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TORONTO — A rough opening inning proved costly for ace Alek Manoah and the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. The way Seattle starter Luis Castillo was pitching, there was no room for error.

TORONTO — Whit Merrifield has waited the better part of a decade to make his first appearance in a Major League Baseball playoff game.

TORONTO — Jersey-clad fans of all ages descended on downtown Toronto Friday afternoon to cheer on the Blue Jays in the opening game of the wild-card American League series.

TORONTO — Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer and Luis Castillo threw 7 1/3 shutout innings as the Seattle Marinersblankedthe Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 in Game 1 of their American League wild-card series on Friday.

A school board in southwestern Ontario was forced to cancel a cross-country meet planned for 8,000 students this week due to "a major shortage" of bus drivers.

TORONTO — As the author of the long-running Inspector Banks series, British-Canadian novelist Peter Robinson delved into the cruelest impulses of human nature, spinning intricately plotted tales of deception, revenge and murder.

TORONTO — A union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers — such as custodians, librarians and early childhood educators — said Friday it has requested what's known as a "no board" report, which could put them in a legal strike position in unde

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,583.13, down 395.88 points): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Health care. Down $1.33, or 25.78 per cent, to $3.

The union representing safety inspectors at the Technical Standards and Safety Authority says the parties have reached a tentative agreement following an 11-week strike.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ended down almost 400 points in the third straight day of downward movement amid better-than-expected employment numbers and expectations of further rate hikes on both sides of the border.