105.9 The Region

Peel police say a 22-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly posed as a ride-share driver in a series of violent sexual assaults. Police allege the accused targeted South Asian women in their early 20s in three separate attacks in Brampton, Ont., earlier this month. Police say all three women were at bus stops […]

TORONTO — A new survey finds fewer drivers intend to make their next car purchase an electric vehicle. EY’s Mobility Consumer Index report shows overall intentions among survey respondents to buy a new vehicle were up six per cent compared with last year. But fewer of them are leaning toward buying an EV. Intentions to […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country’s premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration. That request came Monday, before the U.S. president-elect threatened to impose a 25-per-cent import tariff on goods coming from Canada and Mexico. […]

TORONTO — Wendy H. Wong has won the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy for her book on how mass data collection affects democratic freedom. The Writers’ Trust of Canada presented Wong with the $60,000 award for “We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age” at a private dinner in Toronto on Tuesday evening. Wong […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index ended Tuesday narrowly in the red, weighed down by losses in energy and base metals stocks, while U.S. markets moved higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 5.21 points at 25,405.14. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 123.74 points at 44,860.31. The S&P 500 index […]

OTTAWA — Reigning pairs world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will lead Canada’s contingent into next week’s ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Stellato-Dudek, who is from Chicago but representing Canada, and Deschamps, from Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., enter the event scheduled for Dec. 5-8 in Grenoble, France, as the top-ranked pairs team. The duo […]

TORONTO — The co-founders of two of Canada’s top artificial intelligence firms say companies in the country are buzzing with excitement around the technology but turning that enthusiasm into products and tools takes too long. Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst says he has grown used to being approached by Canadian firms wanting to work with AI […]

OTTAWA — Closing the First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635-billion in economic output over the next seven years, a new report commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations says. The AFN and Indigenous Services Canada estimate there is a $349-billion infrastructure gap plaguing First Nations communities that they’re calling to be closed by 2030. […]

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. says four employees at its Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali have been charged and detained pending trial. The Canadian gold miner says it refutes the charges, but did not say what they entailed. Barrick added that it would continue to engage with the Malian government to find “an amicable dispute settlement […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the threat of steep new U.S. tariffs. The meeting will be held virtually at 5 p.m., the Prime Minister’s Office said. On Monday night, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent import […]