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TORONTO — Alejandro Kirk went 3 for 3 at the plate and hit his first home run of the season to lead the Toronto Blue Jays past the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing skid. Daulton Varsho and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had back-to-back groundouts in the second inning to score runners […]

TORONTO — Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been sidelined by a “lingering illness” as Toronto stares down playoff elimination. Head coach Sheldon Keefe provided an update on the star sniper’s status Sunday afternoon, some 14 hours after watching his team fall 3-1 to Boston in a disastrous home performance. The Bruins now lead the […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s education minister says new policies limiting cellphone use in classrooms, restricting access to all social media networks and banning vaping on school properties are meant to curb distraction levels among the province’s students. Stephen Lecce announced the new measures at a morning news conference and touted them as necessary steps to improve […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: GDP report Statistics Canada will release February figures for gross domestic product on Tuesday. The agency’s advance estimate for the month indicated that real GDP rose 0.4 per cent, helped by strength in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas […]

TORONTO — There’s more choice than ever for office space, but it can still be a challenge for smaller companies to find the right fit. The rise of remote and hybrid work has made it harder to justify a full office, so more are leaning on co-working spaces that they share with many others for […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were having an animated discussion on the bench. William Nylander was caught by cameras muttering to himself during the second-period exchange. Marner then took off his gloves and slammed them on the ground.  The Maple Leafs were down 2-0 in a game they desperately needed Saturday. The angst […]

TORONTO (AP) — Brad Marchand broke the Boston playoff goals record with his 56th and the Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 4 on Saturday night to move within a victory of advancing to the second round. Marchand also had an assist, James van Riemsdyk and David Pastrnak scored and Jeremy Swayman […]

TORONTO — Brad Marchand became the Bruins’ all-time leading playoff goal-scorer and added an assist as Boston suffocated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in the teams’ first-round playoff series. James van Riemsdyk and David Pastrnak had the other goals for Boston, which can close out the best-of-seven series […]

TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Glasnow pitched six solid innings for his first victory in 10 career starts against Toronto, Mookie Betts had three hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-bet six games with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday. Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, […]

TORONTO — William Nylander has joined the Stanley Cup chase.  The Maple Leafs winger was in the lineup for Game 4 of Toronto’s first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins on Saturday night after sitting out the first three contests with an undisclosed injury.  Nylander, whose team trailed Boston 2-1 in the best-of-seven Original Six […]