105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Canada’s housing agency says risks remain in the mortgage market as over a million contracts are up for renewal next year while a growing share of new mortgages are being issued by alternative lenders. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says in its latest residential mortgage industry report that 1.2 million mortgages are up […]

TORONTO — Canada coach Jesse Marsch has summoned 19 MLS players to a camp in Toronto ahead of the full men’s team getting together for the two-legged CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal later this month against Suriname. Canada, ranked 35th in the world, opens the series against No. 136 Suriname on Nov. 15 in Paramaribo. The […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Peel Regional Police say three people have been arrested and charged after violence erupted Sunday as Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont. Social-media posts on the weekend appeared to show demonstrators holding banners in support in support of a separate Sikh country called Khalistan clashing with others, including […]

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it earned a third-quarter profit of US$129 million from its stake in the asset management business it owns with Brookfield Corp. The company, which owns about a 27 per cent stake in the asset management business that is 73 per cent owned by Brookfield Corp., says its net […]

OTTAWA — Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. The regulations, still only in draft format and about two years behind schedule, could further strain relations between Ottawa and […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces’ premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million. It follows Poilievre’s own pledge last week that if he becomes prime minister, he will axe the federal sales tax on new homes sold for under $1 million. […]

When Taylor Swift swings through Vancouver in December, Mikaela St Louis will be among the pop star’s most prepared fans. The long-term care nurse based in Campbell River, B.C., will travel to one of the shows with 275 Swift-inspired friendship bracelets she made over the last few months. “We don’t have a ton of stores […]

SAINT CATHARINES, Ont. — Owen Purcell’s team from Nova Scotia opened the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Sunday with a pair of impressive wins at the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club. Purcell’s Halifax Curling Club quartet, with third Christina Black, second Adam McEachren and lead Jennifer Baxter, rocked Dylan Johnston’s Northern Ontario squad 11-1 […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will have an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of a hamstring injury that forced him to leave Sunday’s loss at Atlanta. Prescott said he “felt a pull, something I’ve never felt” but added “it’ll take a lot for me to not be out there” when […]

NIAGARA, Ont. — Kevin He scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Niagara IceDogs to a 4-3 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting Sudbury Wolves on Sunday at the Meridian Centre. Max Crete, Sean Doherty and Ethan Czata also scored for the Central Division-leading IceDogs (11-4), who outshot the visitors 40-29. Quentin Musty, […]