105.9 The Region

Sam La Roue is getting another chance to be a football player. The six-foot-four, 220-pound receiver figured he was done in the sport after the Western Mustangs lost 51-31 to Wilfrid Laurier in the 2024 Yates Cup. But on Friday, La Roue, currently a defenceman with the National Lacrosse League’s Halifax Thunderbirds, will don the […]

TORONTO — Former Toronto mayor John Tory has announced he won’t be running in this year’s municipal election. Tory says he has chosen not to run out of consideration for his family, as he does not want to put them through the “inevitable attacks” on him and his personal life. Tory served as Toronto’s mayor […]

TORONTO — A defence lawyer for Frank Stronach suggested Tuesday that a woman went back to his “bachelor pad” after a dinner date decades ago because she was excited that a wealthy man wanted to take her home. Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh began cross-examining the woman, who is the seventh and final complainant to testify […]

TORONTO — Three Ontario New Democrats have set off on a road trip from Toronto to the Manitoba border and back to highlight the dangers of northern roads. Northern legislators John Vanthof, Guy Bourgouin and Sol Mamakwa say the time has come for Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative government to take action to […]

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says the receiver of a mine that experienced a catastrophic failure of its storage site in 2024 is “moving closer to finding a suitable buyer.” It says that PricewaterhouseCoopers has also indicated in its latest report to the court that it plans to sell some assets from the Eagle Gold […]

Police in Toronto and York region say a 19-year-old suspect from Edmonton is wanted in two separate murders that took place earlier this year. Police say the suspect is facing first-degree murder charges in the killings of two men. Investigators say 65-year-old Sergio Lopes was gunned down in front of a Vaughan, Ont., business on […]

TORONTO — A lawyer representing Frank Stronach is questioning the final complainant in the businessman’s sexual assault case about the lawyers she consulted before speaking to police. Leora Shemesh began cross-examining the woman this morning after the court heard some legal arguments. The woman, who is in her late 60s, testified Monday that she went […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they are investigating after gunfire hit a synagogue in the city’s north end last night. Police were called to the area of Old Colony and Harrison roads for reports of gunshots shortly before 11 p.m. They say officers found evidence of gunfire at the scene and there was damage to […]

VANCOUVER — Signs of the FIFA World Cup are slowly beginning to emerge in Vancouver and Toronto — literally. Windows at the former Hudson’s Bay former flagship store in downtown Vancouver now don the tournament’s logo in a variety of colours with the words “We are Vancouver.” Billboards proclaiming that “the beautiful game is coming […]

TORONTO — A philanthropic organization says it’s donating $25 million to establish a new system for tackling homelessness in Toronto that will use an evidence-based approach to move people off the streets and into supportive housing. The Slaight Family Foundation says the money will go to a St. Michael’s Hospital research centre, as well as […]