School Board launched a campaign Monday aimed at building a “culture of help” and boosting the well-being of all students.

Downtown business group asks the city to ticket cigarette butt-tossers. Bylaw will study the idea — but it wouldn’t be easy.

Police say a 52-year-old Hamilton man has been charged with aggravated assault.

Amanda Memmolo returned from Mexico April 28 and has been reunited with her mom in Florida

Flooding forces lengthy road closure in northern Ontario

Family says they had to make a fuss to get attention for injured mom

With the greenbelt issue now front and centre, barring the Greens is a disservice to democracy, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

New research offers evidence for a claim made regularly by country music singers: Growing up with a little dirt under his nails may make a country boy a little shy. But compared to a born-and-bred city slicker, that country boy will grow up to be a stronger, healthier and more laid-back man.

Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy that came under attack for its use of personal Facebook data, announced Wednesday it will cease operations and declare bankruptcy in the United States and United Kingdom.

A newly-launched federal housing fund is looking for early wins in a bid to help people with developmental disabilities, low-income seniors and women fleeing domestic violence.

The Hamilton-Halton Construction Association is taking part in North American Occupational Health & Safety Week for the first time.

Emergency responders spent nearly three hours on scene after discovering the drugs

A man whose body was found inside a wall in a women’s washroom in a downtown Calgary shopping centre had crawled in on his own.

Nova Scotia has had its first suspected overdose death linked to carfentanil, the province’s chief medical officer of health said Wednesday.

Defunding abortion could be debated at Alberta United Conservative meeting

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaffirmed his commitment to enhanced, robust Indigenous rights Wednesday as he pleaded for more patience from senior Aboriginal leaders — but his rhetoric rang hollow to a number of chiefs still staunchly opposed to the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

The federal government has lost a court bid to overturn a NAFTA ruling involving a Nova Scotia quarry and marine terminal project, sparking renewed concerns about the trade deal’s effects on Canada’s environmental regime.

Canada loses NAFTA court challenge over Nova Scotia quarry project

Police in Ontario say a 16-year-old girl who was taken to Mexico and hadn’t been seen since last July has been reunited with her family.

3 Hamilton courthouse constables sent to hospital due to unknown substance

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane first heard a loud pop and then scurried away when they saw a jagged crack in a window that forced the jet to land in Cleveland on Wednesday.

Manulife sees nearly 2 per cent bump in first quarter net income

Alberta reverses decision rejecting adoption application from evangelical couple

People fled their homes Wednesday as rising flood water threatened to surpass record-setting levels along the St. John River, with one fire chief warning residents: “This could get very uncomfortable.”

Indigenous chiefs weary of federal foot-dragging; Trudeau pleads for patience

Health Canada mandates warning sticker on all prescription opioids

Man who died in women's washroom wall in Calgary mall climbed into vent

Trudeau won't say whether Liberals will delay cannabis legalization

Funeral to be held today for one of the victims of Toronto van attack

Hamilton cop Craig Ruthowsky didn’t get a fair trial because a lead investigator in his case is married to a woman Ruthowsky once dated, his lawyer says.

The Stoney Creek Lions' annual Mother’s Day weekend fishing derby at Fifty Point is getting the hook after a Hamilton Conservation Authority decision to stop stocking the park’s pond with trout.

A man whose body was found inside a wall in a women’s washroom in a downtown Calgary shopping centre had crawled in on his own.

Feds target shovel-ready projects for quick wins on $13B social housing fund

Resource stocks help boost Toronto market, loonie rises against U.S. dollar

Ontarians can now skip the line and renew their Ontario health cards online, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services has announced. People in Ontario can visit ServiceOntario.ca/RenewCards to renew, as long as they’re not changing personal details, have lived at the same address for at least 90 days prior to renewal and have a valid driver’s licence to verify identity. Individuals can still choose to renew their health card in-person. There is no fee to renew either way.

Downtown councillor Jason Farr said he’s “open to suggestions” about public health’s role in establishing and operating a site. “But of course, we have to do our due diligence.”

National parks advocates are frustrated that Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is nine months late responding to concerns over how the parks are managed.

Catholic school board in Ontario suspends controversial fundraising policy

Two Canadian men were arrested late last month after customs officers at the Rainbow Bridge discovered cocaine and marijuana hidden behind a vehicle’s dashboard.

Car spotted hanging over the Don Valley Wednesday morning.

Pickering, Ont., and part of neighbouring Ajax without power: utility

Downtown business group asks the city to ticket cigarette butt-tossers. Bylaw will study the idea — but it wouldn’t be easy.

First carfentanil-related death suspected in Nova Scotia:medical examiner

Global military spending rose to $1.739 trillion last year, a 1.1 per cent increase on 2016, a Swedish arms watchdog said Wednesday.

The family of a 30-year-old woman who was among those killed in last week’s van attack in Toronto says she would have wanted people to care for one another in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Ashen-faced MPs of all political stripes commiserated with their stricken Conservative colleagues after hearing the news Wednesday that longtime Ontario Tory MP Gord Brown had died suddenly in his Parliament Hill office.

Ontario deficit will jump to almost $12 billion in 2018: FAO

Air Canada agrees to give free tickets to love-struck man -- with a catch

Pickering, Ont., and part of neighbouring Ajax without power: utility

"We had to do a new planed subdivision to bring them together," said Ancaster Coun. Lloyd Ferguson