Trump: Syria attack 'very soon or not so soon at all!'

Syrian government to blame for chemical-weapons attack, Freeland says

DAMASCUS, Syria - Loud explosions rocked Syria's capital and filled the sky with heavy smoke early Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country's alleged use of chemical weapons. Syrian air defences responded to the joint strikes by the United States, France and Britain.

Russia: Syria chemical attack 'fabrication' by foreign power

Syrian government to blame for chemical-weapons attack, Freeland says

The closure began Friday evening and will be in place until further notice

The United States, France and Britain together launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again, President Donald Trump announced.

Wayne Bell, 67, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2016 of Marilyn Mitton.

Girl was “ringleader” in an April 2017 scheme she hatched with two other escorts from Toronto to get a ride to Hamilton with a Mississauga man and then steal his Jaguar, Crown says.

Ontario Liberals launching first campaign ad ahead of election, focus on Ford

Police and family are concerned for the well-being of 42-year-old James Neshawabin

Hamilton gave a crash course on its cash crunch to would-be MPPs Friday.

Man struck and killed by train in London, Ont., police say

The City of Burlington is holding free safety clinics for backyard pool owners from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. May 5 and 26 at the Angela Coughlan Pool, 2425 Upper Middle Rd. The clinics will offer injury prevention, basic water rescue skills and first aid training. Register at burlington.ca/play with Rec Express number TTR 386658 and TTR 386659.

— A federal scientist says deep water off the southern coast of Nova Scotia was abnormally warm earlier this week.

The Royal LePage House Price Survey showed an 11.8 per cent jump year-over-year but a slight decrease quarter-over-quarter

— James Comey’s new tell-all isn’t officially out yet, but it’s already infuriated President Donald Trump, who has called Comey an “untruthful slime ball,” and declared that he considered it an honour to fire the FBI director.

The province formally kicked off the bidding to build Hamilton’s LRT with a $5.9-million promise to build or repair affordable housing along the line.

— Ontario’s Liberals are launching their first campaign ad ahead of the spring election, saying it aims to reveal the “real Doug Ford.”

— A Quebec school board is expressing regret over an incident where a student was asked to leave class for wearing a sports jersey in support of the victims of a bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team.

— A man believed to be another victim of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur has been identified after investigators released his photograph and appealed to the public for help, police said Friday.

Exploration of eight drug-related deaths at the Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre resumes Monday

Friday the 13th in Port Dover means one thing: bikers. The overcast, cold weather made for a modest turnout, ahead of a treacherous weekend of icy roads in the forecast.

Peterborough County OPP seized cocaine, marijuana, cash, drug paraphernalia and stolen property after they executed a search warrant Thursday at a Lancaster Road just east of the city.

— One of Canada’s most infamous killers, whose name became reviled across the country after he murdered two Ontario teens, is back before the courts for an offence allegedly committed from a maximum-security prison.

Feds to change tax law to allow grandparents to access Canada Child Benefit

Ontario auto insurance rates up two per cent in first quarter 2018

— Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will look for some common ground on North American free trade talks when he meet with Mexico’s president on the sidelines of a major international summit in Peru’s capital.

In the latest instalment of the “Master Class” public lecture series on Tuesday April 17, Andrea Buchholz, a professor of nutrition at the University of Guelph, talks about the healing power of cuddly dogs.

Two people in life-threatening condition after shooting in Brampton

Trudeau to talk NAFTA with Mexican president, U.S. vice-president while in Peru

Feds have options to cut risk for Trans Mountain pipeline investors, says Carr

— Doug Ford’s promise to fire the CEO of Hydro One if elected this spring shows he has no plan to lead Ontario, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Friday, calling the Tory leader’s pledge little more than “bluster.”

Environment Canada issues warning on ice storm heading for southern Ontario

Father of slain police officer expresses dismay with federal gun legislation

Burlington’s electrical utility recently won two industry awards.

Toronto market edges higher on resources; U.S. markets, loonie down

Monster Jam

“Gateway,” by Vivian Ross and Vesna Asanovic, chosen from 31 applications

Feds warned of tipping point in public support for immigration levels

It all started with a tweet about a condiment.

Junior hockey club bringing in new coaching staff.

Wynne says Ford's pledge to fire Hydro One CEO shows he has no plan

A father and son are on vacation.

Father of slain police officer expresses dismay with federal gun legislation

YOLA, Nigeria — The list had more than 200 names.

— U.S. President Donald Trump, in a pair of tweets Friday, called former FBI Director-turned-tell-all author James B. Comey an “untruthful slime ball” and a “proven LEAKER & LIAR” and said it was “my great honor to fire” him, a day after excerpts from Comey’s book were shared before its release next week.

Convicted killer Paul Bernardo facing weapons possession charge

Rescue tech who died in accident had chute tangle, lost track of height: report

Phoenix pay problems drop slightly; bigger decline unlikely until late spring