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KITCHENER, Ont. — Christian Humphreys scored at 1:17 of overtime to lift the Kitchener Rangers to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the visiting Sarnia Sting in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday night. Jack Pridham, Cameron Reid and Luca Romano also scored for the Rangers (42-13-4-1), who outshot the visitors 37-25. Dylan Luecke, Ryan Brown […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new independent senator to fill one of the Senate’s few remaining vacancies. The Prime Minister’s Office says in a news release that the Governor General has appointed Duncan Wilson as an independent senator to fill a vacancy in the Senate for British Columbia. […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained over one per cent Friday, led by strength in financial and industrial stocks, while U.S. markets also rallied in the latter half of the afternoon. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 265.21 points at 25,393.45. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 601.41 points at […]

One week after scoring in his 13th straight MLS season, Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio is on the verge of another milestone. The 32-year-old midfielder from Brampton, Ont., is one goal away from joining Major League Soccer’s exclusive 50-goal, 50-assist club. Osorio, who currently sits on 49 goals and 52 assists in regular-season play, would […]

Police say a youth has died after being towed on a sled behind a pickup truck earlier this month in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police say a 17-year-old boy is now facing charges in the case that highlights the dangers of towing people behind vehicles in any way. Police say the incident happened in a […]

TORONTO — Bell Media says it’s cutting 98 jobs through layoffs and buyouts. A spokeswoman for the company says most of the jobs are in “service and corporate departments” and no CTV journalists have lost their jobs. The company says 44 of the jobs are union positions, and many of those employees were offered buyouts. […]

OTTAWA — Anita Anand, minister of transport and internal trade, says she’s changed her mind and will run in the upcoming federal election. In January, Anand said she would not run for the Liberal party leadership and would not seek re-election as she considered returning to her former life as an academic. But she now […]

Police say one person was found dead and two others were injured after a home caught fire in Sandy Lake First Nation earlier this week. Nishnawbe Aski Police Service says officers responded to a report of a fire in the northern Ontario community Tuesday afternoon and found the home engulfed in flames. Police say community […]

Bobbi Ann Brady says she set out in this Ontario election to prove that her win in Haldimand-Norfolk as an independent in 2022 was not a fluke. But, she says, she never imagined she would end up winning by one of the largest margins in the whole province. Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives won their third […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Douglas Dean will wear the Maple Leaf for the first time at the world wheelchair curling championship. The 60-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., is also the first curler from Northern Ontario to play for Canada in the event. “It means a lot, especially at 60 years old. I thought my athletic […]