105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell nearly 300 points in early afternoon trading, while U.S. stock markets rebounded to regain some of the ground lost in a big plunge Monday when the Toronto market was closed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 292.92 points at 21,934.71. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average […]

OTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says the federal government is considering new regulations that could make fewer employers eligible to hire temporary foreign workers. It’s part of a suite of changes the minister is announcing in an effort to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada. He says he told a group […]

OTTAWA — Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians have a right to know how a man with links to a foreign terror group evaded Canada’s screening process to immigrate to Canada and become a citizen. He is demanding that the House of Commons recall its public safety committee to dig into the situation, calling […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down more than 200 points in early trading, while U.S. stock markets regained some of the ground lost Monday when the Toronto market was closed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 256.02 points at 21,971.61. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 378.23 points at […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $638 million in June as exports of crude oil and gold rose sharply. The agency says the result compared with a revised trade deficit of $1.6 billion in May. The initial reading for May released last month had shown a deficit of […]

MARKHAM, Ont. — Pet Valu Holdings Ltd. reported a second-quarter profit of $17.8 million, down from $24.1 million a year earlier. The pet food and pet-related supplies retailer says the profit amounted to 25 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended June 29, down from 33 cents per diluted share in the same quarter […]

Waterloo Regional Police say a 14-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe. Police issued the alert Monday around 7:15 p.m. for the teen who they said had last been seen in Kitchener, Ontario. They said she was with an unknown suspect. There were no details about the suspect […]

PORT COLBORNE, Ont. — Niagara Regional Police say several thousand people pushed through the fences at a free Billy Talent concert in Port Colborne, Ont., on Saturday. Municipal officials say the venue at H. H. Knoll Park had reached capacity just before 9:30 p.m., at which point police decided to close the surrounding fences. Police […]

TORONTO — Canadians Stacey Fung and Carol Zhao won’t reach the National Bank Open main draw. Fung was knocked out in the second round of women’s singles qualifying with a 6-1, 6-3 loss to top qualifier Katie Volynets of the United States on Monday at Sobeys Stadium. The 27-year-old Fung, from Vancouver, won just seven […]

TEMISKAMING SHORES, Ont. — The Temiskaming detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police says a 38-year-old Toronto man drowned Sunday in Twin Lakes in northeastern Ontario. They say emergency services responded to a call in Hudson Township shortly after 2 p.m. Police say the man was recovered from the water and transported to the hospital where […]