Ontario News

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. used some quick thinking to get an out against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.

Toronto's over-stretched shelter system cannot cope with the high numbers of refugee claimants seeking bed spaces and will begin referring them away from at-capacity shelters towards federal programs, said deputy mayor Jennifer McKelvie.

TORONTO — Brad Treliving has a new gig. And the Maple Leafs have a new plan. Treliving was named Toronto's general manager Wednesday, less than two weeks after a jaw-dropping chain of events led to the firing of Kyle Dubas.

The City of Ottawa is applying for federal funding in a bid to respond to rising demand for affordable housing. A memo city staff sent to councillors last week shows the municipality is looking to qualify for support from a $4-billion fund.

HAMILTON — Tunde Adeleke is only 27, but he's already an elder statesman on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defence. The five-foot-10, 208-pound Adeleke is entering his sixth CFL season and fourth with Hamilton.

Ontario has charged Marineland over the care of its black bears, but the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction denies any wrongdoing.

TORONTO — Some workplaces in Ontario will be required to carry a kit used to temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,572.24, down 167.46): Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 77 cents, or 1.99 per cent, to $38.03 on 23.2 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down almost 170 points Wednesdayin a broad-based decline led by losses in energy and base metals, while U.S. markets also moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 167.46 points at 19,572.24.

KITCHENER, Ont. — When Canadian NBA star Jamal Murray was a teenager at the Orangeville Prep Basketball Academy, he declined to have a mobile phone for most of his two years with the program.