105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index dipped lower on Thursday as losses outweighed strength in energy stocks, while U.S. markets also moved lower. Markets broadly moved down even as oil prices jumped more than five per cent, with tensions continuing to ramp up in the Middle East. “Everybody’s in wait-and-see mode to see what happens […]

TORONTO — Canada’s industry minister has thrown his support behind a call from one of Shopify Inc.’s leaders for the country to get more ambitious. François-Philippe Champagne says the Canadian DNA has to change so that innovators in the country talk more about what they are doing. If people in the were more vocal about […]

TORONTO — Police say a 13-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder in a Toronto stabbing that took place earlier this week. They say officers found a 54-year-old man who was stabbed in a parking lot in the northwestern part of the city just after 12:20 a.m. on Tuesday. Officers were called to the area […]

TORONTO — The CFL suspended defensive back Deontai Williams of the Saskatchewan Roughriders for one game Thursday following a dangerous tackle on Ottawa Redblacks receiver Kalil Pimpleton. Saskatchewan visits the Edmonton Elks on Saturday night. The CFL suspended Williams for “delivering an illegal and dangerous tackle,” on Pimpleton, and “committing a non-football act by striking […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index dipped lower on Thursday as broad losses outweighed strength in energy stocks amid another jump in oil, while U.S. markets also moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 33.05 points at 23,968.50. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 184.93 points at 42,011.59. The S&P […]

Court documents show billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is facing more sexual assault charges involving three additional complainants whose allegations date back to the 1980s and 1990s. The latest charges bring the total number of accusers in his case to 13. The 92-year-old Stronach was first charged in early June with five sex-related offences involving three […]

HAMILTON — Add fashion icon to veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell’s long list of CFL accomplishments. Five weeks ago, the two-time league MVP wore overalls to a gathering with teammates as a lark, thinking they’d get a kick out of it. Mitchell’s fashion statement was such a big hit that he accepted a bet to […]

TORONTO — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is publishing his prescription for “a path forward” as Canada faces an “increasingly divided and dangerous” world. “The Hinge: Time to Build an Even Better Canada,” is set for publication May 13, 2025. Signal, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, a division of Penguin Random House […]

OTTAWA — The Conservatives have asked Canada’s lobbying commissioner to investigate whether it violates ethics rules for the prime minister to make Mark Carney his own personal adviser. The Liberals announced at their recent caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., that Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor, had been appointed chair of a task force […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is seeking to fill a new, additional external deputy governor position, after creating the role last year. The central bank introduced the role last year as a way of bringing outside perspectives and a diversity of views to its monetary policy decision-making. The position is currently held by economics […]