105.9 The Region

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Marie-Philip Poulin and Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored and Elaine Chuli made 29 saves in the Montreal Victoire’s 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Charge on Friday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. The Charge drew a team-record 11,065 fans for their first game at the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the NHL’s […]

TORONTO (AP) — Connor McMichael scored in the third period, and the Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Friday night for their franchise-record eighth consecutive road win. Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist for Washington, which has won five of six overall. Aliaksei Protas had an empty-net goal, and Charlie […]

OTTAWA — The Montreal Victoire were victorious over the Charge Friday night with a 2-1 Professional Women’s Hockey League win in Ottawa. Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin and Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored for the Victoire (1-1-0-1), who got a 29-save performance from Elaine Chuli. The lone goal for the Charge (1-0-1-1) came off the stick of Ashton […]

HAMILTON — A woman is facing nearly 100 charges in the deaths of five dogs and the distress of two dozen other canines at a Hamilton boarding service. Ontario’s solicitor general says 96 charges have been laid against the woman under the province’s animal welfare legislation. The province says the charges stem from concerns about […]

TORONTO — Charges have been stayed against five of the eight people accused in a shootout near a Toronto recording studio last month. Court documents show the charges were stayed Friday at the request of the prosecution. Police said last month that eight people were facing more than 30 firearms-related charges between them after two […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index eked out a gain Friday as gains in tech stocks helped outweigh losses in energy, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 11.76 points at 25,691.80. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 123.19 points at 44,642.52. The S&P 500 index was […]

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence firm Cohere will receive up to $240 million from the federal government to boost its computing capacity. The money headed for the Toronto company, which specializes in enterprise AI, is meant to help Cohere secure enough private capital to get its partners to build an AI data centre. That centre is […]

TORONTO — Charges against four of the five people arrested for protesting at last year’s Giller Prize have been withdrawn, antiwar organizers announced Friday as they pledged to keep fighting for an end to Israel’s attacks on Gaza. The group CanLit Responds announced the development at a press conference across from a Scotiabank Toronto branch […]

As the Canada Post strike drags into a fourth week, experts say there’s growing pressure on the government to act as the business community’s calls for intervention get louder. So far Ottawa has said it won’t step in, despite forcing people back to work in other recent high-profile labour disputes. But it’s getting harder for […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Labour Relations Board says the government is not unlawfully locking out provincial engineers who are taking part in rotating strikes. Members of the Professional Engineers Government of Ontario filed a complaint with the board last month alleging the government effectively suspended the workers by telling them they can’t return to work […]