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OTTAWA — Experts say CBC/Radio-Canada’s new five-year plan to grow its audience offers a reply to its many critics — but it lacks specifics and it might be too little and too late. Earlier this week, the public broadcaster released a plan for expanding its viewership by reaching out to children and youth, newcomers and […]

SEATTLE — Blue Jays manager John Schneider provided a positive update on designated hitter George Springer before taking aim at the fans who cheered when the veteran slugger was hurt Friday night at T-Mobile Park. Springer suffered a right knee contusion in the seventh inning of Toronto’s 6-2 loss in Game 5 of the American […]

SARNIA — Cole Davis scored at 2:51 of overtime to complete a late comeback as the visiting Windsor Spitfires edged the Sarnia Sting 3-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday at Progressive Auto Sales Arena. Anthony Cristoforo and Ethan Belchetz also scored for the Spitfires (10-1-1-0). Cristoforo’s goal came on the power play with […]

SEATTLE — A bullpen meltdown proved costly for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The good news for Canada’s lone big-league team is the trip to Seattle was still a success. Eugenio Suarez hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning to power the Mariners to a 6-2 victory in Game 5 of […]

TORONTO — Toronto Public Health is developing a wastewater surveillance program to detect the spread of diseases during the FIFA World Cup. Toronto’s new Medical Officer of Health Dr. Michelle Murti said the pilot will collect sewage samples in areas where fans congregate and test them to detect diseases, such as COVID-19, influenza and RSV. […]

TORONTO — The curtain falls on the Toronto FC season Saturday. And when fans return next year, BMO Field will have a different look. The expanded north end will feature 32 new suites as part of the stadium improvements for the FIFA World Cup. And while the additional 17,000 temporary seats in the north and […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled a Roquefort cheese from Maison Gabriel Coulet because it might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The product subject to recall is Roquefort — La Cave cheese sold in 100-gram packages with an expiry date of Nov. 3, 2025. Quebec and Ontario are affected by the […]

Police in Durham Region say they’re investigating the death of an 80-year-old man in Oshawa, Ont., Thursday night as a homicide. Police say they were called to the area of Mcgrigor Street and Simcoe Street just before 4:30 p.m. for a report of unknown trouble. They say when officers arrived they found a male with […]

The federal government says it can provide a $12-million loan to keep a northern Ontario paper mill from closing. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says in a letter to Kap Paper that the federal operating support would be an “exceptional” one-time measure. The company said late last month that it would have to idle operations at […]

Provincial police say they’ve found human remains believed to be connected to an ongoing murder investigation in Simcoe, Ont. Police say the remains were found in a wooded area off Highway 6 in Haldimand County around 6 p.m. Thursday, and an autopsy to confirm the identity and cause of death is scheduled for Friday. Anyone […]