105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing deficit and the finance minister’s resignation. After Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell departure from cabinet Monday morning, several Liberal MPs called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step […]

TORONTO — Most Torontonians loathe the city’s downtown traffic but its slow pace gave A.J. Lawson the chance to soak in the fact that he’s now a member of his hometown Raptors. Lawson signed a two-way contract with Toronto and Raptors 905, its G-League affiliate, last Wednesday. He said it didn’t sink in, however, until […]

TORONTO (AP) — Nikola Vucevic scored 24 points, Coby White added 19 and the Chicago Bulls held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 122-121 on Monday night for their fourth win in six games. Talen Horton-Tucker scored 15 points and Ayo Dosunmu had 12 as seven Bulls players reached double figures. Chicago’s Lonzo Ball missed […]

TORONTO — Nikola Vucevic had 24 points and five rebounds as the Chicago Bulls held off the Toronto Raptors 122-121 on Monday. Cody White scored 19 points and added five assists for Chicago (12-15). Josh Giddey had 11 points, nine rebounds and eight assists before leaving the game in the third quarter after he hurt […]

TORONTO (AP) — Graham Johnson was hired by the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday as bullpen coach, Sam Greene as assistant pitching coach and Lou Iannotti as assistant hitting coach. Johnson, 39, spent the past three seasons as pitching coach of the New York Yankees’ Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Greene, 27, joined Toronto in 2021 and […]

OTTAWA — Mail is set to begin moving again on Tuesday after a month-long strike by Canada Post employees comes to a close, even as the union representing postal workers challenges the intervention in the labour dispute. Canada Post has warned Canadians should expect delays into the new year as it resumes operations. Though operations […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays announced three additions to manager John Schneider’s staff Monday. Lou Iannotti is joining the team as assistant hitting coach, Graham Johnson as bullpen coach and Sam Greene as assistant pitching coach. Iannotti spent last 2024 season as a hitting co-ordinator for the World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Johnson spent […]

INNISFIL, Ont. — The province’s police watchdog says four South Simcoe police officers won’t face any criminal charges after a shooting that killed a 19-year-old man in Innisfil, Ont. The Special Investigations Unit cleared the officers involved in the August shooting that also injured another 19-year-old man. The SIU says police were called on Aug. […]

OTTAWA — The Liberals’ fiscal update was intended to encourage business investment and beef up border security ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month. But the sudden resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland hours before the document was tabled instead ignited even more political and economic uncertainty. Freeland shocked the political […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down more than 100 points Monday, led by losses in energy, base metal and telecommunication stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 127.09 points at 25,147.21. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 110.58 points at 43,717.48. The S&P 500 […]