York Region

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hired Dennis McKnight as their special-teams co-ordinator Wednesday. The move comes a day after the CFL club and former special-teams co-ordinator Paul Boudreau parted ways. McKnight returns to Hamilton, originally joining the club as special-teams co-ordinator in 2017 before serving as an offensive-line coach in 2018-19. McKnight, a 64-year-old Dallas […]

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Jan Jenik from the Utah Hockey Club for forward Egor Sokolov, the NHL club announced Wednesday. Jenik, from Nymburk, Czechia, had 36 points (16 goals, 20 assists) over 55 regular-season games with the American Hockey League’s Tucson Roadrunners in 2023-24. He also had one point in five […]

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Jan Jenik from the Utah Hockey Club for forward Egor Sokolov, the NHL club announced Wednesday. Jenik, from Nymburk, Czechia, had 36 points (16 goals, 20 assists) over 55 regular-season games with the American Hockey League’s Tucson Roadrunners in 2023-24. He also had one point in five […]

TORONTO — The executive director of Pride Toronto says he is “very disappointed” that pro-Palestinian protesters forced Sunday’s annual parade to be cut short, arguing that meeting their demands would deprive the city’s LGBTQ+ community of essential support. Kojo Modeste said in an interview that Pride Toronto has issued several statements voicing support for LGTBQ+ […]

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Matthew Andonovski to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Wednesday. The 19-year-old from Markham, Ont., spent the past three seasons with the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers He set major junior career highs with seven goals and 25 assists in 65 games last season while […]

TORONTO — Philip Kim, who competes as “B-Boy Phil Wizard,” is set to make Canadian sports history this summer as the country’s first-ever Olympic breaking athlete. Canada DanceSport, Breaking Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed Wednesday that Kim will join Canada’s Olympic team at the Paris Games. Kim, from Vancouver, won the first gold […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals won’t say whether former defence minister Harjit Sajjan intervened on behalf of any other groups trying to flee Afghanistan when Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. Sajjan has said he used “appropriate” channels to relay information to the Canadian Armed Forces about the whereabouts of a group of more […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to an affiliation with the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones beginning next season. The Cyclones replace the Newfoundland Growlers, who ceased operations before the end of the 2023-24 campaign. The Growlers had been the Maple Leafs’ ECHL affiliate since 2018. The Cyclones have played in Cincinnati since 1990 and […]

WATERLOO, Ont. — OpenText Corp.’s chief executive says the company plans to shed about 1,200 roles as part of a business optimization plan. In an open letter to stakeholders, Mark Barrenechea says the move is meant to place the right talent in the right places, fund growth and innovation and deliver higher productivity, lower costs […]

TORONTO — Ontario is the only province where inmates are regularly locked down due to staff shortages, according to expert evidence in a pair of class-action lawsuits. Former inmates of provincial correctional facilities and immigration detainees who were held there are suing the Ontario and federal governments, alleging that inmates are commonly held in their […]