105.9 The Region

TORONTO — An Ontario court has given The Body Shop Canada the approval it needs to sell the majority of its business to a private equity firm. In a hearing, Justice Peter Osborne allowed the cosmetics retailer to proceed with a sale to an affiliate of Markham, Ont.-based Serruya Private Equity Inc. Court documents show […]

TORONTO — Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who faces multiple sex assault charges, is opting for a preliminary inquiry and a jury trial in his Toronto case. In a brief hearing today, Stronach’s lawyer indicated the 92-year-old tycoon will proceed with a preliminary inquiry on whichever counts are eligible and a jury trial in Superior Court […]

OTTAWA — Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says is asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send about 55,000 striking Canada Post employees back to work. He says if the board agrees the two sides are at an impasse, union members will be told to return to work until May, while an inquiry is launched […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose one per cent to $83.7 billion in October. The agency says the move came as sales increased in six of the seven subsectors it tracks. The largest gains were in the motor vehicle and motor […]

OTTAWA — Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon will hold a news conference this morning to provide an update on the strike at Canada Post. The minister is set to speak with journalists on Parliament Hill at 10 a.m. ET. It’s Day 29 of the labour dispute, with Christmas fast approaching and still no apparent movement […]

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital says it is cancelling all “non-essential” activities after a boiler system failure cut off its supply of heat and hot water. Unity Health Toronto says the boiler failure at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in the city’s west end has impacted its ability to provide services across the hospital, calling it […]

TORONTO — Scotiabank says it has received regulatory approval to clear the way for the second phase of its investment in U.S. bank KeyCorp. The big Canadian bank says the approval came from the board of governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Scotiabank announced in August a plan to acquire a 14.9 per cent […]

WAWA, Ont. — Police say the suspect in a shooting that injured one employee at a northern Ontario credit union branch is dead. Northern Credit Union says one of its employees was seriously injured in a shooting at its branch in Wawa, north of Sault Ste. Marie. In a statement, president and CEO Richard Adam […]

OTTAWA — As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy, supply chain security and carbon capture technologies — no matter who won the contest, newly released government memos show. Several months before Americans headed to the polls, one internal Global Affairs Canada memo […]

TORONTO — The year’s most borrowed books at some of Canada’s biggest libraries include “The Women” by Kristin Hannah and “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros. The Toronto Public Library says many of its most-borrowed books for 2024 centre on strong female characters. “Fourth Wing” and its sequel “Iron Flame” top the list at the TPL, […]