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TORONTO (AP) — Davis Schneider hit the winning two-run homer in the 14th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Pittsburgh 5-3 on Friday night for their ninth straight win over the Pirates. Schneider’s seventh home run of the season came on the first pitch he saw from right-hander Kyle Nicolas (0-1). Génesis Cabrera (1-1) […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is endorsing a proposal put forward by U.S. President Joe Biden today that seeks to bring about the end of the Israel-Hamas war. Trudeau says in a social media post that all parties must seize the opportunity to end the suffering and return to a path to peace. He […]

OTTAWA — Lewis Ward helped the Ottawa Redblacks complete a perfect 2-0 pre-season Friday with four field goals in a 19-13 win over the Montreal Alouettes. Ward also converted the only touchdown of the game to account for 13 Ottawa points, including a 17-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. Dru Brown started at […]

GUELPH, Ont. — The Toronto Argonauts may have found their next top receiver. Kevin Mital, the fifth overall pick in this year’s CFL draft, caught five passes for 104 yards and a touchdown as the Argonauts beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25-14 in the teams’ final pre-season game on Friday at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ont. […]

HAMILTON — It’s been six long months since David Hearn played in a PGA Tour event. It’s been even longer since the 44-year-old Canadian made a cut. But he will tee it up in the third round of the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday. Hearn was the low Canadian on Thursday after a 3-under 67 […]

HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — Ryan Fox closed with a 14-foot birdie putt late Friday afternoon for a 6-under 64 and a share of the second-round lead with Robert MacIntyre in the RBC Canadian Open. Finishing on the front nine at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Fox birdied the par-5 fourth and par-4 fifth, then rebounded […]

MARKHAM, Ont. — Jacqueline Simoneau, who calls the Montreal suburb of Chambly home, won the women’s solo technical gold medal at the World Aquatics artistic swimming World Cup on Friday. The 27-year-old Simoneau finished with 246.7950 points at the Pan Am Pool, finishing ahead of China’s Huiyan Xu (244.2050) and Viktoria Reichova (203.2616) of Slovakia. […]

TORONTO — Matt Johnson’s “BlackBerry” may have ended in tragedy but it saw nothing short of triumph as it dominated the Canadian Screen Awards in an evening full of self-referential jabs about the industry and some moments of protest Friday. The Toronto filmmaker’s chaotic dramedy about the rise and fall of an era-defining smartphone won […]

HAMILTON — New Zealand’s Ryan Fox fired a 6-under 64 to tie clubhouse leader Robert MacIntyre of Scotland at 10-under overall at the RBC Canadian Open after two rounds. MacIntyre had a 4-under 66 in the morning to move to the top of the leaderboard. Reigning champion Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., missed the cut. […]

TORONTO — Radio broadcaster Bob Mackowycz Sr., whose visionary programming injected a certain artistic flair into Toronto’s cultural scene, has died. His son says Mackowycz suffered a sudden and unexpected illness. He died Wednesday at age 75. Mackowycz began his radio career at Toronto rock and roll station Q107 (CILQ-FM) during its first broadcast year […]