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TORONTO — Right-handed pitching prospect Juaron Watts-Brown signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. He was drafted by Toronto in the third round of this year's Major League Baseball draft.

TORONTO — A man died after a shooting in Toronto's Greektown early Sunday morning, just hours after a memorial marking the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting in the same neighbourhood.

TORONTO — Pulin Shah feels a sense of unease every time he passes the corner in his Toronto neighbourhood where a mother of two was killed by a stray bullet earlier this month.

ORILLIA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial police say a 26-year-old man has died after he fell out of a minibus that then hit him. Officers at the Orillia division say it happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday in Severn Township.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Railway earnings Second-quarter results are coming from the country's main railways this week. Canadian National Railway Co.

TORONTO — Survivors of a mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown gathered on Saturday evening with their relatives and other mourners to mark five years since the attack on the city's bustling Danforth Avenue.

HAMILTON — And the beat goes on for Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts. Kelly threw two touchdown passes and ran for another to lead Toronto past the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31-15 on Friday night.

Police have identified Hussein Hamam, 17, as the victim of a fatal fire in Ottawa on Wednesday. Ottawa police say officers responded to a "suspicious" fire on July 19 just after midnight.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,547.51, up 110.64): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Up 60 cents, or 0.46 per cent, to $131.03 on 10.3 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained more than 100 points Friday, led by strength in energy and telecom stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 110.64 points at 20,547.51.