49 m. ago SIMMONS: This Maple Leafs team is finally learning to win the right way

This is what the Maple Leafs have been missing in the Stanley Cup playoffs, year after disappointing year. Great goaltending when the game and the result is on the line. Star performances from the largest salaried stars on the Leafs roster – the same players who are usually left to fruitlessly explain what went wrong […]

Sport

2 h. ago Maple Leafs beat Florida Panthers, clinch spot in 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Maple Leafs have booked their spot in the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. What was expected became reality on Wednesday night when the Leafs, who needed a point against the Florida Panthers to clinch a post-season berth, beat their Atlantic Division rivals 3-2 at Scotiabank Arena. The Auston Matthews line came through in third period […]

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2 h. ago Ottawa Charge moves back into PWHL playoff spot with second straight win over Boston Fleet

Shiann Darkangelo returned to Massachusetts – about 40 minutes from Salem and the infamous witch trials of 1692 – to haunt her old team Wednesday night. The Ottawa Charge centre scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 victory over the Boston Fleet at the Tsongas Center in Lowell that clinched a postseason berth for the Toronto […]

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3 h. ago Ovechkin scores his 892nd career goal. He needs 2 to tie Gretzky and 3 to break the NHL record

RALEIGH, N.C.  — Alex Ovechkin moved three goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 892nd of his career in the Washington Capitals’ game at the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.  Ovechkin beat Frederik Andersen on a 5-on-3 power-play with 34.5 seconds left in the second period. He now has 10 goals […]

Sport

3 h. ago Closing submissions resume in trial of girl accused of killing Kenneth Lee

None of the other teens who violently swarmed a homeless Toronto man in 2022 appeared to make any motions consistent with stabbing during the attack, prosecutors argued Wednesday at the murder trial of a teen girl they allege inflicted the fatal wound. The swarming at a downtown Toronto parkette was captured on security footage, and […]

Society

4 h. ago Historic Victoria church could become arts centre and housing under new proposal

The plan would transform the property with the conduction of 130 units of rental housing, plus a new arts centre and a renovation of the church itself.

Culture

4 h. ago CAPREIT Announces Over $560 Million in Additional Dispositions in Europe

This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for the purposes of CAPREIT’s prospectus supplement dated February 22, 2024, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated May 9, 2023. TORONTO, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“CAPREIT”) (TSX:CAR.UN) announced today that a subsidiary of European Residential Real […]

Economics

4 h. ago SO FAR SO GOOD: Blue Jays off to fastest start since 2011 after sweep of Nationals

The Blue Jays were never going to get too high or too low about the opening seven-game series that concluded early Wednesday evening at the Rogers Centre. Publicly, anyway. But going 5-2 through the first seven games of a season with so much on the line is compounded in a good way by the manner […]

Society

5 h. ago ERES Announces a Further €362 Million in Strategic Dispositions

TORONTO, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (“ERES” or “the REIT”) (TSX:ERE.UN) announced today the following (all amounts disclosed herein exclude transaction costs and other adjustments): A subsidiary of ERES has entered into an agreement (the “Disposition Agreement”) with an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group (the “Fortress Affiliate”) to […]

Economics

5 h. ago ThreeD Capital Inc. Cancels Upcoming Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

TORONTO, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ThreeD Capital Inc. (“ThreeD” or the “Company”) (CSE:IDK / OTCQX:IDKFF) a Canadian-based venture capital firm focused on opportunistic investments in companies in the junior resources and disruptive technologies sectors, announces that it has cancelled its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “AGM”) originally scheduled for Tuesday, April […]

Economics

5 h. ago The world reacts with caution to US ‘reciprocal’ tariffs against dozens of nations

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war. The fact that the tariffs fell most heavily on parts of the world sleeping through the night appeared to at […]

Economics

5 h. ago Acceleware Ltd. Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial and Operating Results

CALGARY, Alberta, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acceleware® Ltd. (“Acceleware” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: AXE), a leading innovator of transformative technologies targeting the decarbonization of industrial process heat, today announced its financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2024 (all figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted). Acceleware’s results reflect […]

Culture

7 h. ago GOLDSTEIN: Chiang case raises concerns about Carney and China

Liberal MP Paul Chiang’s decision to withdraw from his candidacy in a Toronto-area riding after saying a Conservative opponent could be delivered to the Chinese consulate in Toronto to claim a bounty of one million Hong Kong dollars, has reignited the issue of China’s foreign interference in our democracy.  Particularly so given Liberal leader Mark […]

Transport

7 h. ago Firan Technology Group Corporation (“FTG”) Announces First Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates

TORONTO, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Firan Technology Group Corporation (TSX: FTG) (OTCQX: FTGFF) (“FTG”) will release the first quarter 2025 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The Corporation will host a live conference call on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 8:30am (Eastern) to discuss the first quarter of […]

Culture

8 h. ago Site of former abandoned TTC terminal cleared after years of construction

The former footprint of a long-abandoned TTC bus terminal sits empty after almost a decade of construction chaos.Eglinton Station's original bus terminal was built in 1954 as a surface connection hub for what was then the northern terminus of Toronto's first subway line. It operated for 50 years before a modern replacement opened to the immediate south in 2004, and would sit abandoned for another 12 years.In recent weeks, this site has been cleared of construction equipment, signalling the long-anticipated end of a seemingly cursed transit project that has plagued midtown Toronto for over a decade.Construction of the Crosstown LRT began in the summer of 2011, but it wasn't until mid-2016 that the long-abandoned bus terminal was cleared ahead of its future use as an extraction shaft for two of the four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that carved the line's underground sections.Launched in 2012 from a similar launch shaft dug in Keelesdale Park, the western pair TBMs carved 10-kilo...

Other

8 h. ago Oilpatch wish list for transforming energy policy makes its election debut

Oil and gas companies are watching the federal election closely for clarity on how the country's energy policy could evolve

Politics

8 h. ago B.C. judge allows appeal in $6 million crash case 18 months past deadline

Both men in truck that rolled into ditch outside Fort St. John insisted the other was driving that night but judge found one mostly responsible for crash that left his friend paraplegic.

Economics

8 h. ago Toronto warehouse sale blows out Canadian mattresses and bedding at mega discounts

It's spring time in Toronto, which means that darned annual spring cleaning ritual. If you've been thinking about tossing out your old mattress, this is your sign to do it — and replace it with something made in Canada to boot.Treat yourself to a restful sleep and knot-free back at the annual Silk & Snow Toronto Warehouse Sale and score mega savings on award-winning Canadian-made mattresses and more.For just one weekend only from April 3 to 6, shoppers can head to the International Centre and shop Silk & Snow's product line — recognized for its bed-in-a-box and beloved bedding — at up to 50 per cent off.Top selling products like Silk and Snow mattresses will be on sale at never-before-seen prices, as a thank-you to dedicated customers! From organic, hybrid, and the OG S&S mattresses, customers will find a range of firm and plush options.Sleepers that run warm will love Silk & Snow's four-star rated percale cotton sheets, promisin...

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9 h. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto apartment super accused of defrauding potential renters

Police are looking for a 50-year-old Toronto woman after prospective tenants hoping to obtain units in a rental building complained they were defrauded of a combined total of 54,000. Laighnalee Asuncion, pictured above, is wanted for 28 counts of fraud under $5,000. Toronto Police alleged that while working from Jan. 1-Aug. 30 as a superintendent […]

Society

9 h. ago Primaris REIT Announces AGM and Financial Results Release Date, Webcast, and Conference Call

TORONTO — Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust (“Primaris” or the “Trust”) (TSX: PMZ.UN) will be releasing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, after the market closes. Senior leadership will be hosting a conference call and webcast presentation on May 1, 2025. Conference Call and Webcast: Date: […]

Politics