105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Financial markets and forecasters are betting on another jumbo interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada this week. Statistics Canada’s latest job report tilted expectations in favour of a larger cut. The Friday report revealed the unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent in November, up from 6.5 per cent a month […]

TORONTO — Inside Ontario’s legislature, the halls are decked, the sounds of children’s choirs singing Christmas carols waft down the corridors, and in the air there’s a feeling of an election. Staff and politicians alike are abuzz with early election speculation, seeing signs big and small stacking up as the legislature prepares for its winter […]

Toronto police are investigating a homicide after a shooting in the city’s east end that killed one person on Sunday night. Officers were called to the Danforth Avenue and Jones Avenue area just before 7 p.m. They found a woman who had been shot. She is said to be in her 30s. She was taken […]

OTTAWA — Grayson Tiller scored the game-winning goal in the third period, and the Eastern Conference-leading Barrie Colts picked up their fourth straight win by beating the Ottawa 67’s 2-1 in Ontario Hockey League action Sunday. Cole Beaudoin also scored for the Colts, who improved to 20-8-0. Colts goaltender Ben Hrebik stopped 21 of 22 […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Postal strike The strike by some 55,000 workers at Canada Post is in its fourth week. Calls for government intervention in the contract talks have been mounting from the business community, but the government has so far said it’s […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors’ second unit can be renamed Kelly’s Kids. Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk returned to the Raptors’ lineup in a 125-118 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. It was Olynyk’s season debut after missing Toronto’s first 23 games. At 33 years old, Olynyk was the oldest player to come off the […]

TORONTO (AP) — Luka Doncic’s 79th career triple-double moved the Dallas Mavericks star past some impressive NBA talent. Doncic had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for his second straight triple-double as the Mavericks extended their winning streak to seven games with a 125-118 win over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. This triple-double moved […]

SUDBURY, Ont. — Alex Pharand scored a pair of power-play goals and Donovan McCoy scored at 2:13 of overtime as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the visiting Flint Firebirds 5-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday night. Ondrej Molnar and Chase Coughlan also scored for the Wolves (15-8-4-0), who led 2-1 after the first period […]

TORONTO — Luka Doncic had a triple-double to help the Mavericks fend off the Toronto Raptors 125-118 on Saturday as Dallas won its seventh straight game. Doncic had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists as Dallas (16-8) moved ahead of the idle Houston Rockets for second in the Western Conference. Kyrie Irving added 29 […]

OTTAWA — After struggling through a difficult stretch at home, the Ottawa Senators are finally making the most of home-ice advantage. The Senators were 2-4-1 at the Canadian Tire Centre through the month of November and are now off to a perfect 2-0-0 for the month of December following a 3-1 win over the struggling […]