Laine Renaud carries his quarry toward a waiting vehicle. Renaud was part of a staff hunt for the perfect office tree at Best Access Doors. Employees spent Tuesday afternoon looking for a great specimen, and found this one at Ancaster Ice Cream tree lot where owner Jay Thorneycroft said he’s sold 300 trees so far this season — but still has 100 left.

Halton Region has once again been selected one of the Greater Toronto Area’s top 100 employers

The city will be working with Halton Region to make changes to its official plan following notice received this week that specified that the city’s plan does not conform with that of the region.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the market was the target of the attack or if there was any link to terrorism.

Commander was under orders not to intercept any suspicious vessels.

As members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant scatter, Ottawa has come under pressure to explain what it’s doing to contain any threat from foreign fighters returning to Canada.

The mass shooting, a rarity in Latin America's largest nation, happened right after the midday service had ended at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, a city about 100 kilometres north of Sao Paulo.

Airline group says Christmas travel will rise 5.2 per cent

The incident happened at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, a city about 100 kilometres north of Sao Paulo.

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the fallout from the protests will shave 0.1 per cent off French economic growth in the last quarter of 2018.

Bickering in public with Democratic leaders, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened repeatedly on Tuesday to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t provide the money he says is needed to build a wall at the Mexican border.

PARIS - French media have reported a shooting in Strasbourg, and the Interior Ministry has called on the public to remain indoors amid a "serious security event" in the city centre.

Top European Union officials on Tuesday ruled out any renegotiation of the divorce agreement with Britain, as Prime Minister Theresa May fought to save her Brexit deal by lobbying leaders in Europe’s capitals.

Modest home price growth forecasted for 2019: Re/Max and Royal LePage

In the spirit of the Christmas season, the inaugural Catholic school board comes together with “new beginning and new hope.”

A Texas death row inmate was set to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting more than 25 years ago of a newlywed who was attacked as he and his wife walked on a jogging trail.

Fundraising event to purchase solar lamps for children living in Gaza.

White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway teed off Tuesday on Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N. Y., calling her "a 29-year-old congresswoman who doesn't seem to know much about anything."

All rise. Kangaroo court is in session, Ontario’s “Government for the People” presiding.

Upset landlords and property managers lined up this morning to urge councillors to kill a proposed rental licensing pilot project aimed at two student-heavy wards.

The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Region could be short 165, 600 homes by 2041 if it doesn’t rightsize its housing supply to give families more space and build places that will induce seniors to downsize. Failure to do so could skew the population to an older demographic and impede its prosperity by discouraging younger, skilled workers, says a new study.

Time magazine has announced its 2018 Person of the Year is "The Guardians," four individuals and one group — all journalists — who this year helped expose "the manipulation and the abuse of truth" around the world.

The city’s planning committee is debating a contentious pitch for a pilot project to license small-scale landlords in two student-heavy wards this morning.

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Annual event at Ancaster church renamed for vulnerable man who died tragically in 2012, Susan Clairmont writes.

The former site of the Plainsman Restaurant, at the corner of Millgrove Sideroad and Highway 5 in Flamborough, will soon be home to a gas station and drive-thru restaurant.

Posting the names of accused on a website is not done for investigative purposes and it not a proven deterrent, so police forces are insulting the public’s intelligence by engaging in public shaming to no end.

The issue: John-Paul Danko has been sworn in as the new councillor for Ward 8.The local impact: Danko is an LRT supporter and wants to see a city-wide policy for neighbourhood traffic calming.

Ellen Pompeo revealed she and former onscreen love, Patrick Dempsey, have not spoken since he left the show in 2015.

Marianne Meed Ward says she doesn’t “see Burlington” using the legislation, while Fred Eisenberger calls it “unfortunate” that the province would leave Greenbelt decisions to municipalities

The Grinch stealing Christmas is supposed to be a story reserved for movies and books. However, a community in Blaine, Minnesota, experienced the real thing, when two thieves stole a red Salvation Army kettle from outside a Cub Foods store on Dec. 4.

The 17-year-old died Friday night after being stabbed in the chest inside a car

New guidelines for breast-cancer screening are intended to give women more of a voice in their health-care decisions, taking into account their personal values and preferences rather than age and risk factor alone.

The issue: Amalgamation has caused a lot of political headaches Local impact: Could ward changes mean higher taxes?

Hertz, Clear partner to speed rentals with biometric scans

Cubans fly around the world hunting shopping bargains

Right there on the street, there is now a hint of how 206 King St. W. used to be. The siding over the top left corner is stripped away. There are windows there, writes Paul Wilson. Who knew?

The whirlwind of the holidays often leaves even the most organized shoppers scrambling as Christmas draws closer, but experts say if you're trying to snag hot toys at the last minute this year, you'll probably head home empty-handed — yet another shift in the first holiday season sans Toys R Us.

Toronto could shield the couple from the swirling toxic circus in London by nurturing their souls and giving them a geographical safe space, writes Vinay Menon.

Isha Ambani's father is the richest man in India. Her family's Mumbai home, named for the mythical Atlantic island Antilia, has 27 stories, three helipads and is estimated to be one of the world's most expensive properties, second only to Buckingham Palace.

Sarah Hyland is revealing she had a second kidney transplant, which followed a dark period when she contemplated suicide.

A Dundas house was destroyed after an early evening fire on Monday.

Women of colour most disadvantaged, with higher unemployment rates, lower pay, according to report by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

The 17-year-old died Friday night after being stabbed in the chest inside a car

A man who allegedly murdered his former girlfriend in her Kitchener apartment and then fled to the United States was in court on Monday for the start of his preliminary hearing.

Daniel Coleman’s study of his own backyard wins for non-fiction and also takes the Kerry Schooley Award

Daniel Coleman’s study of his own backyard wins for non-fiction and also takes the Kerry Schooley Award

A Dundas house suffered extensive damage from an early evening fire on Monday.

After analyzing numbers from the force as well as an agency that investigates police complaints, Chief Commissioner Renu Mandhane said the data should stand as proof that the force needs to take urgent action.

Faced with a Brexit vote she can’t win, Theresa May appears to be gambling that running down the clock to a no-deal departure might change the arithmetic in Parliament.