Without a doubt, the Toronto Blue Jays had the nation’s attention this fall as they clinched the American League Championship pennant and then played in the World Series for the first time since 1993.
And what a thrill it was to watch the team in action against Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers, even though Game 7’s outcome wasn’t the result fans wanted.
CBC News photographer Evan Mitsui captured the Jays’ epic season, plus other notable events in Toronto and the GTA during the year.
Protesters interrupt MP Chrystia Freeland’s formal bid for the federal Liberal Party leadership, at an event in her Toronto riding on Jan. 19.
Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner speaks during a Toronto police news conference announcing what they called the force’s largest-ever cocaine bust on Jan. 21, with over 835 kilograms seized — at a street value of about $83 million — coupled with multiple arrests and charges.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford sports a Canada is Not for Sale tuque during an announcement at Queen’s Park on Jan. 28.
Torontonians meet Mark Carney, as the former central banker holds a rally in Scarborough on Feb. 19 during his bid for the federal Liberal leadership, a race he would win unanimously in March.
Crews investigate the site of a crashed CRJ-900 aircraft at Pearson airport on Feb. 18, a day after the Delta Air Lines plane flipped on the runway as it was landing. Among the 80 people on board, 21 were taken to hospital, including one child.
Doug Ford greets supporters following his speech after winning a third majority government in the province, at the Toronto Congress Centre on Feb. 27.
A vehicle passes under power lines originating from the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in Pickering, Ont., on March 11.
Embattled billionaire Frank Stronach, 92, leaves the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto on April 11. Stronach, who founded the auto parts company Magna International, was there for a preliminary hearing on some of the multiple sexual assault charges that he faces.
Investigators survey the scene of a police-involved fatal shooting outside Terminal 1 at Pearson airport on April 24. Ontario’s police watchdog later cleared the two officers of any wrongdoing, saying they fired their weapons to “protect themselves and others” after a man in mental distress pulled out an air pistol.
A person enjoys the cherry blossoms in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park on April 30.
Members of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Community Services graduating class take part in a commencement ceremony on June 17.
People enjoy the sunset at Woodbine Beach on June 23 — the first day under an Environment Canada heat warning.
Tenant Terri-Lynne Keeble points out the poor condition of her balcony railing at 500 Dawes Rd., while tenant Craig Smith draws attention to damage in his apartment. Residents of the notoriously derelict building invited Toronto’s mayor and media to document the poor condition of their residential tower on July 22.
A deal hunter scours the shelves three days before the Hudson’s Bay Company — Canada’s oldest retailer — closes its doors for good, at its flagship store in Toronto on May 30.
Fair workers unload prizes ahead of the opening of the CNE in Toronto on Aug. 13.
Music fans enjoy The Weeknd opening his four-night run at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on July 27.
Actor Sydney Sweeney poses on the red carpet for the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Christy, about former professional boxer Christy Martin, on Sept. 5.
A small plane is removed on Sept. 16, after it crash landed due to engine failure the evening before, near Monarch Park Collegiate Institute’s soccer pitch in Toronto’s east end. Three people aboard walked away uninjured.
Support staff represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union hold a rally outside George Brown College in Toronto on Sept. 19. After five weeks on the picket line, roughly 10,000 support workers at Ontario’s 24 public colleges reached a tentative deal with their employer in mid-October.
Toronto city workers clear the unhoused persons encampment outside the Church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields on Oct. 16.
Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate, with Toronto Blue Jays Alejandro Kirk’s broken bat still on the field, after they win the World Series, at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Nov. 2.
Sandy Brondello, the newly announced head coach of the Toronto Tempo, left, stands with general manager Monica Wright Rogers at a WNBA news conference on Nov. 4.
AFC Toronto makes a last-ditch header in the dying minutes of the inaugural Northern Super League Final at BMO Field in Toronto on Nov. 15. Vancouver Rise FC won 2-1.
Sir Paul McCartney opens TD Coliseum after its $300-million upgrade, in Hamilton on Nov. 21.
Heffel Fine Art Auction House president David Heffel takes bids during the live auction of Hudson’s Bay paintings on Nov. 19. Marrakech by Sir Winston Churchill fetched $1.56 million (including the bidder’s premium and taxes) — more than triple its estimate.
A plane passes in front of a full moon over Toronto on Dec. 4 — the last supermoon of 2025.
