105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that he’s confident all the premiers will get on board with a unified “Team Canada” approach to deal with Donald Trump’s tariff threat. His confidence comes despite signs of early cracks in that unity ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s emergency meeting with the premiers this afternoon. […]

OTTAWA — The president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says the dream to open an Inuit-led university is one step closer to realization after a $50 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation. The organization, which represents 70,000 Inuit, says the funding will allow ITK to build key capacities and advance academic plans and course development. The […]

TORONTO — Ontario is eyeing three sites across the province for new electricity generation facilities, including the possibility of large-scale nuclear plants. Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says the province is on track to meet rising electricity demands through to 2035, but after that point the need will continue to skyrocket and Ontario needs to secure […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index climbed higher in late-morning trading, helped by strength in telecommunication and utility stocks, while U.S. stock markets moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 81.50 points at 25,486.64. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 15.90 points at 44,844.41. The S&P 500 index was down […]

TORONTO — The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says responders have fielded more than 300,000 calls and texts since the launch of the national 988 suicide helpline a year ago. Dr. Allison Crawford, the chief medical officer for the helpline, says people having suicidal thoughts or other mental health distress can get help 24 […]

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 […]