York Region

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays had the good vibrations of their mini two-game win streak wiped out by the booming bats of the New York Yankees on Friday. The Yankees enjoyed a six-run sixth inning and piled on with seven more in the ninth en route to a humiliating 16-5 loss for the Blue […]

TORONTO — Backup quarterback Caleb Evans threw a TD pass and ran for another as the Montreal Alouettes remained unbeaten with a 30-20 road win over the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night. Montreal (4-0) earned a team-record ninth straight regular-season victory and also extended its overall CFL win streak to 12 games that includes last […]

TORONTO — A three-run homer from Juan Soto and Gleyber Torres’s two-run blast sparked a six-run sixth inning and a 16-5 win for the New York Yankees against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. The victory snapped the Yankees (53-31) season-high four-game losing streak and halted the Blue Jays (37-44) mini two-game win streak before […]

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Olympic basketball team general manager Rowan Barrett said Friday that the Golden State Warriors are blocking Andrew Wiggins from competing in Paris. Wiggins was among the 20 players who received invitations to camp to determine the Olympic team. “For us, Andrew was fine,” Barrett said. “We were talking to him consistently, […]

TORONTO — Andrew Wiggins will not have his chance to be with Canada looking ahead to the Paris Olympics. Rowan Barrett, the general manager of Canada’s men’s basketball team, confirmed that Wiggins was being held out from competing at camp by his NBA team, the Golden State Warriors. Barrett said he received the call “a […]

SURREY, B.C. — The father of Tori Dunn says her family and friends are angry that the justice system has failed them, after police announced a murder charge against a man who was released from custody weeks before her killing in Surrey, B.C., this month. Aron Dunn said at a news conference Friday that his […]

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP who is not seeking re-election has sent an email to fellow caucus members calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader. Tension among some members of the caucus has increased after the Liberals lost the stronghold seat of Toronto—St. Paul’s to the Conservatives by about 600 […]

TORONTO — Tony Khan is bringing the world of professional wrestling together, and Canada has been an important part of that coalition. Khan was in Toronto last week for the Collision tech conference to speak about how his All Elite Wrestling promotion has been disrupting an industry dominated by World Wrestling Entertainment for the past […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index closed lower Friday on broad-based losses, while U.S. stock markets also closed down despite earlier gains. The S&P/TSX composite index ended down 66.37 points at 21,875.79 as energy and industrials fell. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 45.20 points at 39,118.86. The S&P 500 index […]

TORONTO — Ellie Black is heading to a fourth Summer Games as part of Canada’s gymnastics team competing at the Paris Olympics. The 28-year-old from Halifax, who becomes the first Canadian artistic gymnast to appear at four Games, headlines the roster announced Friday by Gymnastics Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee. Black placed fourth in […]