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Updated 2025-02-08 21:30
‘It’s like nature’s on steroids:’ Well-known Canadian weather expert tackles climate change and eco-anxiety
Climatologist David Phillips recently embarked on a cross-Canada tour to deliver a lecture titled ‘Weather and Climate: Not What Our Grandparents Knew.’
Premier Doug Ford booed at Special Olympics ceremony
Hundreds of people booed the premier at the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Gravel pit paradox: That escarpment quarry built your patio
Local limestone prized for its beauty, quality and proximity to construction market
Canadian home sales climb higher in April
Canadian home sales climb higher in April, boosted by Toronto and Montreal
Spring storms accelerate erosion in western Alaska village
Spring storms accelerate erosion in western Alaska village
The WhatsApp hack and how to protect yourself online
The encrypted messaging service owned by Facebook acknowledged that a security flaw allowed hackers to install spyware on mobile phones.
'One of the strangest cases': A dead professor, a hot tub and a suicide baffle police
Things would get even stranger before the sun came up.
The Latest: Officials ID dead in Alaska floatplanes crash
The Latest: Officials ID dead in Alaska floatplanes crash
Up and away, Tarzan: Zip line adventure park opens in Binbrook
The park has 80 aerial games such as wooden bridges, net walkway and balance logs.
Justin Trudeau offers Canadian steel and lumber to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral
A fire devastated the 12th-century cathedral on April 15, with the dramatic blaze playing out live on television across the globe.
Ontario’s attack ads slide past federal rules
Justin Trudeau’s biggest advertising headache in this year’s election campaign may come from provinces that want to see his government defeated, Susan Delacourt writes.
Donald Trump Jr. agrees to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee again
Under deal's terms, Trump Jr. will testify for up to four hours and address a limited number of questions
‘Who would do this?’: Police release dashcam video capturing brazen hit-and run on Highway 410
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver in the video.
$5M needed to repair church frontage of Connolly project in Hamilton
The new owners of the development on James Street South say they’re committed to saving remains of James Street Baptist Church.
Fire guts Caledonia home sparking $800K in damage
A 54-year-old man was taken to hospital as a precaution for possible smoke inhalation.
‘This is very frustrating’ — Harrison family still waiting for reports on how police, coroners missed homicides in same house
Police, coroners and pathologists completed their internal reviews of the death investigations months ago, but say they won’t make them public while other reviews and investigations are in progress.
Stoney Creek teen charged with attempted murder in Tim Hortons shooting
No one was hurt, but a single bullet hit the glass door of the downtown restaurant
Andrew Dreschel: Never saw himself as white — Coun. Tom Jackson proud of his visible minority status
As an Armenian, Jacksons says he ‘never, ever’ identified with being white.
Hamilton’s ‘Mr. Bowling,’ Jim Margueratt, dies at 75
Jim Margueratt wasn’t just a terrific ambassador for the game. He was a charming and infectiously good-natured human being, in full.
Mother of child who died is angry anti-vaccine page used girl’s image on Facebook
Altered image with text claiming death was related to vaccines.
Hamilton’s Coffee with a Cop invites counter-coffee protest outside Cafe Oranje
Activists staged a counter-coffee protest outside the downtown café that hosted a contentious ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event Tuesday
Hamilton councillors vote down motion to offer free menstrual products: Questions, answers and reaction
A firestorm of reaction has followed a motion to provide free tampons and pads in some municipal buildings
Mudslide closes Stoney Creek Mountain access at McNeilly Road
Don’t expect the road to reopen until sometime Wednesday. The city says an expert needs time to investigate slope stability first.
Alpine highways in northern Utah still closed due to snow
Alpine highways in northern Utah still closed due to snow
Alpine highways in northern Utah still closed due to snow
Alpine highways in northern Utah still closed due to snow
The Latest: NTSB: 1 plane descended before midair collision
The Latest: Canadian among dead in sightseeing planes crash
The Latest: 3 Alaska crash victims released from hospital
The Latest: Canadian among dead in sightseeing planes crash
Updated: Mudslide closes Stoney Creek Mountain access at McNeilly Road
Don’t expect the road to reopen until sometime Wednesday. The city says an expert needs time to investigate slope stability first.
Airline technology supplier says outage has been fixed
Airline technology supplier says outage has been fixed
Colorado's Arapahoe Basin ski area plans to extend season
Colorado's Arapahoe Basin ski area plans to extend season
Anti-Semitic crime in Germany up, amid uptick in hate crimes
Events characterized as anti-foreigner crimes also increased substantially.
NASA: Budget boost ‘good start’ to put astronauts on moon
NASA’s chief said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s proposed $1.6 billion budget boost is a “good start” for getting astronauts back on the moon within five years.
Liberals push Tories to show climate-policy hand with climate-change motion
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s new motion, which is to be debated Thursday, asks MPs to recommit to meeting and later exceeding the greenhouse-gas-emissions targets made under the Paris climate-change accord.
Mother, son in hospital after allegedly being hit by dad’s vehicle
A man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly ran over his wife and seven-year-old son early Tuesday.
Obituary: John Fernandes a good man who saw bad things done by bad people
He learned about human anatomy volunteering at Scarborough Centennial Hospital as youth.
Legislature poised to advance primary date to early August
Legislature poised to advance primary date to early August
Tori Stafford kidnapper wants court to declare her prison transfer unlawful
Terri-Lynn McClintic is serving her sentence at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, not a healing lodge.
UFO researcher Stanton Friedman dies after half-century effort to prove alien life
Friedman built a reputation as a leading authority on unidentified flying objects, alien abductions and the so-called Roswell incident, considered by many to be the definitive UFO event.
Brand, Toews among Trillium Book Award finalists
Dionne Brand, Miriam Toews among finalists for Ontario's Trillium Book Award
Freeland to meet Lighthizer, Grassley in Washington to push for tariff removal
“It is never wise to predict how long any negotiation will take,” Freeland warns.
Amber Alert anger shows education needed: experts
The emergency alerts in the early hours have brought complaints from people upset that they’ve been awakened.
Chicago zoo celebrates baby gorilla born on Mother's Day
Chicago zoo celebrates baby gorilla born on Mother's Day
People who call 911 to complain about Amber Alerts are being ‘incredibly selfish,’ expert says
Toronto police say they have received a number of complaints today about being awakened by an alert issued for a 3-year-old boy.
Stocks stabilize as U.S.-China trade war enters new stage
Financial markets showed signs of stabilizing Tuesday, a day after China’s announcement of retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States touched off Wall Street’s biggest loss in more than four months.
Rockslide closes McNeilly Road escarpment access in Stoney Creek
A rockslide has prompted the closure of the McNeilly Road escarpment access in Stoney Creek, the City of Hamilton says.
Duelling guitars
Israel Alan Marshall and Aidan Gray took advantage of the break in the rain to get outside and play some music on their guitars Tuesday. The partly sunny skies and more seasonable temperatures expected for Wednesday may make for a perfect time for an encore performance.
Tories slash $17M from services for victims of violence
Independent MPP Randy Hillier revealed the extent of changes in the legislature on Tuesday when he questioned Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod.
Hamilton police stop stolen SUV with two flat tires being driven erratically on Upper James
A man and woman from Welland are facing charges
Bitcoin surges to almost $8,000
Adding to the optimism was speculation that more mainstream companies such as eBay and Whole Foods are about to start accepting cryptocurrency payments.
Koostachin prevails in second school naming battle
A year after being edged out by Bernie Custis in a naming battle for the new high school by Tim Hortons Field, Shannen Koostachin is getting her due.
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