105.9 The Region

HAMILTON — Joe Zuger, a former player and general manager for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, had died. He was 84. The team announced his death in a news release tonight. Zuger played 10 seasons (1962-71) in Hamilton as a quarterback, defensive back and punter. The Homestead, Pa., native helped the Ticats capture three Grey Cups (1963, […]

TORONTO (AP) — Drake has announced that his first tour of Australia in eight years will begin on the same date as rival Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance. The Toronto rapper announced the tour during a livestream Sunday night with Félix Lengyel, a Quebec streamer. Drake said the tour will begin on Feb. 9, […]

EDMONTON — A commercial food processing company is facing 26 charges after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. is charged with offences under Alberta health and safety laws. The province says the facility supervisor had gone to check the temperature of the smokehouse in March 2023 and […]

A long-withheld investigation into a 2019 hacking at LifeLabs Inc. that compromised millions of Canadians’ health data has finally been made public after an Ontario court dismissed the company’s appeal to prevent its release. A statement from the privacy commissioners of both Ontario and British Columbia says their joint report, completed in June 2020, found […]

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says further reforms to Canada’s immigration and asylum systems will be proposed in the coming weeks. This comes on the heels of a significant cut to the amount of permanent residents being admitted to Canada in two years, and the tightening of rules around temporary worker permits. Statistics provided […]

LONDON, Ont. — Lawyers in the sexual assault case of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team began what are expected to be several weeks of legal arguments on Monday, ahead of next year’s trial. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault earlier this […]

TORONTO — Another Canadian company is going private after a sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates reached a $4.7-billion deal to buy CI Financial Corp. Under the transaction, Mubadala Capital, the alternative asset management arm of UAE-owned Mubadala Investment Co., will pay $32 per share in cash for the firm. CI Financial shares […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower Monday, weighed down by energy stocks as the price of oil fell, while U.S. stock markets rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 33.93 points at 25,410.35. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 440.06 points at 44,736.57. The S&P 500 index was up […]

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair said Monday that he’s ready to work with the incoming Donald Trump administration to speed up Canada’s timeline to meet its NATO alliance spending targets. Canada committed last year to meet the NATO members’ pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on national defence and in […]

TORONTO — Utah’s NHL team says players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night. The Utah Hockey Club posted an Instagram video of team members marching to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was “not moving at all.” […]