105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada’s long-held consensus on immigration is under threat, but has not disappeared. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to slash Canada’s immigration targets by 20 per cent next year and admitted his government did not get the balance right after the COVID-19 pandemic. Conservative Leader Pierre […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — The defence is set to continue its submissions at the sentencing hearing for a man who stabbed three people in a University of Waterloo gender studies class last year. Geovanny Villalba-Aleman has pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, one count of assault with a weapon and one count of assault […]

TORONTO (AP) — Craig Berube ran a gauntlet of emotions Thursday morning. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach was poised to face the St. Louis Blues — the team he led to its only Stanley Cup in 2019, and the one that fired him last December — looking for a bounce-back performance following an ugly effort […]

TORONTO — Craig Berube ran a gauntlet of emotions Thursday morning. The Maple Leafs head coach was poised to face the St. Louis Blues — the team he led to its only Stanley Cup victory in 2019, and the one that fired him last December — looking for a bounceback performance from his group following […]

BARRIE, Ont. — Malcolm Spence scored the game-winning goal at 1:14 of the third period as the Erie Otters edged the Barrie Colts 2-1 in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday night. Matthew Schaefer had the other goal for Erie. Noah Erliden made 41 saves. Beau Jelsma replied for Barrie. BATTALION 3 67’S 2 NORTH […]

TORONTO (AP) — Jordan Binnington made 40 saves, Dylan Holloway scored twice and St. Louis beat Toronto 5-1 on Thursday night, spoiling Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube’s first game against the Blues since they fired him in December. Berube led St. Louis to the franchise’s only Stanley Cup in 2019. Philip Broberg, Alexandre Texier and […]

TORONTO — Jordan Binnington made 41 saves as the St. Louis Blues downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Thursday night. Dylan Holloway, with two, Philip Broberg, Alexandre Texier and Jake Neighbours scored for St. Louis (5-3-0). Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich added two assists each. Oliver Ekman-Larsson replied for Toronto (4-4-0), which got 22 […]

The man who stabbed three people at a University of Waterloo gender studies class last year was clearly motivated by hate, prosecutors argued Thursday, as a defence lawyer rejected the notion that the attack was ideology-driven. In its submissions at Geovanny Villalba-Aleman’s sentencing hearing, the provincial Crown cited Villalba-Aleman’s hateful remarks about feminists and members […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index closed lower Thursday as mining and telecom stocks weighed, while U.S. stocks were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 22.07 points at 24,551.55. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 140.59 points at 42,374.36. The S&P 500 index was up 12.44 points at 5,809.86, while […]

TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley is considered questionable for the Toronto Raptors’ game tomorrow against the visiting Philadelphia 76ers. Quickley was leading Toronto’s offence when Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland undercut him when contesting a rebound late in the second quarter of last night’s home opener. He fell hard on his tailbone and left the game […]