105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Canada’s singles hopes were dashed at the National Bank Open on Friday night when Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Taylor Fritz. The second-seeded American secured early service breaks in each set and closed out the victory in one hour 15 minutes. Diallo, the No. 27 seed, was the last […]

TORONTO — Unhappy at his contract demands, Toronto FC traded winger/wingback Tyrese Spicer to Orlando City SC on Friday in exchange for up to $550,000 (all figures in U.S. dollars) in general allocation money. The 24-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international, the first overall pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, scored six goals and added two […]

Provincial police say two people have been charged with murder in the death of an infant on Manitoulin Island last year. Police say they responded to a call at a Burpee Township residence on Oct. 1, 2024 about an infant without vital signs, who was later pronounced dead in hospital. Investigators say a 40-year-old man […]

DRYDEN — Provincial police say a 15-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl drowned in northwestern Ontario on Thursday afternoon. Police say they responded to reports of two children entering the Wabigoon River in the city of Dryden shortly after 4 p.m. They say neither child resurfaced and both were located and recovered from the water […]

TORONTO — A teen girl found guilty of manslaughter in a deadly swarming attack on a homeless Toronto man will spend 16 months under probation with up to a year in an intensive support and supervision program. Ontario Superior Court Justice Philip Campbell sentenced the girl this afternoon to three years, the maximum available for […]

KINGSTON — A 22-year-old woman is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of a newborn baby in Kingston, Ont. Kingston police say officers started investigating a suspicious death that happened on Albany Drive in the city’s west end on Sunday. Police say the suspect was arrested on Tuesday and initially charged with improperly […]

TORONTO — Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain reached the round of 16 at the National Bank Open in Toronto with a straight-sets victory over Jakub Mensik of Czechia. It was an upset of sorts as the 20th-seeded Davidovich Fokina ousted 12th seed Mensik 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the fourth round. Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo is […]

TORONTO — The fledgling Northern Super League has scored a win on the international stage with AFC Toronto forward Esther Okoronkwo helping Nigeria to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. With Nigeria trailing host Morocco 2-0 in the final last Saturday, Okoronkwo scored from the penalty spot in the 60th minute before setting […]

Police have launched an animal cruelty investigation after one horse was killed and several others were injured in Niagara Region. Niagara regional police say the “disturbing act” occurred at a horse boarding farm near Buchner Road and Highway 140 in Welland. Police were called Thursday after farm staff found eight horses with injuries and cuts […]

Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who is awaiting trial on more than a dozen charges related to sexual assault, is now also facing a civil lawsuit from a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her decades ago when she was a student sponsored by Magna, the auto parts company he founded. In a statement of claim […]