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TORONTO — Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads his top-ranked Oklahoma City Thunder into Toronto to face the Raptors tonight. Oklahoma City has won seven of its past 10 games to put it atop the NBA’s Western Conference. The Thunder have the third-best record in the league behind the Eastern Conference’s Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. Toronto […]

TORONTO — Victims of intimate partner violence and their supporters are upset after early election speculation forced an Ontario legislative committee to cut short what was supposed to be an exhaustive study of the issue. A possible spring election forced one of the committee’s leaders to expedite the study’s timeline with the goal of completing […]

LONDON, Ont. — Austin Elliott stopped all 23 shots he faced as the London Knights blanked the Owen Sound Attack 3-0 on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Denver Barkey, Sam O’Reilly and Landon Sim supplied the offence as London (23-4-0) won its 19th game in a row. Attack goaltender Carter George made 45 saves […]

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored twice early in the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs erased an early deficit to win their third in a row, 3-2 over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night. William Nylander also scored for Toronto, which got 22 saves from Joseph Woll. Mitch Marner chipped in three assists […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored twice early in the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Wednesday. William Nylander had the other goal for Toronto (16-7-2), which got 22 saves from Joseph Woll. Mitch Marner chipped in three assists as the Leafs won for […]

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner, Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey and Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault are among the players named to Canada’s roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs agreed today to launch new negotiations with Canada over child welfare after voting down a $47.8 billion deal in October. Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations voted to start talks anew as well as to include Northwest Territories in any new agreements at a special assembly in Ottawa. The […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it’s sent another round of counter-proposals to the federal mediator appointed to help it reach a deal with Canada Post as a countrywide strike nears the three-week mark. The union says it’s ready to get back to federal mediation, which was put on pause last week […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index edged higher in trading on Wednesday, helped by strength in the technology sector, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 5.45 points at 25,641.18. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 308.51 points at 45,014.04. The S&P 500 index was up […]

TORONTO — Experts say Canada needs to be prepared to take action if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump goes through with his threats of significant tariffs when he takes office in January. Steve Verheul, former chief trade negotiator for Canada, says though the threat may not seem credible to many, the country still needs to take […]