You always remember your first — whether it's a kiss, a car or a cruise — because of that heady combination of anticipation and trepidation. (My first cruise was to the Caribbean in 1999.) For a first-timer, all the decisions that come with taking a cruise — ship, cabin, clothes, tipping and so on — can be overwhelming, especially when you're clueless about how a cruise works.

“I told him, ‘If you find another person who is poor or who needs this money, you can give it to him,’” Wael Wahea said.

In their final moments, the passengers screamed.

One extra hour, Road2Hope, three games to see and thousands of chrysanthemums. Only a few of the many things to do and see in the Hamilton area this weekend.

The development would take up a couple of parcels of land just outside the downtown core

Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford was on a Delta flight from Indianapolis to Boston on Tuesday when she noticed the woman next to her showing signs of distress. So Stanford did what she was trained to do in more than a decade of experience as a doctor — she began to assist her.

Hamilton police are asking the public for help identifying suspects in a knifepoint gas station robbery earlier this month.

Only in her second year, she’s in the early discussion for the Patty Kazmaier Award as top player in the country.

Here’s a little something to bear in mind as the Montreal Alouettes come to town for Saturday night’s regular-season finale against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Road resurfacing will mean traffic delays and lane restrictions in the eastbound lanes of Burlington Street between Sherman and Kenilworth avenues for approximately two weeks beginning Friday. Once the eastbound lanes are finished, crews will resurface the westbound lanes of Burlington Street. That work will also take about two weeks.

538 Hwy. 8, Unit 102

On April 13, 1995 Wendy Renee Smith was dropped off at Richmond Hill’s Fantasia Hotel for her first-ever shift at the seedy strip club. Three days later she was reported missing, and police discovered there is no record of her arriving at the club. Where Wendy went, or what happened to her 23 years ago, remains a mystery. Now her four daughters, who grew up apart, are coming together in search of answers in an effort to find out what happened to the mother they never got to know.

Duchess Meghan's baby bump is on full display.

In a dark laundry room at a Jamaican Sandals resort, pinned to the floor by a hotel lifeguard, a Michigan teenage girl lay paralyzed with fear as the man bit her lip and raped her, violently robbing her virginity.

The OPP said a 41-year-old from Brampton and 49-year-old man from Mississauga have died following an explosive highway crash.

High-end jacket maker Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says it has snapped up fellow cold-weather gear producer Baffin Inc. as it looks to expand into footwear.

"Let's rock," he said from a death chamber within Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.

If you saw a collision on the Lincoln Alexander Parkway on Wednesday involving a Honda Accord and a transport truck, Hamilton Police want you to contact them.

The dog is believed to have jumped up and scratch girl in Port Dover

The rising: CityKidz grew from an epiphany in its founder’s soul 25 years ago into a $2 million charitable operation helping 1,600 Hamilton youth

Incident on East Mountain not tied to Westdale prowling, say Hamilton police

More than 1,800 Canada Post workers have walked off the job in Hamilton and La Mauricie, Que., as the union’s overtime ban becomes effective across the country.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was known as the “Iron Man of India” for integrating various states in the postindependence era, when the creation of Pakistan led to massive bloodshed between Hindus and Muslims moving between the two nations.

The doodle is in honour of Tyrrell’s 160th birthday

At issue is whether InterRent can recoup $3.27 million in work under provincial rules.

The City of Hamilton is once again seeking public input on a contentious plan to bring 80,000 people to Elfrida.

Ford government crossed a line by having a senior civil servant appear in a publicity video for their party, opposition MPPs say.

Federal opposition parties have joined forces to support a private member’s bill aimed at improving mental-health support for jurors traumatized by the evidence they see during trials.

A terminally ill Halifax woman ended her life Thursday with medical assistance after issuing a final deathbed plea asking lawmakers to change Canada’s assisted dying law.

Peel regional police Const. Danny Marttini said it appeared the man took his own life and the woman’s death is considered suspicious.

High-end jacket maker Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says it has snapped up fellow cold-weather gear producer Baffin Inc., as it looks to expand into footwear.

Hamilton police pledge to fill 100 appointments through “A November to Remember” campaign

Judge to decide whether teen is criminally responsible in the stabbing death of his father Dr. Andrew Chan

A man is hospital with serious injuries after police say he crashed his motorcycle — twice — before being thrown from it.

We love cupcakes in our house and since we’ve had two big birthdays in the past week, there have been a lot of cupcakes eaten! Chocolate is our favorite flavor so I thought I would share one of our favorite recipes with you.

Turkey’s justice minister renewed a call on Saudi Arabia to co-operate in the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Life in a Middle East embassy not easy for Canadian diplomats, especially women, in conservative kingdom

A terminally ill Halifax woman ended her life Thursday with medical assistance, after issuing a final deathbed plea asking lawmakers to change Canada’s assisted dying law.

The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Venezuela and Cuba and promised additional penalties against Nicaragua as the Trump administration laid out a hardline policy toward countries the White House branded a “troika of tyranny.”

Flooding in the spring of 2017 damaged the tracks and severed the only land link to the subarctic town of 900 people on the shore of Hudson Bay.

Incident on East Mountain not tied to Westdale prowling, say Hamilton police

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is heading to space — and a bit earlier than anticipated.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in Russia on Thursday for talks expected to focus on expanding economic ties between the two nations.

The 11 plaintiffs allege they were excluded from the process that led to court approval of the $750-million agreement that would pay survivors as much as $50,000 a piece for the harms done to them as children.

Google employees in Canada streamed out of the tech giant’s offices in Toronto, Montreal and Waterloo as part of an international act of defiance meant to protest the company’s treatment of women and alleged mishandling of sexual misconduct.

An Associated Press tally has documented more than 56,800 migrants dead or missing worldwide since 2014

In the past decade, Haldimand County has provided more than $1.3 million to property owners to bolster their improvement efforts.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather alert

The DeGroote Women’s Professional Network is holding a fall networking event “Becoming a Confident Leader” on Nov. 20.

Alek Minassian, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder in connection with the incident.