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TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is extending his "back to basics" curriculum push into kindergarten.

TORONTO — U.K. café chain Pret A Manger debuted its first stand-alone restaurant in Canada on Tuesday. The location at 90 Adelaide St.

TORONTO — A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar more than a decade ago told a coroner's inquest Tuesday it would have been helpful to receive feedback from superiors on his use of force before that fatal incident.

OTTAWA — Heavy snow blanketed some of the views, and the ice was in rough shape, but that didn't stop skaters from gliding down the partially opened Rideau Canal Skateway on Monday.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Algoma Steel Group Inc. says work is underway to restart its blast furnace after it was taken off-line following the collapse of a structure supporting utilities piping at its coke-making plant on the weekend.

TORONTO — There has been so much turnover on the Toronto Raptors roster that even some of their newer players feel like they're veterans. Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 27 points to lead the injury-depleted Memphis Grizzlies past Toronto 108-100 on Monday.

TORONTO (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr.

ATLANTA (AP) — Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62.

TORONTO — Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor has been added to the roster for the NHL's upcoming All-Star Weekend in Toronto.

TORONTO (AP) — Alyson Walker quit as general secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association on Monday, the day she was to start work. Walker's hiring was announced Dec. 22.