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‘Brutal’ Canada has ‘outsmarted our politicians for decades,’ Donald Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump took another shot at Canada’s trade practices Saturday, alleging that Canadian leaders have taken advantage of bumbling American politicians “for decades.”
Livin’ the Letterkenny life
In just two years, "Letterkenny" has become CraveTV's hottest item, writes Graham Rockingham
Daycare worker gets 21 years for drugging children to go tanning
January Neatherlin told parents they couldn't pick up their children from Little Giggles daycare centre between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. That three-hour period, she said, was nap time.
SIU investigating Napanee incident
Ontario's police watchdog investigating incident in Napanee
Dundas’ Buskerfest receives provincial grant
A $9,895 provincial grant from the Celebrate Ontario program will allow Dundas International Buskerfest to create a new family area for this summer’s event.
‘There’s no place to hide’ — 911 calls reveal harrowing details from Florida school shooting
Recordings of calls about the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tell a tale of horror and confusion, as students told panicked relatives and 911 dispatchers what was happening, Rosie DiManno writes.
Insurance company uncovers 'pervasive' auto body shop scams
Aviva Canada found about half the expenses submitted for repairs to crashed vehicles in Ontario were bogus
Christine Elliott concedes Ontario Tory leadership to Doug Ford after a review
Christine Elliott met with Doug Ford at a secret location on Sunday to congratulate him on his narrow win
Students brainstorm on climate change in McMaster Energy Week
McMaster Energy Week ended in a student showdown Saturday, where cricket meat and dirty bath water duked it out for best carbon-slashing solution.
Members of Canadian military banned from associating with outlaw bikers
Move comes four years after report that found some active and retired troops have an uncomfortably close alliance with outlaw motorcycle clubs
Hamilton ‘angel’ set to donate kidney to stranger
Jennen Johnson has met an “angel” on earth — and she’s a stranger from Hamilton.
PHOTOS: Hamiltonians show Locke Street love
Supporters head to Locke Street Saturday for #LoveLockeDay.
Rural residents weigh in on property rights
Rural residents weigh in on right to defend property from intruders
Rural residents worried about crime, property rights
'Landowners are free prey:' Rural residents worried about crime, property rights
Concerns raised over OPG stacks demolition
The demolition of the Nanticoke Generating Station’s smokestacks was a sad day for many, although for some there was different reason to be upset.
A timeline of key events in the Ontario Tory leadership race
A timeline of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race:
Police hunt masked men in Shoppers Drug Mart armed robbery
Hamilton Police are looking for two men after an armed robbery at a Westdale Shoppers Drug Mart late Friday night.
NewsAlert: Christine Elliott concedes Tory leadership to Doug Ford
Doug Ford faces daunting task of uniting Tories as rival refuses to concede
Doug Ford’s road to leader of Ontario PC party paved with controversy
Ford’s win as PC leader continues his family’s political legacy, beginning when his father served as MPP for the Etobicoke-Humber riding in the mid-1990s.
No update to system tracking Manitoba kids in care despite calls for change
— A commissioner who investigated the death of a girl who died after falling through the cracks of Manitoba’s child-welfare system says he is disappointed the province still hasn’t replaced the aging computers used to track children.
Signpost: Salamanders, small grants and more
Starting Monday, King Road in Burlington will be closed for about three weeks from the base of the Niagara Escarpment to Mountain Brow Road for the annual Jefferson salamander migration. This allows for the safe passage of this endangered species during their breeding.
Man, 60, charged in death of woman
Man, 60, charged in death of woman in Wiarton, Ont.
All (Mansaram’s) roads lead to ROM
The ROM is now the largest repository of Mansaram’s work anywhere in the world, Jeff Mahoney writes
Obituary: Dr. Margaret Black was a distinguished nursing professor at McMaster
She died after being struck by a truck while crossing street in downtown Dundas
Ford, Elliott meet following Tory leadership race
Doug Ford faces daunting task of uniting Tories as rival refuses to concede
‘It’s really frustrating’: Sikh Canadian dismayed by extremism allegations
— Jaspreet Bal was eating lunch with friends in rural Ontario when she says a “kind, well-intentioned” white man approached them to chat. He asked about her background, and she replied she was Sikh.
Canada will not bend to U.S. steel tariff pressure in NAFTA talks, says Freeland
As the United States tries to light a fire under NAFTA negotiations, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will not be bullied or pressured by the U.S. as part of those talks.
New method can predict where lightning will spark wildfires: Calgary study
— Apparently lightning can strike the same place twice after all.
Ford brushes off rival’s refusal to concede, says he’s focused on beating Liberals
Christine Elliott has said she won the popular vote and the majority of ridings, and said thousands of party members were assigned to incorrect ridings
Critics across partisan divide assail Florida’s new gun law
— The political and legal fallout from Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to sign a sweeping gun bill into law following a school massacre was nearly immediate as the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit to stop it and political candidates in both parties criticized it.
Doug Ford focused on beating Wynne Liberals
Doug Ford faces daunting task of uniting Tories as rival refuses to concede
E-commerce not the only cause of death for Canadian malls
Malls were once a go-to shopping destination and a teenager’s hangout of choice for urbanites, but now face an uncertain future as some of their biggest tenants lay off employees, file for creditor protection or hang a “closed” sign in the window and leave for good.
Le Pen wants French far-right party renamed National Rally
— French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed renaming the National Front party co-founded by her father 46 years ago to National Rally on Sunday to put it in a win mode for future elections.
Contamination in ex-spy case ups pressure on U.K. to act
The health implications of the nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his adult daughter broadened Sunday when British officials conceded that limited traces of contamination were found in a restaurant and a pub in Salisbury, a city in England.
Putin: U.S. interferes in elections all the time
— Russian President Vladimir Putin says he doesn’t care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the actions weren’t connected to his government.
N.S. university’s probe of controversial professor intensifies free-speech debate
— A small-town university in Atlantic Canada has been thrust into the epicentre of a national debate about free speech on campus, amid new allegations a controversial professor has made “racist and transphobic comments” in class.
Putin’s Russia: from basket case to resurgent superpower
— Vladimir Putin and his Russia look more invincible than at any other time in his 18 years in power.
Hamilton Tories want Ontario party to "clean up" voting process
"I'm the only one who will have the courage to do what is necessary to get our province back on track," said Doug Ford, newly elected Ontario Tory leader.
Most stores shut in Poland as Sunday shopping ban takes effect
— A new Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays has taken effect, with large supermarkets and most other retailers closed for the first time since liberal shopping laws were introduced in the 1990s after communism’s collapse.
Doug Ford faces daunting task of uniting Tories as rival refuses to concede
The newly crowned leader of Ontario’s Opposition has vowed to get the beleaguered party back on track after months of tumult and a polarizing leadership race, but Doug Ford is already facing resistance from within Tory ranks as his main rival refuses to concede.
Doug Ford faces task of uniting Tories
Doug Ford faces daunting task of uniting Tories as rival refuses to concede
Near unanimous congressional vote allows Chinese president Xi Jinping to rule for life
64-year-old Xi serves simultaneously as the head of state, leader of the ruling Communist Party and commander of the armed forces
For Stormy Daniels, swatting away Twitter trolls is a work of art
Any woman who has ever laughed off an insulting comment because she feared the repercussions if she didn't knows exactly what strings Daniels is pulling online.
Insurance probe uncovers auto body shop scams
Insurance company uncovers 'pervasive' auto body shop scams; urges action
Careless smoking sparks $100,000 damage to Hamilton high rise
Officials believe blaze was caused by a discarded cigarette
Man stabbed in leg on Hamilton Mountain
35-year-old victim taken to hospital. Not co-operating with police
Several skiers and snowboarders die in tree wells
'Kind of shocking:' Several skiers and snowboarders die in tree wells this year
Old computers still used to track children in care
No update to system tracking Manitoba kids in care despite calls for change
Five things to watch for in Canadian business
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
Toronto police investigate shooting death
Homicide unit investigating after shooting death in Toronto's west end
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