Move reverses safeguards to prevent a return to the bloody excesses of a lifelong dictatorship typified by Mao Zedong's chaotic 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution

LONDON - British health authorities on Sunday urged people to wash their clothing and possessions as a precaution if they visited a restaurant and pub in the English city of Salisbury, where a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent.

Doug Ford’s victory is a powerful protest vote that amounts to a stunning declaration of war by Ontario’s Tories against the established order, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

Five things to know about new Ontario Tory leader Doug Ford

Like the U.S. presidential hopefuls, candidates can win the popular vote but still lose when it comes to electoral vote, thereby losing the election.

No winning ticket for Saturday night's $9.6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

Ont. Tories to reveal new leader who will take embattled party through election

Ford was named the new Tory leader late on Saturday, beating Christine Elliott in the race to lead the party into the June 7 provincial election. But a statement from Elliott’s campaign early Sunday alleged “serious irregularities” in the vote.

Hal was 24 when he abandoned the family car in a parking lot, leaving a note for his parents on Feb. 28, 2005.

Rumours circulated that Doug Ford had won the leadership on the first ballot, but that Christine Elliott challenged the results and demanded a recount.

Rumours circulated throughout the afternoon on social media, but confirmed by party and Ford supporters' sources that Doug Ford had won the leadership on the first ballot, but that Christine Elliott challenged the results and demanded a recount.

Ont. Tories to reveal new leader who will take embattled party through election

Ont. Tories to reveal new leader who will take embattled party through election

B.C. protesters rally for and against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline plan

A timeline of key events in the Ontario Tory leadership race

While Doug Ford appeared to have garnered the most points from ridings, Christine Elliott took the popular vote, sources said, putting the two front-runners in a heated battle that could end up in the courts.

While Doug Ford appeared to have garnered the most points from ridings, Christine Elliott took the popular vote, sources said, putting the two front-runners in a heated battle that could end up in the courts.

Ont. Tories to reveal new leader who will take embattled party through election

Officials believe blaze was caused by a discarded cigarette

Indigenous leaders beat drums and sang out against Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project Saturday, saying they won’t step aside for construction.

Hamilton Police are looking for two men after an armed robbery at a Westdale Shopper’s Drug Mart late Friday night.

Woman, 18, dead in single vehicle crash in Haldimand County, Ont.

Ont. Tories to reveal new leader who will take embattled party through election

The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the trigger devices remain on the market.

A Halifax sailor accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate told a court martial Saturday that he omitted certain details while being interviewed by military police because he did not feel comfortable talking to investigators about a homosexual encounter.

Porter flight makes emergency landing in N.B. after electrical problems

New online tool simplifies registration process: Check, update or add voter information

The economy got a job-creation lift last month that nudged the unemployment rate back down to match its all-time low of 5.8 per cent — but a closer look reveals a rush of part-time work and a big decline in full-time positions.

Sunwing is one of several Canadian airlines federal inspectors found had widespread non-compliance with their internal safety monitoring.

Women killed in attack were ‘accomplished professionals who dedicated their careers to serving veterans’

Unconscious man taken to Toronto hospital in taxi after stabbing

Anarchist is the best bet so far, but we can’t yet say for sure, Paul Berton writes

Who are the four people hoping to lead Ontario's Progressive Conservatives?

Ontario ticket takes Friday night's $32 million Lotto Max jackpot

The vandalism on Locke Street South last Saturday was not random: the cause, at least as expressed by The Tower in Hamilton, is gentrification.

Lawyer seeks PC leadership race extension saying client did not receive voter PIN

Dean Lester had been away from Microsoft for more than six years when the calls from former colleagues started rolling in at the end of 2016. He had just finished establishing a Redmond engineering centre for Qualcomm and was considering his next move.

The City of Hamilton is closing the intersection at Mohawk Road and Upper Kenilworth Avenue Monday for four days to complete work on a sewer connection. The work is expected to wrap up by end of day Thursday, March 15. HSR will still have access to the intersection. The city thanks motorists for their patience.

Two organizations selected for the Ontario Black Youth Action Plan will be in Hamilton this weekend

Man, 78, dead in farming accident in southwestern Ontario, police say

— Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a far-reaching school-safety bill Friday that places new restrictions on guns.

— Martin Shrkeli, the smirking “Pharma Bro” vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two failed hedge funds.

— Dozens of khaki-clad troops trained in chemical warfare were deployed on the streets of the usually sleepy English city of Salisbury on Friday as part of the investigation into the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter.

— One of the Canadian Forces’ most senior officers has been charged with breach of trust following a two-year criminal investigation into the leaking of classified government information to a Quebec shipyard.

A judge has dismissed a request to extend the voting period in Ontario’s Progressive Conservative leadership race.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is asking for public input on a preferred option and two alternatives for realigning trustee representation to reflect new ward boundaries for this fall’s municipal election.

— The first woman to ever be permanently appointed to lead the RCMP promised Friday to leave no stone unturned in her efforts to modernize a law-enforcement organization that remains plagued by complaints of sexism, workplace bullying and discrimination against Indigenous peoples.

— An Orthodox Jewish family that launched a legal battle to keep their son on life support after he was declared brain dead said the man’s heart had stopped, rendering him dead in their view, but they continued to seek a judge’s ruling in the case that pitted religious values against medical guidelines.

City’s fatality rate is now nearly double Ontario average, fuelling more concern

— A judge has rejected a challenge to Canada’s polygamy laws that was launched after two men were found guilty in British Columbia.