— Bill Cosby’s attorneys took aim Tuesday at prosecutors’ plans to call 19 other accusers at the entertainer’s April retrial, condemning it as a bid to paper over their weak case and score a victory amid a wider cultural reckoning with Hollywood’s casting couch culture.

Hamilton police say they responded to a “suspicious incident” at an east-end elementary school Tuesday afternoon.

OPP say remains found on golf course those of missing Barrie, Ont., woman

Troubled inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women seeks two more years

Federal government puts pressure on railways to clear grain shipment backlog

— It’s time to put an end to wage inequality between women and men, Ontario’s premier said Tuesday, as she announced legislation that aimed to increase pay transparency in the province.

Aecon profits down on lower mining activity as company awaits fate of takeover

Ontario bringing in 'pay transparency' bill aimed at closing gender wage gap

Ontario passes concussion safety law designed to protect players, educate coaches

NAFTA: Why the U.S. wants a deal within weeks, and whether it's possible

Dozens of tips after cops ask for help IDing man believed to be McArthur victim

Lord of the sandflies: U of C lab raising insects to research deadly parasite

Reporter Paul Bliss no longer with CTV following sexual misconduct allegation

A Hamilton man and a Grimsby woman are facing drug charges after two separate incidents Monday

The Quarter Pounder is getting a fresh makeover.

BlackBerry alleges Facebook infringed on its patent, goes to court

— As he prepares to hand over the reins of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives this weekend, the party’s interim leader said he’s managed to clean up the mess left by his predecessor Patrick Brown.

Dellen Millard to be tried by judge alone for father's alleged murder

Doug Ford raises abortion issue in effort to woo social conservatives: expert

Toronto and U.S. stock markets fall in late-morning trading, loonie up

Bernier rejects Liberal MP's apology over identity politics flareup on Twitter

— Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in several central hill towns could spread.

Rowan's Law named for 17-year-old girl who died from rugby injuries

The owners of a Burlington strip club are looking to redevelop the site and build two new rental apartment buildings.

— Twice convicted killer Dellen Millard will be tried by a judge alone for the alleged murder of his father, as Ontario’s attorney general agreed that the man’s previous high-profile trials would make it difficult to find fair jurors.

BlackBerry Ltd. is taking Facebook Inc. and its WhatsApp and Instagram subsidiaries to court in California, alleging they’ve infringed on several U.S. patents owned by the Canadian company.

Nova Scotia man who killed grandparents, mother in 2015 granted more freedoms

Boy, 17, charged after shots fired at Toronto housing complex

Toronto police allege four men involved in 'sophisticated' mortgage fraud

Popular TV science personality Bill Nye put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the spot Tuesday to explain Canada’s approval of a controversial pipeline which, if built, will increase the flow of oil from Alberta to the Pacific coast.

The Kremlin said Tuesday that it has no information about what led to the unexplained collapse of a former Russian agent convicted of spying for Britain, but said it was prepared to help with a case that has baffled investigators.

BlackBerry alleges Facebook infringed on its patent, goes to court

— North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to meet with South Korea’s president next month and impose a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests if his country holds talks with the United States, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday after returning from the North.

— A cautious President Donald Trump spoke of possible progress Tuesday after South Korea announced that North Korea would halt nuclear weapons and missile tests and put its entire atomic arsenal up for discussion if the U.S. agrees to enter a negotiation. It could also be “false hope,” the American leader said.

— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at Iran on Tuesday, saying the Islamic Republic is responsible for “darkness descending” on the Middle East by building an anti-Israel empire.

— Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada is committed to meeting its climate change targets despite a growing gap between promises and emissions projections.

— UN war crimes investigators said Tuesday that a Russian plane was apparently behind an airstrike in November on a Syrian market that killed 84 people, an attack which could amount to a war crime.

— The first aid delivery in weeks to reach the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus was cut short after Syrian government forces began shelling the area while aid workers were still inside, a local council said Tuesday, amid a renewed escalation in the government’s deadly aerial and ground campaign.

Hamilton police say they now have evidence linking Saturday’s destructive mob on Locke Street with the Hamilton Anarchist Book Fair that took place over the weekend.

Scientist Bill Nye prods Trudeau to explain rationale behind Kinder Morgan

"Can we eradicate it? Probably not. Can we lighten the load? Hopefully," said Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger

Christy Zartler had practised what to say, yet she was still nervous on the witness stand. She and her husband had always done what they believed was right for their autistic daughter, Kara. But now, the judge could decide they were criminals, or at least her husband was, and not allow him to be Kara's guardian.

Canada will meet climate targets despite emissions gap: Environment minister

One problem with self-driving cars is people.

Doctors and patients have long assumed that opioids are uniquely powerful medicines for chronic pain, despite their risks. But it turns out that this reputation may be a myth.

Fire began in carport and spread into home on Orchard Avenue early Sunday

Toronto and U.S. stock markets fall in late-morning trading, loonie up

In one of the most powerful moments of the first #MeToo Oscars, best actress winner Frances McDormand invited all the other female nominees in the room to stand up and be recognized. Then she told the men to look around.

Greater Toronto Area home sales down 35% from February 2017: TREB

In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump are pleading with him to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war. Trump retorted: "We're not backing down."