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.

A woman in red dress standing at a podium, with supporters behind her and a commotion happening with a protester.

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.

A man speaking from a podium in front of a table of seized drugs

Ontario Premier Doug Ford sports a Canada is Not for Sale tuque during an announcement at Queen’s Park on Jan. 28.

A man putting on a tuque that says on the front: Canada is Not for Sale

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.

A man in a suit and tie enters a hotel ballroom, with a woman standing in front of a dark curtain near Canadian flags.

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.

A plane lying upside down on a snowy tarmac, with vehicles and crews nearby.

Doug Ford greets supporters following his speech after winning a third majority government in the province, at the Toronto Congress Centre on Feb. 27.

White-haired politician in suit and tie shakes hands with a supporter in baseball cap inside a congress centre.

A vehicle passes under power lines originating from the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in Pickering, Ont., on March 11.

A car moving on a road, adjacent to power lines during golden light.

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.

An elderly man about to get into a chauffeured vehicle, with a camera operator at the front of the vehicle filming while a group of people stand behind him.

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.

Two investigators including one raising his hand to his head looking perplexed outside an airport and evidence markers naer an SUV.

A person enjoys the cherry blossoms in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park on April 30.

A woman's hands cupping cherry blossoms on a tree branch.

Members of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Community Services graduating class take part in a commencement ceremony on June 17.

Students in their regalia in a line seen near floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of coat racks opposite them.

People enjoy the sunset at Woodbine Beach on June 23 — the first day under an Environment Canada heat warning.

A bird's-eye view of sunbathers on a beach near a shoreline shortly before sunset, with soft warm gold light.

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.

Two stills, one showing a woman pointing to the poor conditions of her apartment from outside, and another tenant showing the interior of his apartment.

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.

Male shopper holding paper bag that reads Hudson's Bay holding with his other hand a Canada geese for sale in a store surrounded by other sale items.

Fair workers unload prizes ahead of the opening of the CNE in Toronto on Aug. 13.

A person holding a large clear plastic bag of stuffed panda toys that are being unloaded from a truck with bags of them.

Music fans enjoy The Weeknd opening his four-night run at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on July 27.

Two photos showing fans in the front row smiling amid a packed stadium, and performers on stage singing.

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 woman with long blonde hair in a pink strapless gown looking at the camera on the red carpet.

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.

A plane that crashed at a soccer field is being lifted onto the back of a flat bedtruck.

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.

Picketers striking outside, with posters that read: Where's the funding? and Don't cut the heart out of education.

Toronto city workers clear the unhoused persons encampment outside the Church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields on Oct. 16.

A security guard standing outside a church where an encampment is being cleared.

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.

Baseball team rush to one another on the mound, celebrating their pitcher, with a broken bat near them.

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.

A woman putting a bomber jacket on another woman, standing in front of wallpaper that reads: CIBC.

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.

A soccer player in mid-air doing a header during game action against rival players on the field, with spectators in the bleachers in the distance.

Sir Paul McCartney opens TD Coliseum after its $300-million upgrade, in Hamilton on Nov. 21.

A singer on stage lit in blue stage lights, along with other musicians, and packed audience in the foreground, seen from back of the concert stadium.

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 man in a tuxedo presiding over an auction with a painting near him on a screen and bidders in the foreground.

A plane passes in front of a full moon over Toronto on Dec. 4 — the last supermoon of 2025.

A plane flying past a full moon.