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TORONTO — Luis Robert Jr.’s two-run homer was the highlight of a four-run inning as the White Sox routed the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Friday as Chicago snapped an eight-game losing skid. Josh Rohas had a two-run double as part of the four-run third for Chicago (24-52). Andrew Benintendi had a solo home run […]

TORONTO — In the year since the abrupt closure of the Ontario Science Centre, the cost of a new site at Ontario Place has escalated, its opening date has been pushed back, there is no sign of a temporary location – and the old building’s roof that was said to be at risk of collapse […]

OTTAWA — Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the chances of India’s Lawrence Bishnoi gang being designated as a terrorist group after meeting with the public safety minister Wednesday night. Brown says that he and Peel region police officials met with Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree in Ottawa to discuss the “scourge” […]

Peel Regional Police say a teacher is facing charges following allegations of child abuse at a Mississauga, Ont., public school. Police say they launched an investigation in May after the teacher allegedly physically moved four students into a room and forcibly confined them, preventing them from leaving. Police say the 36-year-old male teacher faces four […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have identified a suspect in a fatal stabbing on Thursday night in the city’s east end. Police say they responded to an altercation in the Danforth Avenue and Coxwell Avenue area between two men at about 11 p.m. They say a 36-year old man with stab wounds was taken […]

ST. THOMAS — Health-care workers battling measles in southern Ontario say they think about the outbreak from the moment they wake until the moment they sleep. They say treating and tamping down the surge of a disease most have never seen in their lifetime is constant. Some have even been infected by patients who unwittingly […]

Calling it a “huge huge moment” for the franchise, the New York Red Bulls introduced former Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley as coach of its reserve side Thursday. Bradley, 37, succeeds Ibrahim Sekagya, who was promoted to a full-time assistant coach with the first team after Vedad Ibisevic left the club earlier in the month. […]

The Toronto Sceptres and Montréal Victoire continued to round out their rosters Thursday ahead of the upcoming Professional Women’s Hockey League draft. The Sceptres signed defender Kali Flanagan to a one-year contract extension, while the Victoire re-signed forward Catherine Dubois through the 2025-26 season. The 29-year-old Flanagan from Burlington, Mass., had three goals and four […]

The Ontario government says it’s introducing two financial assistance programs to help municipalities and businesses recover from a severe March ice storm. The storm in late March left nearly 400,000 homes and businesses with power outages and damaged property as freezing rain covered parts of Ontario in layers of ice. The province says it will […]

TORONTO — Chad Kelly will have plenty of company on the Toronto Argonauts sideline Friday night. Kelly will miss a third straight start when Toronto (0-2) hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2-0). The 2023 CFL outstanding player continues to recover from a leg injury suffered in last year’s East Division final. Ditto for receiver/returner Janarion Grant […]