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TOKYO — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez lost her second-round women’s match at the Toray Pan Pacific Open to second-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Thursday. Rybakina advanced to the quarterfinals to face Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, who saved a match point en route to beating Rybakina in a semifinal of the National Bank Open in Montreal. […]

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has approved plans for construction of North America’s first coastal refuge for whales and dolphins retired from marine theme parks. Here are four things you need to know about the project. MONEY — Charles Vinick, CEO of the U.S.-based Whale Sanctuary Project, said it will cost about $15 million […]

Joe Carter was just like Toronto Blue Jays fans across Canada on Monday night, watching Game 7 of the American League Championship Series with bated breath. Carter is one of the all-time great Blue Jays, having won the World Series with Toronto in 1992 and 1993. His walk-off home run lifted the Jays to victory […]

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has approved plans for construction of North America’s first coastal refuge for whales and dolphins retired from marine theme parks. Here are five things you need to know about the project. MONEY — Charles Vinick, CEO of the U.S.-based Whale Sanctuary Project, said it will cost about $15 million […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is looking at the issue of ticket sales, after Blue Jays fans complained of sky-high resale prices not long after World Series tickets went on sale. Game 1 comes to Toronto on Friday and home game tickets quickly sold out Wednesday, with resale tickets being priced at […]

Police in London, Ont., say a 34-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly damaging a conference building with a hammer as part of a protest on Tuesday. They allege the woman from Owen Sound, Ont., used a hammer to break electronic locks at the building’s entrance and that she fled from police into the […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a suspect linked to a homicide investigation and a now-cancelled Amber Alert was shot dead by police officers in Niagara Falls, Ont., early Wednesday. The Special Investigations Unit said in a press release that Niagara police officers found the suspect at Gales Gas Bar near Thorold Stone and Montrose […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays’ stunning playoff run has taken Proline+ by storm. Toronto advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 on Monday with a dramatic 4-3 home win over the Seattle Mariners in the seventh and deciding game of the American League Championship Series. Proline+, the Ontario Lottery and […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a suspect linked to a homicide investigation and a now-cancelled Amber Alert was shot dead by police officers in Niagara Falls, Ont., early Wednesday. Niagara police said in a press release they found the male suspect inside a vehicle at a gas station near Thorold Stone and Montrose roads […]

TORONTO — Brady Oliveira will have a chance to defend his CFL outstanding player and top Canadian honours. The Winnipeg running back was the Blue Bombers’ nominee for both awards Wednesday. Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. Oliveira claimed both awards last year in helping Winnipeg make […]