The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s chief operating officer has proposed the board hold only five meetings a year to prevent staff from being overworked.

BETHESDA, Md. - Officials say they've seen "no indication" of an active shooter after clearing the basement of a building at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington.

An incorrect population reference appeared in a story in Tuesday’s paper about growth in the Hamilton area. The population of the GTHA is expected to grow to 11.5 million people by 2031, up from 7.8 million today.

Investigators said Tuesday that the number of victims from a shooting at a country music bar in Southern California this month could have been much higher based on the amount of ammunition the gunman carried.

GM is one of numerous car companies, including Tesla, Ford, Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz and Jaguar, pushing to make cars that are electric, autonomous and connected.

Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants and the absurd undersea world he inhabited, has died at age 57, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority expands Pikepass use in Texas

Terrence Finn to return to court Dec. 18 as application continues

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When Ayisha Izmeth and Sid Singh bought the building at 328 James St. N. last January, they were looking for place to create “an art and design culture focused space in a creative community.”

Swiss to investigate near-miss hang gliding incident

Jackson hotel bookings lag last year for holidays, so far

Who will “Rise Up” in Waterdown?

"The legislation is still in effect," said NPCA vice chair James Kaspersetz. "(The order in council) is what the NPCA has to follow."

The clock appears to have run out on an 11th-hour bid to redesign the Memorial replacement school in Stoney Creek after a survey of neighbours on Kilbourn Avenue found they oppose the plan.

BURLIINGTON- Halton police are looking for one suspect after $260 worth of vodka was recently stolen from a Burlington LCBO.

BURLINGTON — Halton police are looking for one suspect after $260 worth of vodka was recently stolen from a Burlington LCBO store.

Phillip Owen, 59, was killed in the two-vehicle crash on Highway 54 Monday afternoon

1 dead after small plane crashes in Santa Fe

Police are looking for a woman and a newborn in Mississauga, who they believe may be in medical distress after evidence of childbirth was found in a local park.

NPCA chief administrative officer Mark Brickell said reduced board meetings will prevent staff from being overworked.

Companies do fix problems quickly, often at lightning speed, once a customer asks the media for help, writes Ellen Roseman.

Thanksgiving is over, so its time for store owners to hang twinkly lights, my neighbour to put a giant red bow on a bush outside and the first lady to present decorations out of a nightmare.

"It was something I felt it was necessary to do," said NPCA Vice Chair James Kaspersetz.

The move, which will affect thousands of unionized jobs, sparked anger and uncertainty across Canada

It's been nearly a decade since singer Chris Brown was charged with felony assault for beating then-girlfriend Rihanna the night before the 2009 Grammys. She may have let him back her into his life since then, but many of her fans are still slow to forgive, let alone forget.

Selling Tesla's stock short is the Escher's "Waterfall" of trading. On the heels of an Axios interview of CEO Elon Musk broadcast this weekend, here is a brief summary of some things that happened over the past year or so:

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested without evidence that some of the migrants who were tear-gassed at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday were "grabbers" who took others' children in order to protect themselves.

Investigators looking for tips on Nov. 13 incident

Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is building a $660-million fresh-poultry facility in London, Ont., that will enhance its ability to process higher-margin products by closing three aging plants in the province.

In Minnesota, we have road construction season (sometimes known as spring and summer) and cold and flu season (a.k.a. fall and winter). But how much do we really know about the common cold?

For seven months, Hassan al-Kontar was trapped in air-conditioned purgatory. Stranded in Terminal 2 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, he slept under stairwells and lived off leftover chicken-and-rice dinners from AirAsia flights. He documented his daily life in video diaries that he posted on Twitter, inspiring comparisons to Tom Hanks' character in 2004′s "The Terminal."

The world goes into crisis mode when one insanely rich 34-year-old man gets his own place, Emma Teitel writes.

Green party Leader Elizabeth May is engaged and is making plans for a wedding next spring.

She was sexually abused at the age of four and her sexual exploitation would continue for years, well into her adult life.

Who is this area’s top athlete in 2018? Let the debate begin, writes Scott Radley.

Steelmakers have a stake in lost business at the GM plant in Oshawa, but the big worry is future auto contracts with the next generation of low emission vehicles

General Motors has been making cars in Oshawa, for more than a century in factories that once employed upward of 40,000 people, so the company’s announcement Monday that it would stop production brought recriminations from across the Canadian political spectrum.

Police association president says Homicide detectives “know what to look for” in debate with HPS over “parallel investigations,” Susan Clairmont writes.

Ripped up contracts, firing CEOs or killing cap and trade, Ontario’s premier seems more interested in short-term slogans and less interested in preparing for future employment opportunities, writes Martin Regg Cohn.

The collision took place Monday afternoon on Highway 54

The Royal Botanical Gardens botanical train has five tracks operating in a setting that includes scale replicas of Canadian landmarks built from plant materials. Included in the sights are LIUNA Station and the centre block of the Parliament Buildings. The Christmas lights are now up at the Rock Garden, where a second train display is operating.

Elon Musk raises the spectre of the digital devil overtaking the world and humans being left behind. He fears that artificial intelligence will exceed biological intelligence by such a margin that we need to think about an AI-infused human. It would start with planting a chip in someone’s head with “ a bunch of wires.”

Senators voted 53-25 in favour of the bill

Arizona state highway closing at North Rim for winter

O’Leary ran against Scheer for the Conservative party leadership before dropping out and backing Scheer’s main rival Maxime Bernier. But now O’Leary and Scheer have joined forces in hopes of defeating the Liberals in 2019.

U.S. fires tear gas at border with Mexico in attempt to prevent Central American migrants from crossing.

The next Canadian Hard of Hearing Association meeting is Nov. 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Gate Church, 120 Clarendon Ave. The speaker is Christopher Sutton, who is the first national executive director with a profound hearing loss to lead CHHA. Cost is $5 for nonmembers. Contact chhahamilton2@gmail.com or 905-575-4964 to register.

A former manager at the McGill University Health Centre pleaded guilty Monday to accepting a $10-million bribe in return for helping engineering firm SNC-Lavalin win the contract to build a major Montreal hospital and research centre.