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TORONTO — Bo Bichette homered and scored the deciding run as the Toronto Blue Jays continued their winning ways with a 3-2 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. Davis Schneider knocked in Bichette in the sixth inning with a single down the left-field line for a series sweep and Toronto’s (52-38) season-high eighth […]

TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is leading a trade mission to the United Kingdom and Ireland, which she says will focus on supporting economic opportunities for Toronto businesses and workers. The trip is set to begin Sunday and Chow says she will be accompanied by leaders from Toronto’s film industry. The mayor is scheduled […]

Police say a man is dead following a stabbing in east-end Toronto on Saturday night. Toronto police say they were called to the area of Eastern and Coxwell Avenues shortly after 10 p.m. for reports of a stabbing. Police say they located a man with injuries on scene and had paramedics assess his injuries. They […]

TORONTO — It’s another scorcher across southern Ontario today with temperatures expected to climb to the mid 30s and the humidex making it feel like 40 C. Environment Canada issued a heat warning Friday afternoon for areas between Windsor and Peterborough, saying daytime highs between 31 and 33 C were expected on Saturday and Sunday. […]

PORT DOVER — A swimmer has been rescued from a potential drowning incident in Lake Erie thanks to the actions of a 12-year-old family member. Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called to Port Dover Beach on Saturday afternoon to treat a 65-year-old man who experienced a medical episode while swimming. Police say the swimmer’s […]

TORONTO — Neither Addison Barger nor relievers Lazaro Estrada and Braydon Fisher were on the Toronto Blue Jays’ 26-player opening day roster. But all three played significant roles in the Blue Jays’ 4-3 extra-inning victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday that extended Toronto’s win streak to a season-high seven games. Barger smacked a […]

Police are looking for witnesses following a fatal crash on a highway in Hamilton, Ont., on Friday. Hamilton police say a 47-year-old man stopped his car on the shoulder of the Lincoln Alexander Parkway shortly after 8 p.m. They say the man was struck by a transport truck when he got out of his vehicle. […]

Police say a toddler has died after drowning in the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Ont., on Friday morning. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to Wolfe Island at around 9:30 a.m. after an unresponsive toddler was found in the river. They say family members and first responders began life-saving measures and the toddler […]

Police say they are looking for five suspects, one as young as 11, after a potentially hate-motivated swarming attack in Oshawa, Ont. Durham police say a group of young people were causing a disturbance at a Pizza Pizza restaurant on Wednesday shortly after midnight. They say store surveillance footage shows one person jumping behind the […]

Police are issuing a Canada-wide warrant for a 34-year-old man wanted for murder after a deadly house fire in Pickering, Ont., last month. Durham police responded to a house fire on June 11 at around 2:20 p.m. and found a 69-year-old woman dead inside the home. Investigators ruled the death a homicide a week later […]