Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO (AP) — Francisco Lindor broke up Bowden Francis’ no-hit bid with a tying homer leading off the ninth inning, Francisco Alvarez added a three-run shot and the New York Mets scored six times in their last at-bat to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Wednesday. New York entered tied with Atlanta for the […]

TORONTO (AP) — Francisco Lindor broke up Bowden Francis’ no-hit bid with a tying homer leading off the ninth inning, Francisco Alvarez added a three-run shot and the New York Mets scored six times in their last at-bat to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Wednesday. New York entered tied with Atlanta for the […]

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis threw eight no-hit innings on Wednesday afternoon before the bullpen faltered in a 6-2 loss to the New York Mets. Francisco Lindor ended Francis’s no-hit bid with a solo homer to lead off the ninth inning. He drove an 0-2 pitch an estimated 398 feet to tie […]

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis has not allowed a hit through seven innings against the New York Mets on Wednesday. Francis has walked one, struck out one and twice hit a batter with a pitch. He’s thrown 102 pitches, 60 for strikes. Toronto leads 1-0. Dave Stieb pitched the only no-hitter in […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained almost one per cent Wednesday, led by base metal, industrial and technology stocks, while U.S. markets rallied to reverse the selloff that started the day. Tech stocks helped lift Wall St. to a winning close even though most of the stocks on the S&P 500 finished lower for […]

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis has not allowed a hit through six innings against the New York Mets on Wednesday and Toronto leads 1-0. Francis has walked one, struck out one and hit two batters. He’s thrown 85 pitches, 51 strikes. New York’s Harrison Bader opened the sixth inning with a drive […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained almost one per cent Wednesday, led by gains in base metals, industrials and technology stocks, while U.S. markets rallied to reverse the selloff that started the day. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 208.08 points at 23,211.17. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 124.75 […]

TORONTO (AP) — August Wilson ’s “The Piano Lesson” deals profoundly with ancestry and heritage, which makes it all the more fitting that the new film adaptation, produced by Denzel Washington and directed by his son Malcolm, is a family affair. “The Piano Lesson,” which premiered Tuesday at the Toronto International Film Festival, is the […]

Provincial police say they’ve made an arrest in the death of a man whose body was found after he was reported missing four years ago. Police say 29-year-old David Oliver was reported missing by his family in Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. Officers with the Lambton County OPP helped the Anishinabek Police Service in […]

OTTAWA — The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP says police officers acted unreasonably when they arrested a man who was hiking in British Columbia’s Fairy Creek area in 2021 around the same time as old-growth logging protests. In a summary of its review of a public complaint, the commission says Mounties demanded […]