105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Ontario’s Opposition leader is accusing the government of creating a “cash-for-access culture” and is asking the province’s integrity commissioner to look into an upcoming Progressive Conservative party fundraiser with the premier and transportation minister. The fundraiser is billed as an evening with Doug Ford and Prabmeet Sarkaria, and tickets are selling for $1,000. […]

TORONTO — York United FC has promoted assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio to head coach, filling the void left by Mexican Benjamin Mora’s departure. Mora, a finalist for Canadian Premier League coach of the year, left the club earlier this month after five months and 22 matches at the helm. He said he had been unable […]

OTTAWA — A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest and the lawyer representing the man’s family had several testy exchanges today at a coroner’s inquest into the death. Former Const. David Weir is among those testifying at the inquest examining the circumstances of 38-year-old […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday. “Our government can’t set prices at the checkout, but we can put more money in people’s […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says eligible businesses will be getting a share of $2 billion that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is returning due to a surplus. This marks the second time the WSIB has given a surplus back to employers, having distributed $1.2 billion in 2022. Businesses are eligible if they […]

ALTONA, MANITOBA, CANADA — Manitoba RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for an Ontario truck driver who was allegedly involved in a crash that killed a woman and an eight-year-old girl. Brampton, Ont., resident Navjeet Singh has been charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death as well as obstructing […]

TORONTO — A Toronto woman has been charged in the death of her four-month-old after the child was reported missing on Wednesday. Toronto police allege the father reported the baby was missing shortly before 11:30 a.m. at a residential building in the city’s midtown. They say officers responded to the scene, found the infant and […]

OTTAWA — More than 18.7 million Canadians will be getting a $250 cheque from the federal government this spring as part of a suite of measures the Liberals are proposing that will also temporarily cut the GST on items like toys, restaurant meals, and beer and wine. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Rock band Our Lady Peace, golf star Mike Weir and actress Tonya Williams are among those set to be inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame next year. They will join Juno-winning guitarist Liona Boyd, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Tirone David and War Child Canada founder Dr. Samantha Nutt. The Walk of Fame, which […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are seeking to temporarily take the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas. A senior government official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the announcement says the move would affect a number of items including toys, diapers, restaurant meals and beer and […]