Ontario News

TORONTO — It's not always the big names that are going to win you games in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Raptors 905 are heading to the NBA D-League Finals.

TORONTO — Francisco Liriano combined with three relievers on a six-hit shutout as the Toronto Blue Jays blanked the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre.

VANCOUVER — Christy Clark's Liberals are ramping up attacks on the NDP's ability to manage British Columbia's finances, accusing the party of releasing a platform with a $6.5-billion "crater" that can only be filled with middle-class tax hikes.

OTTAWA — Canada's envoy to Washington has shot back at criticism by President Donald Trump and U.S. milk producers, saying the facts don't support a charge that the Canadian dairy industry is to blame for the woes of some American farmers.

TORONTO — Guelph Storm defenceman Ryan Merkley has been named the 2017 Ontario Hockey League rookie of the year. The 16-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

Halifax is issuing a call for an extremely specific kind of centenarian — one who survived the massive blast that ripped through the city 100 years ago.

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — Lawyers for six young men who admitted distributing intimate images of underage girls say they have almost reached agreement with prosecutors about the basic facts in the case.

OTTAWA — A think tank led by former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page has laid out some advice for the Trudeau government on how to make the federal watchdog truly independent.

TORONTO — Commodities and political uncertainty weighed down Canada's largest stock exchange, which fell nearly 70 points, as the loonie weakened against the greenback. The S&P/TSX composite index shed 69.69 points to 15,552.