York Region

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays outfielder and four-time Gold Glove winner Kevin Kiermaier said Wednesday night he intends to retire at the end of the season. Now in his 11th season and second with Toronto after nine years with the Rays, Kiermaier is batting .191 with four home runs and 18 RBIs in 77 games. […]

TORONTO — Back-to-back RBI singles with two out from Justin Turner and Daulton Varsho were enough to spark a four-run eighth inning and push the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. accounted for the first two Toronto runs with a single and a homer […]

TORONTO (AP) — Justin Turner hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for the fifth time in six game, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Wednesday night. Turner went 3 for 4 with three singles. His line drive hit off right-hander Jason Adam (4-2) […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court decision has put a pause on enforcement of Canadian Food Inspection Agency guidelines for the ritual slaughter of animals. The decision says there are serious issues with whether the guidelines are unreasonable and if they encroach on Charter rights to equality and freedom of religion. A group of agencies that […]

TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. says it lost $123.9 million in the second quarter, down from a profit of $28.2 million a year earlier. The Toronto-based company says revenue totalled $853.8 million, down from $1.2 billion during the same quarter last year. Diluted loss per share was $1.99, down from a gain of 38 cents […]

TORONTO — One of the women sexually assaulted by former fashion mogul Peter Nygard teared up in court Wednesday as she described how the attack decades ago “tainted” her life, eroding her mental health, interfering with her career and deterring her from forming long-term relationships. The woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, […]

TORONTO — Losses in industrial and base metal stocks dragged Canada’s main stock index lower Wednesday, while markets in the U.S. slid, led by large technology companies. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 174.18 points at 22,639.57. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 504.22 points at 39,853.87. The S&P 500 index […]

TORONTO — Sections of Toronto roadways, previously inundated by a major storm last week, have once again flooded after heavy rain drenched the city and much of southern Ontario today. Toronto police say water has flooded parts of both the Don Valley Parkway and Lakeshore Boulevard, which were both closed for hours after last Tuesday’s […]

TORONTO — Ontario will provide up to $73 million to help speed up repairs on a busy Toronto highway, so long as work on the Gardiner Expressway can be done around the clock. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said the move would mean construction work on the highway could be complete by at least April 2026, […]

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the crash’s cause still a mystery, authorities said. The probe into the Nov. 22, 2023, crash that killed Kurt and Monica Villani, […]