105.9 The Region

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Authors: Jessica Evans, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University; Hannah Zur, Research Assistant, Department of Criminology and Social Justice, Toronto Metropolitan University; and Linda Mussell, […]

OTTAWA — An academic who studies the flow of information in an era of mistruths and polarized views says it is very difficult to gauge the effect of media content on people’s behaviour. Taylor Owen, an associate professor at McGill University, told a public inquiry into foreign interference today that behaviour is not determined by […]

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois is giving the Liberal government a deadline of Oct. 29 to pass two pieces of legislation related to old-age security and supply management. If the Liberals do not comply, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet says his party will begin discussions with other opposition parties about toppling the government. Members of Parliament […]

York Regional Police say a 23-year-old man has been charged with second-degree-murder in the death of his mother. Police say officers responded to a welfare check call at a Richmond Hill residence in the area of Gracedale Drive and Shaftsbury Avenue on Saturday morning, just before 8:30 a.m.. Officers say they located a 60-year-old woman […]

TORONTO — NBA Hall of Famer Vince Carter will be in Toronto on Friday amid reports that the Raptors will announce the retirement of his jersey. The Raptors announced Wednesday that Carter will return to the city where he began his NBA career as the team and the MLSE Foundation unveil renovations to the Vince […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s Ministry of Education is investigating a Toronto District School Board field trip that saw students from 15 schools attend a protest on mercury contamination that is affecting a First Nation community in the north. Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he had asked Education Minister Jill Dunlop to investigate, saying kids shouldn’t be […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The complainant in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial alleges that the musician raped, choked and urinated on her after she attended his band’s concert in June 2016. The woman, visibly upset throughout her testimony in a northeastern Ontario court this morning, says she was terrified by Hoggard, repeatedly tried to get away […]

OTTAWA — Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the last quarter of the year as the government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday. It’s the first time quarterly growth has slowed since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when the number of people coming into the country ground […]

TORONTO — Anthem Sports & Entertainment has acquired independent Canadian broadcaster Hollywood Suite. Anthem, a Toronto-based global multiplatform media company, says the acquisition diversifies its movie offerings, which includes film distribution house Gravitas Ventures and U.S. television channel HDNet Movies. Hollywood Suite operates four linear TV channels featuring uncut, commercial-free films from the 1970s, 1980s, […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is exploring the feasibility of digging a tunnel for traffic and transit under Highway 401 across the Toronto area. But he also says he is going to build it regardless. He has provided no costs estimates or timeline. Ford says the project would stretch from Mississauga, Ont., […]