105.9 The Region

BRAMPTON — Paramedics say 10 people are being treated for minor injuries after a crash in Brampton, Ont., involving a public transit bus. Peel regional police say they were called to the area of Queen Street East and Hansen Road North just before 3 p.m. for reports of a multi-vehicle crash. Police initially said they […]

Some Ontario municipalities and private contractors are mixing salt with sand and other materials to melt ice and snow this winter as the province faces a critical shortage of road salt amid skyrocketing demand. Joe Salemi, the executive director of Landscape Ontario, said the shortage is caused by several factors, including a particularly harsh and […]

Grégory Bulté was snorkelling in the cold waters of Ontario’s Opinicon Lake when he noticed the first dead turtle. The lake ice had just melted, and the northern map turtles stirred from their hibernation. The turtles, named for their topographical-looking shell marks, spend the winter at the bottom of the lake beneath what should be […]

PORT ROWAN — A teenager has been charged with murder in the death of an infant in the Lake Erie community of Port Rowan, about 100 kilometres southwest of Hamilton. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called the afternoon of Nov. 4 to a home on Front Road, where they found a dead infant. The […]

Medical staff have left a northern Ontario First Nation that was largely evacuated last month after its water system failed and a parasite that causes gastrointestinal illness contaminated its water supply. Indigenous Services Canada says all remaining nurses left Kashechewan First Nation on Monday after consultation with community leaders. The department says people who remain […]

TORONTO — Greater Toronto Area home sales and price weakness is likely to persist for at least the first half of the year, the region’s real estate board said Wednesday. The outlook came as the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said home sales for January fell 19.3 per cent from a year earlier to 3,082 […]

HAMILTON — Wynton McManis wasn’t unemployed long. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed the veteran middle linebacker Wednesday, a day after he was released by the Toronto Argonauts. McManis joining the Ticats wasn’t much of a surprise, though, as he lives in Toronto year-round and has a daughter and son. His arrival also fills a need for […]

TORONTO — Toronto’s real estate association says it expects home price and sales weakness to persist for at least the first half of the year. The outlook came as the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales for January fell 19.3 per cent from a year earlier, while the average selling price dropped 6.5 […]

EDMONTON — Matthew Knies is of two minds when it comes to the NHL’s upcoming Olympic break. While the Toronto Maple Leafs winger and teammates could used some time off, the pause in play comes at an inopportune time. “It kind of sucks that there’s a stop to (the season) now because I thought we […]

EDMONTON — Matias Maccelli scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Tuesday. Matthew Knies contributed a goal and an assist for Toronto (27-21-9), while John Tavares recorded his 20th of the season and Bobby McMann added an empty-net strike. Anthony Stolarz stopped 34 of the 36 shots he faced […]