News of the day: Mitch Marner’s viral goal has hockey fans buzzing and Leafs Nation groaning

Published May 15, 2026  •  1 minute read

Vegas Golden Knights winger Mitch Marner celebrates after scoring on Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal during Game 6 of their second-round NHL playoff series. AP Photo

It’s Friday, May 15. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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Mitch Marner’s viral goal has hockey fans buzzing and Leafs Nation groaning

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Mitch Marner came up aces on Thursday night with one of the most incredible NHL goals you’ll ever see. The Vegas Golden Knights winger helped propel his team to the Western Conference finals with his opener against the Anaheim Ducks with a move that has to be seen to be believed.

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Ontario man ready to see the world after $44M Lotto 649 win: ‘I’d better tell my wife’

A Jarvis man is happily newly unemployed after winning $44 million in the March 11 Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot. The now former service worker found out about his big win while on his early morning commute to work.

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Team Canada’s John Tavares celebrates scoring his team’s first goal against Team Sweden goaltender Magnus Hellberg during the IIHF Ice Hockey Men’s World Championship. Getty Images

Maple Leafs past and present shine as Canada beats Sweden at world championship

The maple leaf, plus past and present Maple Leafs, were all on full display Friday in Fribourg. John Tavares and Morgan Rielly, whose team ended the year on a seven-game losing streak, both factored in and celebrated Canada’s 5-3 win over Sweden as the world championship began in Switzerland.

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Toronto Police Homicide Insp. Hank Idsinga at Toronto Police headquarters in Toronto, on December 16, 2019. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk /Toronto Sun

WARMINGTON: Toronto Police board wants independent probe into Hank Idsinga’s book allegations

Turns out the Toronto Police are no longer taking the position that former inspector Hank Idsinga was just trying to sell his book. The Hank Effect has kicked in once again with the Toronto Police Service Board on Friday calling for an “independent inspection” into claims of antisemitism outlined in the former cop’s memoir.

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Vermont man Justin Jackson faces a long jolt in prison for gun smuggling. HANDOUT/U.S. DOJ

HUNTER: Lack of consequences in Canada for smuggling make it a criminal’s dream

The mathematical formula used by a lot of criminals is pretty simple. Reward minus risk equals boffo bucks. In Canada, the bad guys don’t even need a calculator, they can do the tally in their heads.

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