105.9 The Region
After a short stint leading the Ontario Liberals, Bonnie Crombie is looking to get her old job back as mayor of Mississauga, Ont. Crombie wrote to supporters in a message obtained by The Canadian Press that she intends to register as a mayoral candidate on Tuesday. She will be up against incumbent mayor Carolyn Parrish, […]
ORILLIA — A handful of Quebec municipalities and organizations are offering to take a controversial statue of Samuel de Champlain from an Ontario city in Simcoe County. The nearly four-metre-tall bronze monument of the 17th Century explorer and founder of Quebec City was removed from a park in Orillia, Ont., and placed in storage in […]
TORONTO — A Toronto street that should have been packed with vendors and dancing people was all but deserted on Sunday after a shooting the night before at the Salsa on St. Clair festival left two people dead and sent thousands running for cover. The street festival on St. Clair Avenue West was scheduled to […]
TORONTO — Several people were injured following a chaotic scene in Toronto that involved gunfire, a carjacking and pedestrians hit by a car. Police say they responded at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday to a report of gunshots fired east of downtown Toronto, hours after an unrelated shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival left […]
TORONTO — The remainder of Toronto’s Salsa on St. Clair festival has been cancelled as police continue to investigate a shooting that left two people dead and others injured at the event on Saturday night. Organizers say in an Instagram post the street festival will not resume today and their thoughts are with everyone affected […]
CIGAR LAKE, SASK. — After about a decade of stagnation, the nuclear industry is now seeing what some are calling a renaissance. Here’s a look at the sector in Canada and its future plans. Canada is the world’s second-largest uranium producer In 2024, Canada produced 14.3 kilotonnes of uranium or about $3 billion in production […]
TORONTO — An evening of music and dancing at Toronto’s Salsa on St. Clair festival ended in chaos on Saturday night after an exchange of gunfire left two men dead, injured several others and sent thousands of attendees running for safety. The shooting at one of the city’s most popular summer events drew widespread condemnation, […]
A new deal has been struck for a three-year labour contract between a union representing Canadian autoworkers and Ford Motor Co.. The tentative agreement covers roughly 5,000 workers at five plants in southern Ontario and one in Alberta. Details are being kept under wraps until they can be presented to union members for ratification. Negotiations […]
TORONTO — Toronto police say two people are dead and three injured in a shooting in the area where the Salsa on St. Clair festival is currently being held. Police say there is an active shooter and they are asking the public to avoid the area. More to come. The Canadian Press
REGINA — Jake Dolegala isn’t shying away from stepping into the starting quarterback role for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Dolegala, who has a 2-9 career record as a CFL starter, will take over for the injured Bo Levi Mitchell when the Tiger-Cats visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday. The 29-year-old Dolegala, who is in his second […]