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TORONTO — Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was a big reason why Florida dispatched the Toronto Maple Leafs in a tidy five-game playoff series two years ago. His post-season return to Toronto was not as smooth. William Nylander scored on the Maple Leafs’ first shot and added another goal later in the period as Toronto beat […]

TORONTO — William Nylander got the Maple Leafs off to a flying start in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The star winger scored twice in the first period before adding an assist as Toronto built a big lead early before holding on late to down the Florida Panthers 5-4 and take Game […]

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz won’t return to Monday’s playoff series opener against the Florida Panthers after leaving the game in the second period. The team says he is “under evaluation.” Stolarz took an elbow to the back of the head from Panthers forward Sam Bennett shortly before his departure. Television replays […]

TORONTO — Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha and dub poet d’bi.young anitafrika are among the winners of the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes. The Metcalf Foundation announced five recipients of the $25,000 awards, which celebrate mid-career artists in Ontario who work in dance, theatre and music/opera. Winners get to bestow a $10,000 prize on a […]

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has decided which law firm will represent employees in Hudson’s Bay’s creditor protection case. A court filing from judge Peter Osborne names Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP as representative counsel to the faltering department store’s more than 9,000 employees and 3,000 retirees. Hudson’s Bay solicited interest from several firms, but […]

OSHAWA — Durham Region police say a woman has died after she was hit by a school bus in Oshawa, Ont., last month. Police say officers were called to the area of Simcoe Street and Mill Street the afternoon of April 23 for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian. They say the pedestrian, […]

TORONTO — The last girl set to face trial in the deadly group attack of a homeless Toronto man pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday, making her one of seven girls to plead guilty to a lesser charge in the case. The girl, one of eight teen girls accused in the 2022 death of 59-year-old Kenneth […]

CALEDON — Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Wyndham Clark and Max Homa were all added to the RBC Canadian Open field this afternoon. They’re joining Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, among others, at Canada’s men’s golf championship. MacIntyre won his first-ever PGA Tour title at Hamilton Golf and Country Club last June. McIlroy […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seeking Prime Minister Mark Carney’s support for his idea to build a tunnel under Highway 401. Ford sent the prime minister a letter today setting out a series of Ontario priorities that he hopes Carney will address, including accessing critical minerals, building an electric-vehicle supply chain and enacting […]

TORONTO — Scott Laughton was probably still feeling it. The Maple Leafs forward blocked a shot in the dying moments of Toronto’s Game 6 victory over the Ottawa Senators to clinch a spot in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The puck off Jack Sanderson’s stick appeared to get him somewhere on his […]