105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Prosecutors are seeking a court order to assess whether an Ontario woman accused of killing three people in three cities over three days is fit to stand trial. The defence says it has “some fitness concerns” but has been instructed by its client, Sabrina Kauldhar, to oppose such an assessment. Both sides are […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court has ordered a new hearing for a youth-led constitutional challenge of the provincial government’s emissions target, saying the case raised important issues that should be considered afresh. The unanimous decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal was immediately heralded as a win by the group of seven young people who […]

OTTAWA — The federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below the promised $40-billion cap in the last fiscal year, the parliamentary budget officer said on Thursday. The budget watchdog estimates in its latest economic and fiscal outlook that the federal government posted a $46.8 billion deficit for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The final […]

Desiree Scott, a hard-nosed defensive midfielder who won 187 caps for Canada, has announced her retirement at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season. The 37-year-old from Winnipeg, known as the Destroyer for her hard tackling, has spent seven pro season in Kansas City, for both FC Kansas City and Kansas City Current. […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister’s Office they aren’t running in the next election. Filomena Tassi, the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, announced Thursday she won’t be running again for personal reasons. A […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Hockey League says it is taking recent sexual assault allegations against eight former players “very seriously” and will co-operate with any police investigation into the claims. A woman alleged in a CTV report that aired Wednesday that she was sexually assaulted by eight OHL players in November 2014 at a house […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up in late-morning trading, helped by strength in the financial, telecom and energy sectors, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 62.25 points at 24,623.45. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 117.01 points at 43,194.71. The S&P 500 […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet yet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister’s Office they won’t run in the next election. Filomena Tassi has announced she won’t be running for personal reasons, and a senior government source says Marie-Claude Bibeau, Carla Qualtrough and Dan Vandal […]

CALEDON, Ont. — Ontario’s transportation minister says he plans to introduce legislation that would speed up property acquisitions for highways such as the planned Highway 413 and accelerate that project’s environmental assessment. Prabmeet Sarkaria says the proposed changes are part of the first government bill that will be tabled when the legislature resumes Monday from […]

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below its promised $40 billion cap in the last fiscal year. However the PBO also projects in its latest economic and fiscal outlook today that weak economic growth this year will begin to rebound in 2025. The budget watchdog […]