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TORONTO — It was a fun night for Carly Jackson. The 27-year-old third-string goaltender from Amherst, N.S., made 25 saves in her first-ever start — and first time entering a PWHL game — in the Toronto Sceptres’ 2-1 shootout victory on Tuesday night over the New York Sirens. Jackson stopped all four shots in the […]

OSHAWA — Luke Torrance scored at 8:44 of the second overtime period and lifted the Oshawa Generals to a 7-6 victory over the visiting Barrie Colts in Ontario Hockey League playoff action on Tuesday night at Tribute Communities Centre. Colby Barlow had two goals and an assist for the Generals, who grabbed a commanding 3-0 […]

TORONTO — Wilyer Abreu’s three-run blast capped a four-run inning as Boston’s big bats carried the Red Sox to a 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Rafael Devers crushed a 422-foot home run to the second deck in right field to lead off the third inning for Boston (17-14) before Abreu’s home […]

HAMILTON — The office of Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath says she has been hospitalized after being injured in an accident. A statement issued late Tuesday says Horwath is awaiting surgery and may need to take a “short medical leave” to focus on rest and recovery. It does not specify the nature of her injury or […]

OTTAWA — Ottawa Police say one of their officers shot a man downtown Tuesday afternoon after responding to a firearms call on a nearby street. Police said in a statement that at approximately 1:30 p.m. they responded to a firearms call in the Sparks Street area, a short walk from Parliament Hill and the Rideau […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a woman was critically injured Tuesday afternoon after a large tree branch fell and hit her in the city’s midtown. Police say they responded to the scene near St. Clair Avenue and Avenue Road just before 3:30 p.m. for a report of a large tree branch that had fallen onto […]

Police say they have charged one person after an all-terrain vehicle rollover left a nine-year-old girl dead in eastern Ontario last fall. Ontario Provincial Police say the 35-year-old suspect from North Frontenac Township has been charged with causing death by criminal negligence and will appear in court in June. The crash happened on Greer Road […]

TORONTO — Ontario is taking a concrete step toward an idea Premier Doug Ford has championed to build a tunnel under Highway 401. Ford has spoken often of the need to address gridlock and railed against lost productivity as a result of it. He first raised the idea last fall of building a tunnel under […]

OTTAWA — The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney but the party’s failure to sweep many of its targeted ridings last night denied it a resounding majority mandate. A big part of that failure happened in Ontario, where the party lost many incumbents — even as Carney called for a strong […]

OTTAWA — Police presence is heavy around a downtown Ottawa mall as police report an officer-involved shooting in the area. Ottawa Police said on social media the doors to the Rideau Centre were locked, but they have since re-opened. The shooting took place near the northeast corner of that mall, which is located a short […]