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TORONTO — Julia Gosling scored twice in her playoff debut as the Toronto Sceptres defeated the Minnesota Frost 3-2 on Wednesday in Game 1 of their best-of-five semifinal series. Captain Blayre Turnbull also scored for Toronto. Kristen Campbell made 24 saves. Britta Curl-Salemme and Katy Knoll found the net for Minnesota. Nicole Hensley stopped 34 […]

TORONTO — Canada’s largest school board says it has received a ransom demand over student data that was stolen last December, even though the company behind the affected software paid ransom in hopes of securing that information. The Toronto District School Board said in a letter to parents and caregivers on Wednesday that it recently […]

Stuart Macdonald’s week got off to just about the worst start a professional athlete could think of, but ended with the Vancouver golfer’s best-ever result on the Korn Ferry Tour. Macdonald was walking down the stairs of his Airbnb in Tulum, Mexico, when workers outside cut off the power, suddenly plunging the entire house into […]

TORONTO — Ontario is seeking to appeal a temporary court order stopping it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes while a judge weighs whether the plan is unconstitutional. The government served notice of its intent to appeal last month’s injunction to lawyers for a cycling advocacy group challenging its plan to remove lanes […]

TORONTO — Canada’s largest school board says it has received a ransom demand over student data that was stolen last December, even though the company behind the affected software paid ransom in hopes of securing that information. The Toronto District School Board says in a letter to parents and caregivers that it recently learned the […]

FREDERICTON — There is no evidence to support claims of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a new study that suggests the media may have played a role in feeding patients’ fears. Published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Neurology, the study reviewed the cases of 25 patients evaluated at two hospitals in New […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman is suing former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott, accusing him of sexually assaulting her during a team event at her high school in 1987, when he was 26 and she was 15. The lawsuit first filed in December 2022 and amended on May 1 accuses Scott […]

One of Canada’s oldest veterans, Burdett Sisler, says it’s not that hard to make it to 110 years old – all you have to do is stay alive. “Anybody can do it,” the supercentenarian said in a recent interview. “I don’t feel any different as any other day really, except I can’t move as fast […]

TORONTO — Much of the debate in the aftermath of Anthony Stolarz’s departure from the Maple Leafs’ series opener against Florida centred around whether Panthers forward Sam Bennett should have been disciplined for elbowing the Toronto goaltender. A renowned neuroscientist, however, said one of his main concerns lies with how the player’s injury situation was […]

TORONTO — Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll will get the start in Game 2 of Toronto’s second-round playoff series with Florida on Wednesday. The 26-year-old replaced Anthony Stolarz midway through Monday’s opener after Stolarz took an elbow from Panthers centre Sam Bennett. Woll stopped 17-of-20 shots off the bench as the Leafs held on for […]