Ontario News

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.

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland argues Canada can turn the tables on U.S. President Donald Trump and avoid massive U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods by scaring key American businesses.

TORONTO — Boston Fleet forward Alina Muller, Toronto Sceptres forward Hannah Miller and Minnesota Frost forward Taylor Heise have been named the Professional Women’s Hockey League's three stars of the week.

Team Kerri Einarson has added another player from the defunct Team Chelsea Carey to its roster for the Canadian women's curling championship next month. Lauren Lenentine will serve as an alternate for the four-time national champions.

TORONTO — Stock markets in Canada and the U.S.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through a designated entry point.

TORONTO — 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.

TORONTO — Ontario cabinet ministers shovelled a pile of announcements out the door Monday in the waning hours of Premier Doug Ford's second term in government, anchored by a pledge to increase efforts to boost primary care by $1.4 billion.

After more than a half century in limbo, the federal government has abandoned plans for an airport at a site in Pickering, Ont., and will instead look to expand the area's urban national park.

OTTAWA — Canada Post and representatives from its union squared off on Monday at a federal inquiry into the month-long strike that halted mail delivery across the country and the viability of the postal service's business model.