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HALIFAX — A researcher says an experimental gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder is saving almost as much money for the treatment of five patients as the study itself costs.

TORONTO — Derek Slywka is paid to break up passes and prevent touchdowns. He also knows what to do when the football is in his hands.

TORONTO — George Springer smacked a pair of two-run homers to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 win and a four-game series sweep over the New York Yankees on Thursday.

NEW YORK — Toronto FC, in its first outing since buying out the contacts of Italian designated players Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, was beaten 3-1 by New York City FC in the lone MLS game Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of the University of California this week reiterated that student governments are prohibited from financial boycotts of companies associated with any particular country, including Israel, as the Trump administration

TORONTO — A Public Health Ontario report released Thursday suggests a continuing downward trend in new measles cases. The health agency reported 12 new cases in the province, down from 33 additions last week and 96 the week before that.

OSHAWA — A swarming attack on a business owner in Oshawa, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's financial services regulator should be more active on the issue of rising home insurance rates because of extreme weather, says a complaint filed Thursday.

Toronto police have arrested a suspect in an alleged sexual assault of a 62-year-old woman last month in a west-end park. The woman was approached from behind while she was walking in High Park around 10:40 p.m.

LUCAN, ONTARIO — Severe weather researchers say a weak tornado touched down in a community north of London, Ont., on Monday afternoon. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado in Lucan, Ont., started around 3:20 p.m.