Yves Giroux, career public servant, nominated to be new budget watchdog

Montreal's suspended police chief renounces role, will stay with force

Racialized women fared the worst when it came to finding secure employment

In the midst of the opioid crisis, Boston Medical Center added an intravenous version of Tylenol to its arsenal of drugs for pain management. But IV Tylenol was expensive, and after drugmaker Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals increased the price, the hospital projected it was on track to spend $750,000 in 2015 on acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) in injectable form.

The Ottawa Senators have traded forward Mike Hoffman less than one week after a story broke about his partner's alleged harassment of team captain Erik Karlsson's wife.

Spraying snake with gas leads to house blaze in Finland

Heat warning was issued Saturday

Accused in subway homicide to appear in Toronto court this morning

Border separations ripple through midterm campaigns

As criticism mounts, the U.S. president is both standing firm and lying that he is powerless to stop the controversial practice.

Here are the death notices published June 19, 2018, in the Waterloo Region Record:

Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi's judicial review set for today in Halifax

Only 37 acres are left over on the bay following Stelco’s surprise decision to reacquire mothballed Hilton works land.

An emergency room doctor was suspended from a hospital in northern California after cursing and mocking a patient who said he was having an anxiety attack.

Alexa has a new job: hotel concierge.

Cineplex theatres showing "Incredibles 2" have posted health-related warnings to moviegoers about Disney's animated feature, which opened on the weekend.

Proposed class-action lawsuits have been filed against Bank of Montreal and CIBC's direct banking division Simplii Financial over recently disclosed cybersecurity breaches impacting up to 90,000 customers.

A 17-year-old Chicago boy shot several times in the head was mistaken for dead and covered with a sheet until bystanders noticed him moving and told paramedics.

ABC announces that the Bachelor in Paradise stars got engaged on the beach in Mexico.

The incoming Doug Ford administration has ordered a government-wide freeze on hiring and discretionary spending until it can get a “true look” at the state of provincial finances.

Keith McSpurren, former CEO of failed startup TheRedPin, says real estate practices are ripe for an update.

As an ethnic Torajan in northern Indonesia, Berta Kondorura's transition to the hereafter was supposed to be an elaborate mixture of mourning and tradition-steeped celebration.

When it comes to landing secure jobs “it’s a combination of gender, race and having a university degree or not that determines if you’ll be left behind,” said Greater Toronto United Way vice president Michelynn Lafleche.

I'm glad I was lying down when the doctor told me the true cause of my stomach pains.

People who know Sef Scott know he doesn’t normally speak.

Tenants of buildings want the city to review bylaws and take proactive approach to inspections

The historic Dundas halfway house for federal female parolees was “out of money,” writes Paul Wilson. For Salvation Army colonel Marguerite Ward and her collaborative ways, that was no problem.

Updated city data shows Ward 2 had 38.6 per cent of paramedic calls related to suspected overdoses from Jan. 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018.

Efforts have expanded into the North Bay area

The lethal shotgun blast that left a gaping hole in Jonathan Styres’ chest came from “left to right, front to back and downward.”

Not too close with Trudeau, Bellegarde insists as AFN race gets underway

Tories jump into early byelection lead, poised to snatch riding from Liberals

Marijuana bill goes back to Senate after House rejects 13 amendments

Death on Toronto subway treated as homicide with man in custody, police say

The city says more than two would-be buyers are interested in building film studios on the Barton-Tiffany lands.

Tories jump into early byelection lead, poised to snatch riding from Liberals

The Halton Catholic school board is set to consider feedback from hundreds of community members as it prepares to decide the future of a controversial policy that bans donations to charities that don’t align with Catholic values.

Police say witnesses reported hearing a loud bang and seeing a group of young people scatter

Ontario-based poultry processor and slaughterer Pinty’s Delicious Foods Inc., which has a plant in Port Colborne, has been purchased by Olymel L.P., Canada’s leader in the production, processing and distribution of pork and poultry meats.

Toronto police are investigating whether a man who was struck and killed by an oncoming train at Yonge-Bloor subway station Monday was pushed off the platform.

Halifax military police officer pleads not guilty to sexual assault

Teen convicted in the killing of Terry Pringle has been accepted to college

Also, Winter Wonderland design study approved

Toronto police say the death of a young man at one of the city’s busiest subway stations is being treated as a homicide.

The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association is hosting its ninth annual meeting on cochlear implants on June 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Brant Hills Community Centre, 2255 Brant St., in Burlington. The cost is $5 for non-members. For more information or to register, contact chhahamilton2@gmail.com or 905-575-4964.

Widespread flooding in the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least one death in Wisconsin, while disaster declarations were issued Monday in northern Michigan after flash-flooding washed out roads, damaged businesses and caused dozens of sinkholes.

Hope was fading for a beached whale as night fell Monday on a small coastal community in eastern Newfoundland.

Anti-poverty groups are raising the stakes on the Liberal government’s promise to reduce the prevalence of low-income families by detailing child poverty rates in all 338 federal ridings — including the above-average rates facing constituents of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

Tears flow as gay military veterans tell judge about ruined careers, lives