105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Education bargaining season is starting in Ontario and the unions say their priorities include smaller class sizes, improved special education funding and higher wages. Contracts for teachers and education workers in Ontario’s public elementary, secondary, Catholic and French schools expire in August and their unions announced today that they have served notice to […]

TORONTO — The Greater Toronto Area marked its third straight month of higher home sales compared with a year earlier, as the city’s real estate board says the market tightened in May. A total of 6,583 homes in the region changed hands last month, up 6.3 per cent compared with May 2025, while sales also […]

TORONTO — Until just a few years ago, Andersson Boscan ran La Posta, a digital media outlet he co-founded in Ecuador and helped grow into one of the country’s most influential online voices. Boscan and his wife Monica Velasquez, both journalists, published explosive stories on how powerful politicians colluded with drug cartels and organized crime […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s legislature started a 21-week break on Tuesday and by the time members of provincial parliament return from the summer recess, it will nearly be Halloween. Opposition leaders say time politicians spend introducing, debating and passing bills in the legislature is shrinking under Premier Doug Ford’s government, and they believe it’s a way […]

Posts shared to social media in the past week claimed to show video of a Bishnoi gang member firing guns in Caledon, Ont. The claims are false, as the original video was posted by a content creator who appears to be based in California. The Ontario Provincial Police say the video originated from the United […]

Posts shared to social media in the past week claimed to show video of a Bishnoi gang member firing guns in Caledon, Ont. The claims are false, as the original video was posted by a content creator who appears to be based in California. The Ontario Provincial Police say the video originated from the United […]

PICKERING — A Pickering, Ont., city councillor previously embroiled in multiple misconduct complaints and pay suspensions has announced she’s running for mayor in this year’s municipal elections. Coun. Lisa Robinson made the announcement in a video Sunday and is set to run against Kevin Ashe, incumbent mayor for the city east of Toronto, in the […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s members of provincial parliament will get an extra long break from the legislature this summer, as it takes a 21-week recess. The extended break comes after the legislature sat for 30 days, following a 14-week winter break. Government house leader Steve Clark says the house will come back on Oct. 27, the […]

WINNIPEG — Too old. Too slow. Too inaccurate. That’s some of the criticism Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans have about Zach Collaros as the 37-year-old quarterback enters his 14th CFL season. But it’s not the version of Collaros his teammates saw during training camp. “I feel good energy from him,” running back Brady Oliveira said. “It’s […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl at a store in the city’s east end last month. Police say they were called to the area of Finch Avenue East and McCowan Road the afternoon of May 12 after a report of a sexual assault. […]