105.9 The Region

TORONTO — The New York Mets took advantage of some sloppy Toronto defence in a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre. A throwing error, wild pitch and passed ball in the eighth inning led to a pair of New York runs and made a loser of reliever Tommy Nance […]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Upon touching down on home soil, Paralympic silver medallist Jesse Zesseu called his first Games a surreal moment. Several Canadian Paralympians returned home at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, with smiles on their faces and some with family awaiting them at arrivals. Zesseu, a 25-year-old from Toronto, won silver in the […]

TORONTO (AP) — New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn won’t pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays this series because of a sore lower back, manager Carlos Mendoza said Monday. Blackburn had been expected to come off the 15-day injured list to face the Blue Jays. Instead, right-hander Tylor Megill was set to start Monday for […]

TORONTO — The Juno Awards are pulling four categories from next year’s ceremony as part of a wider review of Canada’s biggest music awards show. In a letter obtained by The Canadian Press, organizers told committee members last week of plans to put on “hiatus” reggae recording, children’s album, Christian/gospel album and international album of […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained almost 250 points Monday amid a broad rally led by financial, industrial and technology stocks, while U.S. markets also climbed higher, snapping out of last week’s losing streak. “The U.S. market is staging a pretty nice rebound after what was the worst week of the year,” said Mona […]

OTTAWA — The federal government says Canada will challenge recent increases to softwood lumber duties by the United States. International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada has taken steps to launch two legal challenges under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. Ng describes the duties as unfair and unjust and says they will harm Canadian industry and […]

TORONTO — The Juno Awards have notified committee members that it plans to remove four categories from the 2025 ceremony. In a letter obtained by The Canadian Press, reggae recording, children’s album, Christian/gospel album and international album of the year have all been placed on “hiatus” as part of a “broader set of updates” yet […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 16-year-old boy was grazed in the head by a bullet during a shooting in a high school parking lot and officers are searching for a teen suspect. Police say officers responded to a call for a shooting in the parking lot at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, in Toronto’s east end, […]

TORONTO (AP) — The day after the premiere of their film “Nightbitch,” Amy Adams and Marielle Heller are sitting in a Toronto restaurant reflecting on all that went into, as Heller puts it, “birthing” a movie that captures some of the truest, rawest but seldom Instagrammed things about early motherhood. Their film, which writer-director Heller […]

INGERSOLL, Ont. — Unifor says bargaining has begun with General Motors for workers at the automaker’s CAMI assembly plant and battery facility in Ingersoll, Ont. The union says the negotiations will focus on higher pay, job security and better pension plans for its unionized workers. GM is expected to match the pattern set last year […]