105.9 The Region

EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Métis and Cree woman, bled to death in the tub in 2011. A jury found Bradley Barton not […]

EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Métis and Cree woman, bled to death in the tub in 2011. A jury found Bradley Barton not […]

EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Métis and Cree woman, bled to death in the tub in 2011. A jury found Bradley Barton not […]

TORONTO — Shares of Aecon Group Inc. were up more than 10 per cent after it reported a third-quarter profit that fell compared with a year ago, but topped expectations. The company reported a third-quarter profit of $56.5 million or 85 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept. 30, down from a profit […]

A provincial regulator says it’s working to find new accommodations for residents of a Norwich, Ont., retirement home that gave just over two weeks’ notice of its closure. The Retirement Home Regulatory Authority says the abrupt closure of Trillium Care Norwich contravenes the Retirement Homes Act, which requires a 120-day notice to residents. The regulatory […]

TORONTO — The Toronto production of “The Lion King” has appointed a regent after the actor playing Simba was injured. Mirvish Productions made the announcement just one day before the open-ended run of the Disney musical was set to begin. The company says the production’s star, Aphiwe Nyezi, will need at least six weeks to […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say dozens of people have been arrested so far in an ongoing investigation into auto theft and fraudulent vehicle identification numbers. Police say the investigation, dubbed Project Thoroughbred, began in July and focused on auto theft rings involved in VIN fraud as well as so-called “chop shops,” where stolen vehicles are […]

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to create a new provincial offence for fraudulent vehicle registrations, as a way to tackle auto theft. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says it is aimed at cases of vehicle identification number fraud, in which someone steals a VIN from a car and uses that number to register a stolen vehicle. […]

Another year, another Canadian Premier League coach of the year nomination for Forge FC’s Bobby Smyrniotis. But while Smyrniotis’s team has won the CPL championship four of the league’s previous five seasons, he has yet to win coach of the year honours in his previous five selections as a finalist for the award. The Forge […]

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a change to the law that limited the right of an accused person to a preliminary inquiry does not apply to some ongoing cases. The top court’s ruling today helps clarify who is eligible for a preliminary inquiry — a judicial hearing to see if there is […]