York Region

TORONTO — It’s an exciting time for Toronto sitting on the doorstep of advancing into the Professional Women’s Hockey League championship final. Jesse Compher scored the winning goal with 1:25 left in the third period to give Toronto a 2-0 victory over Minnesota on Friday. Toronto is up 2-0 in the best-of-five semifinal series, with […]

TORONTO (AP) — Jesse Compher scored the go-ahead goal with 1:25 left in the game and Toronto beat Minnesota 2-0 on Friday night to take 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff semifinal series. Hannah Miller added an empty-netter with 10 seconds to play for top-seeded Toronto and Kristen Campbell earned her […]

TORONTO (AP) — Carlos Santana hit a tiebreaking home run in the fifth inning, Joe Ryan pitched seven innings and the Minnesota Twins won for the 16th time in 18 games by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday night. Carlos Correa had two hits and scored twice as the Twins won for the […]

TORONTO — Carlos Santana’s go-ahead home run in the fifth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday. Jose Miranda’s RBI single in the first inning opened the scoring as Minnesota (23-15) won its third straight. Pinch-hitter Max Kepler added another RBI single in the ninth. Joe Ryan (2-2) struck […]

TORONTO — Jesse Compher scored the go-ahead goal with 1:25 left in the third period to give Toronto a 2-0 win and 2-0 lead in its best-of-five semifinal series against Minnesota in Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff action on Friday. Hannah Miller added an empty-netter for top-seeded Toronto in front of 8,581 fans at Coca-Cola […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Minnesota Twins and their lucky sausage have gone international. The bagged summer sausage that the red-hot Twins have been carrying for good luck made it across the Canadian border for Friday’s series-opening game against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Twins posted a photo on social media depicting the sausage on the […]

TORONTO — Saad Zafar is ready for cricket to take the next step in Canada, both on the pitch and in the stands. Zafar, Canada’s captain for the upcoming Cricket World Cup, was getting set to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Friday before the Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Minnesota Twins. His appearance […]

TORONTO — Constellation Software Inc. says it earned US$74 million in its latest quarter, up from a loss of US$83 million a year earlier.  The Toronto-based company says its revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 was US$2.4 billion. That’s up 23 per cent from US$1.9 billion during the same quarter last year. Constellation […]

TORONTO — Keith Pelley was reminded of the first time he watched Liverpool play up close. The Premier League giant with an illustrious soccer history in both England and Europe are followed by a rabid supporters craving success. The club’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” anthem rings around its storied Anfield home at every match. Pelley […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index edged lower Friday after closing at a record high the day before, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 66.90 points at 22,308.93. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 125.08 points at 39,512.84.The S&P 500 index was up 8.60 points […]