105.9 The Region

QUÉBEC — The Quebec Liberal Party says a retired judge hired to investigate allegations of cash payments during the party’s leadership race will have to submit a report by the end of January 2026. The party’s executive signed off on the independent investigation mandate given to retired judge Jacques R. Fournier, a former chief justice […]

Many across Ontario will be cleaning up this weekend after being slammed by a multi-day storm that was set to dump upwards of 70 centimetres of snow in some areas. Environment Canada had issued snow squall and storm warnings for parts of southern and southwestern Ontario, including areas along the eastern shore of Lake Huron […]

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor can pursue legal action against a mining company on the basis that it did not immediately publicize information about a production setback. In its 8-1 decision Friday, the top court provided guidance on determination of a “material change” in a firm’s operations that must be […]

WINNIPEG — Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province’s exports. Premier Wab Kinew says it’s a good time to build domestic energy transmission in an era of economic threats from the United States. A national grid would need federal […]

TORONTO — A lawyer for an Ontario man whose conviction in the killing of a 10-year-old girl decades ago was set aside this week says he hopes to have some clarity on the fate of his client’s case by the end of the year. James Lockyer says Timothy Rees’s legal team is trying to schedule […]

TORONTO — Companies and unions building worker training centres using money from Ontario’s embattled Skills Development Fund could soon bypass planning laws, raising “significant concerns” for the province’s municipalities and opposition parties. The government recently passed a labour bill that includes provisions to exempt the centres from the Planning Act, saying they are key to […]

Provincial police say a man is facing an upgraded murder charge and an additional charge of first-degree murder in the deaths of two people in southwestern Ontario last month. Police say the morning of Oct. 5, they were called to a home in Simcoe where officers found 71-year-old Barbara Morgan dead. Police arrested a 45-year-old […]

Many Ontario residents were waking up to the sights and sounds of Old Man Winter on Friday after the first major blast of a multi-day winter storm, while some areas brace for up to 70 centimetres of snow. Environment Canada issued snow squall and storm warnings Friday morning for parts of southern Ontario, including areas […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking control of the province’s real estate regulator after an audit found issues with its practices and organizational culture. The audit looked into complaints about the Real Estate Council of Ontario’s handling of a now-closed real estate brokerage, iPro Realty. Among audit findings was that iPro told RECO its […]

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor’s legal action against a mining company over its decision not to immediately publicize information about a production setback can proceed. Just days after Canadian firm Lundin Mining Corp. detected wall instability at its open-pit mine in Chile in October 2017, a rock slide prompted the […]