Hockeynomics? How Canadian teams in NHL playoffs may thaw consumer chill

A shocking mass shooting inside a Toronto pub in March, when three masked men shot wildly into the crowd during the establishment’s grand opening, is linked to an ongoing tow truck turf war that included other shootings and a robbery, Toronto police said when announcing charges against 11 people. Ten suspects have been arrested, and another is considered a wanted fugitive, after a fervid spree of gun violence by what investigators believe might be a shoot-em-up band for hire. “The indiscriminate nature of this gun violence is hard to comprehend,” Toronto’s Chief of Police Myron...