News of the day: Popular ex-Blue Jays coach takes over Phillies, and more

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Published Apr 28, 2026  •  2 minute read

Don Mattingly has been named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies Photo by David Zalubowski /The Associated Press

It’s Tuesday, April 28. Here are the top stories we’re following today:

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Popular ex-Blue Jays coach takes over Phillies after firing of Canadian manager Rob Thomson

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It didn’t take long for Donnie Baseball to return to managing in the big leagues. Just 28 games into his first season since leaving the Blue Jays as bench coach, New York Yankees legend Don Mattingly has taken over as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, who on Tuesday fired Canadian Rob Thomson.

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John Garrett, a former NHL goalie and colour commentator for Sportsnet, poses for a photo in 2016. Al Charest/Postmedia Network

NHL and broadcast world mourn sudden death of goaltender‑turned-analyst John Garrett

John Garrett, who made his mark in net for two major leagues and turned his talents to broadcasting, has died suddenly at 74. Sportsnet announced his death Tuesday morning. In semi-retirement, Garrett had been staying this week in Salt Lake City, working first-round games of the Utah-Vegas series. A cause of death wasn’t listed. “Cheech was a legend,” the network said in a release, “a beloved colleague, friend, and one of the most familiar voices in Canadian hockey.”

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This handout photo obtained July 10, 2019, courtesy of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows Jeffrey Epstein from a sexual Offender/Predator Flyer in July 25, 2013. AFP PHOTO / FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT/HANDOUT

Sickening new claims of sexual assault, murder, sex games at Epstein’s ranch

New bombshell allegations of twisted events at billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico are putting a new spin on the disturbing case. According to a new interview on Australia’s 60 Minutes, survivor Chauntae Davies is claiming the remote property was the “most harrowing” of all the fiendish financier’s redoubts.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Photo by John Lawless /Postmedia Network

LILLEY: Doug Ford’s poll numbers slump as government seems aimless

As the eighth anniversary of Doug Ford being elected premier of Ontario approaches, his party’s poll numbers are falling. The most recent Abacus Data poll puts Ford’s PC Party in a statistical tie with the leaderless Liberals — 37% for the PCs, 36% for the Liberals with the NDP back at 17% and Greens at 5%. The Abacus poll has Ford at 32% among women while the Liberals are at 42% with women.

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OPP Sgt. Brandon Malcolm Photo by Handout /Ontario Provincial Police

WARMINGTON: OPP ‘hearts are broken’ at death of much-respected motorcycle cop Sgt. Brandon Malcolm

Sgt. Brandon Malcolm was not just working as an OPP officer when he was riding his police motorcycle each and every day in Northumberland County. He was living his dream. “He was the epitome of a police officer,” said journalist Pete Fisher of Today’s Northumberland, who knew him well. “There is not a better guy I have ever met in my years of doing this.” So, when Fisher responded to a traffic accident on Highway 401 Monday evening and saw it was Malcolm’s motorcycle down on the highway, his heart broke.

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