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TORONTO — Brady Oliveira will have a chance to defend his CFL outstanding player and top Canadian honours. The Winnipeg running back was the Blue Bombers’ nominee for both awards Wednesday. Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. Oliveira claimed both awards last year in helping Winnipeg make […]

Police in Niagara Region say a suspect linked to a homicide investigation and a now-cancelled Amber Alert was shot dead by police early Wednesday. Niagara police say they found a vehicle containing the male suspect at a gas station in Niagara Falls, Ont., around 2:30 a.m., and officers “became involved” with the vehicle. They say […]

Freddie Freeman is always happy to return to Toronto, even if Blue Jays fans might not give him a warm reception. Freeman is a dual Canadian-American citizen who has represented Canada in the World Baseball Classic. However, he’s also one of the stars of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Blue Jays opponents in the World […]

The suspect in a now-cancelled Amber Alert for a one-year-old girl in southern Ontario has been linked to a fatal shooting earlier on Tuesday. Provincial police issued the alert Tuesday on behalf of police in Peel Region for the girl who had been last seen in Brampton. The alert was cancelled after the girl was […]

TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe was going about his normal game-day routine. The New Jersey Devils head coach then turned a corner and stepped in front of a wall of cameras in the hours before his second trip back to a building he knows very well — down the hall from his old office — in […]

TORONTO — Jack Hughes registered the third hat trick of his NHL career as the New Jersey Devils topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday. Cody Glass and Brenden Dillon had the other goals for New Jersey (5-1-0), which got 23 saves from Jake Allen. Jesper Bratt added three assists. John Tavares, with a […]

An Amber Alert has been issued for a one-year-old girl northwest of Toronto. Peel Region police say Skyla-Rose Deschepper was last seen in Brampton, Ont., and the suspect vehicle is a black 2024 Nissan with Quebec licence plate FRV4520. The alert says the suspect in the case is 38-year-old Anthony Deschepper. He is described as […]

TORONTO — The 2025 World Series will be a clash of styles as the Toronto Blue Jays face the Los Angeles Dodgers for Major League Baseball’s championship. How the two teams play and how their rosters were constructed are a study of contrasts. The Dodgers have one of the largest payrolls in baseball, relying on […]

An Amber Alert has been issued for a one-year-old girl northwest of Toronto. Police say Skyla-Rose Deschepper was last seen in Brampton, Ont., and the suspect vehicle is a 2024 Nissan with licence plate FRV4520. More coming. The Canadian Press

Peel Region police say a woman is dead after being shot in Brampton, Ont. Police say the shooting happened today in the Airport Road and Queen Street East area. They say the victim was treated by paramedics but succumbed to her injuries. The incident appears to have occurred at a commercial plaza in the area. […]