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Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as he tries to offset U.S. tariffs by easing trade tensions with the world’s second-largest economy. Read More … [Read more...] about Carney hopes for meeting with China’s Xi at APEC summit in bid to ease trade disputes

The NBA is back, and so is our regular season Toronto Raptors mailbag. This year's team somewhat surprisingly destroyed the Atlanta Hawks in Georgia (not the Georgia new Raptor Sandro Mamukelashvili is from) on Wednesday and take on Giannis Antetokounmpo, old friend Gary Trent Jr. and the Milwaukee Bucks in the home opener Friday. Read More … [Read more...] about Toronto Raptors mailbag: Breakout player, are additions coming and is Barnes back

PuckPedia noted today that the Toronto Maple Leafs shifted injured netminder Joseph Woll from standard injured reserve to long-term injured reserve (LTIR). Puckpedia also noted that after their recall of defenseman Dakota Mermis today, the club has $3.63MM in cap space remaining with 23 healthy players on its roster. Woll took a personal leave of absence in September, and no … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs Shift Woll From IR To LTIR

A coincidence of events could signal the Toronto Maple Leafs are poised to make a long playoff run this season. … [Read more...] about A historical coincidence could propel Maple Leafs to long playoff run

We are an excitable lot aren’t we? Much of the Canadian media, I mean, and a certain class of Canadians who fall for implausible nationalist distractions like “Canada first” and “buy Canadian” and “elbows up.” It wasn’t long ago that a brief Central Canadian spasm of performative patriotism saw Alberta Premier Danielle Smith widely pilloried (in certain circles) for displaying … [Read more...] about Chris Selley: Elbows down, Canada second, buy local, not national — the nationalist fever dream is dead