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NEW YORK — Toronto FC, in its first outing since buying out the contacts of Italian designated players Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, was beaten 3-1 by New York City FC in the lone MLS game Thursday. Hannes Wolf, Mitja Ilenic and Kevin O’Toole scored for New York (9-7-4). Eight of NYCFC’s wins have come […]

TORONTO — Derek Slywka is paid to break up passes and prevent touchdowns. He also knows what to do when the football is in his hands. The rookie safety scored two return touchdowns last week in leading the Toronto Argonauts past the Ottawa Redblacks 29-16 for their first win of the season. The six-foot-three, 215-pound […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of the University of California this week reiterated that student governments are prohibited from financial boycotts of companies associated with any particular country, including Israel, as the Trump administration continues its probe of alleged antisemitism on college campuses. Michael Drake did not mention Israel by name, but he did […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s financial services regulator should be more active on the issue of rising home insurance rates because of extreme weather, says a complaint filed Thursday. The submission by an advocacy group to the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) says the rising frequency of floods and wildfires because of climate change is […]

OSHAWA — Advocates say the Muslim community is reeling after a swarming attack on a business owner in Oshawa, Ont., earlier this week that police are investigating as a possible hate crime. Durham regional police say a group of teens caused a disturbance at a Pizza Pizza restaurant a little after midnight on Wednesday and […]

TORONTO — A Public Health Ontario report released today suggests a continuing downward trend in new measles cases. The health agency is reporting 12 new cases in the province, down from 33 new cases last week and 96 the week before that. Two more people were infected with the highly contagious disease in a northern […]

LUCAN, ONTARIO — Severe weather researchers say a weak tornado touched down in a community north of London, Ont., on Monday afternoon. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado in Lucan, Ont., started around 3:20 p.m. and caused minor damage, including snapping tree branches and tearing sections of roofing off a farm […]

Toronto police say they have arrested a suspect in an alleged sexual assault of a 62-year-old woman last month in a west-end park. Police say the woman was approached from behind while she was walking in High Park around 10:40 p.m. on June 4 and was dragged into a wooded area where she was sexually […]

Toronto police say one person is dead after a fire in the city’s north end early Thursday morning. Police say they responded to a report of two encampments on fire near Eglinton Avenue and Credit Union Drive in North York just before 4:30 a.m. They say one person was found dead. Toronto Fire Services says […]

Toronto police are investigating after two men were found dead in the city’s east end Wednesday night. Police say they were called to an address near Birchmount Road and Chelwood Road in Scarborough just before 6:30 p.m. They say two men were found dead. Police did not immediately provide further details on the deaths. They […]