105.9 The Region

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays dealt reliever Trevor Richards to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday ahead of major-league baseball’s trade deadline. Toronto acquired outfielder Jay Harry, 22, from the Twins. He has appeared in 82 games with High-A Cedar Rapids, hitting .214 with eight home runs and 39 runs-batted in. The major-league trade deadline […]

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp. says it lost US$24.5 million in its second quarter, down from a profit of US$28 million a year earlier. Revenues for the toy and entertainment company totalled US$412 million, down from US$420.7 million during the same quarter last year. The company says revenues increased in entertainment but were lower in […]

KIRKLAND LAKE, ONT. — Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve connected two double homicides in a small town in northeastern Ontario to one suspect who has since died. Police say on July 30, 2023, emergency officials responded to a medical call at a home in Kirkland Lake, a town with a population of roughly 7,700. They […]

TORONTO — Intact Financial Corp. says its profits rose in the second quarter as past catastrophe losses are helping drive insurance premium growth. The Toronto-based insurer says its net income for the quarter came in at $758 million, up from $260 million in the same quarter last year. The company says it earned $4.04 per […]

York Regional Police say they’re looking for a suspect after several acts of suspected hate-motivated vandalism were reported in a neighborhood north of Toronto that is home to a large Jewish community. Police say they’re investigating seven instances of graffiti involving businesses and a synagogue that were spray painted with anti-Semitic messages in Thornhill, a […]

TORONTO — Strength in financials and utilities helped Canada’s main stock index stay afloat Tuesday as U.S. markets were mixed, weighed down by losses in the tech sector. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 45.10 points at 22,824.67. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 203.40 points at 40,743.33. The S&P 500 […]

OTTAWA — The head of the federal public service says he is personally committed to “continuous action” to address racism and discrimination in the workplace, following the public release of an internal report that details employees’ troubling experiences on the job. Privy Council clerk John Hannaford says the department has put a number of initiatives […]

TORONTO — Cycling advocates are calling for urgent action to improve safety on Toronto’s streets after a 24-year-old rider who was hit by a dump truck died last week, marking the fifth cyclist fatality in the city this year. The five fatalities so far in 2024 have surpassed the city’s combined number of cyclist deaths […]

TORONTO — A new report says condo rents in Canada’s mostly densely populated region have dipped for the first time in three years. The report from Urbanation Inc. says average condo rents on new leases in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area were down 1.2 per cent in the second quarter compared with last year. […]

TORONTO — Gains in the financial and telecom sectors helped Canada’s main stock index rise in late-morning trading Tuesday, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 53.92 points at 22,833.49. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 46.69 points at 40,586.62. The S&P 500 index was down […]