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TORONTO — Maple Leafs winger William Nylander appears on course to suit for the first time in this spring’s Stanley Cup playoffs. The 27-year-old was a full participant at today’s practice after missing the first three games of Toronto’s opening-round series against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury. Nylander wouldn’t say what’s kept him […]

LONDON, Ont. — Western University and picketing graduate teaching assistants have reached a tentative deal after a two-week strike. The university says the tentative agreement with Public Service Alliance Local 610 will now go before Western’s board of governors and members of the union for ratification.  About 2,000 graduate teaching assistants at the London, Ont., […]

TORONTO — A year before her death in 2019, Jackie Shane decided it was finally time to tell her life story. The trailblazing transgender soul singer was a mystery ever since vanishing from the spotlight in 1971 after dominating the Toronto music scene throughout the 1960s. For decades following her retirement, the Nashville-born artist lived […]

TORONTO — A look at Emma-Jayne Wilson, Canada’s top female jockey with a record 1,875 victories: — Her mounts have won US$89,181,572. — Won the 2007 King’s Plate aboard Mike Fox. — North America’s top apprentice in 2005 after becoming the first woman to claim Woodbine’s jockey title with 175 wins and over $6.2 million […]

TORONTO — Emma-Jayne Wilson may be a Canadian thoroughbred racing trailblazer and pioneer. But she had a very good mentor. Long before Wilson established herself as Canada’s top female jockey, she received a call from American Julie Krone, the first woman to win an American Triple Crown race aboard Colonial Affair in the 1993 Belmont […]

TORONTO — Gains in the base metal stocks helped lift Canada’s main stock index in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 34.70 points at 21,920.08. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 85.79 points at 38,171.59. The S&P 500 index was up 49.94 points […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index eked out a gain Thursday thanks to energy and base metals, while U.S. stock markets fell, though they managed to pare back deeper losses from the morning.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 11.66 points at 21,885.38. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 375.12 points […]

TORONTO — CBC is not renewing “Run the Burbs,” Andrew Phung’s suburban sitcom, for a fourth season. Phung, who co-created and stars in the show, shared the news on social media. “Run the Burbs,” which premiered on CBC in 2022, follows the Phams, a Vietnamese-South Asian Canadian family that upends traditional gender roles while making […]

Honda Motor Co. plans to build a $15-billion electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., plant, which it will retool to produce EVs, the company announced on Thursday. The project includes up to $5 billion in public funding and is the latest in a string of EV-related announcements, many of which also saw […]

TORONTO — There were tears in the Simcoe County Rovers’ locker room ahead of Wednesday’s Canadian Championship game against Toronto FC as players’ family and friends offered love and support by video. “Go Rovers,” was the repeated refrain from loved ones young and old.  “So proud of you and the hard work and dedication that’s […]