105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Dane Myers hit a three-run homer and Xzavion Curry pitched five strong innings to lead the Miami Marlins to an 8-1 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday at Rogers Centre. Myers also had a two-run double while Griffin Conine chipped in with three of Miami’s 11 hits. Darren McCaughan pitched four […]

OTTAWA — Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks. “I’m not someone who really likes to talk about myself or my personal life either,” St-Onge said in an interview with The […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal party of today is not quite the same as the one elected in 2015 promising to foster new paths and nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous Peoples, the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations said as they look ahead to the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday. “Our reconciliation […]

TORONTO — Scott Cresswell was behind the wheel of an unmarked white police truck as he drove across the Greater Toronto Area looking for compounds that might be used to hide stolen vehicles. The York Regional Police detective entered a crowded commercial zone in Mississauga, Ont., where dozens of cars were parked, scanning for suspicious […]

SARNIA, Ont. — Tyson Doucette scored 1:42 into overtime to give the Sarnia Sting a wild 5-4 win over the visiting Windsor Spitfires in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday night. Kaeden Johnston scored twice in regulation for the Sting (1-0), while Zach Filak and Beckham Edwards added singles. Cole Davis, Jack Nesbitt, Liam Greentree […]

TORONTO (AP) — Xavier Edwards had the first three-triple game in the majors since 2014, Jonah McBride homered twice and the Miami Marlins set a season high in runs by routing the Toronto Blue Jays 15-5 on Friday night. Edwards hit a sharp grounder down the right-field line for a triple in the second inning, […]

TORONTO — Xavier Edwards hit three triples and Jonah Bride homered twice as the Miami Marlins crushed the Toronto Blue Jays 15-5 on Friday at Rogers Centre. The Marlins (60-100) broke through early, plating three runs in the first inning off Jays’ starter Jose Berríos. Miami built some heavy momentum and never slowed down, recording […]

TORONTO (AP) — Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will miss the final two games of the season because of a health issue in his family, the team announced during Friday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Bench coach Luis Urueta will lead the club for the remainder of the weekend series. This is Schumaker’s […]

TORONTO — As far as legacies go, it’s a complicated one for Vince Carter and the Toronto Raptors. That won’t stop Canada’s lone NBA team from honouring the player who put the franchise on the map. The Raptors will retire Carter’s No. 15 on Nov. 2 at Scotiabank Arena, making him the first player in […]

OTTAWA — A former parliamentarian is suspected of “having worked to influence parliamentary business” on behalf of an unnamed foreign government, Canada’s spy service told a federal inquiry Friday. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service also cited indications that an unspecified foreign government engaged in meddling to reduce the likelihood of a specific Liberal candidate of […]