105.9 The Region

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say a 12-year-old boy has been charged with several crimes after he and an 11-year-old boy allegedly broke into a store and stole bear spray that was later used in an assault on another child. Police say they responded Tuesday evening to a report of an eight-year-old child being bear sprayed. […]

Authorities in Durham Region have identified the police recruit who died in a car crash that also seriously injured another recruit on Tuesday. Durham Region police say Tyrone Magbitang, one of its constables in training, died in the crash involving a sedan and transport truck in the Township of Malahide, near the Ontario Police College. […]

TORONTO — A U.S. consortium of aquariums says the American government has approved an “emergency rescue” to import Marineland’s whales and dolphins, the last such captive animals in Canada. The shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction is up for sale and the park has said it is running out of money to care for its […]

MARKHAM — York Region police say they have charged a 61-year-old psychologist in a sexual assault case involving a child at a clinic in Markham, Ont. Police say the child went to an appointment in the area of John Street and Bayview Avenue last week. There, police allege the psychologist gave the child a massage […]

Durham Region police say one of their recruits has died and another was seriously injured in a collision near the Ontario Police College in southwestern Ontario. Chief Peter Moreira says he is mourning “a profound loss” following the crash that occurred in Malahide Township on Tuesday. Moreira says in a statement the two constables in […]

Two people from Ontario are facing multiple charges in an alleged fraud scheme that targeted international students. The Canada Border Services Agency says the investigation began after it received a tip from Lambton College in Sarnia, Ont., in February 2025. The federal agency alleges the suspects took money from international students with the promise of […]

Rogers Sports and Media is shutting down its Sportsnet 650 radio station in Vancouver and Sportsnet 960 station in Calgary, as well as four other stations. Calgary’s 660 NewsRadio is also being closed, along with Vancouver’s 1130 AM, Halifax’s 95.7 NewsRadio, and Kitchener’s 570 NewsRadio. The company said the station closures will result in 80 […]

TORONTO — Canada’s Victoria Mboko has withdrawn from the National Bank Open due to a knee injury, Tennis Canada said Tuesday. The 2025 tournament champion was hurt last month in a match against Czechia’s Karolina Pliskova at the HSBC Championships in London. The world No. 10 from Burlington, Ont., said she injured the medial collateral […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s former integrity commissioner, who authored a lengthy report on the provincial government’s Greenbelt scandal, has died a year after retiring. J. David Wake served as Ontario integrity commissioner from 2016 to 2025 and in that time conducted many investigations, including the consequential report on the government’s decision to remove lands from the […]

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed veteran Canadian receiver Kiondre Smith to a contract extension Tuesday. Smith is now under contract with Hamilton through the 2027 campaign. The six-foot-one, 180-pound Smith is in his fifth CFL season, all with Hamilton. Smith had 86 catches for 1,126 yards and five TDs last season, his first 1,000-yard […]