105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy, supply chain security and carbon capture technologies — no matter who won the contest, newly released government memos show. Several months before Americans headed to the polls, one internal Global Affairs Canada memo […]

TORONTO — The year’s most borrowed books at some of Canada’s biggest libraries include “The Women” by Kristin Hannah and “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros. The Toronto Public Library says many of its most-borrowed books for 2024 centre on strong female characters. “Fourth Wing” and its sequel “Iron Flame” top the list at the TPL, […]

TORONTO — A decision over whether to expand an obscure dog sport in Ontario sparked division within Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative caucus that saw the premier agree to cancel a new licensing regime before later resurrecting it, The Canadian Press has learned. At trial and train areas, hunters can unleash dogs inside massive, fenced-in areas […]

TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz became the latest significant Toronto Maple Leafs player to suffer an injury with the NHL season just shy of the one-third mark. Stolarz departed with a lower-body injury after the first period of a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. Max Pacioretty led the way for Toronto with two […]

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Gavin Bryant scored the overtime winner to give the Peterborough Petes a 4-3 win over the Oshawa Generals in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday night. Martin Matejicek, Colin Fitzgerald and Jonathan Melee had the other goals for the Petes. Luke Torrance, Colby Barlow and Zackary Sandhu tallied for Oshawa. ICEDOGS 7 […]

TORONTO (AP) — Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday night. William Nylander also scored and John Tavares had two assists for the Maple Leafs, who have won two straight. Anthony Stolalrz started in goal and stopped seven before leaving due to […]

TORONTO — Max Pacioretty scored twice and set up linemate William Nylander for another goal to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday. Pacioretty’s second goal, a redirect off a point shot from Conor Timmins, gave Toronto a 3-1 advantage midway through the second period and proved to be the […]

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz left Thursday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks because of a lower-body injury. He did not return to the ice after the first intermission at Scotiabank Arena. The NHL team did not reveal injury specifics but did confirm that Stolarz would not return to the game. Stolarz was […]

OTTAWA — Zayne Parekh lived a strange week earlier this month. The Calgary Flames prospect was crushed after being left off Canada’s list of selection camp hopefuls for the upcoming world junior hockey championship. A chance to pull on the red Maple Leaf was a dream. At age 18, there would still be next year. […]

A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada, has been approved by the companies’ creditors, a lawyer representing some of the creditors said Thursday, calling it an important milestone in a lengthy legal saga. The proposed $32.5-billion global settlement between the […]