105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Strength in base metal stocks helped boost Canada’s main stock index on Tuesday, while U.S. markets also climbed as Americans headed to the polls for election day. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 131.84 points at 24,387.90. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 427.28 points at 42,221.88. The S&P […]

Twelve years after his last fight, former world title contender Troy (The Boss) Amos-Ross is headed to the Boxing Canada Hall of Fame. Egerton Marcus, his cousin and 1988 Olympic silver medallist as a middleweight, is also being inducted. Other inductees are Olympians Jamie Pagendam, Raymond (Sugar Ray) Downey, Howard Grant and Domenic (Hollywood) Filane, […]

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by the Prince Edward Island Potato Board to overturn a 2021 decision by the federal agriculture minister to declare the entire province as “a place infested with potato wart.” That order prohibited the export of seed potatoes from the Island to prevent the spread […]

OTTAWA — Information commissioner Caroline Maynard is slated to answer questions from MPs today on her proposed reappointment. The Liberal government recently nominated Maynard to serve another seven-year term. Kevin Lamoureux, parliamentary secretary to the government House leader, asked that the nomination be referred to the committee on access to information, privacy and ethics. Maynard, […]

OTTAWA — Conservative MPs want Canada’s consul general in New York to testify at a House of Commons committee again about the purchase of a new official residence in Manhattan. Members of the House operations committee are looking into the purchase and want Tom Clark to answer more questions after new information emerged today about […]

TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. says market gains helped it reach an all-time high for assets under management in the third quarter, even as it continues to struggle with investors pulling out funds. Chief executive Kevin Strain says the gains, up 13 per cent from the third quarter last year, make it the largest […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian government is in a better position to manage trade negotiations with the next American president than it was the last time it signed a deal with the U.S. and Mexico, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said as Americans headed to the polls Tuesday. U.S. voters are choosing between starkly different visions […]

TORONTO — A “difficult” economic environment took a bite out of Restaurant Brands International Inc.’s profit in its most recent quarter as sales fell across three of the company’s brands, but executives say they’ve already seen signs of improvement in October. The Toronto-based company behind Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Firehouse Subs […]

TORONTO — Some Taylor Swift fans who were unable to buy tickets to her Toronto shows are getting another shot at seeing the pop star. Ticketmaster says a limited number of tickets were released for the otherwise sold-out dates. It did not say how many, or if more will become available. It says some fans […]

TORONTO — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s legal team has asked an Ontario court to review a decision to deny him bail as he appeals his sexual assault convictions and sentence. Nygard’s lawyers argued before the Court of Appeal for Ontario on Tuesday that the motions judge made several errors in dismissing the 83-year-old’s bail […]