105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Toronto police are seeking help from the public as they search for a man who allegedly escaped from a detention centre by impersonating another inmate. Police say Steven Alexander Guzman Marroquin, who was being held at the Toronto South Detention Centre, escaped custody on Monday. Investigators allege he impersonated another inmate scheduled for […]

Air travel picked back up in earnest today as crews cleared the remnants of a record-breaking snowstorm in Central Canada from the tarmacs. Aviation analytics firm Cirium says Toronto’s Pearson airport notched 46 flight cancellations, or about 11 per cent, as of 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, compared with 10 times that number on Monday. Environment […]

While the search for a marquee attacker continues behind the scenes, Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser likes what he sees at training camp in Spain. The MLS club escaped the recent deluge of snow in Toronto, departing Jan. 21 for the Marbella Football Center, where constant rain has been the lone weather concern. Despite that, […]

TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says city crews are shifting their efforts from plowing streets to removing snow after a record-breaking winter storm hit the city on Sunday. Chow says snow is being removed near hospitals today and crews will move on to residential streets on Wednesday, in the aftermath of the storm that […]

TORONTO — Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says Marineland’s plan to move Canada’s last remaining captive whales and dolphins to several parks in the United States is a solid one. Thompson conditionally approved on Monday the shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park’s application to export its 30 belugas and four dolphins south of the border. The […]

TORONTO — A Toronto man who evaded police for nearly a year is one of two people now charged with murder in the December death of an elderly woman. Police say officers executed a pair of search warrants this weekend and arrested two 38-year-old Toronto men who are both charged with first-degree murder. One of […]

TORONTO — Every winter, David Lepofsky uses the same strategy to navigate frigid temperatures in Toronto: walking as fast as possible to get to his destination. But he said it’s far too dangerous to use that technique this winter, which has brought extended periods of bone-chilling cold weather and a record snowfall on Sunday that […]

TORONTO — A long-delayed light rail transit line in Toronto could be opening in less than two weeks. Speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park, Premier Doug Ford said the goal is to have the Eglinton Crosstown LRT up and running on Feb. 8. It’s been 15 years since construction began on the line, and six […]

TORONTO — Former cabinet minister, scientist and champion for safe sport Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59. Duncan had made public her multiple operations, radiation and chemotherapy to treat her cancer since she was diagnosed in 2023. Born on Oct. 31, 1966, Duncan was elected five times as the Liberal MP for […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court has ordered a new assessment for a man who sexually abused children to determine whether he has the “good character” needed to become a lawyer. The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled that a previous decision by the Law Society Tribunal that found the man — identified only as […]