Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Nothing seems to be going right for the Toronto Blue Jays these days. The injury list keeps getting longer. The losses keep piling up. Even a managerial ejection couldn’t spark the club. Toronto dropped a 4-1 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in a game that saw skipper John Schneider […]

TORONTO — Everyone on the Toronto Raptors is hurting but, with three regular-season games left on the schedule and the final playoff spot theirs for the taking, they’re playing through it. Scottie Barnes had 25 points, eight rebounds and five assists as Toronto earned a critical 121-95 win over the Miami Heat on Tuesday. According […]

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to extend workplace safety and insurance coverage to health-care and support workers in privately run retirement homes and group homes. Labour Minister David Piccini says the new legislative measure will be part of a broader set of changes to labour rules. He says front-line care workers deserve to know they […]

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes had 25 points as the Raptors routed the Miami Heat 121-95 on Tuesday in a critical win for Toronto’s post-season seeding. Barnes added eight rebounds and five assists for the Raptors (44-35), who tightened their grip on the sixth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Brandon Ingram added 23 […]

TORONTO — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) works against the Blue Jays in a Major League Baseball game in Toronto on April 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette Hyeseong Kim scored twice and Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto was strong over six-plus innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Toronto 4-1 on Tuesday to […]

NORTH HURON, ONTARIO — Provincial police say one person has been critically injured after emergency crews were called to a Huron County high school for reports of a person on fire. OPP say they were called to F. E. Madill Secondary School in North Huron shortly after 8 a.m. and evacuated the school. They say […]

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s government is taking another swipe at green standards while nixing a requirement for municipalities to build climate change goals into their official plans. The new changes would roll back municipal enhanced development standards that require developers to improve park access, add tree canopy, install electric vehicle-ready parking spots, apply bird-friendly […]

VAUGHAN — Canada’s Wonderland says all kids aged 15 and younger will need a chaperone at the amusement park when it reopens for the season next month. The popular attraction in Vaughan, Ont., says the new policy will be in effect May 1 and will help maintain “a safe and enjoyable environment” for all guests. […]

COURTICE — Police say an Oshawa, Ont., man allegedly behind a fatal February arson was arrested last week while setting another residential fire. Durham Region police say the 23-year-old faces several charges including manslaughter and two counts of arson. Police say he had been on probation and barred from having any incendiary devices. Police say […]

TORONTO — Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area rose on a year-over-year basis in March for the first time in six months, while average selling prices moved lower again. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said 5,039 homes changed hands in March, up 1.7 per cent from the same month last year, marking the […]