105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained almost 100 points Thursday, helped by gains in industrial and utilities stocks,while U.S. stock markets also climbed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 94.67 points at 21,823.22. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 322.37 points at 38,225.66. The S&P 500 index was up 45.81 […]

TORONTO — Daulton Varsho loves to go all out when tracking down a fly ball but the new smaller foul areas at Rogers Centre have him being a little more cautious. The Toronto Blue Jays completed the second phase of $400 million renovations to their downtown ballpark in the off-season, with the changes designed to […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says two grandparents who died along with their infant grandson in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 were visiting from India, and the child’s parents were also in the vehicle but survived. More coming. The Canadian Press

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw chairman Galen Weston, as well as the company’s new chief executive, pushed back on what they called “misguided criticism” of the grocer as a boycott againstthe company gains steam online.  “As a well-known company and Canada’s largest grocer, it is natural that Loblaw would be singled out as a focal point […]

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs star forward Auston Matthews will miss Thursday night’s Game 6 against the Boston Bruins. Coach Sheldon Keefe said following Thursday’s morning skate that Matthews would be unavailable with Toronto trailing 3-2 in its first-round playoff series. Matthews, who led the NHL with 69 goals in the regular season, was […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews will miss the Maple Leafs’ must-win Game 6 against the Boston Bruins. Head coach Sheldon Keefe said following today’s morning skate the star sniper would be unavailable with Toronto down 3-2 in its first-round playoff series. Matthews was pulled from Game 4 with an illness and didn’t play in Tuesday’s 2-1 […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw’s new chief executive, as well as chairman Galen Weston, pushed back on what they called “misguided criticism” of the grocer as a push to boycott the company gains steam online.  President and CEO Per Bank said at the grocer’s annual meeting that there’s a lot of misinformation online about Loblaw, and […]

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says April car sales were up 14 per cent compared with the same month last year, though they’re still below levels seen pre-pandemic.  Auto sales last month totalled 164,000 units, higher than April 2023, which was the weakest month for sales last year.  Andrew King, managing partner at DesRosiers, […]

TORONTO — Thomson Reuters Corp. reported lower profits but a rise in revenue in its first quarter as it also modestly raised its expectations for revenue growth for the year. The company says it now expects total revenue growth for 2024 of between 6.5 and seven per cent, up from a February estimate of about […]

TORONTO — Canada’s financial intelligence agency says it has levied a $9.2-million penalty against The Toronto-Dominion Bank for non-compliance with money laundering and terrorist financing measures as the bank also faces compliance investigations in the U.S.  The penalty by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada follows on a $7.5-million fine against RBC […]