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TORONTO — A disastrous four-game sweep at Rogers Centre has endangered the Toronto Blue Jays' post-season hopes and ace Kevin Gausman is taking the blame for his role in it.

TORONTO — The federal government is demanding major Canadian grocers come up with a plan to stabilize prices, drawing pushback from the food industry.

Candidates in the Ontario Liberal Party's race to become the next leader kicked off the first official debate Thursday in Thunder Bay, Ont., by taking aim at perceived front-runner Bonnie Crombie.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo of U.S. senators is leading a growing push to open up the continent's "gold standard" trade agreement to include parts of Latin America in order to build a better bulwark against China's geopolitical might.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A notice asking residents in some parts of Saint John, N.B., to stay indoors Thursday was expanded to include the entire city as a fire at a metal recycling yard along the harbour sent plumes of hazardous smoke into the air.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's state of emergency ended Thursday just under four weeks after ferocious wildfires ripped through several communities, burning homes and businesses and forcing thousands to escape. The B.C.

VANCOUVER — An RCMP expert testifying at Ibrahim Ali's murder trial told the court she has never seen a DNA match as close as the one between the suspect and samples found on his alleged victim — except for DNA matches between identical twins.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says new provincial legislation is in the works to regulate public consumption of hard drugs as the province continues its experiment with decriminalization of small amounts of illicit substances.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Premier David Eby said Thursday he had a question after reading a B.C. Review Board decision about the man accused of stabbing three people in Vancouver's Chinatown on the weekend, while on a day pass from psychiatric detention.

HAY RIVER, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA — Fire crews in the Northwest Territories say work continues fighting hot spots and flareups near evacuated communities while area residents wait to hear when they can return home.