Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Brett Bateman and Alejandro Kirk homered to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday at Rogers Centre. Bateman led off the third inning with a solo shot to make it 3-0 and Kirk followed later in the frame with a two-run blast. The victory moved […]

Canadian food safety officials are warning that peanuts sold in Ontario and Quebec may be contaminated with salmonella. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for “Roasted Lemon N’ Chilli Peanuts” sold by the brand PK. The recall, first issued on Thursday, instructs consumers to throw out the peanuts or return them to […]

TORONTO — Automaker Stellantis says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian armoured ⁠vehicle maker Roshel on a potential sale of its idled Brampton, Ont., assembly plant. Meanwhile, the union representing Canadian workers at Stellantis said it has paused contract talks, citing an impasse over the future of the Brampton plant. Trevor Longley, […]

TORONTO — The “Eve of Toronto” has a followup. And it’s providing plenty of colour on the wall in Blue Jays manager John Schneider’s office. Star pitcher Dylan Cease’s latest artistic output – safe to call it “Tom Selleck” given the block letters of the actor’s name are sprawled across the canvas – was hanging […]

TORONTO — When there is little runway left to work with as baseball’s regular season winds down, costly mistakes tend to be magnified. Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. got burned on a back-pick play in the first inning of Friday’s 7-4 loss to Baltimore. He was caught too far off first base and catcher Samuel Basallo’s […]

TORONTO — Dylan Beavers hit a leadoff homer and the Baltimore Orioles tacked on five more runs in the second inning en route to a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night at Rogers Centre. Colton Cowser had a two-run double and Beavers added a two-run single off Toronto starter Max Scherzer […]

TORONTO — After an off-day in September 2001, former Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez was driving from New Jersey to Baltimore for a series against the Orioles when news of the U.S. terror attacks came across his car radio. When he arrived in the Maryland city, uncertainty hung in the air – particularly with the […]

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — Police in Niagara Region say they have charged one of their own officers with impaired driving after he allegedly fled an attempted traffic stop and collided with another vehicle. Police say they responded to reports of an impaired driver in Niagara-on-the-Lake around 8:20 p.m. on Thursday and tried to stop a grey Dodge […]

Statistics Canada says the newly opened Gordie Howe International Bridge has seen more than 270,000 crossings in its first full month of operation. The federal agency says nearly 135,000 return trips by Canadian residents, and 101,000 trips by U.S. residents were recorded at the bridge in August. It also says that 34,800 transport trucks used […]

SAULT STE. MARIE — Algoma Steel has been fined $1.2 million for a 2022 spill into the St. Marys River along the Canada-United States border. The Sault Ste. Marie steelmaker faces the fines after pleading guilty in an Ontario court this week to two federal environmental offences. Officials say an estimated 1,000 to 1,250 litres […]