A Hamilton Police Service media relations officer has been charged with impaired driving.

A woman in her 70s is in hospital and her son is dead following an early-morning fire Friday in the heart of Waterdown.

Hamilton East-Stoney Creek MPP Paul Miller’s wife is running against one of his employees who has filed a human rights complaint and a dozen union grievances against him for alleged bullying, harassment and discrimination.

Toronto stock index hovers near break-even, loonie strengthens

Lombray Ball, 50, from Toronto was arrested Thursday, charged with two counts of assault and threatening death.

Feds register surplus of $3.2 billion over first two months of fiscal year

The prices of ski chalets, waterfront cottages and other vacation properties in Canada jumped 13 per cent in a year-long period through June, according to a new report.

Toronto man, 68, faces 14 child pornography-related charges, police say

Putting referendum question on ballot likely requires legislative change by province with deadline passed.

" I have been meeting with residents and they want me to run," said former Stoney Creek Coun. Brad Clark.

Online campaign supports daughter of local auto tech Jeff Taylor

Bad week in social media gets worse; Twitter hammered

Hamilton Police are holding the scene in Waterdown after a fire in the early Friday morning hours where a man was found dead.

NewsAlert: Tory slams Ford on plan to reduce Toronto council seats

In the town of Sodankyla, Finland, the thermometer on July 17 registered a record-breaking 90 degrees, a remarkable figure given that Sodankyla is 59 miles north of the Arctic Circle, in a region known for winter snowmobiling and an abundance of reindeer.

Forensics experts work on identifying the dead in Greek fire

Private sector to sell marijuana in Ontario once pot can be legally sold: report

McDonald's Corp. is feeling the heat from fast-food rivals in the U.S.

Council resumes Friday morning and is expected to have a last-minute discussion about Ford’s intention to slash the size of council from 44 wards to 25 for the upcoming October election

NewsAlert: Tory slams Ford on plan to reduce Toronto council seats

Ontario’s premier plans to make the change before the October election, and cancel the upcoming elections of regional chairs in Peel and York, the Star has learned.

Emails: Lawyer who met Trump Jr. tied to Russian officials

Arson wildfire forces entire California town to evacuate

World's oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 117

Legal implications on Trump or Cohen unclear on secret tape

Teen dies after car crashes into telephone pole in Orillia, Ont.: police

Lilliana Redd's daughter, who is transgender, was refused Communion during a Sunday mass this month at St. Vincent de Paul, one of Charlotte's more conservative Catholic churches.

For roughly 17 months, she patiently waited. Like many expectant mothers, she looked forward to the day she would get to welcome her new baby into the world.

Canadians cut back spending on extras, essentials amid rising interest rates: poll

Cameras count the number of users and software predicts age and gender, a CF spokesperson said. No photo or video is recorded or stored.

Jeremiah Perry, 15, was on a field trip with other students from C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate Institute last July. TDSB said Thursday the teacher charged will remain on home assignment.

Kelli Mulhollen Dumas said she thought the small, red bumps on her son's skin were bites from chiggers or mosquitoes.

Cannabis activist Jodie Emery applauded the decision, which reverses the LCBO-run monopoly.

In a wide-ranging interview with Sean Hannity on Thursday night, Roseanne Barr attempted to defend her tweet about Valerie Jarrett ("Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.") that got her fired from ABC two months ago.

Peel Regional Police say one of the sexual assault charges Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard is facing relates to an alleged incident in Mississauga more than two years ago.

In December of 1967, Coboconk resident Don Alton was partridge hunting when he discovered a human skeleton tied at the wrists. The following May a farmer in Schomberg found a skeleton similarly bound. It would take years for police to identify the men as Eric Jones, 18, and Richard Hovey, 17. Police are still searching for answers more than 50 years later.

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that tariffs — essentially, taxes on consumers — were the “greatest.” His scheme to soften the pain of tariffs with a $12-billion welfare-for-farmers plan went over like a lead balloon. He was reportedly considering a 25 per cent tariff on autos. This is what the Trump-Peter Navarro trade mindset looks like — chaotic, unworkable, counterproductive and politically untenable.

Apartment fire near Hamilton leaves one dead, one injured

No injuries in Cornwall Ont., as fire damages four buildings

Mayor and health-care advocates say they’re pressing the province to continue funding

The temporary program is to help divert organic waste from the landfill while the municipal compost plant is closed

The news that senior White House adviser (and first daughter) Ivanka Trump will shut down her eponymous clothing line was a minor development this week. On the tragedy scale, it's squarely in microscopic violin territory, and it's even a positive development for people who have boycotted her products as a protest against the Trump administration's policies. But it is still surprising.

Farmhand from Holland dies in Ontario farm accident

Ford to slash Toronto council seats, cancel regional chair elections:report

Ford to slash Toronto council seats, cancel regional chair elections:r eport

Ontario’s premier plans to make the change before the October election, and cancel the upcoming elections of regional chairs in Peel and York, the Star has learned.

Ontario’s Auditor General will investigate how The Standard came into possession of a leaked document from her audit of Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, says the chair of NPCA.

Over my many years in this job, which takes me all through the city, I’ve seen hisname on more of your refrigerators than General Electric’s.

A CMHC assessment shows Hamilton’s market still “highly vulnerable” but seeing improvements

Highway 5 near Lynden will be closed starting Monday for about four months so the City of Hamilton can do bridge reconstruction work. The highway will be closed between Sheffield Road and Lynden Road with no through access west of Hunter Road. The city says motorists “should follow the posted detour routes to navigate around the closure.”