Ontario News

TORONTO — Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge, Alta.

OTTAWA — The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has delayed upcoming regional advisory meetings.

TORONTO — The pain keeps growing for the Blue Jays. Beaten 2-1 by Baltimore on Thursday, Toronto lost its sixth straight and eighth in nine outings this season.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Steven Lorentz scored twice, including the winner, as the Peterborough Petes downed the Kingston Frontenacs 6-2 on Thursday to sweep their best-of-seven Ontario Hockey League playoff series.

CALGARY — A poem that was written on a University of Calgary stairwell as an act of rebellion in the 1970s has been restored after accidentally being painted over.

TORONTO — Blue Jays slugger Josh Donaldson left Thursday's game against Baltimore in the fifth inning after aggravating the sore right calf that caused him to miss Tuesday's home opener.

CALGARY — An Alberta agency that investigates police says Calgary officers made a series of mistakes as they investigated the disappearance of a young indigenous man who was later found dead.

MONTREAL — A man who was charged with killing his wife will remain detained by the border services agency while he appeals a deportation order, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ruled Thursday.

TORONTO — The Baltimore Orioles have selected right-hander Stefan Crichton from Triple-A Norfolk and designated right-hander Oliver Drake for assignment. Crichton was 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in two relief appearances at Norfolk.

OTTAWA — The federal government is steering Canada into a bold and risky social experiment with proposed new laws legalizing recreational marijuana for those aged 18 and older — and stringent new criminal sanctions for those who break them.