105.9 The Region

TORONTO — The experimental Toronto-based opera company Against the Grain Theatre has recruited award-winning librettist Royce Vavrek as its new artistic director. The Alberta-born, Brooklyn-based Vavrek is taking the reins from founding artistic director Joel Ivany, who left the role last year. The company, founded in 2010, is known for staging operas in unexpected places, […]

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to make cities ask the province for permission if they want to install bike lanes that would remove lanes of vehicle traffic. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says too many drivers are stuck in gridlock as a result of bike lanes that were installed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The requirement for […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.6 per cent to $81.9 billion in August. The agency says sales fell in five of the seven subsectors with the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector down 1.8 per cent at […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association is downgrading its housing market forecast for the remainder of the year again, saying the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cuts haven’t spurred the gradual improvement it previously anticipated. CREA says it now thinks the national housing market will remain in “more of a holding pattern” until next […]

TORONTO — Tomorrow’s Golf League has announced that all of its matches will be carried live in Canada on Sportsnet or Sportsnet+. The new tech-infused golf league features six teams of PGA Tour stars playing in a season-long competition. It launches in prime time on Jan. 7 with a season that goes to March. TGL […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): — St. John’s, N.L.: 1.1 per cent (1.7) — Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.4 per […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.7 per cent (1.3) — Prince Edward Island: 1.0 per cent (1.2) — Nova Scotia: 0.9 per cent (1.2) — New Brunswick: 0.9 per cent (1.8) […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada reports annual inflation fell to 1.6 per cent in September, from two per cent in August. More coming. The Canadian Press

An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says it’s time to invest in early pregnancy assessment clinics that can provide proper care during and after a miscarriage, which can have devastating effects. The paper and an accompanying review of medical literature on early pregnancy loss say miscarriage affects one in five pregnancies in […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s decision to expel New Delhi’s top envoy and five other diplomats is front-page news in India, as an analyst wonders how other countries will respond. On Monday, the RCMP warned the public about a rash of crimes including murder, extortion and coercion that the force links to Indian government agents. The RCMP […]