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TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired David Popkins as the team’s new hitting coach. He succeeds Guillermo Martinez in the position. Martinez was let go in the wake of Toronto’s last-place finish in the American League East this past season. Popkins, a 34-year-old native of San Diego, Calif., spent the last three years […]

TORONTO — Ontario tabled its first bill of the fall legislative sitting on Monday, in a bid to give the province veto power over some bike lanes, accelerate highway construction projects and ease environmental assessments for new highways. The province is also trying to give itself power through regulation to remove existing bike lanes, although […]

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed forward Sam O’Reilly to a three-year entry-level contract on Monday. O’Reilly, an 18-year-old Toronto native, was selected with the 32nd overall pick in the NHL Draft last June. He had one goal over four pre-season games with the Oilers before being returned to the London Knights of the Ontario […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — A sentencing hearing is underway for a man who pleaded guilty to four charges in the stabbing of a professor and two students in a University of Waterloo gender studies class. Geovanny Villalba-Aleman pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, one count of assault with a weapon and one count of […]

TORONTO — Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says it is unacceptable that home care and palliative patients in the province are facing shortages of supplies they need, and she is working to have it rectified. NDP Leader Marit Stiles asked Jones about the issue in question period today, saying doctors are reporting that patients are […]

TORONTO — The Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards have crowned Beaufille and Spencer Badu this year’s top fashion designers. Beaufille, founded and designed by sisters Chloé and Parris Gordon, was named womenswear designer of the year while Spencer Badu was declared top menswear designer at a weekend gala. The accessory designer of the year award […]

TORONTO — As Taylor Swift prepares to close out her Eras Tour era in Canada, fans desperate to see the pop star perform live are vulnerable to scams. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 140 reports of fraudulent Swift tickets this year, most of which came from people who were scammed out of money. “Once […]

TORONTO — Mats Sundin is fine with being tracked down. The former Maple Leafs captain has been the proud owner of a couple of franchise marks that appeared fairly safe until 2016. The clock, however, is ticking. Sundin registered 420 goals and put up 987 points in his 981 regular-season games with Toronto. Star centre […]

TORONTO — Mats Sundin was in a familiar place. Everything was also very different. It was February 2009. The former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs was back in his second home — only this time as a member of the opposition. Sundin had signed with the Vancouver Canucks after 13 seasons under the brightest […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s energy minister says he will introduce legislation to make it easier for new homes and businesses to connect to the electricity grid. Stephen Lecce says that under the current rules, the process is slow and expensive, increasing costs for homebuyers and deterring home building. Lecce says right now, a residential development of […]