105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation. The bill and other legislation have been blocked from moving forward for months due to a parliamentary privilege debate raging between the Liberals and Conservatives. Justice Minister Arif Virani split the bill into two […]

TORONTO — TD was an outlier during the banks’ fourth-quarter earnings season as other lenders released cautiously encouraging outlooks for the year ahead while the beleaguered bank suspended its guidance. The bank said it was suspending financial targets for earnings, return on equity and positive leverage as it works through a wide-ranging strategic review ahead […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he agrees with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on one thing: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are too weak to fight for Canadians. Poilievre kicked off debate in the House of Commons Thursday on a cheekily worded Conservative motion designed to use Singh’s own words against him. The motion […]

OTTAWA — Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a “whole-of-society response” to deal with the radicalization of young people lured into violent extremism. A new report from the alliance, which also includes Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, emphasizes the importance […]

TORONTO — Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised its quarterly dividend as it reported a rise in revenue and earnings while its provisions for potentially bad loans dropped. The bank said Thursday it had bought back five million shares as it also raised its dividend eight per cent for the highest this quarter among its […]

Police say they are investigating a shooting outside a home in Brampton, Ont., that left one man dead and another injured. Peel Regional Police received reports of a shooting in the area of Odeon Street and Concorde Drive just after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. They say officers found two victims who had been shot. Police say […]

OTTAWA — Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault was called to testify at the Indigenous and Northern affairs committee after a series of media reports, led by the National Post, raised doubts about […]

OTTAWA — A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access Thursday, sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s own words against him. Just ahead of the set time for the Conservative motion to come up, NDP MP Heather McPherson seized the […]

TORONTO — Former Japan youth international Aoi Kizaki is the latest soccer talent to join AFC Toronto of the new Northern Super League. Kizaki, 26, is the club’s fifth signing, joining Canadians Cloey Uddenberg, Jade Kovacevic and Leah Pais and American Croix Soto. The former Japanese under-19 and under-20 international can play both in the […]

TORONTO — TD Bank Group has suspended its financial guidance as it works through a strategic review ahead of a leadership change at the beleaguered bank. The bank made the announcement as it reported a fourth-quarter profit that was up from last year because of a boost from selling some of its Charles Schwab Corp. […]