Author: The Canadian Press

WATERLOO, Ont. — A U.S. court has dismissed three claims made by a former BlackBerry Ltd. employee who alleges the company’s chief executive sexually harassed her and then retaliated against her after she reported the behaviour. U.S. magistrate judge Sallie Kim granted BlackBerry and John Giamatteo’s request to throw out a claim that they fostered […]

TORONTO — Sebastian Massabie apparently wasn’t satisfied with breaking three national records at the Canadian Swimming Championships, so on Sunday he turned to breaking world records. On the second last day of competition at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Massabie — of the South Surrey, B.C.-based Pacific Sea Wolves Swim Club — once again […]

PARIS — Fencer Eleanor Harvey added to Canada’s medal haul while the tested Canadian women’s soccer team staged an epic comeback on Sunday at the Paris Olympics. Harvey defeated Italy’s Alice Volpi 15-12 to capture bronze in the women’s individual foil, earning Canada’s first Olympic fencing medal. Swimmer Summer McIntosh won Canada’s first medal of […]

TORONTO (AP) — Daulton Varsho homered in the first inning for the second straight game, José Berríos pitched seven sharp innings to snap a three-start winless streak and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of the defending World Series champions. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a […]

TORONTO — Daulton Varsho and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered to help the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 win and sweep of the defending World Series-champion Texas Rangers on Sunday. Varsho’s two-run blast, his 13th, landed in the Rangers bullpen in a three-run first inning, while Guerrero knocked out his team-leading 19th to right field […]

PARIS — In a dramatic match that saw her opponent fall to her knees after the final blow, Canadian fencer Eleanor Harvey advanced to the semifinals in the women’s foil individual event at the Paris Olympics. Harvey narrowly defeated Italian Martina Favaretto on Sunday 15-14, staging a fierce comeback after trailing 10-4 midway through the […]

TORONTO — Sebastian Massabie returned to the pool in record-breaking fashion and broke two more national marks on Saturday. Alisson Gobeil chimed in by eclipsing one of her many records. Massabie of the Pacific Sea Wolves tripled his haul of new Canadian records with two more strong performances at the Canadian Swimming Championships. In the […]

TORONTO — He’ll get credit for securing the Toronto Argonauts their third home win, but Lirim Hajrullahu certainly had plenty of help. Hajrullahu’s 34-yard field goal in overtime earned Toronto a wild 16-14 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday night. But it was an Argos defence that anchored the win by scoring the […]

Police in northern Ontario say the victim of a reported abduction on Manitoulin Island has been found, and a third suspect has been identified. Ontario Provincial Police issued a release on Saturday morning saying 27-year-old William Paibomsai-Lesage was approached by two men on Wikwemikong Unceded Territory on Thursday morning. They allege he was assaulted and […]

TORONTO — Lirim Hajrullahu’s 34-yard field goal in overtime earned the Toronto Argonauts a wild 16-14 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday night. Hajrullahu connected for three points after Winnipeg’s Sergio Castillo missed from 41 yards out on his club’s first possession of overtime for a single. Toronto (4-3) earned a second straight […]