105.9 The Region

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company George Weston Ltd. say they have both entered into automatic share purchase plans with brokers. The automatic buybacks will form part of the companies’ existing repurchase programs to buy back up to five per cent of their issued and outstanding shares. Loblaw’s program, which runs […]

Five-year-old Beau starts each day being carried by one of his parents to the family’s living room, where his wheelchair awaits in their Beamsville, Ont., home. Diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at 17 months old, Beau is unable to walk independently due to the disease, which damages nerves and leads to severe muscle weakness. Beau’s […]

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is probing a shooting near Thunder Bay in which a man was shot and wounded by a police officer on Boxing Day. Investigators say at around 2 p.m., Thunder Bay police responded to reports of a man walking with a shotgun on Highway 11/17 and Pebblestone Road, about 30 kilometres west […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson had five assists to help the United States open its world junior hockey title defense with a 10-4 victory over Germany on Thursday at Canadian Tire Centre. Boston College’s James Hagens had two goals and two assists, and fellow BC forward Gabe Perreault and Minnesota’s Brodie […]

OTTAWA — Defenceman Axel Sandin Pellikka scored a natural hat trick as Sweden kicked off the 2025 world junior hockey championship with a 5-2 rout of Slovakia on Thursday. Sandin Pellikka, a Detroit Red Wings prospect playing in hist third world juniors, added an assist for Sweden, which is looking for its first title since […]

The Green Bay Packers emphatically punched their NFL playoff ticket Monday night, much to the delight of many Proline bettors. Green Bay (11-4) clinched a post-season berth with a 34-0 win over the New Orleans Saints (5-10). It marked the first shutout of the NFL campaign. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., a […]

TORONTO — As we enter 2025, Dr. Theresa Tam has her eye on H5N1 bird flu, an emerging virus that had its first human case in Canada this year. At the same time, Canada’s chief public health officer is closely monitoring measles — a virus that was eliminated in this country more than two decades […]

TORONTO — Workers on the front line of Toronto’s homeless crisis say the holiday season has been tough for those living on the streets, as colder temperatures set in along with feelings of isolation. “Whether you’re a newcomer and it’s your first Christmas away from the family, whether you’re Canadian-born and your family is still […]

The Professional Women’s Hockey League played a first season and started a second, the Northern Super League fired its engines for an all-Canadian women’s soccer launch, and the WNBA announced its arrival in Canada. Women’s professional sports in Canada reached a critical mass in 2024. “It was hard to believe in 2023 that we didn’t […]

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal says big streaming companies won’t have to pay for Canadian content until the court hears their appeal of a CRTC decision ordering them to pay. In June, the CRTC said that foreign streamers must contribute five per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to a fund devoted to […]