105.9 The Region

TORONTO (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored seven of his 40 points in overtime, and the Denver Nuggets overcame a 15-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 127-125 on Monday night. Canadian star Jamal Murray sent the game to overtime by making a reverse layup for the Nuggets with less than a second remaining in regulation. […]

WINNIPEG — John Tavares had a hat trick and Max Pacioretty chipped in three assists in a 6-4 Toronto Maple Leafs’ victory Monday that ended the Winnipeg Jets’ reign as the only unbeaten NHL team. Winnipeg had opened the season with a franchise-record eight consecutive victories (8-1-0). The Maple Leafs (5-4-1) snapped a three-game winless […]

A second Ontario municipality has formally decided it is willing to become the site of a deep geological repository for Canada’s nuclear waste. The Municipality of South Bruce, located south of Owen Sound, held a referendum putting the question to its residents and the results released today show they voted 51 per cent in favour […]

TORONTO — Canada’s newest Nobel Prize recipient says he’s donated half his share of the award to a charity training Indigenous communities in how to develop and provide access to safe water systems. The charity given a portion of Geoffrey Hinton’s winnings is Water First, an organization based in Creemore, Ont. Hinton doesn’t have a […]

TORONTO — For the first time in his budding squash career, Canada’s Salah Eltorgman can approach the Olympic quadrennial with the goal of playing at the Summer Games. The Western University student is aiming to represent Canada in Los Angeles in 2028 when squash makes its Olympic debut. “It definitely pushes you to train harder,” […]

TORONTO — RJ Barrett will make his regular-season debut tonight as his Toronto Raptors host the Denver Nuggets. The swingman from Mississauga, Ont., missed most of the pre-season and Toronto’s first three games of the regular season with a sprained shoulder. Barrett was hurt trying to fight through a screen in the Raptors’ first pre-season […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained just over 100 points Monday as strength in financial and technology stocks helped outweigh losses in energy, while U.S. markets also moved higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 101.99 points at 24,565.66. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 273.17 points at 42,387.57. The […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets within 60 days. Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year in order to be exempt from the law, which compels […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court hearing is underway today to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against Canada for discrimination. The certification hearing began this morning in Toronto and could last up to 12 days. The class-action is made up of some 45,000 Black workers and applicants […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC, taking the first steps in what’s been billed as a “total rebuild,” has declined 2025 contract options on defenders Aimé Mabika and Shane O’Neill, midfielder Brandon Servania and goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh. The four players made a combined $1.24 million last season (all figures in U.S. dollars), led by Servania’s $602,708. The […]