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TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Sceptres are getting a big boost with the return of star forward Natalie Spooner. The Professional Women’s Hockey League team announced that Spooner has been activated from long-term injured reserve and will make her season debut in Tuesday’s home game against the defending champion Minnesota Frost. Spooner was the MVP […]

TORONTO — Country performer Josh Ross reached a personal Juno Awards milestone on Tuesday and he did it in good company with breakout pop singer Tate McRae. Both rising Canadian stars led the contenders at this year’s Junos with five nominations each, and Ross says he’s delighted to have done it alongside McRae. “I’m a […]

Toronto FC conceded an 84th-minute goal in a 1-0 loss Tuesday to the Colorado Rapids in an MLS pre-season friendly that once again saw Italian star Lorenzo Insigne not figure in the initial starting 11. Colorado ended the scoreless deadlock in Palm Beach, Fla., when Brazilian forward Rafael Navarro, who scored 15 goals in league […]

CALGARY — Parkland Corp. says its largest shareholder is no longer bound by the voting and standstill restrictions that were part of a governance agreement between the two. The Calgary-based company says an Ontario Superior Court decision lifted the limitations on Simpson Oil Ltd., which owns a roughly 20 per cent stake in Parkland. Simpson […]

TORONTO — The murder trial of two teen girls accused in the killing of a Toronto homeless man is hearing that some in their group seemed to have been drinking hours before they encountered him in a parkette. A Toronto Transit Commission special constable who interacted with the group at St. George subway station the […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Sceptres are getting a big boost with the return of star forward Natalie Spooner. The Professional Women’s Hockey League team announced that Spooner has been activated from long-term injured reserve and will make her season debut in Tuesday’s home game against the defending champion Minnesota Frost. Spooner was the most valuable […]

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc.’s chief executive says he doesn’t see the recent Los Angeles wildfires nor tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened on Canadian goods as spelling major trouble in his business. Ellis Jacob said the year’s film releases are on track because studios were largely unscathed when flames roared through Hollywood last month. […]

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests that if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race, he would erase the massive lead the Conservatives have enjoyed for the past year and a half. A Leger survey suggests a Carney-led party would boost Liberal support by six points to 37 per cent, putting them in a dead […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman while she was in Hamilton police custody. The Special Investigations Unit says officers arrested the woman on Monday for alleged “failure to comply offences” and she was put in a cell at a police station. The watchdog says she was found in […]

LOCAL NEWS DATA HUB — Women police officers remain significantly underrepresented in police services across Ontario despite evidence suggesting they are often preferred by victims of domestic violence or sexual assault, are less likely to use force, and may be better at de-escalating tense situations. Among the 23 local Ontario police departments with 100 or […]