Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Chris Bassitt provided a quality start and Alejandro Kirk had two hits as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 3-1 on Monday night at Rogers Centre.  Bassitt (2-2) held the Yankees to one earned run and four hits over his 6 1/3-inning appearance. Yimi Garcia pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning […]

TORONTO — Ontario has struck a deal with the federal government to proceed with the province’s Highway 413 project while working together to mitigate the effects on species at risk.  The two governments say they have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes a joint working group to minimize the planned highway’s environmental impacts in […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays welcomed back catcher Danny Jansen on Monday after a stint on the injured list and relievers Erik Swanson and closer Jordan Romano will soon be available as well.  All three players missed the first two-plus weeks of the season after sufferinginjuries last month.  Jansen was reinstated before the opener […]

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,740.20, down 159.79 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Down 13 cents, or 0.26 per cent, to $49.60 on 10.4 million shares.  Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 54 cents, or 1.15 per cent, to $46.53 on 9.3 […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index lost almost 160 points on Monday, weighed down by weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. markets also fell, led by a 1.8 per cent drop on the Nasdaq.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 159.79 points at 21,740.20. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 248.13 […]

Toronto police say a 14-year-old boy has died after he went missing in Lake Ontario on Sunday evening. Acting Insp. Dan Pravica says the boy’s body was pulled from the water on Monday, about 15 hours after he was seen in trouble in the water near Ashbridges Bay Park in the city’s east end. Pravica […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have reinstated catcher Danny Jansen from the 10-day injured list and optioned catcher Brian Serven to Triple-A Buffalo. Jansen was active for the opener of a three-game series against the New York Yankees on Monday night at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays said in a release.  The 29-year-old backstop […]

TORONTO — This was supposed to be Scottie Barnes’s season. Toronto made a series of trades through December and January that effectively made Barnes the face of the franchise and he was named to his first-ever NBA all-star game in February. The retooled Raptors started to click with Barnes at the centre of head coach […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The Thunder Bay police chief is acknowledging some residents’ eroding trust in the service as his predecessor and other high-ranking members of the force face criminal charges. But Chief Darcy Fleury, a former veteran RCMP officer brought in to lead the embattled service last year, says his team is committed to […]

Toronto police say a 27-year-old man who was shot after allegedly stabbing a police officer in the city last week has been charged with several offences, including two counts of attempted murder. Ontario’s police watchdog, which is also investigating, has said police officers were responding to a call about a person in crisis on Friday.  […]