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With Ontarians heading to the polls on Thursday, here’s an overview of what the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens promised on five key issues during the snap campaign. HEALTH CARE Progressive Conservatives: — Spend $1.8 billion over four years to connect two million more people to primary care. — Spend $88 million to expand […]

A Thunder Bay drag performer who successfully sued a Facebook blogger for defamation over baseless accusations of pedophilia says she hopes the case serves as a cautionary tale to those who traffic in anti-LGBTQ+ slurs and hate speech. “I want them to know that they need to be afraid to be bigots again, because we’re […]

TORONTO (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 24 points, Derrick White had 22 and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to six games by beating the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday night. Payton Pritchard scored 20 points and Jayson Tatum had 19 points and 11 assists as the Celtics improved to 24-6 on the road. […]

TORONTO — Three-point shooting is the weapon of choice in the modern NBA but the Toronto Raptors are struggling to find consistency from beyond the arc. RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., made one of Toronto’s five three-pointers as the Raptors made 33 attempts from beyond the arc in a 111-101 loss to the Boston Celtics […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — Jack Pridham scored twice, Christian Humphreys had a goal and two assists and the Kitchener Rangers beat the Guelph Storm 6-1 in Ontario Hockey League action on Tuesday night at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. Luke Ellinas, Matthew Andonovski and Haeden Ellis also scored for the Rangers (41-13-4-1), who outshot the visitors 44-27. Trent […]

TORONTO (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 24 points, Derrick White had 22 and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to six games by beating the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday night. Payton Pritchard scored 20 points and Jayson Tatum had 19 points and 11 assists as the Celtics improved to 24-6 on the road. […]

TORONTO — Jayson Tatum had a double-double as the undermanned Boston Celtics held off the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday. Tatum had 19 points, 11 assists and six rebounds as Boston (42-16) won its sixth straight game. Jaylen Brown scored 24 points and pulled down five rebounds. Forward Kristaps Porzingis (illness) and point guard Jrue […]

TORONTO — Dozens of people gathered outside Ontario’s health ministry in Toronto on Tuesday, two days before the provincial election, to protest the province’s plans to shut down 10 supervised drug consumption sites by the end of March. Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government announced last summer that it would close the consumption sites, including five […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Tuesday, with strength in financial, industrial and utilities stocks outweighing weakness in energy, while U.S. markets were mixed and the Nasdaq fell 1.4 per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 52.72 points at 25,203.98. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 159.95 points at […]

OTTAWA — In a few hours, Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould and Frank Baylis will square off in an English-language debate in Montreal. The event is set to run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and is being moderated by former CBC journalist Hannah Thibedeau of Global Public Affairs. Here’s the […]