105.9 The Region

NIAGARA FALLS — Marineland has begun moving a third batch of whales to aquariums outside of Canada. A team of specialized workers at the shuttered tourist attraction in Niagara Falls, Ont., is guiding six beluga whales into a custom sling one by one before hoisting them into tanks. A police-escorted convoy is then set to […]

Oakville has enacted a one-year moratorium on new data centres, becoming the first Ontario municipality to take the step as local lawmakers grapple with the concerns surrounding the new wave of facilities powering artificial intelligence. Councillors in the town southwest of Toronto have directed staff to study whether its own regulations need to be updated […]

Police say they have identified the woman whose remains were found during a home demolition in Niagara Falls, Ont., nearly three years ago and are now treating her death as a homicide. Niagara police say the body of Brenda Marie LeBlanc had likely been at the property for “many years,” potentially as far back as […]

HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton say they have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man from the area on Sunday. Police say Zenin Roussel was at King Street Billiards with the suspect, and a fight broke out outside once the bar closed. Officers say they don’t know what the fight was […]

OSHAWA — Ontario’s police watchdog says it’s investigating a man’s death after he refused to leave a home east of Toronto over the weekend. The Special Investigations Unit says a woman called police late Sunday night to say an unwanted man was inside her Oshawa, Ont., home. Officials say Durham Region police arrived to find […]

Provincial police say 17 passengers sustained minor injuries in a bus rollover on Highway 17 in northern Ontario on Tuesday morning. They say the driver has been charged with careless driving after the bus ended up in a ditch about 25 kilometres north of Wawa. Police say the 17 people who were taken to hospital […]

TORONTO — Elena Rybakina defeated Naomi Osaka 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Tuesday at the National Bank Open to earn the last semifinal berth at the WTA Tour event. The second seed from Kazakhstan broke Osaka’s serve at 3-3 in the deciding set before completing the win in two hours 33 minutes at Sobeys Stadium. […]

TORONTO — Ernie Clement hit into a fielder’s choice in the sixth inning, giving George Springer enough time to score as the Toronto Blue Jays eked out a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. Brett Bateman’s RBI double in the third tied the game 1-1 and he tied it again 3-3 in […]

TORONTO — Richie Laryea lived out a dream. The Canadian defender started all five of his country’s matches — including its hometown opener on a pitch he knows well — as part of a breakout World Cup campaign for the men’s national team. The international sporting showcase now growing ever smaller in Laryea’s rear-view mirror, […]

TORONTO — Pension fund manager OMERS says it earned a 4.8 per cent return for the first six months of 2026, boosted by its investments in public equities. The Ontario fund manager says its net assets grew by $6.9 billion to $151.6 billion between the start of the year and June 30. OMERS chief financial […]