Ontario News

PORT DOVER — A swimmer has been rescued from a potential drowning incident in Lake Erie thanks to the actions of a 12-year-old family member.

TORONTO — Neither Addison Barger nor relievers Lazaro Estrada and Braydon Fisher were on the Toronto Blue Jays' 26-player opening day roster.

Police are looking for witnesses following a fatal crash on a highway in Hamilton, Ont., on Friday. Hamilton police say a 47-year-old man stopped his car on the shoulder of the Lincoln Alexander Parkway shortly after 8 p.m.

Police say a toddler has died after drowning in the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Ont., on Friday morning. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to Wolfe Island at around 9:30 a.m. after an unresponsive toddler was found in the river.

Police say they are looking for five suspects, one as young as 11, after a potentially hate-motivated swarming attack in Oshawa, Ont.

Police are issuing a Canada-wide warrant for a 34-year-old man wanted for murder after a deadly house fire in Pickering, Ont., last month. Durham police responded to a house fire on June 11 at around 2:20 p.m.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 21-year-old man shot near a park in the city's Sud-Ouest borough last week has died.

TORONTO — Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats continue their mastery of the Toronto Argonauts. Mitchell threw five touchdown passes as Hamilton defeated Toronto 51-38 on Friday night.

TORONTO — A throwing error that travelled down the first-base line from Los Angeles Angels reliever Sam Bachman on an Ernie Clement bunt gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 walk-off win on Friday.

OTTAWA — The federal minister of Indigenous services says her government plans to reintroduce legislation to ensure First Nations' rights to clean drinking water — despite calls from Alberta and Ontario for it to scrap the bill altogether.