105.9 The Region

TORONTO — The Saskatchewan Roughriders dominated the honour roll for Week 16 of the CFL season with quarterback Trevor Harris, linebacker Jameer Thurman and the offensive line among those earning top marks. Harris led all offensive players with a player grade of 92.5 after completing 16 of 18 passes for 248 yards and a touchdown […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s chief electoral officer is playing down any suggestion that Elections Canada should directly administer political nomination or leadership contests. In an interview with counsel for a federal inquiry into foreign interference, Stéphane Perrault pointed to the importance of parties controlling their own processes and indicated his agency lacks the resources to administer […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The complainant in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial says she attended a concert by his band Hedley in Kirkland Lake, Ont., the night of the alleged assault in June 2016. The woman said during brief testimony this afternoon that she was 19 years old at the time and attended an after-party with […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Tuesday, led by energy and base metal stocks, while U.S. markets also moved higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 57.51 points at 23,952.22. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 83.57 points at 42,208.22. The S&P 500 index was up 14.36 points at 5,732.93, […]

TORONTO — Unifor says Ontario’s labour relations board has given the union the O.K. to represent workers at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont. The certification allows Unifor to become the bargaining agent for about 800 workers at the site west of Toronto on Maritz Drive. The certification marks Walmart’s first warehouse to unionize in […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Crown prosecutors have begun their case in Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial by outlining evidence they expect the complainant will share in court. Prosecutor Lilly Gates said in a brief opening statement this afternoon that the complainant, whose name is under a publication ban, will describe a sexual assault that […]

UCLA will play Baylor and Texas will face Maryland in a women’s basketball doubleheader in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic in January. The games will be played in New Jersey at the Prudential Center on Jan. 20, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Coretta Scott King Classic was formed to honor the […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a driver who allegedly killed a cyclist in an August crash has turned himself in. Police say the 28-year-old surrendered to investigators Tuesday and was charged criminally with dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death, as well as a provincial charge of careless driving causing death. Officers responded around 8:20 […]

TORONTO — Governor Tiff Macklem says he is pleased that inflation has fallen to two per cent, but the Bank of Canada now has to “stick the landing” and keep price growth centred around the target. That’s according to prepared remarks the governor is delivering in Toronto today at an event hosted by the Institute […]

OTTAWA — The federal Fisheries Department says it has reached an agreement with France allowing fishers from the tiny archipelago near Newfoundland a portion of the annual Atlantic halibut catch. In a new release Monday, the department said fishers from the French territory of St-Pierre-Miquelon will be allowed three per cent of the total allowable […]