105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Canada’s best men’s basketball players were left wanting more in 2024. Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished second in NBA MVP voting for the 2023-24 season, the best performance among a record-high 27 Canadians in the league. His Oklahoma City Thunder had a disappointing second-round exit in the NBA’s Western Conference playoffs, and Canada’s men’s […]

TORONTO — Ontario has appointed a reviewer to look into expenses at the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board after four trustees spent $45,000 on a trip to Italy to buy $100,000 worth of art in July. Education Minister Jill Dunlop calls the board’s use of public money “appalling.” Aaron Shull, who is currently […]

OTTAWA — A new report by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters says the tariffs threatened by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump could be potentially devastating for Canadian businesses and workers. The report based on a poll of more than 300 manufacturers says nearly nine in 10 Canadian manufacturers would face significant or very severe impacts if the […]

OTTAWA — Canada Post has started accepting commercial volumes of letters and parcels as it works to get back to normal operations following a month-long strike. However, the postal service has warned that Canadians should expect delays into the new year as it deals with the backlog of mail. “With a large, integrated network of […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Friday morning. A government source confirms a swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rideau Hall. This comes at the end of a tumultuous week that saw Trudeau lose his finance minister and face a new swell of pressure within his caucus for him to […]

OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says a new commission that will review potential wrongful convictions will help racialized and Indigenous Peoples seek justice who are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The law, named after David Milgaard and his mother, Joyce, will move the review process of cases away from the ministers, and will […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Friday morning. A government source confirms the prime minister will attend a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall. This comes at the end of a tumultuous week that saw him lose his finance minister and face a new swell of pressure within his caucus for […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down nearly 100 points in late-morning trading, dragged lower by losses in industrial stocks, while U.S. stock markets moved up to regain some of their losses a day earlier. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 95.94 points at 24,461.06. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was […]

OTTAWA — Canada Post is set to start accepting commercial letters and parcels as it works to get back to normal operations following a month-long strike. The postal service has warned Canadians should expect delays into the new year as it works through a backlog of mail, after workers went back on the job Tuesday. […]

TORONTO — The timeline for opening a permanent new Ontario Science Centre appears to have been delayed, with infrastructure officials telling the auditor general’s office the centre is expected to be up and running in 2029. When Premier Doug Ford announced last year the planned move for the attraction, from its east Toronto location to […]