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KITCHENER, Ont. — Luke Torrance scored at 3:04 of overtime and the Oshawa Generals recovered from blowing a two-goal lead to beating the Kitchener Rangers 4-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Tuesday night at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. Harrison Franssen, Beckett Sennecke and Brooks Rogowski also scored for the Generals (32-15-3-2), who led 2-1 after […]

TORONTO — Renata Fast of the Toronto Spectres scored on a breakaway late in overtime to successfully celebrate Natalie Spooner’s return after a nine-month layoff from off-season knee surgery with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday. With 3.7 seconds remaining in the extra three-on-three period, Fast deked Minnesota goalie Maddie Rooney to […]

TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Ingram has a $120 million extension from the Raptors before ever playing a game for Toronto. The recently acquired forward agreed to the deal Tuesday, less than a week after the Raptors got him from the New Orleans Pelicans. Klutch Sports Group, Ingram’s agency, congratulated the 2020 All-Star and NBA’s Most […]

TORONTO — The head of the Juno Awards says he’s not rushing to decide the fate of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s many honours with the music organization, even after it was confirmed last week that she was stripped of her Order of Canada. Allan Reid, the CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said […]

TORONTO — Two girls accused in the killing of a homeless Toronto man were swigging liquor from bottles and smoking marijuana with friends at a mall hours before they encountered him in a downtown parkette, another teen testified Tuesday. A girl who was part of the same social circle told the court a group of […]

TORONTO — Intact Financial Corp. says it earned $667 million in the fourth quarter. That’s up 26 per cent from the $531 million it earned during the same quarter last year. The Toronto-based firm says earnings per share were $3.58, up from $2.78 a year earlier. Insurance revenue was $6.8 billion, up from $6.5 billion […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has named Kevin Brosseau, a former senior Mountie, to be the federal point person on fighting the spread of deadly fentanyl. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Brosseau’s role as fentanyl czar will involve working closely with U.S. counterparts to accelerate Canada’s efforts to detect, disrupt and dismantle the illicit trade […]

OTTAWA — As U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to hit Canada with steep tariffs, several former prime ministers are calling on Canadians to express their national pride and “show the flag.” Saturday, Feb. 15 — Flag Day — marks the 60th anniversary of the Canadian flag. In a joint statement, former prime ministers Joe Clark, […]

Ontario Provincial Police say a second teenager has been arrested in connection with multiple threats of violence against schools in Canada and the United States. Police say the threats began with anonymous calls to a Catholic high school in eastern Ontario last September and other incidents were reported in that region, as well as in […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed Brandon Ingram to a three-year, US$120-million contract extension, according to multiple media reports. ESPN, which first reported the signing, says the deal includes a player option for 2027-28. The Raptors acquired Ingram last week before the NBA’s trade deadline in a trade that sent a 2026 first-round pick […]