Ontario News

TORONTO — Andrea Lewis has been having trouble recruiting and retaining staff at her Manitoulin Island child-care centre, to the point where she has been forced to close the daycare for six weeks.

TORONTO — Justin Bieber is pulling the plug on the remaining shows of his Justice World Tour due to his health.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Seattle Mariners 4-0 last night in the first game of their American League wild-card series.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Friday's Lotto Max draw for an estimated $70 million: 07, 23, 28, 31, 32, 39 & 40.

HAMILTON — Seth Small came up big for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night. Small booted four field goals as Hamilton earned an important 18-14 home win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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.