The kids (now adults) of the families who settled Alderney Avenue, punching the East Mountain open to the south in the 1950s, can rhyme off each others’ names like they came over on the Mayflower.

Quebec strawberry and blueberry producers say this summer’s sweltering temperatures have affected their yields but that consumers likely won’t pay more for the fruit.

The federal Liberal government needs to make good on its promise to declare housing a “fundamental human right” under Canadian law as part of its forthcoming national housing strategy, advocates for affordable housing said Tuesday.

Residents of the Fredericton apartment complex that was the scene of Friday’s deadly shooting spree are being allowed back into their homes, but many are already thinking about moving out.

The smell of diesel filled the air as crews worked to recover a capsized tugboat that may have spilled as much as 22,000 litres of the fuel in the Fraser River between Vancouver and Richmond on Monday night.

Canada’s police chiefs are urging Ottawa to beef up its fight against the scourge of opioids by more closely vetting people who import pill presses.

The Latest: 6th Atlantic City casino to offer sports betting

City police are continuing to appeal to anyone who may have witnessed or has information about a “large disturbance” involving 20 to 30 youths in Del Crary Park shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday to come forward.

In its first two months Hamilton temporary site saw 407 clients

A day after announcing plans to sell recreational cannabis in private stores, the Ontario government said it was still working out how strict regulations governing the new system would be enforced.

Homegrown film festival opens its submissions to budding auteurs across Canada

Ontario working out details on how rules around new pot plan would be enforced

ALBANY, N.Y. - Flash floods caused by pre-dawn downpours washed out bridges, submerged vehicles, clogged yards and roads with debris and temporarily trapped dozens of people in their upstate New York homes Tuesday, causing extensive damage but no reported deaths.

A 51-year-old highway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa collapsed in a driving rain Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 15 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.

Friends and acquaintances of Matthew Raymond are offering varying memories of the accused murderer: A boy who retreated into video games, a pleasant supermarket co-worker and an increasingly isolated loner in later years.

Marijuana has been a man’s world but that’s changing according to Canndora, a company billed as a Cannabis Brand for Women, by Women.

Pesticides linked to bee deaths will be phased out in Canada, sources say

The federal government will begin phasing out the outdoor use of nicotine-based pesticides beginning in 2021, part of an effort to stem the mysterious decline of honey bee colonies around the world.

The Ontario government passed a controversial bill to slash the size of Toronto city council on Tuesday, capping off a rare and tumultuous summer legislative sitting that saw the newly elected Progressive Conservatives forge ahead on several key campaign promises.

Police chiefs call for stricter controls on pill presses to fight opioids

B.C. university drops mandatory ban on sex outside of heterosexual marriage

The growth of Canada’s soon-to-be-legal recreational pot industry is starting to create a small buzz among job hunters.

Members of Canada’s Muslim community say recent tensions between Ottawa and Saudi Arabia are affecting some people’s ability to perform what’s seen in the faith as a fundamental religious right.

NewsAlert: Italian news agency ANSA citing Interior Ministry says 11 dead in bridge collapse in Genoa

Wildfire smoke blankets B.C. and Alberta, prompting air quality advisories

University of Calgary research into Alberta climate change since 1961 shows temperature rising everywhere, but are signficantly up in Banff, Jasper and Calgary.

"I had no problems with the application," said Stoney Creek Coun. Doug Conley.

Home Depot handily beat expectations during the second quarter, bouncing back from a slow start to the year when terrible weather cooled construction projects. The world’s biggest home improvement retailer boosted its full-year profit and revenue forecasts Tuesday.

Through connections made at summer camp, high school students Aarzu Gupta and Lili Sun used artificial intelligence to create a drone program that aims to detect wildfires before they spread too far.

Teens charged after allegedly stealing truck from Alberta, driving to Ontario

Federal legislation needed to declare housing a 'right,' says coalition

Doris Zielke was last seen around 10:30 a.m. near New Street and Henderson Road

Dozens of people were trapped in their homes Tuesday by fast-rising water from flash floods caused by heavy pre-dawn downpours that drenched New York state’s Finger Lakes region, inundating roads and sweeping tons of trees, debris and a camper with a woman trapped inside into one of the lakes, authorities said.

Halifax man who killed off-duty cop to serve at least 13.5 years in prison

Lawyers for Paul Manafort rested without calling witnesses Tuesday in their client’s trial on bank and fraud charges, a stark contrast from the prosecution’s case that included testimony from nearly two dozen people and hundreds of documents entered into evidence.

Feds to launch talks on safeguards to keep steel from flooding into Canada

Federal legislation needed to declare housing a 'right,' says coalition

Turkey's Erdogan vows US boycott, but diplomats resume talks

Trudeau to hold retreat with newly shuffled cabinet in Nanaimo, B.C.

The picket lines are staying up at the Arrell Youth Centre on the east Mountain.

Man charged in Toronto subway homicide has case put over to December

NDP leader commends teachers and school boards who are standing up to “oppose this regressive move” by new Progressive Conservative government.

Hydro One names new board of directors after en masse resignation

Three Canadian cities among top 10 most liveable globally in EIU ranking

It’ll be a night of Duke and Satchmo at the Mahtay Café Aug. 19, with three female jazz singers leading the way.

Miltonians Sylvia Pajkovski and Peter Madimenos won the second prize of $25,000 a year for life in the OLG’s August 6 daily grand draw.

Bus crash in Ecuador kills 23 people, injures 14

Car crashes into barriers outside parliament in London

NewsAlert: Italian news agency ANSA citing Interior Ministry says 11 dead in bridge collapse in Genoa

"These 10-year plans scare me to death," said Ancaster Coun. Lloyd Ferguson.