Ontario News

TORONTO — New York Yankees starter Domingo German was ejected in the fourth inning of Tuesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays after umpires completed an inspection of his throwing hand.

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says it will investigate evidence suggesting an officer fired his gun during a deadly incident in Bourget, Ont., last week.

TORONTO — Blue Jays manager John Schneider said the team talked to Major League Baseball officials on Tuesday about the positioning of New York's base coaches on the field during play.

TORONTO — Wednesday's game between Toronto FC and the New York Red Bulls is hardly a marquee matchup, with the two teams anchoring the bottom of the Eastern Conference and missing a combined 20-plus players through injury, suspension or international

TORONTO — The construction consortium building a delayed midtown Toronto light rail transit line said Tuesday it is taking the provincial transit agency and Infrastructure Ontario to court over the project.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,242.07, down 297.90): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down $1.98, or 3.80 per cent, to $50.08 on 14.6 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell almost 300 points Tuesday on the heels of new data showing inflation ticked higher in April, while U.S. stock markets also moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 297.90 points at 20,242.

TORONTO — Deforestation, contaminated air, polluted water and the loss of wetlands are a growing concern, Ontario's auditor general concluded in a "state of the environment report" released Tuesday.

TORONTO — Right-handed reliever Thomas Hatch has been recalled by the Toronto Blue Jays. Hatch was brought up from triple-A Buffalo in time to be active for Toronto's Tuesday night game against the visiting New York Yankees.

TORONTO — Ontario's electricity system operator is bringing seven new battery storage projects into the province's grid to support reliability and help eventually move away from natural gas.