Unpublished Newswire

If you want to understand how the Toronto Blue Jays went from a last place team to playing in the World Series in the span of 12 months, know this: In 2025, they do two things very well – they strike out far less than any other team, and they hit the ball a lot more. If you’re a casual baseball fan, you might not realize how notable that is. Baseball, as a sport, has in recent years believed that strikeouts are an acceptable cost in the pursuit of the all-mighty home run. The Blue Jays, who hit 53 fewer of them than the Los Angeles Dodgers did in the regular season, have rejected that...

J.R. (Jim) Miller was a foundational figure among Canadian historians. His major works, a series of deeply researched books about the complicated relationships between Canada’s settlers and Indigenous people, set a standard for his profession and educated Canadians about overlooked aspects of their history.“He made an excellent contribution to Indigenous-settler relations before anyone called it that,” said Onondaga scholar David Newhouse, a professor emeritus and inaugural director of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University, in Peterborough, Ont.