105.9 The Region
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 […]
NIAGARA FALLS — Canada’s last captive whales are set to leave the country today as the six belugas from Marineland are headed to two aquariums in the United States. The closed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction is up for sale and the park has said it is running out of money and can no longer […]
FREDERICTON — Canadian author Paris Marx says there’s been a renewed interest in his list of alternatives to American technology in the past few weeks. Marx, who hosts the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, maintains a catalogue of email services, mobile phones and other tech created by firms outside the United States. He says more […]
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pushing her message for an end to the fierce U.S.-Canada trade war directly to Americans. Smith, appearing on the Fox Business Network, says Canadians are confused and disappointed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent effort to rebrand Lake Ontario as Lake America. She says it’s particularly confounding given […]
Construction on the longest stretch of a road network to Ontario’s mineral-rich Ring of Fire region has begun. The provincial government announced today that ground has been broken on a road to eventually connect the remote Marten Falls First Nation to the provincial highway network. Chief Bruce Achneepineskum says the route will strengthen connections to […]
WINDSOR — Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a crash in Windsor, Ont., that left a man dead on Sunday. The Special Investigations Unit says a Windsor police officer spotted a pickup truck of interest on St. Luke Road around 4 p.m. and tried to carry out a traffic stop. The SIU says the pickup truck […]
Police say a former Brampton, Ont., lawyer has been charged after allegedly defrauding people of more than $4 million through various mortgage and cheque scams. Peel regional police say the suspect lost his licence to practise law last year after a disciplinary tribunal found he knowingly participated in a mortgage fraud scheme in late 2019. […]