York Region

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays placed shortstop Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain on Saturday. Bichette left Friday’s 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers in the sixth inning when he was unable to put weight on his right leg after lining out to right field. The 26-year-old also […]

TORONTO (AP) — A broken right thumb has forced Alexander Rossi out of this weekend’s IndyCar race in Toronto and will give French driver Theo Pourchaire a chance to start his sixth race of the season, Arrow McLaren officials announced. Rossi was injured in practice Friday when his car hit a tire barrier and then […]

Ontario’s main liquor retailer says plans to end a two-week strike by about 10,000 staff are back on after both the employer and the union representing its workers signed off on a return-to-work protocol Saturday morning. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says the workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be […]

TORONTO (AP) — Mark Canha and Wenceel Pérez hit two-run homers, Jack Flaherty struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings to win for the sixth time in seven starts and the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Friday night for their third straight victory. All-Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and outfielder […]

TORONTO — Two-run homers from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer were not enough in the Toronto Blue Jays’ series-opening 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Friday. Mark Canha and Wenceel Perez also smacked two-run blasts as the Tigers (48-50) won their ninth game in 11 starts. Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 lead […]

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette left the Blue Jays’ game against Detroit after six innings Friday night because of an apparent right leg injury. The two-time All-Star and two-time AL hits leader lined out to right field to end the sixth and was injured running to first base, hopping down the line in […]

OTTAWA — The federal government says it has “taken note” of a ruling from the top UN court that called Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories unlawful. A spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada acknowledged the nonbinding opinion issued by the International Court of Justice in a statement Friday. The spokesperson says it has been […]

TORONTO (AP) — Christian Lundgaard is back at Exhibition Place a year after racing to his first IndyCar victory on the street course. “It brings back a lot of good memories,” Lundgaard said Friday. “But it also brings pressure. Of course, we want to perform at the same level as we did last year.” The […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Friday, as companies and organizations around the world grappled with outages stemming from a faulty CrowdStrike software update, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 36.37 points at 22,690.39. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 377.49 points […]

TORONTO — The union representing Ontario liquor store workers says a strike in which a tentative deal had been announced earlier today is in fact continuing because the employer has not signed a specific document. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario had said this afternoon that it reached an agreement with the union to end […]