105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Troy Stecher scored with 26.3 seconds left in regulation as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the New York Rangers 5-4 in a back-and-forth affair for their third straight victory Thursday. Brandon Duhaime, with a goal and two assists, Teddy Blueger, Kirill Marchenko and Easton Cowan provided the rest of the offence for Toronto […]

TORONTO — Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after it said more than 175,000 of them were stolen by hackers earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names. The pause comes after CBC reported that 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years were exposed in a massive […]

TORONTO — Ja’Kobe Walter made it a personal goal to lead the NBA in steals by the end of the season. He got off to a good start in the Toronto Raptors’ 135-92 rout of the Chicago Bulls in Wednesday’s home opener, recording three steals. That wasn’t enough to lead his own team, however, as […]

TORONTO — Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after it says more than 175,000 of them were stolen by hackers earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names. The organization, which allows people to submit confidential crime tips to law enforcement, says in a statement that the tip software it has used since 2018 […]

TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet is scrambling to find a way forward after the Toronto woman’s mother unexpectedly made a new allegation against police officers during her testimony this morning. Korchinski-Paquet fell from her 24th-floor balcony in the late afternoon of May 27, 2020, while police officers were in […]

TORONTO — Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after it says more than 175,000 of them were stolen by hackers earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names. The organization, which allows people to submit confidential crime tips to law enforcement, says in a statement that the tip software it has used since 2018 […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s finance minister says he will table his government’s fall economic statement next week, on Oct. 29. Peter Bethlenfalvy announced in a breakfast speech to the Canadian Club today that the document will provide an update on the province’s finances and outline the next phase of his plan. He did not divulge any […]

An Ontario man convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in the U.S. has been handed an additional 50-year sentence for stabbing two American prison staff. The U.S. Department of Justice says Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy was an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Allenwood in Pennsylvania when he stabbed two correctional officers in December 2020. It says the […]

TORONTO — Tampa Bay Rays catcher Liam Hicks wasn’t given the can’t-miss prospect tag growing up in Toronto. He didn’t move the needle much when he graduated high school either. Hicks, who developed his elite bat-to-ball skills as a teen with the Toronto Mets of the Canadian Premier Baseball League, was armed with a strong […]

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points in his first regular-season game back with the Raptors as Toronto earned an emphatic 135-92 win over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. Leonard added six rebounds and two assists as Toronto (1-0) led by as many as 48 points in its home opener. Despite the solid performance, Leonard […]