105.9 The Region

TORONTO — BMO Financial Group says it has won the reversal of a 2022 jury verdict against the bank in a lawsuit related to a Ponzi scheme in the United States. The Canadian bank says the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals also instructed the district court to enter judgment in favour of BMO’s U.S. […]

TORONTO — One of the largest factors standing in the way of Ontario being able to speed up critical infrastructure projects is a sense of public distrust fostered by the government’s own history with the Greenbelt, polling commissioned by the government suggests. Leger conducted an online survey about infrastructure in mid-to-late December and held focus […]

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival says it has been forced to pause upcoming screenings of the documentary “Russians at War” due to “significant threats” to festival operations and public safety. The film about Russian soldiers’ disillusionment at the front lines of the war in Ukraine had scheduled screenings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained more than one per cent Thursday on the back of the base metal, energy and industrial sectors, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 263.97 points at 23,475.14. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 235.06 points at 41,096.77. The S&P […]

A Simcoe, Ont., woman is facing a charge of assault with a weapon over an incident involving a neighbour, but she says the weapon in question was a water gun. Ontario Provincial Police say 58-year-old Wendy Washik was taken into custody after an investigation on Sept. 1. OPP say officers had determined that two people […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission is ending free public Wi-Fi at its subway stations at the end of the year, citing a steep drop in rider usage along with reliability, security and cost concerns. The decision, first reported by the Toronto Star, comes as Rogers Communications Inc. continues its installation of 5G cellular service […]

TORONTO — Air Canada is asking the federal government to be ready to intervene in its labour talks with its pilots as time is running out before a potential shutdown. Airline spokesman Christophe Hennebelle says Air Canada is committed to negotiations but it faces “unreasonable wage demands” from the pilots union that it can’t meet. […]

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment. Rempel Garner says the Liberals have had “almost 10 years” and tried to pass two bills to address the growing problem of online criminal harm and have “failed.” […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s consul general in New York is meeting with MPs today to talk about the purchase of his official residence. Former CTV journalist Tom Clark is answering questions at the House operations committee which is studying the government’s decision to buy a $9-million condo in Manhattan. Conservative members of the committee have called […]

Toronto police say a stabbing in the city’s west end has killed one person and left another wounded. Police say they received reports of an altercation between a group of people at Lakeshore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday. Paramedics took a male victim with stab wounds to the hospital where […]