Indigenous

TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, says she hasn't seen the attack ads the Progressive Conservatives have launched against her — but she has plenty of thoughts on them.

WASHINGTON — Two years ago, the new United States ambassador to Canada arrived in snowbound Ottawa for the first time, thinking he knew all about America's rock-ribbed relationship with its trusted northern neighbour.

OTTAWA — In a world of uncertainty, there is one critical mission the North American Aerospace Defence Command can count on every year: tracking Santa Claus.

MONTREAL — Michael Morrow is sitting poolside in Cancun, a Corona lager in hand, but with the faintest of knots in his stomach.

Wednesday's Scoreboard NHL Winnipeg 5, Detroit 2 Washington 3, N.Y.

Winnipeg forward Gabriel Vilardi has settled in nicely since returning to the lineup after a six-week absence due to a knee injury.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors' best effort came too late and was too little. Nikola Jokic had 31 points and 15 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets held off a late Toronto comeback bid to earn a 113-104 win over the Raptors on Wednesday night.

TORONTO — Canada's Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets are getting used to being the hunted and not the hunters after winning their first-ever NBA championship.

OTTAWA — Canada's intelligence watchdog says a program that has diplomats collecting sensitive information abroad runs the risk of blowback from foreign states.

BlackBerry Ltd.'s new chief executive has his eye on lowering expenses as the company works to split its two main businesses and return the firm to some of its former glory.