Toddler dies after being found in vehicle in Burlington, Ont., police say

Chicago White Sox catcher Welington Castillo was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance.

Government leaving door open to sending spare military helicopters to Mali

Recordings of emergency calls after a fatal cougar attack in Washington state last weekend detail how dispatchers calmly struggled to figure out exactly where the surviving victim was — and how worried he was about his friend.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he plans to tell U.S. President Donald Trump that his threat to slap tariffs of up to 25 per cent on vehicle imports would have an “incredibly negative effect” on the American economy.

Judge Joseph Nadel didn’t mince words in sentencing Brian Matthews to eight years in prison for the manslaughter death of his grandson.

Dawn Harp and Lars Androsoff were fully confident flooding didn’t threaten their home near southern British Columbia’s Kettle River.

Study on health impact of mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows to be released

Vandalism, in the form of graffiti scrawled on the fountain stones at Gage Park Wednesday, are reviving speculation about the possibility of some kind of anarchist insurgency in the city.

Twelve right whales spotted in closed fishing grounds off New Brunswick: LeBlanc

Tory senators lead opposition to random roadside alcohol testing

A campaigning Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford dismissed allegations Thursday that he was involved in selling bogus party memberships, and also denied trying to intimidate a would-be candidate in 2016.

Federal investigators say the autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but didn’t stop because emergency braking was disabled.

Two of Canada’s biggest banks reported second-quarter earnings Thursday that benefited from bigger profit margins on the back of rising interest rates, which could be less of a boon in coming quarters as pressure mounts to raise the interest rates banks pay on deposits.

Student voters look for tuition, mental-health help

The new chief executive of the federal infrastructure agency says it will be nine to 18 months before it will be ready to announce its first investment.

Hussen on hot seat over spike in asylum seekers crossing border illegally

The City of Burlington recently received the first Canadian Network of Asset Managers’ (CNAM) Ambassador Award.

The car-sharing service car2go said Thursday it is indefinitely suspending its operations in Canada’s largest city because parking regulations make its business inoperable.

Drivers will have to detour around the closed ramps

Police ID remains found near Toronto highway as those of man missing since 2016

Liberals pledge more access to pensions Ontario private sector workers

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Vancouver, Squamish pipeline challenges dismissed

Study on health impact of mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows to be released

Woman, 42, charged in death of child, 9, in Oakville, Ont.: police

Retired Peel police officer charged with fraud and laundering proceeds of crime

Police to canvass area where cyclist killed in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont.

Three major party leaders in southern Ont. today, 2 weeks from voting day

Car-sharing service car2go suspending operations in Toronto

Nova Scotia mulls fate of iconic Annie Leibovitz photography collection

Eight people are accusing Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment, unwanted touching and other inappropriate behaviour, according to a new CNN investigation.

TD Bank posts 17% jump in second-quarter profit, beating expectations

Car2Go to end Toronto operations in May over city parking regulations

Tory senators lead opposition to random roadside alcohol testing

Third sexual assault charged laid against man who allegedly posed as Uber driver

Man arrested in B.C., appears in Ontario court after attack on autistic man

Ont. NDP promises to hire 4,500 nurses in its first year if elected

Sources previously told the Star that two 13 Division cops allegedly consumed marijuana edibles in January following a pot dispensary raid.

The New Democrat leader discussed the party’s plans to fix a “breaking” health-care system with hiring, new hospital beds and a moratorium on layoffs for front-line workers.

With Engelbrecht’s passing at 98, only one known RHLI survivor of the infamous August, 1942 raid is still living.

Three major party leaders in southern Ont. today, 2 weeks from voting day

In a city known for sports teams loaded with baggage, it’s a sigh of relief to cheer for underdog Vegas, writes Emma Teitel.

Hussen on hot seat over spike in asylum seekers crossing border illegally

Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for areas of Newfoundland, including Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor.

Toronto stocks lower as energy sector falls, U.S. markets in the red

Unemployment, labour force participation rates vary greatly across neighbourhoods

Event harder to get into than Harvard runs Friday, June 1 to Sunday, June 3

Around this time 21 years ago, "Roseanne," the groundbreaking sitcom about the blue-collar Conner family, came to an end after a successful 10-year run. The notion that it'd be pulled out of retirement more than two decades later and become the success story of the 2017-18 television season would have likely elicited a Roseanne-like cackle from the cast back then.

North Korea claimed Thursday that it had destroyed its nuclear testing site, setting off explosions to collapse underground tunnels where it had detonated six increasingly large bombs over 11 years.

The Liberals released a recording Thursday that appears to show Ford telling people they didn’t have to pay for party memberships.