105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Toronto police say one man is dead after shots were fired on a bus near one of the city’s busiest shopping malls. Officers were called late Sunday to the Yorkdale GO bus terminal, adjacent to the Yorkdale Shopping Mall in North York. Police say one man had been shot and later died of […]

TOWNSHIP OF CRAMAHE — Provincial police say a pedestrian has been killed on the side of Highway 401 in central Ontario. OPP say officers were called to a collision involving two vehicles near Cochrane Road in the Township of Cramahe late Saturday. They say a vehicle was parked close to the median in the westbound […]

TORONTO — Brandon Ingram led the way with 29 points as the Toronto Raptors surged past the Atlanta Hawks 134-117 on Saturday. RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., who is still on a minutes restriction after spraining his right knee, had a season-high 27 points and four rebounds in 30 minutes of play for Toronto (21-15). […]

TORONTO — Hockey Hall of Famer Brendan Shanahan will lead a review of men’s junior hockey in Ontario and deliver recommendations to Hockey Canada and three of its Ontario members, the national federation said Saturday. Shanahan, who was let go by the Toronto Maple Leafs last May after serving as team president for over a […]

BECKWITH TOWNSHIP — Provincial police in eastern Ontario say a 50-year-old man is dead after a snowmobiling accident. OPP say officers were called to a property adjacent to Brunton Sideroad in Beckwith Township, just west of Ottawa, shortly before 4:30 a.m. Saturday. They say a family member had located a man on the property and […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says a 13-year-old giraffe has died after getting caught in an opening door to his behind-the-scenes habitat. A post on the zoo’s Facebook page says Kiko, the male Masai giraffe, was being given access to an additional area of his habitat on Thursday when he began exploring the space and […]

Toronto police say a dog died and pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision in the city’s west end. Police say the incident happened in the area of Lakeshore Boulevard and Remembrance Drive Friday shortly before 2:20 p.m. They say the dog and the pedestrian were struck by a vehicle. Police say the dog died […]

MARKHAM — Police in York Region say a child was critically injured in a residential fire in Markham, Ont. They say first responders rushed to the scene in the area of 16th Avenue and 9th Line shortly after 12 p.m. Friday. Police initially said the home was evacuated and no injuries were reported. But in […]

MISSISSAUGA — Ontario’s police watchdog says it is no longer investigating the self-inflicted death of an 18-year-old man in Mississauga last year after determining there was no way officers could have intervened. The Special Investigations Unit was called to investigate in November after the man died at a parkade at Square One Shopping Centre. The […]

BARRIE — Police in Barrie, Ont., say they will have a “significant” presence today and tomorrow in the area of a home where a child was found dead on New Year’s Eve, as their investigation continues. They say the discovery was made after officers responded to a call for a well-being check at a house […]