Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Minnesota Twins hit two homers off Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman in the ninth inning of a 7-5 comeback victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. Mickey Gasper led off the frame with his first career homer to tie the game and Matt Wallner put the Twins ahead with a […]

TORONTO — Gregg “Scooter” Korek first started working for the midway decades ago as a teenager, thinking it would just be a summer gig. Nearly 50 years later, he is the vice-president of client services for North American Midway Entertainment, which puts on fairs across the continent — including the Canadian National Exhibition. The longtime […]

Public health officials in London, Ont., are redeclaring an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease after confirming 25 new cases and identifying the source of the bacteria. The Middlesex-London Health Unit says testing at the Sofina Foods plant in the city’s east end found a match to the subtype of legionella bacteria linked to the outbreak. The […]

BARRIE — Two men who were murdered and dismembered and their alleged killer once all lived at the same homeless encampment, police in Barrie, Ont., said Tuesday in an update on what has been described as one of the force’s largest investigations. During a tight-lipped news conference, police would not say how the accused is […]

TORONTO — The time spent together when neither was a starter is paying off for Nick Arbuckle and Jake Herslow. Arbuckle has thrown four TD passes to Herslow in the Toronto Argonauts’ last three games. On Saturday, Arbuckle found Herslow seven times for 149 yards and two touchdowns — one on a 70-yard reception — […]

York Region police say a 29-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter following an overdose death in Vaughan, Ont., last September. Police say they responded to a call at a residence in the area of Bathurst Street and Ner Israel Drive on Sept. 15, 2024, where a man without vital signs was pronounced dead. Police […]

Police in Barrie, Ont., say a 52-year-old man and the two men he’s accused of killing and dismembering once all lived at the same homeless encampment. Barrie police say they believe the killings were targeted and that there are no further suspects or victims. During a tight-lipped news conference, police would not say how the […]

As soon as he turned 18, Matthew Robertson set up a tax-free savings account, downloaded personal finance apps on his phone and started listening to podcasts to plug himself into the stock market. Now 21, Robertson said finances are partially a personal interest project, but he’s also learned to pay attention out of necessity as […]

TORONTO — As designated hitter, Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. eased his way into the lineup Monday in his first start since suffering a left hamstring injury a week ago. He delivered a two-run single in Toronto’s four-run sixth inning as the Blue Jays dumped the Minnesota Twins 10-4 in the opener of a […]

Christina Picton remembers arriving at the 2022 Paralympics with a mix of joy and heartache as she took it all in. A veteran of the Canadian women’s Para hockey team, Picton had always imagined lining up alongside her teammates at the Winter Games. Instead, she made it to Beijing as a nordic skier, because women’s […]