — Toronto police have upgraded a charge against a man accused of setting a tent on fire while someone was inside. The accused, 36-year-old Loewen Wolfe of Toronto, is now charged with first-degree murder after police say the victim died. Wolfe was initially charged with mischief endangering life, arson causing bodily harm, arson disregarding […]

The quest for Canada to host a men’s FIFA World Cup dates back some 50 years for Walter Sieber. Sieber, then director general of sports for the Montreal Olympics, was sitting next to then-FIFA president João Havelange at the men’s football final at Olympic Stadium on July 31, 1976. Despite the rain, an enthusiastic crowd […]