105.9 The Region

Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of Ontario customers after powerful thunderstorms downed trees and prompted tornado warnings. Hydro One says about 2,700 customers are without power as of 8:30 a.m. in southwestern Ontario after last night’s storm. Another 3,000 customers were also in the dark in central Ontario, the focus of […]

VANCOUVER — Chris Van Brockhoven booked his trip to Vancouver last summer in the hopes of attending a World Cup match, but after learning the cost of admission, his group felt forced to pivot. “We were flabbergasted at how expensive the tickets are and how much people are seemingly paying for them,” he said in […]

TORONTO — The chair of the Toronto Police Service board says reports of criminal charges against Toronto officers in Spain are troubling and must be dealt with “swiftly and seriously” by the force. The Mossos d’Esquadra police force in Barcelona confirmed Tuesday that three men were arrested for sexual assault and injuries after an incident […]

TORONTO — Toronto’s waterfront secretariat says the province’s plans to redevelop Ontario Place and expand the airport on the Toronto Islands will create severe traffic and transit congestion and could lead to degradation of the water quality in the harbour. The comments were made today in a committee hearing on the government’s proposed legislation that […]

The body of a missing Ontario teen who police believe was killed has been found in northern Saskatchewan. RCMP say human remains were found earlier this month during a planned search near Pelican Narrows and later confirmed by an autopsy to be 16-year-old Jay’siiah Webb-Long. The teen from Brampton was believed to be living in […]

Four men are facing more than 30 charges after police say they dismantled a “sophisticated” drug trafficking network in the Greater Toronto Area and seized two dozen handguns. Police in Halton Region west of Toronto say the six-month probe – dubbed Project Cyprus – targeted a network that allegedly operated in Halton, York and Durham […]

Licensed Ontario restaurants and bars will be allowed to sell alcohol until 4 a.m. during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The province announced the temporary extension this morning, saying it would help support tourism and local businesses during the international soccer tournament. Toronto is set to host six games starting June 12, and the province […]

SAN JOSE — The Professional Women’s Hockey League will expand to California with the addition of San Jose next season. The PWHL will be a 12-team league in 2026-27 with the additions of San Jose, Detroit, Las Vegas and Hamilton. The PWHL’s stated intention was to expand by up to four teams next season. Seattle […]

TORONTO — A new study says one in five pregnant people in Ontario were not properly screened for syphilis, a preventable disease that can be fatal when passed from mother to baby. The research, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, examined health administrative data for more than 550,000 pregnancies in the province between 2018 […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission and a union that represents about 700 electrical, communications and signals workers say they’ve reached a tentative labour agreement. The TTC and CUPE Local 2 made the announcement in a statement on Monday afternoon. It comes after a deadline for job action, which had already been extended once at […]