York Region

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays traded right-hander Nate Pearson to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in exchange for two minor leaguers. The Blue Jays received shortstop Josh Rivera and outfielder Yohendrick Pinango for the 27-year-old Pearson, Toronto’s first-round pick in 2017. Pearson has a career record of 7-4 and a 5.21 ERA in […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays traded right-handed pitcher Nate Pearson to the Chicago Cubs for prospects Josh Rivera and Yohendrick Pinango on Saturday. The Blue Jays drafted Pearson in the first round, 28th overall, in the 2017 MLB draft. Once highly touted as Baseball America’s seventh-ranked prospect, Pearson made his Major League debut as […]

Police in northern Ontario have made two arrests linked to an alleged abduction on Manitoulin Island but are still on the hunt for two people, including the victim. Ontario provincial police allege 27-year-old William Paibomsai-Lesage was approached by two men on Wikwemikong Unceded Territory on Thursday morning, assaulted and forced into a black Chevrolet Silverado […]

TORONTO — The Vancouver Bandits have punched their ticket to next month’s Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Championship Weekend in Montreal. The Bandits (14-5), led by Marcus Carr’s 22 points, knocked off the Scarborough Shooting Stars 104-90 at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre to ensure they’ll finish first in the five-team Western Conference. “It was definitely […]

TORONTO — Marian Barbu’s morning swim in the men’s 100-metre freestyle para multi-class on Friday broke a Canadian record that had stood since 1996. The start of Day 3 of the Speedo Canadian Swimming Championships brought some of the fastest swimming since the 20th century. Barbu, of the Club aquatique St-Eustache, was just looking to […]

TORONTO — Yusei Kikuchi failed to save his best for his last outing in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform, but he felt he went out a winner after receiving a standing ovation from the Rogers Centre crowd on Friday. Kikuchi departed after 4 2/3 innings, long before Ernie Clement’s first career walk-off single with the […]

TORONTO (AP) — Ernie Clement singled in the ninth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 6-5 victory over Texas on Friday night, ending the defending champion Rangers’ winning streak at five. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base four times as the Blue Jays snapped a six-game losing streak against the Rangers. Justin Turner hit […]

TORONTO — Ernie Clement’s bases loaded single in the ninth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a walk-off 6-5 win in their series opener against the Texas Rangers on Friday. The win was Toronto’s (47-56) third in seven starts since the MLB All-Star break and halted the Rangers’ (51-53) five-game win streak. Jays’ reliever Chad […]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A toddler reported missing west of Toronto on Thursday has been found dead. Peel Regional Police say three-year-old Zaid was found in a creek in Mississauga, Ont. They say the boy was last seen early Thursday evening in Erindale Park. Police say Zaid was at the park with his parents when he […]

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are 4-0 at home for the first time since 1978 after a decisive 33-6 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night. The Redblacks, who improved to 5-2, are off to their best CFL start ever after seven games and are riding a three-game winning streak for the first time […]