Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO (AP) — José Berríos and two relievers combined on a two-hitter, Justin Turner had three hits and three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Sunday for their second shutout victory of the season. Turner opened the scoring with a two-out single in the first, doubled home a run […]

TORONTO — Justin Turner went 3 for 4, driving in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays shut out the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Sunday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added an RBI single in the third inning as Toronto (8-8) won back-to-back games. Isiah Kinfer-Falefa drove in another run with a base hit of his own […]

TORONTO — Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni defeated Sweden’s Isabella Wrana 6-5 on Sunday to win the Princess Auto Players’ Championship.  Tirinzoni forced Wrana to play a low-percentage in-off with her final shot of the eighth end in the women’s final.  The Swedish skip could only manage a single to give the second-ranked Swiss side the victory. […]

TORONTO — Hydro One says it’s still working to restore power to thousands of customers in Ontario after high winds hit the province on Friday and Saturday. The electricity distributor says about 5,700 customers were without power across 87 outages as of Sunday morning. Hydro One says it has restored power to more than 135,000 […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Gildan update Gildan Activewear Inc. chief executive Vince Tyra will present an investor update on Monday, marking his first 90 days in the job. The presentation comes as activist investor Browning West seeks to replace a majority of directors […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews moved closer to a milestone that has gone untouched for more than 30 years. Dylan Larkin and his teammates are fine with that — they secured two priceless points in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Red Wings captain scored on a power play 41 seconds into overtime Saturday as Detroit […]

TORONTO (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored on a power play 41 seconds into overtime and the Detroit Red Wings overcame Auston Matthews’ 69th goal of the season to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Saturday night. Alex DeBrincat scored twice, David Perron had a goal and an assist, Simon Edvinsson also scored and J.T. […]

TORONTO — Brad Gushue has advanced to the championship final at the Grand Slam of Curling’s season-ending Players’ Championship. The St. John’s, N.L., quartet defeated Scotland’s Ross Whyte 6-5 in Saturday’s quarterfinals, then edged Scotland’s Bruce Mouat 6-5 in the evening semifinals. Gushue will face Italy’s Joel Retornaz in Sunday’s final. Retornaz  topped world men’s […]

LONDON, Ont. — Kasper Halttunen scored the game-winning goal and added two assists as the London Knights defeated the visiting Kitchener Rangers 5-1 in Ontario Hockey League playoff action on Saturday. Kaleb Lawrence, Henry Brzustewicz, Jacob Julien and Jackson Edward also scored for the Knights, who won Thursday’s first game in the best-of-seven quarterfinal series […]

TORONTO — Dylan Larkin scored on a power play 41 seconds into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings topped Toronto 5-4 on Saturday to grab two crucial points in the Eastern Conference playoff race despite Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews bagging his 69th goal of the season. Alex DeBrincat scored two of his own for […]