105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it installed tools on digital devices to covertly collect electronic evidence in 32 cases over a five-year period. The criminal offences being investigated in these cases from 2017 to 2022 involved national security, illicit drugs, financial misdeeds and other serious matters. The national police force disclosed the statistics today in […]

TORONTO — Losses in the energy sector led Canada’s main stock index lower in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 148.46 points at 22,878.69. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 124.03 points at 40,705.56. The S&P 500 index was up 11.01 points at […]

Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and the chairman will retire next year, but it intends to keep CEO Robert Jordan in a partial concession to hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has been pushing for changes at the airline including Jordan’s ouster. Southwest said Tuesday that six directors will leave the board in November […]

OTTAWA — A panel of judges says Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of the risks to their data upon signing up to the popular social media platform. In a new ruling, the Federal Court of Appeal says Facebook, now known as Meta, did not obtain the meaningful consent required […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed forward Nick Robertson to a one-year contract worth US$875,000 on Tuesday. Robertson produced 14 goals and 13 assists in 56 games last season with the Maple Leafs. The 22-year-old reportedly requested a trade out of Toronto this summer, leading to a contract holdout. The Maple Leafs drafted Robertson […]

Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and its chairman will retire next year, but it intends to keep CEO Robert Jordan after a meeting with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has sought a leadership shakeup at the airline including Jordan’s ouster. Southwest said Tuesday that six directors will leave the board in November and […]

Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and its chairman will retire next year, but it intends to keep CEO Robert Jordan after a meeting with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has sought a leadership shakeup at the airline including Jordan’s ouster. Southwest said Tuesday that six directors will leave the board in November and […]

TORONTO — Giancarlo Esposito first read the script of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” more than two decades ago, and he says it somehow feels more relevant now. The actor, who plays corrupt prosecutor-turned-mayor Francis Cicero in Coppola’s self-funded $120-million passion project, says that when he returned to the project decades later he marvelled that something […]

TORONTO — Unifor says employees at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., will begin voting Tuesday on whether to join the union. Unifor National President Lana Payne says in a statement that a vote for the union this week is “the best way for workers to get a level playing field with a corporate giant.” […]

TORONTO (AP) — Tyrone Taylor scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning before fellow pinch-runner Eddy Alvarez dashed home on a passed ball as the New York Mets rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Monday night for their 10th victory in 11 games. The surging Mets got six […]