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TORONTO — An upcoming AC/DC concert in Toronto has been cancelled after a severe storm damaged the venue. Live Nation, the operator of Rogers Stadium, says engineers determined that the sections affected by last Wednesday’s storm will need to be removed and rebuilt. Powerful winds tore through the stadium during major thunderstorms that caused localized […]

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Alex Formenton to a one-year contract worth US$850,000, the NHL team said Wednesday. Formenton was one of five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team who were acquitted last year on sexual assault charges stemming from an encounter with a woman known as “E.M.” after a Hockey […]

TORONTO — In what officials call a worrisome trend, Toronto Fire says it has responded to 97 lithium-ion battery fires since January — easily surpassing the total from last year. A spokesperson for the service says 71 such fires were recorded in 2025 and 76 the year before. The latest numbers represent a more than […]

A new analysis of Ontario’s municipal elections suggests some modest improvements in competition, with fewer uncontested races but only sparse gains in the share of female candidates. With 414 municipalities holding elections next month, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario says the trends are encouraging but they are no reason to relax efforts to strengthen […]

Vernon Adams Jr. and the Calgary Stampeders don’t have time to lament their Labour Day loss to the Edmonton Elks. Edmonton (9-3) rallied for a 38-28 road win over Calgary (5-7) on Monday. The Stampeders led by as many as 18 points early in the second half and 25-17 after the third quarter. But Edmonton […]

LAS VEGAS — John Tavares remembers everything being new. Selected first overall by the New York Islanders at the 2009 NHL draft, the star centre and wide-eyed teenager was experiencing countless never-before-seen moments as he started living out his dream. The attention. The crowds. The questions. The grind. The adulation. The potential doubts. The Toronto […]

Toronto North Racquet Club has added three Canadians to its roster ahead of the upcoming World Team Tennis season. Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont., Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo were all named to the team that already had Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont. Mboko is ranked 15th on the WTA […]

Organizers of the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival say its cavalcade of laughs set for this weekend in Mississauga, Ont., has been postponed. It is not immediately clear why the event at Erindale Park was postponed, though the festival says in a notice on its website that the decision comes after “careful consideration.” The festival’s notice […]

The Associated Press says it will continue to refer to Lake Ontario by its original name, and not Lake America. It says that as a global news agency, it must ensure place names are easily recognizable to broad audiences, noting Canada has said it will not be following the name change decreed by U.S. President […]

CALGARY — The Canadian women’s hockey team will host the United States on Oct. 28 in Windsor, Ont., for an exhibition game ahead of the 2026 world championship, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday. The national governing body added that details for a second pre-tournament game in the United States would be announced in the coming days. […]