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TORONTO — Ontario’s finance minister is set to table the province’s fall economic statement on Nov. 6. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the fiscal update will be a plan to make the province’s economy competitive and protect jobs. The economic statement serves as a mini budget and often contains funding and updates on economic growth. […]

LONDON — A group of pro-Palestinian protesters that blocked entry to a defence conference in downtown London, Ont., earlier this morning has now dispersed. A crowd of protesters had gathered outside the Best Defence Conference at RBC Place where they blocked off entrances to the building and locked some doors with bicycle locks. Organizers say […]

OTTAWA — Federal Auditor General Karen Hogan says many of the living spaces used by Canadian Armed Forces members across several bases are in “poor physical condition” and ripe for overcrowding. In an audit released this morning, Hogan looks at living conditions on three Canadian Forces bases: Esquimalt in British Columbia., Gagetown in New Brunswick […]

INGERSOLL — General Motors says it is ending production of its BrightDrop electric delivery van in Ingersoll, Ont. The company says the decision is related to low demand for the product, and it won’t be moved elsewhere. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Michael Angeletti says he knew he would catch George Springer’s home run ball before it actually happened. The Toronto native was sitting in the front row out in left field at Rogers Centre — wearing a Springer jersey — during Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. The game was a do-or-die […]

TORONTO — Comeback wins were a big reason why the Toronto Blue Jays reached the American League Championship Series. George Springer topped them all with a come-from-behind moment that will go down as one of the biggest homers in franchise history. Springer hit a go-ahead three-run shot in the seventh inning and closer Jeff Hoffman […]

TORONTO — Surefire Hall of Famer Max Scherzer pulled Shane Bieber aside the night before Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to give him one simple piece of advice: “Believe in everybody, because everybody believes in you.” Bieber scattered seven hits over 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, but striking out five, as […]

TORONTO — To the sound of car horns and chants, thousands of Blue Jays fans poured into the streets of Toronto on Monday night celebrating the team’s first World Series berth in more than 30 years. In a nail-biter Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, Toronto defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3, sending the […]

TORONTO — George Springer hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday. The victory gave the Blue Jays their first berth in the World Series since 1993. Toronto will […]

NORTH VANCOUVER — After more than a decade of playing hockey around the globe, Hannah Miller is back home. Miller signed with the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s new Vancouver expansion team as a free agent in June in a move that has since spurred a number of “full-circle moments.” The latest came last week when […]