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Man dead following morning shooting near Dundas and Dupont
Video A man is dead following an early morning shooting in the Junction area. CP24's Arda Zakarian reports.


Canada News.Net
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Yankees aim to halt Blue Jays' 11-game home win streak
(Photo credit: Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images) Pitchers from opposite ends of the experience spectrum will face off Tuesday night as the New York Yankees attempt to end the Toronto Blue Jays' 11-game home winning streak. Right-hander Cam Schlittler (1-0, 5.06 ERA) will make his second career start for the Yankees after winning his major league debut against the Seattle Mariners on July 9. The Blue Jays will try to extend their streak and expand their lead in the American League East behind right-hander Max Scherzer (1-0, 4.70 ERA). It will be Scherzer's 463rd career regular-season start and 472nd appearance. Scherzer faced the Yankees on June 30, when he allowed two runs over five innings and did not factor in the decision. Toronto won 5-4 to start the current home winning streak. He is 4-5 with a 4.21 ERA in 13 career starts against the Yankees, plus 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in three career postseason outings (two starts) versus New York. The Blue Jays increased their lead in the division over the second-place Yankees to four games with a 4-1 win on Monday in the opener of the three-game series. The Yankees, who were swept in a four-game series June 30-July 3 in Toronto, did little to help themselves gain some revenge on Monday. 'I'm concerned about us playing well and getting consistent, where it's been a month now where we have not been at our best,' New York manager Aaron Boone said. 'We haven't been our best and we need to, obviously, start playing better consistently and putting wins in the win column.' All the Toronto runs came in the fifth inning, two on Bo Bichette's double and the other two on throwing errors by third baseman Oswald Peraza and shortstop Anthony Volpe. The error by Volpe was his 12th of the year, tied for the AL lead. Yankees starter Carlos Rodon did not help himself either, walking five in his five-inning start. 'It's still the middle of July,' Volpe said. 'We have so many games ahead of us. We don't stack ourselves up against one team or another. I feel like we stack ourselves up against ourselves. So, when we play our best, I think everything will take care of itself, regardless of how many games are left.' The loss on Monday puts a lot on Schlittler's shoulders. His second big-league start was delayed because of a sore upper arm that prevented a possible outing on Friday against the Atlanta Braves. After a bullpen session on Saturday, he was deemed ready to start in Toronto. The Blue Jays got seven effective innings from starter Kevin Gausman on Monday, which helps the bullpen. 'Any time you can go seven against a division rival is going to be big, especially the first game of the series,' Gausman said. 'Resting guys, it's going to set things up for the rest of the series.' The Blue Jays are 6-2 against the Yankees this season, including five wins in a row as they continue to perform above expectations. 'I think some of it is the personalities,' manager John Schneider said. 'Some of it is that we have shown to be resilient. We've shown to just move on to the next thing, whether it's in a game or after a game. They're pretty well-versed in just saying, 'OK, what's important right now?' It's nice that they are a very stable group.' Toronto recalled left-handed reliever Mason Fluharty on Monday and optioned right-hander Robinson Pino to Triple-A Buffalo.


CBC
35 minutes ago
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London teen drowns, 12-year old rescued, at Ipperwash Beach
Social Sharing Police say an 18-year-old from London drowned at Ipperwash Beach on Monday afternoon trying to save his 12-year-old brother who was rescued by bystanders. It happened at about 4 p.m. on Monday on the section of Ipperwash Beach about halfway between Ipperwash Road and Army Camp Road. Police say the 12-year-old had drifted away from shore while using a floatation device. The 18-year-old went out into the water to help, and people on the beach noticed both were in distress. Bystanders were able to bring the 12-year-old back to shore and emergency crews were called. After a search involving boats and jet skis, the 18-year-old was found and pulled from the water, but was unresponsive. CBC News has confirmed with members of the London mosque that the victim was Ahmad Ramez Halabi, an older sibling to the younger boy. 'I feel so bad' says witness Mya McGowan was on the beach when it happened and said it took some time for the 18-year-old to be found after the boy was rescued. "After about 15 or 20 minutes of searching, they found the girl and brought her back of the chief truck and they were doing compressions for about 15 minutes, CPR," she said. "They were doing that for quite a while. They drove down towards the boat launch while doing it and that's the last thing that we saw until they pulled away. "I feel so bad, so terrible," said McGowan. Jeff Hill came to the beach from a nearby cottage while the search was underway. He said conditions on the water were calm at the time and that the beach wasn't crowded. "There wasn't a lot of people on the water and no one saw it until bad things happened," he said. The agencies involved in the rescue included the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Anishinabek Police Service, Lambton County Emergency Medical Services and Lambton Shores Fire and Emergency Services. An OPP spokesperson said they would not be releasing the name of the person who died, only saying that they are from London. "Our thoughts are with the family and everyone impacted by this tragic incident," said OPP Const. Jeanine Robertson. It's already been a bad summer for drownings on the Great Lakes in the London area. A 35-year-old Woodstock man drowned while swimming at Port Burwell on Lake Erie on June 22. A day later, a child was rescued from Lake Huron near Goderich after drifting far from shore while on an inflatable device. Halabi's funeral is scheduled for Thursday.