Blue Jays return to Toronto for crucial series against Boston Red Sox
The Toronto Blue Jays open a crucial four-game series against the visiting Boston Red Sox tonight.
Boston holds one of three wild-card spots in the American League standings with Toronto chasing one of those playoff berths.
Jesús Sánchez’s double-play ground out in the 12th put the Blue Jays ahead 6-5 in Philadelphia yesterday, but Derek Hill singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the inning as the Phillies won 7-6.
That kept Toronto 3 1/

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SIU investigating woman’s fatal fall from Scarborough high‑rise terrace
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 38‑year‑old woman who fell from a Scarborough apartment building terrace Friday night.
Toronto police were called around 8 p.m. on Aug. 9 to a building in the area of Brimley Road and Progress Avenue, after a resident reported that a woman was sitting on the ledge of a terrace and appeared to be in crisis.
Officers made their way to the terrace and began speaking with the woman, according

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Canadian who posed as pilot for free flights pleads guilty to wire fraud in U.S.
Officials in the United States say a Toronto man who falsely posed as a commercial pilot to get hundreds of free flights has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
The U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Hawaii says court documents show Dallas Pokornik, 34, admitted to using a fake employee identification card to get free flights from three airlines between January 2020 and late October 2024.
They say Pokornik, who previously worked as a flight attendant for a commercial airline in Canada,

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Police investigating after man sprayed with substance in Cambridge
Waterloo regional police say they are investigating reports of a man being sprayed with a noxious substance by an unknown woman in Cambridge late Sunday.
Around 9:15 p.m., officers responded to reports that a man had been sprayed by a woman with an unidentified harmful substance. The encounter took place near Glebe and St Andrews streets, just west of the Grand River.
The man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and the woman who had sprayed the substance left the area before officers could arrive

York police seeks 2 suspects after vehicles set on fire in Markham neighbourhood
York Regional Police (YRP) officers are trying to identify two suspects who allegedly set two vehicles on fire in a residential area of Markham late last month.
Emergency crews were called to Gatcombe Circle at around 2:13 a.m. on July 24 for reports of a fire. Upon arrival, police found one vehicle engulfed in flames. A second vehicle’s trunk was on fire.
“Richmond Hill Fire and Emergency Services extinguished the blaze and determined the fire was the result of arson,” a
