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TORONTO — A Toronto daycare is pulling out of the national $10-a-day program, saying the funding model has saddled the centre with unsustainable levels of debt, leaving families scrambling to either find other care, absorb an $800 monthly increase to

Defensive back Qwan'Tez Stiggers of the Toronto Argonauts has been invited to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl game. Stiggers, 22, was the CFL's top rookie last season.

The Buffalo Bills' wildcard playoff win came as no surprise to most Proline bettors. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 71 per cent of customers took Buffalo to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in their AFC wild-card contest Monday.

TORONTO — Steven Stamkos sat four months shy of his 19th birthday. It was October 2008 and the top pick at that June's draft was primed to make his NHL debut. Stamkos had the talent and skill.

TORONTO — The stakes will be high Friday when Calgary's John (The Dragon) Ngyuen takes on Ottawa's Mateo (Carrapato) Vogel at Unified 55. Nguyen's Unified MMA Canadian featherweight title will be on the line at Toronto's Rebel Entertainment Complex.

TORONTO — Fighting in the UFC has taken Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain to France, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Rochester and Elmont, N.Y., Newark, N.J. and six times to Las Vegas.

OKOTOKS, Alta. — Mullen Group Ltd. says it has signed a letter of intent to buy logistics company ContainerWorld Forwarding Services Inc. Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available.

There was one winning ticket sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max $70 million draw. Meanwhile, one of the 10 available $1 million Maxmillion prizes will go to two separate ticket holders. The jackpot for the next draw on Jan.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests.