105.9 The Region

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital says it is cancelling all “non-essential” activities after a boiler system failure cut off its supply of heat and hot water. Unity Health Toronto says the boiler failure at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in the city’s west end has impacted its ability to provide services across the hospital, calling it […]

TORONTO — Scotiabank says it has received regulatory approval to clear the way for the second phase of its investment in U.S. bank KeyCorp. The big Canadian bank says the approval came from the board of governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Scotiabank announced in August a plan to acquire a 14.9 per cent […]

WAWA, Ont. — Police say the suspect in a shooting that injured one employee at a northern Ontario credit union branch is dead. Northern Credit Union says one of its employees was seriously injured in a shooting at its branch in Wawa, north of Sault Ste. Marie. In a statement, president and CEO Richard Adam […]

OTTAWA — As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy, supply chain security and carbon capture technologies — no matter who won the contest, newly released government memos show. Several months before Americans headed to the polls, one internal Global Affairs Canada memo […]

TORONTO — The year’s most borrowed books at some of Canada’s biggest libraries include “The Women” by Kristin Hannah and “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros. The Toronto Public Library says many of its most-borrowed books for 2024 centre on strong female characters. “Fourth Wing” and its sequel “Iron Flame” top the list at the TPL, […]

TORONTO — A decision over whether to expand an obscure dog sport in Ontario sparked division within Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative caucus that saw the premier agree to cancel a new licensing regime before later resurrecting it, The Canadian Press has learned. At trial and train areas, hunters can unleash dogs inside massive, fenced-in areas […]

TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz became the latest significant Toronto Maple Leafs player to suffer an injury with the NHL season just shy of the one-third mark. Stolarz departed with a lower-body injury after the first period of a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. Max Pacioretty led the way for Toronto with two […]

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Gavin Bryant scored the overtime winner to give the Peterborough Petes a 4-3 win over the Oshawa Generals in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday night. Martin Matejicek, Colin Fitzgerald and Jonathan Melee had the other goals for the Petes. Luke Torrance, Colby Barlow and Zackary Sandhu tallied for Oshawa. ICEDOGS 7 […]

TORONTO (AP) — Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday night. William Nylander also scored and John Tavares had two assists for the Maple Leafs, who have won two straight. Anthony Stolalrz started in goal and stopped seven before leaving due to […]

TORONTO — Max Pacioretty scored twice and set up linemate William Nylander for another goal to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday. Pacioretty’s second goal, a redirect off a point shot from Conor Timmins, gave Toronto a 3-1 advantage midway through the second period and proved to be the […]