Toronto Blue Jays trade Daulton Varsho to Houston Astros for Spencer Arrighetti
HOUSTON — The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to trade Daulton Varsho to the Houston Astros. Toronto will also send cash considerations to the Astros and receive righty Spencer Arrighetti in return. Varsho may be in the Astros lineup Monday against the Blue Jays. Varsho, a...
Toronto Blue Jays trading Jeff Hoffman to Minnesota Twins
The Toronto Blue Jays have parted with their ex-closer. Right-hander Jeff Hoffman is being traded from Toronto to the Minnesota Twins, Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith reports. Coming back in return for Hoffman are prospects Dasan Hill, John Klein and Dameury Pena, and $250,000...
5 things to know about the Canadian astronaut joining NASA’s Crew 13
A few months after Artemis II’s lunar flyby, another Canadian astronaut is preparing for a mission in space. The Canadian Space Agency’s Joshua Kutryk is one of four members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew 13 mission. The crew will spend...
Motorcyclist rushed to hospital after crash at downtown Toronto intersection
A male motorcyclist has been taken to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries after a crash at a downtown intersection, officials say. Emergency crews were called to Bathurst and Harbord streets just before 5:15 p.m. with reports of a collision....
Former ’60 Minutes’ correspondents Pelley, Alfonsi go from newsroom to classroom
Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two of the correspondents ousted from “60 Minutes” as part of a major shakeup at the storied CBS News show, are moving from the newsroom to the classroom. Columbia Journalism School announced Monday that the...
7 more Marineland belugas on the move to U.S. aquarium
NIAGARA FALLS — Seven more whales are on the move from Marineland, headed to a new home at an aquarium in the United States. Marineland says in a statement that it has begun the second phase of its whale relocation...
Toronto Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins says he believes team is improved after trade deadline
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins believes his struggling club improved its roster after a blended trade deadline that saw him add proven starting pitchers Jose Soriano and Spencer Arrighetti, and subtract Daulton Varsho and Jeff Hoffman on Monday....
Tiger shark caught off Massachusetts could be sign of warming waters
Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in — a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow....
25 states sue over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February. The United States last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries...
Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Speaking at an unrelated...
