York Region

In almost 100 fights, Canadian boxing titan George Chuvalo was never knocked out and never fell to the canvas. A five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight challenger, Chuvalo died Saturday in Toronto on his 89th birthday. As tributes were posted online Sunday from around the world, Chuvalo’s son Mitchell recalled how his father […]

TORONTO — Protests are planned for the prime minister’s high-stakes summit aimed at attracting new investment to Canada, with organizers saying Mark Carney is keeping company with business leaders they say are exacerbating global crises. Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are arriving in Toronto for Canada’s first-ever investment summit to get a look […]

George Chuvalo, a hard-nosed heavyweight who never hit the canvas despite taking on the world’s best boxers, has died. Sully’s Boxing Gym in Toronto, where Chuvalo trained during his career, confirmed his death in a social media post Saturday. The gym said Chuvalo died on his 89th birthday. “Today, Sully’s lost a piece of its […]

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was walking to the shower area in the Toronto clubhouse after a 7-3 win over Baltimore when he stopped to look at the TV screen above the stalls. The slugger smiled as the Minnesota Twins recorded a key late-game out in an eventual 4-3 win over Cleveland, the team Toronto […]

TORONTO — Brett Bateman and Alejandro Kirk homered to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday at Rogers Centre. Bateman led off the third inning with a solo shot to make it 3-0 and Kirk followed later in the frame with a two-run blast. The victory moved […]

Canadian food safety officials are warning that peanuts sold in Ontario and Quebec may be contaminated with salmonella. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for “Roasted Lemon N’ Chilli Peanuts” sold by the brand PK. The recall, first issued on Thursday, instructs consumers to throw out the peanuts or return them to […]

TORONTO — Automaker Stellantis says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian armoured ⁠vehicle maker Roshel on a potential sale of its idled Brampton, Ont., assembly plant. Meanwhile, the union representing Canadian workers at Stellantis said it has paused contract talks, citing an impasse over the future of the Brampton plant. Trevor Longley, […]

TORONTO — The “Eve of Toronto” has a followup. And it’s providing plenty of colour on the wall in Blue Jays manager John Schneider’s office. Star pitcher Dylan Cease’s latest artistic output – safe to call it “Tom Selleck” given the block letters of the actor’s name are sprawled across the canvas – was hanging […]

TORONTO — When there is little runway left to work with as baseball’s regular season winds down, costly mistakes tend to be magnified. Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. got burned on a back-pick play in the first inning of Friday’s 7-4 loss to Baltimore. He was caught too far off first base and catcher Samuel Basallo’s […]

TORONTO — Dylan Beavers hit a leadoff homer and the Baltimore Orioles tacked on five more runs in the second inning en route to a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night at Rogers Centre. Colton Cowser had a two-run double and Beavers added a two-run single off Toronto starter Max Scherzer […]