105.9 The Region

TORONTO — An Ontario lawyer accused of being deeply embedded in a violent transnational drug smuggling ring has “extraordinary” incentive to flee and may have access to hidden resources that would help him evade law enforcement, federal prosecutors argued Thursday in opposing his release. Deepak Paradkar faces multiple life sentences in the U.S., where he […]

A 26-year-old is facing murder charges after a police investigation into the death of an infant in northern Ontario back in May. Ontario Provincial Police say Sioux Lookout detachment officers responded to a call on Sturgeon River Road about an unresponsive five-month-old child on May 9. Police say they conducted a thorough investigation with the […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police are investigating after a child was fatally struck by a public transit bus on Thursday. Police say the crash happened near Emerald Street and Wilson Street and it involved a Hamilton Street Railway bus. They say the child has died from their injuries. Police did not immediately provide further details on […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man who died in 2019 has been identified as the killer in three cold case homicides, and investigators believe there could be more victims. Police say recent forensic testing conclusively identified Kenneth Smith of Windsor, Ont., who died at 72, as the person who killed two women in the […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break. Members of provincial parliament typically resume sitting at Queen’s Park after the holidays in mid-February, following Family Day. Today, on the last day of sitting this year, government House leader Steve Clark […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man who died in 2019 has been identified as the perpetrator of three cold case homicides, and investigators believe there could be more victims. Police say recent forensic testing has conclusively identified Kenneth Smith, 72, of Windsor, Ont., as the person who killed two women in the 1980s and […]

TORONTO — The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a transnational drug smuggling ring told his bail hearing today she never saw her husband receive luxurious gifts or suspicious amounts of cash from clients in their decades together. Federal prosecutors are asking Mandy Paradkar about the couple’s finances, assets and work as she […]

TORONTO — AFC Toronto forward Jade Kovacevic, the first player signing announced by the Northern Super League, is calling time on her professional career. The 31-year-old from Acton, Ont., played professionally in Hungary and Italy before returning home to star in League1 Ontario and then sign with her hometown club. Kovacevic called the decision to […]

TORONTO — Researchers say there’s been a dramatic rise in the number of people going on medications to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Ontario, suggesting factors such as more time spent online and the rise of private assessments for the mental condition could be behind the increase. A study published Thursday in JAMA Network Open […]

VANCOUVER — An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of “uncertainty” caused by the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling, according to the marketers of the property. Court documents show that the […]