105.9 The Region

TORONTO — More Canadians leaving the Middle East are expected to arrive in Toronto’s Pearson Airport this morning as the war in Iran reaches the one-week mark. Passengers arriving from Dubai left on an Emirates flight that the government booked 51 seats on to secure travel for Canadians out of the region. The Emirates flight […]

TORONTO — Environment Canada is calling for 15 to 40 millimetres of rain and thunderstorms across Ontario, leading to potential flooding. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement calling for 15 to 40 millimetres of rainfall, with locally higher totals possible due to thunderstorms. Rain combined with mild temperatures is expected to melt much […]

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs are used to adding at the NHL trade deadline. This year’s edition was markedly different. And after Toronto general manager Brad Treliving met the media once the horn sounded, the path forward for a tortured Original Six franchise that’s enjoyed plenty of regular-season success most of the last decade remained […]

Police say a shelter-in-place order has been lifted in a northern Ontario community after one suspect was found dead and the second one was arrested Thursday evening. Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to reports of gunshots in the area of Don Park in Atikokan, Ont., Wednesday shortly after 7 p.m. and they located one […]

Liam Talbot earned a little payback at the CFL’s invitational combine. The Windsor Lancers running back was left off the combine’s initial invitation list before being added Jan. 1. The five-foot-11, 210-pound Talbot used the snub as motivation Friday in Waterloo, Ont., earning one of eight berths to the CFL’s national combine March 27-29 in […]

TORONTO — Bobby McMann is headed west. The struggling Toronto Maple Leafs dealt the winger to the Seattle Kraken for a second-round pick in the 2027 draft and a fourth-round pick in 2026 ahead of Friday’s NHL trade deadline. Veteran centre Scott Laughton, the other pending unrestricted free agent forward on the roster, is also […]

WASHINGTON — Canada’s new chief trade negotiator to the United States met her American counterpart in Washington on Friday as Ottawa sought to steady the bilateral relationship ahead of a review of the critical continental trade pact. Janice Charette was joined by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Canada’s newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States […]

There was tangible relief among Canadians who landed Friday morning in Toronto on a flight from Dubai, as an escalating conflict in the Middle East causes travel chaos that has included thousands of flight cancellations. Returning travellers described a long and anxious process to find their way home. Meanwhile, the Canadian government announced Friday it […]

TORONTO — An Ontario judge is suggesting billionaire businessman Frank Stronach will eventually be found not guilty on some of the charges he faces as his sexual assault trial continues in Toronto. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy indicated this afternoon that a not-guilty verdict would be entered on a charge of attempted rape after […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says a man in Barrie is dead after police shot him with a stun gun. The Special Investigations Unit says initial reports suggest the 29-year-old man was pulled over by Barrie police at around 3:30 a.m. The SIU says the man fled on foot after police learned he was wanted on an […]