105.9 The Region

A northeastern Ontario jury has started deliberating in Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial. Jurors heard the complainant’s emotional account of her encounter with Hoggard eight years ago in Kirkland Lake, Ont., and her allegations that he raped, choked, slapped and urinated on her. They heard Hoggard’s own dramatically different account of what he […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Jurors have begun their deliberations in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard, 40, has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in an incident alleged to have taken place on June 25, 2016 in Kirkland Lake, Ont. Both the Crown and defence agree that a sexual encounter took place […]

TORONTO — A Canadian man who is trapped in Lebanon with his family says they are anxiously waiting for seats on a flight out of the country, as a barrage of Israeli airstrikes continues. Jalal Tabaja, a father of four Canadian children, says he has moved his family to a hotel in a quieter area […]

TORONTO — The police officer who was shot and seriously injured in Toronto’s midtown on Wednesday was released from hospital the next day, a spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Association confirmed Friday. The shooting in the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood fuelled concerns about a recent spate of Toronto gun violence and recharged political debates about […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 100 points in late-morning trading, boosted by strength in the base metal and technology stocks, while U.S. stock markets also pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 136.18 points at 24,104.68. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 17.13 points at […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has begun delivering his final instructions to a northeastern Ontario jury today. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay is laying out the legal principles jurors must apply as they consider the evidence heard in the nearly two-week trial. Jurors are […]

A third man has been charged with murder in connection to a fatal stabbing in Toronto over the weekend. Police say officers responded to a call about a stabbing in the area of Finch Avenue East and Brimley Road on Saturday at around 6:45 p.m. They say a man was found with stabbing injuries and […]

TORONTO — The police officer who was shot and seriously injured in Toronto’s midtown on Wednesday has been released from hospital. A spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Association says the 29-year-old officer was sent home on Thursday. The shooting in the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood happened at around 5:30 p.m. when police who were conducting […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to begin delivering his final instructions to a northeastern Ontario jury today. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay will lay out the legal principles jurors must apply as they consider the evidence heard in the nearly two-week trial. […]

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference plans to hear from senior Global Affairs Canada officials today. A slate of department representatives will testify as the commission of inquiry looks at ways of detecting and countering foreign meddling. Early next week the inquiry expects to hear from officials of the Privy Council Office, Canadian […]