105.9 The Region

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired former Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell as vice president of baseball operations and assistant general manager. The Blue Jays announced the move Friday. Bell will oversee the player development and physical and mental performance departments, while also contributing to strategic planning and player evaluations and acquisitions, […]

TORONTO — If you want to quickly find Ochai Agbaji during a Toronto Raptors game, just look for the other team’s best player. He’s likely guarding them. Agbaji has been tasked with covering some of the NBA’s biggest names this season with the Raptors missing key players like all-star forward Scottie Barnes and point guard […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Blake Smith knocked in the game-winning goal at 9:14 of the third period as the Firebirds edged the Greyhounds 3-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday night. It was his second goal of the game. Kaden Pitre also scored for Flint. STEELHEADS 5 COLTS 2 BRAMPTON – Carson Rehkopf […]

TORONTO (AP) — Malik Beasley scored seven of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, Cade Cunningham had 15 points and 10 assists and the Detroit Pistons beat the struggling Toronto Raptors 99-95 on Friday night. Tobias Harris had 11 points and 11 rebounds, Jaden Ivey scored 14 points and Jalen Duren added 12 for […]

TORONTO — Malik Beasley had 20 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, as the Detroit Pistons held off the Toronto Raptors 99-95 on Friday in an NBA Cup game. Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris had double-doubles for the Pistons (6-8), who are 2-0 in the group stage of the in-season tournament. Jakob Poeltl had […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired former Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell to be the team’s vice-president of baseball operations and assistant general manager. The Blue Jays announced the move in a release Friday. Bell will oversee the player development and physical and mental performance departments, while also contributing to strategic planning and […]

OTTAWA — The CRTC is looking at how to redefine Canadian content, launching a new consultation on the question with plans to hold a public hearing in the spring. Scott Shortliffe, the CRTC’s executive director of broadcasting, said Friday the regulator hopes to get robust public participation on the new definition. The consultation is part […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal government in Ottawa is signalling it’s not currently planning to intervene to end the Canada Post strike, even though the two sides appear to be far apart and the strike is hitting at the busiest time of year for the postal service. Some 55,000 workers hit the picket lines across Canada […]

VANCOUVER — Chris Kolankowski will be a key figure Sunday for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. As Winnipeg’s centre, one of Kolankowski’s responsibilities is getting a bead on the defensive front and making adjustments to the offensive line’s blocking schemes before each snap. That job will be an important one when the Bombers face the Toronto […]

TORONTO — John Tavares met Connor McDavid before the phenom had ever played a shift in junior. Chris Tanev has trained alongside the superstar each off-season for more than a decade. Both will once again try to find an answer for the milestone-reaching Oilers captain Saturday when Edmonton visits the Toronto Maple Leafs. Not many […]