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TORONTO — As the Toronto Raptors veer toward the end of the season with a playoff berth out of sight, the team’s focus has turned toward development. But a 108-97 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday, the Raptors’ third straight win, showed that development does not just apply to rookies and sophomores. The trio […]

TORONTO — Alan Roden streaked toward centre field from his spot in left, tracking a fly ball off the bat of Baltimore Orioles’ designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn. Roden stretched out, getting parallel with the Rogers Centre turf, to get his glove under the ball for a diving snag and the first out of the second […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Former Canada soccer coach John Herdman has received a written admonishment following a disciplinary committee hearing that was triggered by a drone-spying scandal at the Paris Olympics. The disciplinary hearing, conducted by a three-person panel independent of Canada Soccer, came after Herdman was cited in a report by a law firm’s […]

TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits and drove in a run, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Friday night. Bo Bichette had two hits, scored a run and drove in a run as Toronto bounced back from a 12-2 loss on Thursday on opening day. Kevin Gausman […]

TORONTO (AP) — Jakob Poeltl had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to their third straight win, a 108-97 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. Immanuel Quickley scored 19 points on 6-for-15 shooting, including 5 for 8 from 3-point distance, and added nine assists. Mark Williams had 18 points, […]

TORONTO — Anthony Santander singled in a run for his first RBI since signing a free agent deal with Toronto to cap off a five-run inning as the Blue Jays rallied past the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Friday. Alejandro Kirk, George Springer and Will Wagner led off the fourth with three singles for Toronto (1-1). […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors ran their winning streak to three games with an 108-97 victory over the lowly Charlotte Hornets on Friday. Jakob Poeltl paced the Raptors (27-47) with a 24-point, 12-rebound double-double, while Scottie Barnes added 18 points, six rebounds and six assists. Point guard Immanuel Quickley contributed 19 points and nine assists. […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said U.S. President Donald Trump respected Canada’s sovereignty in their first phone call on Friday where the two leaders agreed to begin negotiations on a new economic and security relationship immediately after the Canadian election. “It was a very cordial, substantive call,” Carney said at a campaign stop in […]

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney on Friday promised a new $5 billion infrastructure fund to accelerate big projects in his quest to make much of his campaign about nation building and making Canada more economically independent from the United States. For the third day in a row, U.S. President Donald Trump dominated Carney’s campaign […]

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has granted an injunction to keep 10 supervised consumption sites open while he considers a Charter challenge of a new provincial law that bans the sites from operating within 200 metres of schools or daycares. More to come. Liam Casey, The Canadian Press