105.9 The Region
WINNIPEG — Trey Vaval’s 129-yard return touchdown after a missed Toronto Argonauts field goal attempt broke the game open in the fourth quarter of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 30-21 win on Friday. The long return bailed out the Bombers after Vaval had fumbled a punt return moments earlier. When Toronto kicker Lirim Hajrullahu was wide […]
WASHINGTON — The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Ontario to Michigan will open July 27, the federal government has confirmed. A planned ribbon-cutting ceremony last month was delayed as the Trump administration looked to renegotiate a long-standing agreement between Canada and the U.S. “After years of planning, partnership and construction, the Gordie Howe International Bridge […]
TORONTO — Toronto paramedics say two pedestrians are dead and three people are injured after a vehicle crashed into a pole in Scarborough this afternoon. They say a man and a woman in their 60s were fatally struck. Police say the vehicle also hit a pole and knocked it down. Paramedics say a six-year-old child […]
NIAGARA FALLS — More than 300 deer at Marineland have been the focus of a months-long investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Marineland workers allege an animal broker has been improperly removing hundreds of deer from the park, including those pledged to other people. The amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, closed to the […]
NIAGARA FALLS — More than 300 deer at Marineland have been the focus of a months-long investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency amid allegations that an animal broker has been improperly removing hundreds of others from the park, including those pledged to a small business, sources have told The Canadian Press. The amusement park […]
A British man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of an Ontario restaurant owner killed in a dispute over an unpaid bill has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Robert Evans was arrested in Scotland and extradited to Canada last year for his role in the 2023 death of Sharif Rahman, who […]
MONTRÉAL — Police have arrested an 18-year-old man after the death of a woman in Sherbrooke, Que. A resident called the local police department around 9 p.m. Thursday to report a dispute at a neighbour’s home. Sherbrooke police officers discovered a seriously injured woman at the scene. The 41-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital. Officers […]
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … US and Iran exchange intensifying fire across Mideast, threatening ceasefire deal The United States has launched new airstrikes against Iran, and Tehran responded by targeting Gulf countries. Back-and-forth attacks have repeatedly threatened an interim deal intended to […]
NEWMARKET — When Newmarket Mayor John Taylor appointed a few dozen people to serve as positivity ambassadors in the southern Ontario town during the COVID-19 pandemic, he wanted someone at the centre of the effort. Longtime customer service supervisor Jamie Boyle took on the new role of chief positivity officer with aplomb. And he didn’t […]
An Ontario man convicted in the United States of running a drug-trafficking operation across the border into Canada has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Guramrit Sidhu of Brampton, Ont., pleaded guilty earlier this year to leading a drug ring from September 2020 to February 2023. A California court heard that between September and […]