Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Baseball fans will now be able to watch the Toronto Blue Jays’ potential playoff clincher Friday night in Kansas City on the team’s regular broadcast home in Canada. Sportsnet, the club’s Canadian rights-holder, said Thursday it had struck a deal with Apple TV to simulcast the game on Rogers airwaves. Entering Thursday’s games, […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s chiefs of police are coming out strongly in favour of speed cameras, after Premier Doug Ford threatened to get rid of them provincewide. The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police says in a statement today that automated speed enforcement cameras are effective in reducing speeding and free up police resources to focus […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s doctors have a new, four-year agreement with the province that will give them increased general compensation and see family doctors paid for administrative work. An arbitrator had earlier awarded doctors a nearly 10 per cent compensation increase for the first year of their four-year Physician Services Agreement, and the parties went back […]

SAULT STE. MARIE — Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and the Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority have signed a partnership to develop a trade corridor connecting northern and southern Ontario. The corridor is expected to include integrated rail, highway, and marine links with extended-season service. The partners say the plan will be anchored by a newly developed […]

TORONTO — Unions representing Ontario public sector workers are holding a rally today outside of Queen’s Park to protest the province’s return-to-office mandate. The province announced its decision in August to move away from remote and hybrid work, requiring employees to work in-office five days a week by Jan. 5, 2026. Labour union AMAPCEO says […]

TORONTO — Toronto Public Health says it has the results for about a quarter of the patients potentially exposed to blood-borne viruses at a downtown gynecologist’s office, and that none of them contracted infections there. The public health unit is releasing its final report on Dr. Esther Park a year after it was notified of […]

OTTAWA — Details of the Liberal government’s gun buyback program will be released over the next few weeks, the public safety minister said Wednesday. Gary Anandasangaree said the government will provide information on next steps and the mechanics of the program very soon. Anandasangaree told reporters he is confident collection facilities will be available in […]

From a memorable clinching catch in 1985 to ‘Thank You, Alex!’ chants in 2015, the Toronto Blue Jays have had their share of memorable stretch drive moments. With the 2025 team on the verge of clinching a post-season berth, here’s a look back at five late-season memories from the franchise’s near half-century history. DRIVE OF […]

Ontario Provincial Police say a 21-year-old man from Toronto is facing charges for allegedly driving the wrong way on a major highway. Police released dashcam footage that shows a dark-coloured Honda Civic going the wrong way on Highway 401 in Milton, Ont., before barely missing the vehicle that had the dashcam. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt […]

TORONTO — In the roller-coaster that’s been the Toronto Argonauts’ 2025 season, kicker Lirim Hajrullahu has been one of the club’s few constants. Hajrullahu, 35, has been a key figure for Toronto over its last two games. On Friday night, his 48-yard field goal with no time remaining earned the Argos a 31-30 comeback win […]