Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The streets of downtown Toronto are teeming with rainbow regalia this afternoon as thousands take part in one of the country’s largest Pride events. The Toronto Pride Parade marks the culmination of a month’s worth of events intended to celebrate the city’s LGBTQ+ community. Thousands of people flooded the streets along the parade […]

TORONTO (AP) — New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto was a late addition to the lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays after sitting out a loss a day earlier because of a bruised right hand. The three-time All-Star and 2020 NL batting champion singled against Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman in his […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired right-handed pitcher Yerry Rodríguez from the Texas Rangers for righty Josh Mollerus in a trade Sunday. Rodríguez was immediately optioned to the Blue Jays’ triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y. The 26-year-old Rodríguez has appeared in 12 games for the Rangers this season and 11 games with their triple-A […]

TORONTO (AP) — New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto was out of the lineup for a second straight day on Sunday, still bothered by a bruised right hand. The three-time All-Star and 2020 NL batting champion was injured after he slid into home plate in the fourth inning of Friday’s 16-5 win. Soto rolled over […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton Police say they are investigating an early-morning shooting at a party that left one person dead and two others injured. They say they responded to a report of a shooting around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the north Hamilton area. When they arrived, they say they found a man with non-life-threatening injuries who […]

TORONTO — One of the country’s largest Pride events will culminate Sunday with a massive celebration. The Toronto Pride Parade will wind through the streets of the Ontario capital, with thousands expected to attend. Pride Toronto says the parade will start off on Bloor Street and Church Street before winding down Yonge Street and then […]

OTTAWA — Canadian creators and publishers want the government to do something about the unauthorized and usually unreported use of their content to train generative artificial intelligence systems. But AI companies maintain that using the material to train their systems doesn’t violate copyright, and say limiting its use would stymie the development of AI in […]

TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for the sixth time in eight games and finished with six RBIs, Alejandro Kirk had two hits and two RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 9-3 on Saturday. The Yankees, who won Friday to snap a season-worst four-game losing streak, lost for the […]

TORONTO (AP) — Yankees outfielder Juan Soto was scratched from the lineup because of a bruised right hand about 20 minutes before Saturday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, but manager Aaron Boone said afterward that X-rays did not reveal a fracture. “He took some swings pregame and it just wasn’t good enough to go […]

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer and drove in four more runs with a pair of doubles as the Toronto Blue Jays bounced back with a 9-3 win over the New York Yankees on Saturday. Alejandro Kirk had runs batted in with a double and a single as Toronto (38-44) shook off […]