105.9 The Region

Kevin Attard fully understands the monumental task at hand. Canada’s champion trainer last year will send Gas Me Up, a five-year-old Ontario-bred postward Saturday in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar. The five-year-old gelding, which was third in last month’s $1-million Woodbine Mile turf event, will break from the No. 12 post in the […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s transportation minister says speed cameras across the province are set to be removed in two weeks, after Premier Doug Ford’s government passed legislation today to ban them. Ford has said speed cameras don’t work to slow drivers down – though evidence collected by municipalities and Hospital for Sick Children researchers says otherwise […]

Police in Niagara Region say a man has been charged with murder in a homicide investigation in Port Colborne, Ont. Police say they responded to a report of a possible weapons incident on Fares Street Wednesday morning, and a man was found dead inside a home. They say the man has been identified as 42-year-old […]

TORONTO — Fans are buzzing in anticipation as the Toronto Blue Jays aim for just one more win on Friday to bring home a World Series title for the first time in more than 30 years. The visiting Jays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Wednesday, giving the Jays a 3-2 series lead in […]

GUELPH — Police in Guelph are investigating the theft of a trailer loaded with $80,000 worth of whipped cream. They say a manager of a business on Speedvale Avenue West reported the theft Wednesday morning. Police say the white Wabash refrigerated trailer was hooked up and towed away around 4:30 a.m. It was loaded with […]

Provincial police say three people have been charged with murder in the death of a man who was reported missing two years ago. Police say 34-year-old Robbie Thomson, of Smiths Falls, Ont., was reported missing in October 2023. They say he has not been found, but investigators have determined he was the victim of a […]

TORONTO — When Ashley Ferreira’s five-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in 2020 she never imagined that a five-year wait lay ahead for him to get access to government-funded core therapies. “I thought that the diagnosis came with help,” she said. “It wasn’t until I started joining Facebook groups like the Ontario Autism Coalition that […]

LOS ANGELES — Davis Schneider set the early tone on Wednesday night. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. did his part too. The Toronto teammates made history by leading off a World Series game with back-to-back homers in Game 5 against the L.A. Dodgers. Rookie starter Trey Yesavage took care of the rest. The right-hander was dominant as […]

TORONTO — Collin Murray-Boyles doesn’t think he’s had his “welcome to the NBA” moment just yet, but he’ll never forget the first time he tangled with the Houston Rockets. Murray-Boyles started for the first time in his NBA career on Wednesday, playing at centre for the Toronto Raptors in a 139-121 loss to Houston. That […]

TORONTO — Standing among a crowd of blue and white in downtown Toronto Wednesday evening, Maureen Whitehead is kept warm by her George Springer jersey. But as first pitch approached on the night’s match between the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, superstition said it would have to come off. “This jersey I can wear […]