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Ontario’s main liquor retailer says plans to end a two-week strike by about 10,000 staff are back on after both the employer and the union representing its workers signed off on a return-to-work protocol Saturday morning. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says the workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be […]

TORONTO (AP) — Mark Canha and Wenceel Pérez hit two-run homers, Jack Flaherty struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings to win for the sixth time in seven starts and the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Friday night for their third straight victory. All-Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and outfielder […]

TORONTO — Two-run homers from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer were not enough in the Toronto Blue Jays’ series-opening 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Friday. Mark Canha and Wenceel Perez also smacked two-run blasts as the Tigers (48-50) won their ninth game in 11 starts. Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 lead […]

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette left the Blue Jays’ game against Detroit after six innings Friday night because of an apparent right leg injury. The two-time All-Star and two-time AL hits leader lined out to right field to end the sixth and was injured running to first base, hopping down the line in […]

OTTAWA — The federal government says it has “taken note” of a ruling from the top UN court that called Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories unlawful. A spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada acknowledged the nonbinding opinion issued by the International Court of Justice in a statement Friday. The spokesperson says it has been […]

TORONTO (AP) — Christian Lundgaard is back at Exhibition Place a year after racing to his first IndyCar victory on the street course. “It brings back a lot of good memories,” Lundgaard said Friday. “But it also brings pressure. Of course, we want to perform at the same level as we did last year.” The […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Friday, as companies and organizations around the world grappled with outages stemming from a faulty CrowdStrike software update, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 36.37 points at 22,690.39. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 377.49 points […]

TORONTO — The union representing Ontario liquor store workers says a strike in which a tentative deal had been announced earlier today is in fact continuing because the employer has not signed a specific document. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario had said this afternoon that it reached an agreement with the union to end […]

TORONTO — Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard didn’t get the chance to celebrate his first career NTT IndyCar Series victory last year in Toronto. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver was pulled in the middle of his post-race press conference, needing to catch a flight home. And so, in November, he made a point of returning by […]

TORONTO — Morningstar DBRS says insurance claims caused by the Toronto flood earlier this week could be “significant but manageable” for insurers. The credit rating agency says the insurance industry can expect insured losses of around $1 billion from the heavy rains on July 16 that led to flooded highways and basements. The agency says […]