Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Murray Wood: Reflections on a weekend of sports, presidential tantrum and fall colours
Murray Wood says the Riders got robbed, while the Jays surprised the Dodgers and the experts. Meanwhile, he's not sure not even Donald Trump's tantrums could wreck a beautiful last weekend of October....
Oct 27, 2025
Was that Colonel Sanders behind home plate at the Blue Jays game?
No, your eyes weren't deceiving you, Jays fans. That was Colonel Sanders behind the plate. A man looking very much like founder of KFC, right down the white suit, hair, mustache and Van Dyke beard, wa...
Oct 26, 2025
Blue Jays fans show off classic Canadian kindness to opposing teams
TORONTO - A viral Reddit thread has prompted over 150 Blue Jays fans to donate to the Seattle Children's Hospital. In a comment from Oct. 20, Reddit user @brownmagician posted that they would make a d...
Oct 26, 2025
Witches and warlocks take part in 'magical' day on Fredericton lake for Halloween
FREDERICTON - Jane Ostrovsky glided on Fredericton's Killarney Lake, her paddle board barely rippling the surface of the water. A skeleton and the carcass of its feline friend along with a fuzzy spide...
Oct 26, 2025
Older fans remember Blue Jays' World Series championships in 1992-93
by Sharif Hassan TORONTO - Mike Chisholm had a pager with him when he came to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play against Philadelphia in the World Series in 1993. His wife was nine months pregnant, so h...
Oct 25, 2025 Baseball fans leave the Rogers Centre following the Toronto Blue Jays World Series game 1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Toronto on Friday, October 24, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn)
Sports betting is a booming business. The FBI's NBA probe is putting it in the spotlight
NEW YORK (AP) - The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people, including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures, on charges of illegal sports betting has drawn new...
Oct 24, 2025 Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel speaks at a news conference announcing numerous arrests in illegal sports betting and poker game schemes at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
'A part of something:' The mental health benefits of being a Blue Jays fan
The Toronto Blue Jays have given Robert Stanton something to look forward to every day. "After the World Series is over, I'm not really sure what I'm going to do," Stanton said, sitting on a park benc...
Oct 24, 2025 Robert Stanton, a longtime baseball fan, sits on a bench, in Toronto, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hannah Alberga
'A part of something:' The mental health benefits of being a Blue Jays fan
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have given Robert Stanton something to look forward to every day. "After the World Series is over, I'm not really sure what I'm going to do," Stanton said, sitting on a...
Oct 24, 2025
Trump 'afraid' to make a World Series bet, Carney jokes at Blue Jays' practice
Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be afraid to make a World Series bet with him as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. "I think he's afraid to mak...
Oct 23, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticizes World Series ticket 'gouging'
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is looking at the issue of ticket sales, after Blue Jays fans complained of sky-high resale prices not long after World Series tickets went on sale. Game 1 ...
Oct 22, 2025
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