105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’ll call a meeting with premiers to take a ‘Team Canada’ response to Donald Trump’s threat of imposing hefty tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports. Speaking on his way in to a cabinet meeting this morning, Trudeau said he had a good call with the U.S. president-elect Monday […]

Toronto police say a Burlington, Ont., woman has been arrested for allegedly selling about $70,000 worth of fraudulent Taylor Swift concert tickets to 28 people. Police allege that a scammer who used the alias of “Denise Blackhawk” used Facebook Marketplace to offer tickets for the Swift concerts being held in Toronto. They say buyers sent […]

OTTAWA — Bank of Canada deputy governor Rhys Mendes says allowing for a period of price declines may sound tempting, but it would ultimately be more painful for Canadians. Mendes made the comments in a speech today in Charlottetown on the importance of keeping inflation at the two per cent target. His speech comes as […]

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. has named Luc Mongeau as the cannabis company’s next chief executive officer. The company says Mongeau, who is already a member of its board of directors, will take over from David Klein in the top job effective Jan. 6. Klein will also step down as a member of […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say the Special Investigations Unit, Ontario’s police watchdog, is investigating after a car crash involving an allegedly stolen vehicle that left five people injured Monday night. Police say they were called to the scene in the city’s east end just after 10:30 p.m. They say two vehicles were involved in a […]

TORONTO — Consumer debt rose to a record $2.5 trillion in the third quarter as many Canadians continue to struggle with high living costs and rising unemployment, new surveys from two credit bureaus say. Equifax’s report says newcomers and consumers who borrowed money for the first time in the past 12 to 36 months saw […]

OTTAWA — Canada Post says it’s missed out on delivering an estimated 10 million parcels as a strike by more than 55,000 workers across the country continues ahead of Black Friday. Company spokeswoman Lisa Liu said in a statement Monday that talks with the union over the weekend resulted in limited progress, with Canada Post […]

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk’s power-play goal early in the third period stood as the winner as the Ottawa Senators held on for a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday. Adam Gaudette, Drake Batherson and Cole Reinhardt also scored as Ottawa (9-11-1) snapped a five-game losing skid (0-4-1) and a five-game losing streak on […]

TORONTO (AP) — Drake has announced that his first tour of Australia in eight years will begin on the same date as rival Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance. The Toronto rapper announced the tour during a livestream Sunday night with Félix Lengyel, a Quebec streamer. Drake said the tour will begin on Feb. 9, […]

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — Lawyers in the sexual assault case of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team began what are expected to be several weeks of legal arguments on Monday, ahead of next year’s trial. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault earlier […]