105.9 The Region
TORONTO — The Ontario government is moving ahead with a plan to remove and overhaul Toronto bike lanes after winning a court battle. The province says it has put out a bid request to study and design options to restore vehicle traffic on bike lane sections of Bloor Street, Yonge Street, Avenue Road and around […]
TORONTO — The union representing nearly 19,000 Canadian auto workers is set to open contract talks with Stellantis today, marking the final round of its bargaining with the Detroit Three. Unifor has already ratified new collective agreements with Ford Motor Co. and General Motors this summer with current deals set to expire Sept. 20. Unifor […]
NIAGARA FALLS — Tofino, a massive beluga weighing more than 1,500 kilograms, has made history as the last captive whale in Canada to be plucked out of Marineland’s waters. The shuttered tourist attraction in Niagara Falls, Ont., completed the largest collective move of captive whales the world has ever seen Monday, shipping 30 belugas and […]
TORONTO — Liberal Tanveer Shahnawaz is projected to win Monday’s byelection in the federal riding of Beaches-East York to maintain the party’s hold on the Toronto-area seat. The 30-year-old is well ahead of the NDP’s Shannon Devine and Conservative Jim Syrbos. The byelection was triggered when Nate Erskine-Smith resigned last month after a failed attempt […]
FREDERICTON — Canadian author Paris Marx says there’s been a renewed interest in his list of alternatives to U.S. technology since President Donald Trump signed an order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” Marx, who hosts the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and is based in St. John’s, N.L., maintains a catalogue of email services, […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s new cash bail system has been put on hold while a judge weighs a challenge to its constitutionality. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association were granted an injunction Monday, after their lawyers and those for the province presented their arguments in the case last week. The new rules […]
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Apple to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its maps app, his administration’s interior chief said Monday, days after signing an executive order over the body of water now in the spotlight amid his escalating trade war with Canada. Interior Secretary Doug […]
Online posts claiming Canada blocked vessels from entering Lake Ontario through a canal on the St. Lawrence Seaway appeared online this week. The posts claimed a Fox News report said Canada would allow the vessels to pass through if they agreed to refer to the lake as Lake Ontario instead of Lake America. There is […]
TORONTO — Greg Keelor had been mulling what to say about Donald Trump all night. Blue Rodeo was about to play “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet” during their Saturday show at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, and the Canadian band’s frontman knew their 1993 hit contained a newly loaded lyric: “Out in the middle of Lake Ontario.” Keelor […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s new cash bail system has been put on hold while a judge weighs a challenge to its constitutionality. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association were granted an injunction today, after their lawyers and those for the province presented their arguments in the case last week. More coming. The […]