Boy, 11, struck and killed by vehicle in Toronto's east end, police say

Court asked to review Ontario decision to form personal support worker agency

The Burlington Fire Department is accepting volunteer applications from March 1 to 16. Applicants must be 18 or older, legally entitled to work in Canada, pass a health and medical evaluation and a fitness assessment, and permanently reside within six minutes of Station No. 5, 2241 Kilbride St., or Station No. 1, 1255 Fairview St. Apply at burlington.ca/firevol.

The Trudeau Liberals took baby steps in their bid to reshape the social safety net with a new, “use-it-or-lose-it” leave option for new parents and a modest increase in the value of a rebranded tax benefit for low-income workers.

Budget will channel billions of dollars into new spending intending to lift Canada’s long-term growth

Chief Mark Saunders told the Globe and Mail that “nobody” came to officers with information in 2012 when police launched Project Houston

Liberals promise extra leave time for two-parent families after birth of child

Some of the reaction to the Liberal government's 2018 budget tabled Tuesday

Divide and fund: Feds take targeted approach to Indigenous funding in new budget

— A unilateral five-hour ceasefire decreed by Russia to pause the violence around a besieged suburb east of Damascus failed to stop the fighting, permit the delivery of aid or encourage any civilians to escape.

Whales, wings and wetlands, oh my: Feds boost conservation funding in budget

Government commits to 'move away from Phoenix' and build new pay system

— Finance Minister Bill Morneau said gender equality would be an overarching theme of the 2018 federal budget, particularly when it comes to boosting the participation of women in the workplace.

Liberals champion their values in 2018 budget aimed at long-term vision

A leading NATO researcher says Canada should assume Russia will attempt to interfere in the 2019 federal election because that would serve the Kremlin’s purpose of helping destabilize the military alliance.

Eureka! They're paying for it: budget doles out major cash for science

Car vandalism culprit? Evidence points to unidentified bear

With billions in new fiscal room, feds chose investments over return to balance

63-year-old man was taken to hospital after ‘interaction’ with Hamilton police inside home

With its subsurface ocean and geysers spewing water and complex organic molecules, scientists say Saturn’s moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrial life in the solar system.

'It's funny:' Calgary councillors listed as journalists on Chicago news site

Winnipeg man credited with inventing the Pizza Pop dies at 89

'I was sick and tired of life:' Teen who killed infant to be sentenced as adult

Ont. Tories ready to 'move on' after Brown gives up leadership bid: interim leader

Six Nations Police have charged three people after searching a home on Third Line Road for drugs.

Highlights from federal budget tabled Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau

— President Donald Trump never stopped campaigning after winning the White House and now he’s making fresh moves to establish his re-election effort.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a proud science fiction fan, but his government's third budget is much more focused on scientific fact.

— An association representing 70 per cent of Tim Hortons franchisees is threatening its parent company with legal action after a computer virus caused intermittent cash register outages.

Budget will channel billions of dollars into new spending intending to lift Canada’s long-term growth

OTTAWA - The Liberal government moved to tighten the tax rules for small businesses in the federal budget Tuesday as it fine tuned the changes that prompted an uproar last year.

Edmonton lifts moratorium on combative sports imposed after death of MMA fighter

A 36-year-old man is facing numerous charges after being arrested with an alleged stolen pickup and drugs

Budget will channel billions of dollars into new spending intending to lift Canada’s long-term growth

— A Nova Scotia judge has stayed murder charges against an Ottawa man in a Hells Angels-ordered killing, saying a third trial for Steven Gareau would undermine the integrity of the judicial process.

Mohawk College students will work with industry partners on applied research projects funded by the Ontario government’s Colleges Applied Research & Development Fund.

Toronto stock index down moderately, Canadian dollar weakens

OTTAWA - The federal government is putting billions of dollars behind its bid for reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous Peoples as a whole, but also addressing the distinct and individual needs of First Nations, Inuit and Metis.

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled a federal budget Tuesday that charts a clear course for the Liberals to the 2019 election, an aspirational road map designed to ensure that no woman, scientist or national wildlife area gets left behind.

OTTAWA - The call of the wild is echoing through today's federal budget, with more than $1 billion dedicated to buying up and protecting private land over the next five years, alongside other conservation efforts.

OTTAWA - The federal government is putting billions of dollars behind its bid for reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous Peoples as a whole, but also addressing the distinct and individual needs of First Nations, Inuit and Metis.

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will appoint a group of advisers, led by Ontario's former health minister, to explore options for a national program to cover the cost of prescription drugs — and are already making it easier to cover the cost of cannabis-based pharmaceuticals.

OTTAWA - Women, science and conservation are among the dominant themes of Finance Minister Bill Morneau's latest federal budget, which charts a clear course for the Liberals to the next election in 2019.

Budget speech from Finance Minister Bill Morneau

Liberal budget explores new avenues for media funding in digital age

— Amie Peacock describes her mother as “a social butterfly,” but when she came to visit her in Vancouver from the Philippines, a lack of friends and a language barrier left her miserable and lonely.

Scotiabank hikes dividend as Q1 net income up 17%

— Nova Scotia’s premier says there’s “room for us to compromise” in his government’s showdown with the province’s teachers union over education reforms.

A CNN poll released this week shows striking evidence of a shift in American attitudes toward mass shootings: Nearly two-thirds of adults now believe that mass shootings can be prevented, the first time since Columbine, Colo., that a majority of Americans have felt that way.

— Justice Department officials are forging ahead with plans to ban rapid-fire bump stocks, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday — a move that would likely set the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the devices remain on the market.