105.9 The Region

TORONTO — With the Toronto Argonauts looking for a head coach, two very familiar names should top general manager Mike (Pinball) Clemons’ wish list. Clemons’ first moves should be calling the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats for permission to speak to Mike O’Shea and Orlondo Steinauer, respectively. Both are former Argos players who won […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s deficit projection is shrinking in its fall fiscal update, but so are the province’s expectations for the labour market as U.S. tariffs are expected to continue hitting the economy. The government projected in its spring budget that this year’s deficit would be $14.6 billion, but Ontario now expects to end the year […]

TORONTO — Ontario is lowering projections for new home construction levels in its fall economic statement today, putting the government further away from its goal of building 1.5 million homes in 10 years. It is the third consecutive budget or fall economic statement in which projections have been revised downward, and Municipal Affairs and Housing […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it wants to scrap parts of a law requiring it to set and update its emission reductions targets, wiping out legislation that’s been key to a youth-led constitutional challenge of its climate plan. The government’s plan to repeal parts of the 2018 Cap and Trade Cancellation Act is buried […]

TORONTO — Ontario has built nearly 6,700 long-term care beds with another 18,000 beds in the pipeline, a far cry from the province’s goal to add 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028. The new data is contained in the province’s fall economic statement that Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tabled at Queen’s Park today. The […]

TORONTO — When Jae and Trey Richards were younger, their dad would scold them for skipping shifts at his moving company to pursue careers as content creators. “We spent years and years, from ages 12 to 25, just working against our will, man,” says Jae. “I’d be like, ‘I’m trying to make YouTube videos.’ He’d […]

TORONTO — An organization that tracks and promotes tourism in Toronto says the World Series and the entire Blue Jays’ post-season run gave the city a big economic boost, with more visitors and more spending at local businesses. Destination Toronto says the four home games of the World Series saw a 15 per cent average […]

Police say the body of a woman who died in a Brampton, Ont., collision was not discovered until she was reported missing and investigators checked the demolished car again at an impound yard. Peel Regional Police say emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle collision in the area of Chinguacousy Road and Queen Street on Nov. […]

TORONTO — Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is set to table a fall fiscal update today, with a look at how the province’s books are faring amid the impacts of U.S. tariffs. The government projected earlier this year in its first quarter finances that the province would have a $14.6-billion deficit this year. But Bethlenfalvy […]

Prince Harry is set to meet with some of Canada’s oldest veterans today as part of his two-day visit to Toronto for events related to Remembrance Day. The Duke of Sussex, who served in Afghanistan as a member of the British military, will visit veterans at Sunnybrook Hospital’s veterans centre. The veterans centre is the […]