105.9 The Region

TORONTO — The head of Canada’s banking regulator says the recent decision to relax a mortgage stress test rule was shaped in part by concerns about public perception of the agency. Superintendent of Financial Institutions Peter Routledge says the removal of the need to stress test uninsured mortgages when borrowers are making a straight switch […]

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is upping the ante for the Liberals, threatening to move toward an election as early as next week if the government doesn’t back a plan to increase old age security payments. Most Liberals voted against a Bloc motion on Wednesday calling for the government to give a royal […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index retreated from its all-time high on Wednesday, weighed down by telecom, industrial and utilities stocks, while U.S. markets drifted higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 32.44 points at 24,001.55. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 39.55 points at 42,196.52. The S&P 500 index was […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel Wednesday, but said the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a bigger regional war. Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last year erupted into broader violence in the last week as Israel ramped up […]

OTTAWA — The Liberals say they will not support the Bloc Québécois in a House of Commons vote about increasing old age security payments for all seniors, despite an ultimatum by the opposition party that threatens to topple the minority government. Liberal House leader Karina Gould said her party won’t vote in favour of a […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning Iran’s missile attack on Israel, but says the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a bigger regional war. Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last year erupted into broader violence in the last week as Israel ramped up […]

OTTAWA — A former Alberta politician says publicity about foreign interference is discouraging Chinese Canadians from seeking elected office or even making donations to candidates. Teresa Woo-Paw, who sat in the Alberta legislature from 2008 to 2015, told a public inquiry today that members of the Chinese community are putting aside thoughts of running in […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is planning to increase speed limits on 400-series highways across the province. The government increased speed limits from 100 kilometres per hour to 110 kilometres per hour on six sections of provincial highways in 2022 after several successful pilot programs that first began in 2019. Earlier […]

TORONTO — Team president Mark Shapiro says Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins will continue in his current role. Shapiro says it was an “incredibly disappointing season,” but notes Atkins guided the team to the playoffs in three of the last five years. Toronto finished last in the American League East this past season with […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Jacob Hoggard wrapped up his time on the stand in his sexual assault trial this morning after the Crown cross-examined him on apparent gaps in his memory. Hoggard has pleaded not guilty and says he did not rape, choke or hit his accuser after his band Hedley’s concert eight years ago, or […]