105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Liberals saw their donations rise in the second quarter of this year, showing the sole increase among federal parties, though Conservatives continue to dominate. Elections Canada released parties’ financial returns for the period from April to June this year. The Liberals raised nearly $3.8 million in the second quarter, an increase from the […]

TORONTO — RCMP say a father and son facing terrorism related charges were allegedly in the advanced stages of planning a serious, violent attack in Toronto. The Mounties allege the 62-year-old and 26-year-old knowingly facilitated terrorist activity in the Greater Toronto Area. They say the two were arrested at a Richmond Hill, Ont., hotel on […]

OTTAWA — A new report says a third of all agriculture jobs in Canada could be automated within the next decade. The report from the Conference Board of Canada says that’s alongside a fifth of jobs in food and beverage manufacturing which could also become automated. Alain Francq, director of innovation and technology at the […]

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp.’s chief executive expects the back half of the year to be “positive” for the toy category, even as consumers continue to rein in their spending. Max Rangel says his hypothesis is based on promising developments he foresees across several of the brands Spin Master is behind or licenses. For example, […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.2 per cent in May, led by expansions in manufacturing and the public sector. Meanwhile, retail and wholesale trade as well as the oil and gas sector weighed on growth. The federal agency estimates growth was tempered slightly in June to 0.1 per cent. It estimates that […]

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival says it has a new presenting sponsor: Rogers. The telecommunications firm’s support of the annual event comes about a year after TIFF lost a sponsorship deal it had with longtime supporter and BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell. TIFF did not reveal the financial terms related to the Rogers sponsorship […]

Ontario is officially ending its COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program today in a move some public health experts call shortsighted. Dr. Fahad Razak, the former scientific director of the COVID-19 Ontario Science Table, says the province’s decision is “incredibly disappointing.” Razak says wastewater testing gives an early indication of when COVID-19 and other viruses are on […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada will release its May gross domestic product report this morning. A preliminary estimate last month suggested the economy grew 0.1 per cent in May. The federal agency will also publish an estimate for economic growth in the second quarter today. RBC says it expects the data to show a weakening economy […]

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays’ general manager Ross Atkins, coming off one of the busiest trade deadline periods in team history, spoke with the media Tuesday night after putting the finishing touches on a busy day. The Blue Jays shipped out every pending free agent on their roster in a group that featured Yimi Garcia, […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has thrown out a convicted killer’s challenge of a British Columbia prison warden’s decision not to allow the inmate to have an electric guitar in his cell. A decision handed down last week says Patrick Fischer is an inmate at Kent Institution, a maximum-security prison in Agassiz, B.C., but […]