105.9 The Region

TORONTO — BMO Financial Group raised its quarterly dividend as it reported a fourth-quarter profit of $2.30 billion, boosted by the reversal of a 2022 jury verdict against the bank in a lawsuit related to a Ponzi scheme in the United States. The bank says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of $1.59 per […]

TORONTO — Canada’s new WNBA franchise will be called the Toronto Tempo, a handle officially unveiled with some haste this morning after it was leaked yesterday. The name appeared — briefly — on a team drop-down menu on the WNBA’s official website. The logo shows a light-blue basketball emblazoned with a T and leaving a […]

OTTAWA — The federal government says it will spend up to $1 billion to build public computing infrastructure for the Canadian artificial intelligence sector, part of a $2 billion commitment outlined in this spring’s federal budget. A government official not authorized to speak publicly on the issue says that supercomputing infrastructure will be made available […]

TORONTO — Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised its quarterly dividend as it reported a fourth-quarter profit of $1.88 billion, up from $1.49 billion in the same quarter last year. CIBC says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 97 cents per share, up from 90 cents. The increase in the payment came as […]

TORONTO — Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads his top-ranked Oklahoma City Thunder into Toronto to face the Raptors tonight. Oklahoma City has won seven of its past 10 games to put it atop the NBA’s Western Conference. The Thunder have the third-best record in the league behind the Eastern Conference’s Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. Toronto […]

TORONTO — Victims of intimate partner violence and their supporters are upset after early election speculation forced an Ontario legislative committee to cut short what was supposed to be an exhaustive study of the issue. A possible spring election forced one of the committee’s leaders to expedite the study’s timeline with the goal of completing […]

LONDON, Ont. — Austin Elliott stopped all 23 shots he faced as the London Knights blanked the Owen Sound Attack 3-0 on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Denver Barkey, Sam O’Reilly and Landon Sim supplied the offence as London (23-4-0) won its 19th game in a row. Attack goaltender Carter George made 45 saves […]

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored twice early in the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs erased an early deficit to win their third in a row, 3-2 over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night. William Nylander also scored for Toronto, which got 22 saves from Joseph Woll. Mitch Marner chipped in three assists […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored twice early in the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Wednesday. William Nylander had the other goal for Toronto (16-7-2), which got 22 saves from Joseph Woll. Mitch Marner chipped in three assists as the Leafs won for […]

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner, Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey and Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault are among the players named to Canada’s roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. More coming. The Canadian Press