105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to increase transparency and accountability around health staffing agencies, as hospitals and long-term care homes spend about $1 billion a year to fill shifts with temporary workers at rates far higher than full-time staff are paid. It’s a positive — if small — step toward regulating or lowering the fees […]

BARRIE, Ont. — Alex Assadourian scored the game-winning goal at 18:30 of the third period to lift the Niagara Icedogs to a 6-5 win over the Barrie Colts in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday night. Assadourian had a hat trick for the visitors. Kevin He, Sean Doherty and Andrei Loshko also tallied for Niagara. […]

TORONTO (AP) — Cam Johnson hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and finished with 33 points as the Brooklyn Nets overcame a 10-point deficit and beat the Toronto Raptors 101-94 on Thursday night. Brooklyn’s Nic Claxton was ejected with 8:46 left in the second after throwing the […]

TORONTO — Cam Johnson took over in the fourth quarter as the Brooklyn Nets rallied past the Toronto Raptors 101-94 on Thursday. Johnson went on a 13-4 run in the final 2:24 of the game to lead Brooklyn (11-16) to victory. He finished with a game-high 33 points and 10 rebounds. Ben Simmons added 12 […]

OTTAWA — Easton Cowan scored a hat trick to lead Canada to a 7-1 win over Switzerland on Thursday in a pre-tournament game ahead of the world junior hockey championship. Canada pulled away with three goals in an 82-second span late in the first period at TD Place. Brayden Yager, Andrew Gibson, Berkly Catton and […]

TORONTO — Canadian swingman RJ Barrett and backup guard Davion Mitchell will miss tonight’s Raptors game against the Brooklyn Nets but all-star forward Scottie Barnes will return to Toronto’s lineup. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., is out with an illness. Mitchell had been listed as questionable with a right shoulder strain before the game but was […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to add multiple new names to his cabinet Friday when he shuffles his team days after Chrystia Freeland rattled the party and the government with her sudden resignation as finance minister. The Canadian Press has confirmed from a source with knowledge of the appointments that Montreal MP […]

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says it’s not the Liberal government’s job to respond to everything U.S. president-elect Donald Trump posts online. LeBlanc made those comments in response to a question about Trump repeatedly referring to Canada as a 51st state and Trudeau as its governor in social media posts. LeBlanc once again says […]

TORONTO — Canadian swingman RJ Barrett will miss tonight’s Toronto Raptors game against the Brooklyn Nets. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., is out with an illness. Backup guard Davion Mitchell is questionable with a right shoulder strain. Barrett has been the backbone of the Raptors lineup as they grapple with a rash of injuries. He is […]

The beloved Theodore Tugboat replica that partially sank in St. Catharines, Ont., has been refloated. The boat’s owner says the life-size version of the TV character was safely righted on Thursday afternoon, but there is still more work to do. The boat called Theodore Too began taking on water earlier this week while docked in […]