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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 […]

DUNEDIN — Max Scherzer had a solid spring training debut for Toronto as the Blue Jays defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Tuesday. Scherzer started the game and struck out four of the six batters he faced. He gave up the Cardinals’ opening run in the first inning after surrendering a triple to Victor […]

Dozens of people gathered outside Ontario’s health ministry in Toronto today, 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 in Toronto, because […]

TORONTO — The threat and uncertainty around tariffs is creating a chill on borrowing and business activity, said Scotiabank and BMO as they kicked off first quarter bank earnings Tuesday. The banks both still managed to beat analyst expectations for the quarter ending Jan. 31, thanks in part to a spike in trading revenue from […]

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister David McGuinty is headed to Washington to discuss the latest efforts by Canada and the United States to fight deadly fentanyl. Joining McGuinty is newly appointed “fentanyl czar” Kevin Brosseau and representatives of the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency. The Canadians are slated to meet senators and senior White […]