105.9 The Region

WINDSOR, Ont. — Police in Windsor, Ont., are investigating an apartment fire that left one person dead in the city’s west end early this morning. Police say emergency crews were called around 7 a.m. to a fire at a ground-floor apartment on Sandwich Street. They say firefighters extinguished the blaze. Police say a 71-year-old woman […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — James Hagens watched Macklin Celebrini closely last season as the player eventually picked No. 1 at the NHL Draft went about his business on the ice in impressive fashion. Hagens was perhaps even more focused on how Celebrini stayed sharp amid all the attention. “Never let anything affect him,” he said. […]

OTTAWA — Axel Sandin-Pellikka loves a good dangle. The defenceman idolized Patrick Kane as a kid after his dad brought a Chicago Blackhawks jersey home to Sweden with the stickhandling wizard’s No. 88 stitched on the back. Sandin-Pellikka was mesmerized by the star forward’s quick hands and deft touch. He’s now got plenty of that […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down more than 200 points in late-morning trading Monday, led by weakness in technology and base metals, while U.S. markets also fell, led by a 1.4 per cent loss on the Nasdaq. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 219.65 points at 24,576.75. In New York, the Dow Jones […]

TORONTO — For a team hoping to rebound after a last-place finish in 2024, the Toronto Blue Jays have had a relatively quiet off-season. That will need to change in a significant way if Canada’s lone big-league club is going to improve in 2025. First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the face of the franchise, still […]

TORONTO — CIBC says paying down debt is the top financial priority for Canadians heading into 2025. In its annual Financial Priorities poll, CIBC found Canadians continue to see rising costs for household goods and high interest rates as their biggest financial concerns. Keeping up with bill payments is the second biggest priority for respondents. […]

OTTAWA — The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command says Chinese and Russian air co-operation in the Arctic has Norad’s “full attention.” Those two countries for the first time staged a joint patrol in the Arctic near the coast of Alaska last July. U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot told The Canadian Press in a […]

OTTAWA — Dave Cameron and his players once again found themselves in an uncomfortable position. Coming off a stunning, embarrassing loss to Latvia some 48 hours earlier at the world junior hockey championship, Canada led another of the sport’s lesser lights by a single goal late in regulation Sunday. The tournament hosts would get the […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Tuomas Uronen scored at 1:46 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over the defending champion United States on Sunday in the world junior hockey championship. Uronen, who plays for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League, came down the right side on a rush and beat goalie Trey […]

OTTAWA — Canada got back in the win column at the world junior hockey championship. It wasn’t pretty. Oliver Bonk, Caden Price and Mathieu Cataford, into the empty net, scored as the wobbly host country picked up an unconvincing 3-0 victory over Germany on Sunday. Carter George made 25 saves to register the goaltender’s second […]