Owen Hiltz and Chris Boushy each had three goals and an assist, Mark Matthews had a goal and three assists, and Nick Rose made 34 saves as the Toronto Rock defeated the Halifax Thunderbirds 12-7 to win the National Lacrosse League championship on Sunday at Scotiabank Centre.

Toronto, which won Friday’s opener in the best-of-three series 13-11, claimed its first championship title since 2011 — when they beat the Washington Stealth 8-7 — and seventh overall

The battle won, now comes the war.

is the NBA’s most valuable player for 2025-26. For the second consecutive season, he’s been recognized for the league’s top individual honour. At 28 years old and in his eighth season, the star from Hamilton, Ont., joined a list of 16 all-time greats to win multiple MVP awards and became just the 14 ^th player to win the award in back-to-back seasons.

Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen has died.

AIM Booking Agency, which represents Derksen, says in a social media post she died in a car accident but no further information about the crash was included.

A biography of Derksen on the National Arts Centre website says she hailed from northern Alberta and that her music weaved “her classical background and Indigenous ancestry with new school electronics to create genre-defying music.”

Derksen told the Penticton Herald in an interview earlier this month that she was living in Ontario.

SOOKE — A man who shot and killed his friend while the victim was wearing a bulletproof vest as part of a “game” the pair had played before has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Adam Steenbergen from Sooke, B.C., pleaded guilty to several charges, including manslaughter, after Michael Leier died, and lawyers for both sides asked that he receive the mandatory minimum sentence.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Duncan says in her written ruling that In the early evening of March 12

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Chong is travelling to Taiwan this week in a self-described bid to assert Canadian sovereignty.

The former cabinet minister says the trip is to show solidarity with Taiwan, and also to spite China’s ambassador to Canada.

In an interview with The Globe and Mail last month, Beijing’s envoy to Canada said any MPs travelling to Taiwan would risk damaging the new partnership between the two countries Prime Minister Mark Carney signed this year.

In a news release, Chong said Canadians “do not

Toronto police are searching for a teen girl who has been missing since late Friday evening.

Investigators say 14-year-old Esther was last seen around 11:30 p.m. at a community centre in the Earl Bales Park area in North York and hasn’t been heard from since.

Duty Inspector Scott Bradbury said the police service has been scouring the area for nearly 48 hours using a variety of methods, including mounted officers, drones and marine units. Neighbours have also stepped up to

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said.

The collision and subsequent crash involved two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The aircraft were performing an aerial demonstration when the collision occurred,

An LGBTQ+ advocate says Canada is at critical juncture where it must decide whether it will be inclusive of everyone or not.

Fae Johnstone, executive director of Queer Momentum, says there shouldn’t be exceptions to the belief that freedom and equality is for all Canadians.

Johnstone made the comments today from Halifax while marking International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.

She and others say Prime Minister Mark Carney should be taking a stronger stance in defending the LGBTQ+ community amid a time of deep polarization.

Gender Equality Minister

CANNES, France (AP) — said the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in Hollywood, speaking Sunday at the .

In a wide-ranging staged conversation, Blanchett lamented that the tide of #MeToo has been turned in Hollywood, where she has been outspoken about gender equality.

“It got killed very quickly, which I think is interesting,” said Blanchett.

“There are a lot of people with platforms who are able to speak up with relative safety and say this has happened to me,