Daily Digest — Ottawa (2026-03-03)

Comeback drama: Leon Draisaitl had two goals and three assists and Evan Bouchard scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 (report first published March 3, 2026). This was Edmonton’s first home game in a month; the Oilers are 30-24-8 and the Senators 29-22-9 — Tim Stützle extended a 10-game points streak and Draisaitl matched Jari Kurri with 1,043 franchise points.

Knicks’ balanced night: Jalen Brunson (26 points, 10 assists) and Karl-Anthony Towns (21 points, 13 rebounds) each had double-doubles as the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Raptors 111-95 in Toronto on March 3, 2026 — New York improved to 40-22 while Toronto fell to 35-26. The Knicks shot 56.1% (46-for-82) and their bench outscored Toronto’s reserves 26-8; RJ Barrett scored 20 for the Raptors and Brandon Ingram led all scorers with 31.

Sporting crossover: Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady, part of a group that bought a 20% stake in the Buffalo Bills in December 2024, hosted “Bills Night” at the Raptors game to build ties between NBA and NFL fans and even introduced Bills players to the crowd. They gave away combo Raptors‑Bills T-shirts and say this kind of crossover is about fun and shared fan culture.

Big plan for downtown: Premier Doug Ford is hinting a brand‑new, 2‑million‑square‑foot convention centre could be located near Ontario Place or the new science centre/Therme waterpark, saying an announcement will come after coordination with other governments. Ford criticized the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (442,000 sq. ft.) as outdated and noted a 2023 auditor’s review that said MTCC lost 20 international conventions and had a 54% post‑pandemic occupancy rate — he promised no casino in the new plan.

Intense courtroom moments: In Frank Stronach’s Toronto sexual‑assault trial, the defence cross‑examined the seventh complainant and suggested the encounter decades ago was consensual; the woman strongly denied that and described an assault she says happened around 1980–83. Stronach, 93, faces multiple charges tied to seven complainants dating back to the 1970s; prosecutors have dropped or sought to withdraw some counts and the trial continues.

Linked murders: Police say two targeted shootings that killed Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar (37) in Etobicoke on Feb. 7 and Sergio Lopes (65) in Vaughan on Jan. 26 are connected and involve the same suspect(s). Toronto and York police want two 19‑year‑olds — Isaiah Thomas Badger (Edmonton) and Jacob Wallace (Mississauga) — on first‑degree murder and arson charges, and urge anyone with information to call 911 rather than approach them.