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Elysian Field comes on late to capture $500,000 Woodbine Oaks

Elysian Field comes on late to capture $500,000 Woodbine Oaks

TORONTO — Trainer Mark Casse could have a formidable 1-2 punch in next month's $1-million King's Plate. Casse-trained horses won both the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks and $150,000 Plate Trial on Sunday.
World No. 2 Novak Djokovic withdraws from National Bank Open due to fatigue

World No. 2 Novak Djokovic withdraws from National Bank Open due to fatigue

TORONTO — World No. 2 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the National Bank Open. Tennis Canada announced on Sunday that Djokovic had to pull out of the only Canadian stop on the ATP Tour schedule due to fatigue.
Blue Jays sign third-round pick Juaron Watts-Brown out of Oklahoma State University

Blue Jays sign third-round pick Juaron Watts-Brown out of Oklahoma State University

TORONTO — Right-handed pitching prospect Juaron Watts-Brown signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. He was drafted by Toronto in the third round of this year's Major League Baseball draft.

Man shot and killed in Toronto's Greektown, hours after memorial for mass shooting

TORONTO — A man died after a shooting in Toronto's Greektown early Sunday morning, just hours after a memorial marking the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting in the same neighbourhood.
Community safety concerns under spotlight in Leslieville following death of bystander

Community safety concerns under spotlight in Leslieville following death of bystander

TORONTO — Pulin Shah feels a sense of unease every time he passes the corner in his Toronto neighbourhood where a mother of two was killed by a stray bullet earlier this month.

Man dead after falling off moving minibus and being hit by it: police

ORILLIA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial police say a 26-year-old man has died after he fell out of a minibus that then hit him. Officers at the Orillia division say it happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday in Severn Township.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Railway earnings Second-quarter results are coming from the country's main railways this week. Canadian National Railway Co.
Survivors, mourners gather in Toronto to mark five years since Danforth shooting

Survivors, mourners gather in Toronto to mark five years since Danforth shooting

TORONTO — Survivors of a mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown gathered on Saturday evening with their relatives and other mourners to mark five years since the attack on the city's bustling Danforth Avenue.
Kelly throws two TD passes as Argonauts down Ticats 31-15 to improve to 5-0

Kelly throws two TD passes as Argonauts down Ticats 31-15 to improve to 5-0

HAMILTON — And the beat goes on for Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts. Kelly threw two touchdown passes and ran for another to lead Toronto past the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31-15 on Friday night.
Ottawa police identify 17-year-old victim in arson-related homicide investigation

Ottawa police identify 17-year-old victim in arson-related homicide investigation

Police have identified Hussein Hamam, 17, as the victim of a fatal fire in Ottawa on Wednesday. Ottawa police say officers responded to a "suspicious" fire on July 19 just after midnight.