York Region

TORONTO — Lirim Hajrullahu’s single on the game’s final play earned Toronto a 20-19 home win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday in Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly’s ’24 debut. Saskatchewan took possession at its eight-yard line but following a sack and incompletion had to punt from its one-yard line with 26 seconds remaining. Janarion Grant’s […]

TORONTO (AP) — Ernie Clement homered for the third time in his last three games and the Toronto Blue Jays used a five-run second inning to build an early lead and beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Thursday night. Clement’s homer came on an out-of-the-strike zone, eye-level fastball from right-hander Mike Baumann. According to […]

TORONTO — Ernie Clement’s two-run homer highlighted a five-run second inning that pushed the Toronto Blue Jays to a series-opening 5-3 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. Clement’s shot into the Toronto bullpen was his third longball in three straight games and extended his team’s streak of home runs to 11 games, the […]

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads are expected to soon start rolling their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute. After Canadian National and CPKC failed to reach new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union by an overnight deadline early Thursday, both freight […]

TORONTO — A national union leader has refused to step down despite his organization calling for his resignation over an online post that it said violated its policies. On Tuesday, the national arm of the Canadian Union of Public Employees passed a motion asking vice-president Fred Hahn to resign. In a message to union members […]

TORONTO — Now that Joey Votto’s Major League Baseball career is officially over, there’s only one question remaining: will he become the third Canadian enshrined in Baseball’s Hall of Fame? Although there’s no doubt that the 2010 National League MVP and six-time all-star had an excellent 17-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, he’s not as […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says a geriatric red panda has died months after she gave birth to two cubs, one of whom died weeks ago. In a statement posted on social media, the zoo says 10-year-old Sakura died overnight sometime in the last week. It says preliminary results suggest she experienced a cardiac arrest, […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they’ve arrested and charged a man who allegedly grabbed a stroller with a child in it and fled before being stopped. Police say a grandparent was pushing their grandchild in a stroller in east Toronto on Wednesday when the suspect approached and allegedly said the baby was not theirs. Police […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Thursday, led by weakness in technology and base metals, while U.S. markets were also down, with the Nasdaq falling 1.7 per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 84.26 points at 23,037.47. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 177.71 points at 40,712.78. […]

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland is putting Health Canada-approved nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters starting next week as part of his crackdown on the sale of new nicotine products to children. He also says he’s banning flavours other than mint or menthol for pouches and any new nicotine products on the market, and putting […]