105.9 The Region

NAPANEE — Provincial police have charged the driver of a bus that rolled over in February east of Napanee, Ont., in an incident that injured multiple people. OPP say a 42-year-old from Brampton, Ont., has been charged with careless driving, 10 counts of careless driving causing bodily harm and unsafe moving. They say the bus […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia football coach Tony Elliott, coming off a school-record 11-win season, has agreed to a contract extension through the 2030 season. The extension was announced Wednesday by athletic director Carla Williams. The Cavaliers finished 11-3 overall and 7-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025 and No. 16 in the final […]

VANCOUVER — Plans have been unveiled for festivities across Canada as the country prepares to co-host the FIFA World Cup this summer FIFA released the route Wednesday for Canada Celebrates, a tour that will make 38 stops in 34 cities from Halifax, N.S., to Whitehorse, Yukon, between June 1 and July 19. Vancouver and Toronto […]

TORONTO — Several environmental groups have launched a constitutional challenge seeking to kill an Ontario law that allows cabinet to suspend other laws. Wildlands League, Environmental Defence Canada, Friends of the Earth Canada and Democracy Watch allege Ontario’s special economic zone law wrongly abdicates power from the legislature and gives it to cabinet, thereby violating […]

South Simcoe police say they have arrested a 14-year-old after an investigation into a “targeted and disturbing” assault on a person with a disability. Police say over the past several weeks they have been investigating a series of incidents posted on social media platforms, including Snapchat, that showed the victim from the town of Bradford […]

THUNDER BAY — A dog is back in the arms of its owner after firefighters in northern Ontario say the pooch went on an actual wild goose chase. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue says on social media that crews were called this week after a dog broke loose from its owner, chased geese into the harbour […]

TORONTO — If there’s one thing July Talk knows, it’s tension. The Juno-winning Toronto band built its sound on the contrast between Peter Dreimanis’ raspy growl and Leah Fay Goldstein’s sugar-soft delivery — a push-and-pull that keeps their live shows feeling unpredictable, even feral. So when the longtime partners in work and life decided to […]

TORONTO — Nothing seems to be going right for the Toronto Blue Jays these days. The injury list keeps getting longer. The losses keep piling up. Even a managerial ejection couldn’t spark the club. Toronto dropped a 4-1 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in a game that saw skipper John Schneider […]

TORONTO — Everyone on the Toronto Raptors is hurting but, with three regular-season games left on the schedule and the final playoff spot theirs for the taking, they’re playing through it. Scottie Barnes had 25 points, eight rebounds and five assists as Toronto earned a critical 121-95 win over the Miami Heat on Tuesday. According […]

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to extend workplace safety and insurance coverage to health-care and support workers in privately run retirement homes and group homes. Labour Minister David Piccini says the new legislative measure will be part of a broader set of changes to labour rules. He says front-line care workers deserve to know they […]