105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Friday, helped by strength in the technology sector, while U.S. stock markets saw gains after an encouraging inflation report. U.S. stocks climbed as the slightly better-than-expected inflation read helped reinforce the chances of a rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week, said Philip Petursson, chief investment strategist […]

Police in Niagara Region say a 27-year-old man is wanted for second-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a park on Tuesday. Police say they were called to the scene at Charles Daley Park in Lincoln, Ont., around 11 a.m. where they found the body of a woman with traumatic injuries. Police have […]

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ontario is making the right decision by ending its tariff ad campaign that led U.S. President Donald Trump to call off all trade talks with Canada. The ads feature footage of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan saying tariffs damage economies, which Trump has claimed to be a false […]

U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over what he called a “fake” Ontario government advertisement featuring the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. The advertisement quotes a 1987 radio address from Reagan where he spoke about the negative impacts of tariffs. The ad isn’t fake and quotes from […]

U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over what he called a “fake” Ontario government advertisement featuring the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. The advertisement quotes a 1987 radio address from Reagan where he spoke about the negative impacts of tariffs. The ad isn’t fake and quotes from […]

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says now is not the time for Ontario to pull an anti-tariff ad campaign that has sparked outrage from U.S. President Donald Trump. On Thursday, Trump lashed out at the ad campaign, featuring footage of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan saying tariffs damage economies, and claimed the late president […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad sponsored by one of its provinces that used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs — prompting the province’s leader to later pull the ad. The post on Trump’s social media site […]

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will pause its anti-tariff television ad campaign in the United States on Monday so Canada-U.S. trade talks can restart. That comes after President Donald Trump bristled and declared an end to trade talks over the ads, which will still run throughout the first two World Series […]

TORONTO — An Ontario school trustee who the province’s education minister sought to fire through legislation has now resigned. Mark Watson was one of four trustees with the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board who took a $45,000 trip to Italy to buy $100,000 worth of art for the board. The controversial trip is […]

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says now is not the time for Ontario to pull the tariff ad campaign that has sparked outrage from U.S. President Donald Trump. On Thursday, Trump lashed out at the ad campaign, which features footage of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan saying tariffs damage economies. Trump on social media […]