A Missouri man who stabbed his pursuer fled to Upper Canada, and a 2-1 ruling nearly sent him back. A Toronto court freed John Anderson on Feb. 16, 1861.

Ottawa builders sold 521 new homes in September, up 81.5% from a year earlier, the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association said, led by townhouses and single-detached homes.

On Oct. 21, 1910, the cruiser Niobe steamed into Halifax harbour, giving Canada’s new naval service its first large warship and a date now marked as Niobe Day.

Kirill Marchenko scored in his return to Columbus and Easton Cowan added a short-handed goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday.

Macklin Celebrini scored twice, including the winner on a power play 2:13 into overtime, as the San Jose Sharks rallied to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3.

Philip Broberg scored on a third-period power play and Joel Hofer made 32 saves as the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Nicolas Deslauriers, Nikolaj Ehlers and Logan Stankoven each scored twice as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Tuesday night.

Treaty 8 Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi and former AFN national chief Matthew Coon Come reacted to Alberta’s vote to stay in Canada, APTN News reported.

Evan Bouchard scored on a four-on-three power play in overtime and Leon Draisaitl had two power-play goals as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Tuesday.