The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that Canada witnessed some improbable comebacks in 2025. The Globe's John Heinzl writes that consider the Toronto Blue Jays, which clawed their way from last place the previous season to come within inches of winning the World Series. Or the tariff-rattled Canadian economy, which rebounded with remarkably strong third-quarter growth after a second-quarter contraction. Then there was TD Bank. After getting hammered by its U.S. money-laundering fiasco in 2024, TD's shares went on a Jays-style heater. Even as regulators slapped an asset cap on its American retail arm, the bank's wealth management, investment banking, trading and Canadian lending operations kept posting impressive returns. Under new chief executive officer Raymond Chun, the bank slashed costs and unloaded its 10.1-per-cent stake in U.S. broker Charles Schwab for about $20-billion, funnelling the proceeds into share buybacks and reinvesting in the business. The year culminated with TD reporting fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $3.9-billion, up 22 per cent from a year earlier, and raising its dividend. For TD, a long-time Jays sponsor, it was as thrilling as a Vladdy Jr. home run in October.