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TORONTO — George Springer, Jesus Sanchez and Kazuma Okamoto hit homers and Eric Lauer had nine strikeouts as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Athletics 5-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game series sweep. Springer turned on the first pitch Luis Morales (0-1) threw for his 64th career leadoff home run. Sanchez added a two-run […]

MONTRÉAL — Montreal police say they are suspending the search for a young man who fell through the ice of the des Prairies river in the city’s West Island on Thursday. Jean-Pierre Brabant says police divers as well as officers in boats and on foot have searched the river and its banks in recent days […]

HAMILTON — Tate McRae says she’s “Canada down” — and the country’s evidently pretty down with her too, as she led all winners at the Junos Awards industry gala on Saturday. However, the Calgary-born pop star did not attend the ceremony, nor did she provide a video message or written statement acknowledging the wins. The […]

TORONTO — Starting pitcher Dylan Cease was as advertised in his Blue Jays debut Saturday at Rogers Centre. The veteran right-hander, who signed a seven-year, US$210-million deal with the Blue Jays in the off-season, had 12 strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings as Toronto came back for an 8-7 win over the Athletics. “You saw all […]

TORONTO — Ernie Clement drove in Nathan Lukes with the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays an 8-7 comeback victory over the Athletics on Saturday at Rogers Centre. With Lukes aboard as the automatic runner, right-hander Luis Medina (0-1) struck out Alejandro Kirk and intentionally walked Daulton Varsho to […]

When Rose Kingdon started her broadcasting career more than 40 years ago, she recalled that it was “love at first on air light.” And when she accepted a lifetime achievement award in 2023, she said she was grateful for the opportunity to “make great radio” and to “cover some of the biggest stories of our […]

TORONTO — Tennis star Victoria Mboko has withdrawn from Canada’s upcoming Billie Jean King Cup tie in Kazakhstan due to scheduled dental surgery. The world No. 9 from Burlington, Ont., said in a statement Saturday that she is getting four wisdom teeth removed after experiencing recurring dental pain. Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., is also […]

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes had a double-double as the Toronto Raptors routed the New Orleans Pelicans 119-106 on Friday. Barnes had 23 points, 12 assists and six rebounds for Toronto (41-32). Jakob Poeltl also had a double-double with 18 points and 11 boards. Raptors point guard Immanuel Quickley missed the game as he recovers from […]

TORONTO — Kazuma Okamoto scored the winning run in his Blue Jays debut and Kevin Gausman had 11 strikeouts as Toronto opened its 50th anniversary season with a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Athletics on Friday night. Okamoto hit a two-out single in the ninth inning and moved to third on an Ernie Clement double. […]

TORONTO — Loud bangs were heard in downtown Toronto during the evening rush hour as the fire department said several propane cylinders ruptured atop a building. Toronto police say they received reports at around 6 p.m. of a fire on the roof of a building under construction at Richmond and John streets. Police say they […]