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Montoyo hopes Blue Jays can call Toronto home during shortened MLB season

TORONTO — Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo knows where he'd like the team to play its home games this season: the friendly confines of Toronto's Rogers Centre.

Jul 11, 2020 5:26 PM Read more >

Rowdy Tellez unfazed by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s move to first base for Blue Jays

TORONTO — Rowdy Tellez doesn't think much is going to change for him on the Toronto Blue Jays, even as he is being asked by the team to share first-base duties with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Jul 11, 2020 4:40 PM Read more >

Boy, 3, and girl, 2, rushed to hospital following stabbing

TORONTO — Police say a one-year-old girl and three-year-old boy were rushed to hospital after being stabbed on Saturday morning.

Jul 11, 2020 3:35 PM Read more >

NHL, NHLPA ratify RTP, CBA extension; Toronto, Edmonton unveiled as hub cities

TORONTO — The NHL remains on course to resume its pandemic-delayed season north of the 49th parallel later this summer, and now has the labour peace needed to ride out the unprecedented economic storm brought on by COVID-19.

Jul 10, 2020 9:27 PM Read more >

Police say Pat Musitano fatally shot in Burlington, Ont., another man wounded

BURLINGTON, Ont. — Police say a man was fatally shot in Burlington, Ont., Friday afternoon and another is in hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound.

Jul 10, 2020 8:06 PM Read more >

Police charge two Toronto women in death of former warlord in London, Ont.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont., have charged two women in connection with the death of an alleged ex-warlord. They say two 22-year-old women from Toronto are both charged with accessory after the fact to assault with a weapon.

Jul 10, 2020 6:54 PM Read more >

Toronto FC pre-game meal set for 5:30 a.m. before 9 a.m. Florida morning kickoff

TORONTO — The 9 a.m. kickoff is daunting. So is the 5:30 a.m. pre-game meal. Toronto FC gets one heck of an early start to the MLS is Back Tournament on Sunday when it faces D.C. United at ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex in the Orlando area.

Jul 10, 2020 6:32 PM Read more >

Current and former Blue Jays sound off on Twitter about stadium bubble setup

TORONTO — A packed summer training camp schedule has the Toronto Blue Jays squeezing in workouts, practice sessions and intrasquad games ahead of a fast-approaching regular season. The team's news cycle followed a similar model Friday.

Jul 10, 2020 6:22 PM Read more >

Funding for northern Ontario First Nations harm reduction greenlit by government

OTTAWA — The federal government is committing new funding toward harm reduction for First Nations in northern Ontario, in a move that one local leader says provides a "sense of relief" amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jul 10, 2020 5:53 PM Read more >

Pandemic has Curling Canada facing Olympic trials qualifying complications

OTTAWA — Curling Canada has been forced to re-think qualification for the Olympic team and mixed doubles trials after cancellations and postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jul 10, 2020 5:32 PM Read more >