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Toronto's Devon Travis was determined to control the pace of his at-bat in a seventh-inning showdown with Wandy Peralta on Wednesday afternoon.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — They've been training for it, but students at elementary schools in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., won't get a chance to show off their high jumping abilities at track and field meets this week and next.

TORONTO — North American stock markets fell for a second day in a row Wednesday as oil prices weakened amid worries about a growing global supply glut. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index pulled back 22.44 points to 15,349.

FREDERICTON — A nine-year-old New Brunswick girl was taken to hospital after consuming e-cigarette fluids from a brightly labelled "Unicorn Milk" bottle, her mother says.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A Cape Breton clown performer has been jailed two years for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

OTTWAWA, Ont. — When Kenny Shaw and Diontae Spencer hit the CFL free agent market, they were looking for the right fit. A couple of familiar faces and the chance to join a top receiving corps led them to Ottawa.

TORONTO — Ontario's ombudsman is calling on the tiny township of Red Rock, Ont., to lift a trespass order that bars one of its councillors from entering the municipal building during the daytime, a measure the watchdog calls unjust and excessive.

TORONTO — The Canadian Press has learned that a former Ontario nurse accused of killing eight seniors in her care is expected to plead guilty to first-degree murder charges in their deaths at a court appearance on Thursday.

TORONTO — Deep distrust of police in a northwestern Ontario city has prompted area indigenous chiefs to ask for the RCMP to investigate the recent deaths of teens in the community.

TORONTO — As the U.S. flirts with fleeing the Paris climate-change accord, Canada is aligning itself with the world's other two largest economies to take a global leadership role in the effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions.