105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Ben Rice slammed a monster 438-foot, two-run homer to right-centre field in the 10th inning to salvage a 4-3 win for the New York Yankees in the three-game series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. The deciding blow was Rice’s 33rd homer of the season, but only his second in August. […]
MARKHAM — Marcus Ericsson has won the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. Ericsson passed Romain Grosjean with four laps to go for the fifth win of his IndyCar career. Grosjean was second, Will Power placed third and season-leader Alex Palou finished fourth. It’s the first year Markham, Ont., has hosted the race after […]
MARKHAM — Marcus Ericsson wins the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. More coming. The Canadian Press
HAMILTON — Keric Wheatfall wanted to do something special on Saturday night. So when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ 27-year-old wide receiver had an opportunity to haul in a slightly overthrown pass midway through the fourth quarter, he stretched out his 6-foot-1, 187-pound frame to make a remarkable go-ahead touchdown catch that sparked Hamilton to a 26-19 […]
TORONTO — Niklas Dorsch scored his first-ever goal for Toronto FC as his new team won a game for the first time in more than four months, defeating the visiting New England Revolution 2-1 on Saturday. Toronto FC had played 12 matches since their last MLS victory, which came over the Colorado Rapids on April […]
MARKHAM — David Malukas posted the fastest practice lap at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. Malukas put down a time of one minute 14.194 seconds in the second training session of the day. Qualifying will be in the evening. Alex Palou had the second-best time in 1:14.560 and Dennis Hauger was third, going […]
KAWARTHA LAKES — Provincial police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing airplane. The OPP says the small aircraft is believed to have travelled into the Kawartha Lakes area, home to a chain of lakes in Ontario’s cottage country. Police say the plane did not return as expected. They described the plane as […]
MARKHAM — Alex Palou had the fastest time in the first practice session at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. His best time around the road course was one minute 14.9915 seconds. Caio Collet was 0.0539 seconds off Palou’s best lap and Scott McLaughlin was 0.3066 behind that. The second practice session goes this […]
WINNIPEG — Gry Skjottelvik arrived in Canada last month with a mission. The mother traded in the comfort of her home in a small village in Norway for the expansive, sprawling and sometimes treacherous terrain of northern Canada to trace the final steps of her son, Steffen Skjottelvik. It’s the second time in a year […]
TORONTO — A wild sixth-inning play Friday night gave the Toronto Blue Jays a run but also forced slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to leave the game after taking a knee to the head. The Blue Jays scored twice in the frame and went on to beat the New York Yankees 3-1, but the status of […]