105.9 The Region

CALGARY — Pulling out a chunk of his idol Joe Thornton’s beard in a fight, riding the roller-coaster of being a Toronto Maple Leaf and becoming the first Muslim player to win a Stanley Cup are chronicled in Nazem Kadri’s book “Dreamer: My Life On The Edge”. The 34-year-old NHL player from London, Ont., has […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Laos this week to meet with southeast Asian leaders — the Liberal government’s latest effort to strengthen Canada’s ties in a region with strong Chinese influence. The visit on Thursday and Friday marks the third consecutive time Trudeau has attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, […]

OTTAWA — Nathalie Drouin, the prime minister’s national security and intelligence adviser, is scheduled to appear today at a federal inquiry into foreign interference. The commission of inquiry will also hear from Privy Council clerk John Hannaford, the country’s top public servant. They will testify alongside senior Privy Council official Daniel Rogers, former Privy Council […]

TORONTO — Another beluga whale has died at Marineland and four years into a provincial probe, Ontario’s solicitor general is saying little about the investigation’s progress. The latest beluga death is the fourth in the past year, provincial records show. Since 2019, 16 belugas and one killer whale have died at the Niagara Falls, Ont., […]

TORONTO — A new report says condo inventory is on the rise in most major Canadian markets as more sellers are listing their properties in anticipation of growing demand from buyers. The report by Re/Max Canada, which examined condominium activity from January to August of this year, found B.C.’s Fraser Valley led year-over-year inventory growth […]

TORONTO — Roughly half a century ago, Mikhail Baryshnikov dashed into a waiting car after a series of Toronto performances, defecting from the Soviet Union in a move that made international headlines. On Tuesday Baryshnikov, one of the most renowned ballet dancers of the 1970s and ’80s, paid tribute to the man who helped orchestrate […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was not allowed to speak in the House of Commons Tuesday as his public feud with Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly spilled into a second day. House Speaker Greg Fergus delivered the penalty to Poilievre in the morning, a day after he asked the leader of the opposition to […]

TORONTO — Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley alleges in his new memoir that he was pressured into a secret sexual relationship with his former manager, Treble Charger frontman Greig Nori. In his career-spanning book “Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell,” Whibley describes a manipulation of power that began shortly after Sum 41 […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Ministry of Health says four people have been sickened after consuming beef tongue believed to be contaminated with listeria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling many brands of jellied beef tongue sold in various Ontario stores. Many of the products were served to customers by store clerks and others were […]

TORONTO (AP) — When Pharrell Williams and Morgan Neville decided to embark on a movie about Williams’ life but animated in Lego pieces, they knew there would be culture shocks. But making “Piece by Piece” still led to some places that neither Williams, Neville or Lego could foresee. “We did have extensive conversations about how […]