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TORONTO — With a Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff spot secured, Toronto remains focused on improvement over its final three regular-season games.  Toronto returned from the international break with a loss against Boston on Thursday and a win against Montreal at Bell Centre on Saturday that clinched its post-season berth.  Tuesday was the first time […]

TORONTO — There’s at least one piece of basketball memorabilia that Bennedict Mathurin wishes he was a part of. A basketball with the signatures of 19 Canadian players currently in the NBA is up for grabs in an online contest through the NBA Represent website. All of the signatures were gathered in the hallways of […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose nearly 140 points Tuesday, led by strength in technology stocks, while U.S. stock markets also climbed.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 139.76 points at 22,011.72. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 263.71 points at 38,503.69. The S&P 500 index was up 59.95 points […]

TORONTO — It’s the only must-win race of David Moran’s 2024 season. The veteran Woodbine rider will race this year against his son, Pietro, an 18-year-old apprentice jockey. That’s expected to happen repeatedly this season but for the elder Moran, the first meeting will be the most crucial. “I’ve got to try to get bragging […]

TORONTO — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in last week’s budget is just a start. Speaking to media at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition conference Tuesday, Freeland says nothing would make her happier than for it to be oversubscribed and needing to put more […]

TORONTO — A looked at the 2024 Canadian Championship: TEAMS: The field features 14 teams: three from Major League Soccer, eight from the Canadian Premier League and the Ontario, Quebec and B.C. league champions. BYES: The defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps and 2023 runner-up CF Montreal get first-round byes. FORMAT: The six preliminary round consists of […]

TORONTO — Growing up in England, John Herdman saw plenty of cup competition. He knows the pitfalls that can come with it. “What you always know is that there’s a few banana skins in the opening rounds,” said the Toronto FC coach. “There’s always some upsets and surprises.” The semi-pro Simcoe County Rovers hope to […]

Toronto’s police chief says he wants to make it clear he accepts and supports the not-guilty verdict delivered by a jury in the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a police officer.  Umar Zameer was acquitted Sunday in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was hit by a vehicle in […]

TORONTO — A few Ontario government members have voted again today to uphold a ban on keffiyehs in the legislature, prompting some people watching question period from the public galleries to put on the scarves. Legislative security ejected the protesters, who were shouting, “free free Palestine.” The Speaker of the legislature has ruled that people […]

TORONTO — Equifax Canada says it’s exploring how rent data could factor in to credit scores to help make credit and financial services accessible to more people. The agency says it’s been testing small volumes of rental payment data for a while, and has found that including “alternative data” could establish or enhance the credit […]