105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Kevin Gausman hopes that wasn’t his final time pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Gausman pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowing five runs — four earned — on nine hits and two walks as Toronto fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 12-2 on Tuesday. Gausman’s number will come up twice more […]

TORONTO — For years, Shania Twain couldn’t wait to leave northern Ontario. Growing up in Timmins, she dreamt of seeing the world beyond the mining town where she spent her childhood singing in smoke-filled bars and honky-tonks. “When I was in that little town years ago, I just wanted to get out,” Twain tells The […]

Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is listing 173 wildfires as active this morning in Ontario’s north, including 12 that had been sparked in the last 24 hours. Early estimates suggest the flames have ravaged more of the province’s forests this season than any previous year on record, burning through more than 7,250 square kilometres so […]

TORONTO — Researchers hope a new report examining the occupations of people who have died of opioid overdoses in Ontario raises awareness about the breadth of the population affected by the drug epidemic. The study found that more than a third of opioid-related deaths between 2018 and 2024 where the person’s occupation was known were […]

First Nation leaders are calling for a public inquiry into the Ontario wildfire response after they say communities were left to evacuate without help from the province and some residents narrowly avoided the encroaching flames. The chief of Gull Bay First Nation says an inquiry should investigate a number of issues such as the government’s […]

THUNDER BAY — Drinks, snacks and diapers were laid out on the tables. More than a dozen people, some wearing Canadian Red Cross vests, sat on chairs, busy with their laptops or chatting with each other by the wall. Two employees of the Loomex Group, the company helping with the wildfire evacuation operation in northern […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children has been charged with accessing and possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material. Investigators say 44-year-old Dilan Dissanayake was arrested today after an investigation that began in January. They executed search warrants at the hospital and a private residence in February and […]

NIAGARA FALLS — Six captive belugas from Canada are now swimming in the waters of their new homes in the United States. Marineland and a consortium of U.S. aquariums helped move the first batch of whales in a long, complex process that began Monday afternoon at the closed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction. Marineland’s external […]

MISSISSAUGA — Peel Regional Police say they have charged an 18-year-old woman with attempted murder after a teen was stabbed on board a transit bus in Mississauga, Ont. Police say officers responded to a stabbing in the area of Waitline Avenue and Hurontario Street at around 1:50 a.m. Tuesday. They say officers found a 17-year-old […]

TORONTO — General Motors is the next U.S. automaker chosen for contract talks with Unifor, the union said Tuesday, after it recently reached a deal with Ford. The union said negotiations with GM will begin in Toronto on Aug. 10. Unifor represents more than 4,600 members at Ontario GM facilities, including the Oshawa assembly plant, […]