105.9 The Region

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says that the United States government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group in that country is being violently persecuted. Trump announced Friday on Truth Social that no U.S. government official will […]

Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to hundreds of collisions on Greater Toronto Area roads during the first snowfall of the season. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says officers responded to about 220 crashes on Sunday and on Monday morning. He says officers also received reports of another 120 vehicles stuck in the snow. Environment Canada […]

TORONTO — Craig Berube has a front-row seat to what is quickly becoming a horror show. The Maple Leafs head coach thought his team was coming out of a defensive fog that plagued the group in the early part of the NHL schedule as it pivoted to the weekend. After consecutive home losses accented by […]

HALIFAX — U.S. wine sales to Canada fell by 91 per cent this year, after provinces and territories removed U.S. products from liquor store shelves in retaliation to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to the California-based Wine Institute. That drop in sales is mirrored by an 85 per cent drop in sales of U.S. liquor […]

KING TOWNSHIP — Police in the Greater Toronto Area are investigating a Sunday morning shooting between two vehicles. York Regional Police say on social media officers responded to a shooting on the roadway in the area of 15th Sideroad and Dufferin Street in King Township just after 7 a.m. They did not say if there […]

TORONTO — Several parts of southern Ontario could see the first snowfall of the season today. Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for several areas across the province, ranging from London, Ont., to Ottawa as a low pressure system moves through the province. The weather agency says Toronto could receive between two to 10 […]

OSHAWA — Durham Regional Police are looking for a suspect after a dog’s remains were found in a suitcase in Oshawa. Officers received an animal abuse call Friday night from a passerby who found a small dead dog in a suitcase near the green space in the area of Gibb Street and Grenfell Street. Police […]

Those who have undergone successful corrective procedures for irregular heart beats may no longer need to commit to long-term blood thinning therapy, an international study co-led by Canadian researchers suggests. Researchers behind the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine say the discovery could potentially alter the clinical care of millions of people […]

Another union at Montreal’s transit network announced a one-day strike this month, but this one isn’t expected to disrupt service. A strike is already underway at the transit authority, with buses and metros only available during rush hours and late evenings. Unless a deal is reached the strike involving the network’s maintenance workers could last […]

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is adding more than 1,200 shelter spaces for people experiencing homelessness later this month as part of its winter services plan. A news release from the city says this figure includes 370 permanent supportive and subsidized housing units, 244 warm centre spaces that will open when temperatures hit -5 […]