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TORONTO — Toronto’s annual Pride Parade is hitting the streets today, drawing crowds of partygoers as the city simultaneously basks in World Cup excitement. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the high-profile attendees expected to join the march. Toronto police say the parade will start forming along Rosedale Valley Road at around 8 a.m., spurring […]
TORONTO — A mom who’s been running for Pride for more than a decade. A drag queen who feels like she can take on the world with high heels on her feet and a violin in her hands. A wife with 35 years of the Dyke March under her belt and no plans to stop […]
TORONTO — It was déjà vu all over again for the Toronto Blue Jays. For the third straight game on Saturday, they fell behind at least 5-0 to the Texas Rangers, only to see a comeback fall short. This time, it ended in a 7-4 Rangers win to clinch their four-game series in Toronto. The […]
TORONTO — The Texas Rangers scored five runs in a two-out fifth-inning rally as they beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 on Saturday. Toronto (39-44) has now lost five straight games since climbing back to .500. Texas improved to 41-42 amid a tight American League West race and clinched the four-game series win at Rogers […]
TORONTO — Kahleah Copper scored a game-high 27 points as the Phoenix Mercury used a fourth-quarter surge to beat the Toronto Tempo 89-80 on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena. In a game that saw the lead exchange 11 times, the visitors outscored Toronto 24-14 in the fourth quarter. DaWanna Bonner picked up a double-double for Phoenix […]
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — Police say a cyclist died in Niagara-on-the-Lake after they were struck by a vehicle whose driver allegedly fled the scene and did not report the collision. The Niagara Regional Police Service says officers eventually located the 22-year-old driver and he now faces charges of impaired driving causing death and failing to stop after […]
BRAMPTON — Peel Regional Police say a 21-year-old motorcyclist died in a hit-and-run collision involving an SUV whose driver was later arrested for impaired driving. At the scene of the crash in Brampton, media officer Laurie McCann told reporters that the SUV fled after colliding with the motorcycle at the intersection of Bovaird Drive and […]
REGINA — The Toronto Argonauts defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 40-34 on Friday, handing the defending Grey Cup champions their first defeat of the young CFL season. Both teams now have 2-1 records following Friday’s “home” game for the Argos at Regina’s Mosaic Stadium. It was the first of three Toronto home games moved to alternate […]
BUFFALO — The Vancouver Canucks have still never picked first at an NHL draft. The club owned the best odds heading into last month’s lottery following a last-place finish in its 55th season — 14 points adrift of the league’s next-worst team — only to get bumped down to the No. 3 slot when the […]
BUFFALO — Gavin McKenna will continue sporting blue and white. The Toronto Maple Leafs selected the slick Whitehorse-born winger with the No. 1 pick at 2026 NHL draft Friday night. The pick was announced by Canadian pop icon and Maple Leafs fan Justin Bieber. McKenna is coming off a freshman season at Penn State where […]