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TORONTO – Jakob Poeltl and Scottie Barnes each recorded double-doubles as the Toronto Raptors beat the New Orleans Pelicans 113-104 on Monday for their fourth straight victory. Barnes scored 21 points to go with 11 rebounds and eight assists, while the big man Poeltl also had 21 points while adding 14 boards.Zion Williamson paced the Pelicans with 31 points and seven rebounds on 11-for-14 shooting from the field, and Dejounte Murray pitched in with 21 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.Toronto (14-32) has now won six of its past seven contests, while New Orleans (12-35) dropped its third straight.The Pelicans…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 27, 2025 3:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario court has dismissed a Charter challenge of a controversial law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into nursing homes they didn’t choose and charge those who refuse the transfer $400 per day to remain in a hospital bed. Superior Court Justice Robert Centa says Bill 7 is making more hospital beds available faster and is not coercive or interfering with patients’ liberty, dignity and autonomy.The law enacted in late 2022 allows hospital placement co-ordinators to choose a…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 27, 2025 4:15 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Raptors guard/forward Scottie Barnes was named the Eastern Conference player of the week by the NBA on Monday. Barnes averaged 22 points, 9.7 rebounds, six assists and 1.7 steals as the Raptors posted a 3-0 record last week. Related Videos 1:32 Toronto Raptors players surprise students in Kahnawake Previous Video Next Video He shot .468 (22-47) from the field, scored 20 or more points twice and recorded two double-doubles. Story continues below advertisement Barnes is averaging career…

The Ford government has announced a plan to spend $1.4 billion on a four-year plan to close the gap in accessing primary care in Ontario as cabinet ministers rush final promises out the door ahead of an early election. On Tuesday afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to visit the lieutenant-governor to dissolve the legislature and trigger an early election campaign officially beginning on Wednesday.Before that visit put the government into caretaker mode, forbidding the use of public resources for campaigning, a slew of announcements, spending and promises are being completed.Monday morning saw Health Minister Sylvia Jones presenting her plan…

A decades-long battle over whether to build an airport on land in the northern portion of Pickering, Ont. appears to have finally come to an end. On Monday, the Trudeau government announced that some of the Pickering Lands will be transferred over to Parks Canada, putting an end to a saga that dates back to the early 1970s.“Our government has determined that a new airport is not the best use of the federal Pickering Lands,” Transportation Minister Anita Anand said.The federal government said that it will consult with tenants, Indigenous communities as well as area residents to decide what to…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Toronto man has pleaded guilty to mischief in relation to a fatal December 2022 stabbing, with the Crown subsequently withdrawing a charge of accessory after the fact to murder. Donivan Comeau, 25, admitted in a courtroom earlier this month that he misled police in relation when he called them after the fatal stabbing of Nicola Maioreno.Maioreno, 57, was stabbed near Danforth and Greenwood avenues in Scarborough on Dec. 6, 2022. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a…

The Ontario government says it has begun flowing up to $75.5 million to municipalities to help them remove encampments in public spaces. The government said in a news release Monday that those funds, which were initially announced late last year, will help cities and towns create more emergency shelter spaces and affordable housing units and “help restore safety and order” to Ontario’s parks and other public spaces.“Our government has delivered significant support to municipalities to address the challenges encampments can pose to public safety across Ontario,” Housing Minister Paul Calandra said in the release.“Mayors have asked us for additional help…

An Ontario city is facing questions after its top official ordered non-political staff to work from city hall on Friday so they could provide a backdrop for Ontario Premier Doug Ford to make a campaign-style announcement days before calling an election. On Friday, Ford was at Brampton City Hall to promise funding to tunnel the extension for an unfinished light rail project northwards from Mississauga and under Brampton’s downtown.During the announcement, Ford confirmed long-rumoured plans that he would trigger a provincial election within days and repeatedly attacked his political opponents, asking Ontarians to vote for the Progressive Conservative Party.In the…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than two dozen labour unions are asking the Ford government to create a “tariff taskforce” to help inform the province’s response in dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump. Premier Doug Ford has warned that Ontario would be disproportionately impacted by broad American tariffs and, citing unreleased government data, claimed that between 450,000 to 500,000 jobs could be impacted by a trade war with the United States. Those concerns are being echoed by public and private sector unions forecasting “devastating consequences” for the province’s economy.“Our members—particularly those in steel, aluminum, auto, and…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two children and an adult have died following a three-alarm apartment fire in Hamilton, Ont., that also sent several other people to hospital. The fire broke out just after 10 a.m. Sunday at the Eastwood Apartments at 35 Brock St., according to Hamilton Fire Department.Fire Chief David Cunliffe said in a release that crews arrived to find flames and heavy smoke rising from a second-floor apartment.He said firefighters made multiple rescues and helped “numerous people” out of the stairwell and hallways, which were quickly filling up with smoke. Get breaking National news…