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TORONTO — An uninspired Game 5 effort put the pressure squarely on the Boston Bruins in their first-round NHL playoff series against Toronto. A Game 6 dud only made things worse.

TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander scored twice, Joseph Woll made 22 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night to force a seventh game in the first-round Eastern Conference series.

Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative candidates won both Ontario byelections by convincing margins.

TORONTO — Tents, banners and flags cropped up at the centre of the University of Toronto's downtown campus Thursday as students set up an encampment to call on the institution to cut its ties with Israel over the ongoing war in Gaza.

DALLAS (AP) — Police in Dallas won't pursue criminal charges from a seven-year-old sexual assault claim against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, according to a television report Thursday.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews was back on the Scotiabank Arena ice Thursday morning. That wasn't the case when his Maple Leafs once again faced elimination roughly 10 hours later. Head coach Sheldon Keefe announced following Toronto's 11 a.m.

TORONTO (AP) — The renovations at the Blue Jays' home ballpark have altered the field’s dimensions, with this year’s changes shrinking the foul areas at Rogers Centre after last year's initial phase, which brought in the outfield walls and made them

TORONTO — Montreal defender Erin Ambrose, who led all players in scoring last month, has been named one of the The Professional Women’s Hockey League's top stars of April.

TORONTO — TMX Group Inc. says it earned $139.5 million in its first quarter, up from $89 million a year earlier. The operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange says its revenues totalled $345.9 million in the quarter ended March 31, up from $299.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,823.22, up 94.67 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 84 cents, or 1.72 per cent, to $49.83 on 11.0 million shares.