105.9 The Region

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. […]

WASHINGTON — A top U.S. official says President Donald Trump contacted Apple directly to get it to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told the Fox Business network today the body of water’s name might change on Apple maps very soon. Trump signed an executive order last […]

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Voting to begin in federal byelections in Toronto, Vancouver and Chicoutimi ridings Voting gets underway today in byelections in three federal ridings, including what could be a close race in rural Quebec. Conservative Richard Martel resigned his […]

TORONTO — Voters are heading to the polls today in the Liberal stronghold of Beaches—East York in Toronto. It’s one of three federal byelections being held today to fill recently vacated seats in Parliament. Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith resigned the Beaches—East York seat last month, after running an unsuccessful campaign for the Ontario Liberal nomination […]

The union representing workers at General Motors says its members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying new contracts with the automaker. Unifor and General Motors agreed on tentative labour contracts for more than 4,600 autoworkers in Ontario on Aug. 22, and union members voted on them over the weekend. The union says in a […]