For seven Waterdown students, the day has finally come. Stories passed down to them in traditional oral fashion year after year as youngsters will finally be updated to include their own.

— Italian organized crime figures may have been involved in the shooting death of an investigative journalist in Slovakia, a Canadian reporter said Tuesday as the country’s newspapers printed black-and-white front pages to honour the slain journalist.

Justin Trudeau is standing by a senior government official who suggested factions within the Indian government were involved in sabotaging the prime minister’s visit to India last week.

— Saudi Arabia replaced its military chief of staff and other defence officials early Tuesday morning in a shakeup apparently aimed at overhauling its Defence Ministry during the stalemated war in Yemen.

Tim Hortons says virus has not compromised customer data or credit card info

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

Man, 29, charged with sexually assaulting girl who was walking to school

SPCA criticized, owner reportedly threatened, after slaughter of adopted pig

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Halton police launched investigation after robberies in Burlington and Milton that led to arrest outside bank in Toronto

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

Michelle McNamara was an obsessive. She was also a damn good writer. That combustive mix has produced “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer," a dark page-turner about a serial rapist and killer with a tragic twist.

"Ancaster is on the list," said Hamilton Public Library chief executive officer Paul Takala. "The board is challenging us to figure out how to open on closed days."

The man who adopted Molly reportedly plead for an end to death threats in a now deleted Facebook post

Our democracy has never seemed so disconnected, writes Martin Regg Cohn. What will it take to revive the democratic impulse at a time when the pulse is especially weak?

Vancouver group tackles loneliness, language barriers through conversation

Tim Hortons says it is working with an external vendor to address a virus causing intermittent cash register outages.

Tim Hortons says virus has not compromised customer data or credit card info

A story about the Italian Mafia stealing European Union development cash in Slovakia may have prompted the murder of an investigative journalist in the eastern European country last week.

Man charged with making threats to school in Kingston, Ont., over social media

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

Eager to leave behind the Patrick Brown debacle, interim Progressive Conservative leader Vic Fedeli says “it’s time to move on.”

As Shaun White waited at the top of the halfpipe for his final run in the Winter Olympics, eyes ping-ponging nervously behind his glare-reducing goggles, I can’t say I was cheering him on. Honestly ... I was kinda rooting for the halfpipe. The thing is breathtaking. Long, menacing and possessing a geometric purity that made it an arresting sight, even viewed in the flat, rectangular confines of a living-room-sized HDTV.

David Livingston to be sentenced April 11 for gas plants data destruction

Life as we know it needs three things: energy, water and chemistry. Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has them all, as NASA spacecraft Cassini confirmed in the final years of its mission to that planet.

Toronto stock index down moderately, Canadian dollar weakens

Bank of Montreal's Q3 adjusted profit falls but beats analyst estimates

Stars Group online gambling group buys into Australia's CrownBet sports betting

Prentis Robinson rarely went a day without using Facebook Live - his go-to way of broadcasting his music and his musings.

Cruise-ship crooner, media mogul, soccer-club owner, prime minister, convicted fraudster, and now ... kingmaker?

Instant Pot says customers who bought certain batches of one of its multicookers should stop using it immediately after some malfunction reports.

The news this month is full of accounts of chief executives facing indictments. In Missouri, Gov. Eric Greitens, R, has been charged with criminal invasion of privacy. In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to be indicted for "bribery, fraud and breach of trust." Both men are expected to stay in office despite criminal charges. The cases highlight a looming question in Washington about whether President Donald Trump could also be indicted in office.

Health Minister Eric Hoskins has resigned to take become the federal government’s czar overseeing a new national pharmacare program.

Scotiabank hikes dividend as Q1 net income up 17%

Lynden’s Winkelmolen family has been named the 2017 Osborne L. Sager Farm Family of the Year.

First lady Melania Trump tacitly lent support to the young people who have emerged as activists for gun-control legislation following the school shooting last week at a high school in Florida that left 17 people dead.

Bell Canada has severed ties with one of its contract door-to-door sales representatives, who allegedly told a Toronto man his monthly bill for a home service package would stay at $100 for two years, a company spokesman said Monday.

Walmart is launching new private-label clothing brands, a move its rivals Target and Amazon have made as well.

Rosie Schwartz and her husband subscribe to Sirius satellite radio. Their subscriptions were set to expire this month.

Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest aides and advisers, is scheduled to speak behind closed doors Tuesday with the House Intelligence Committee in a meeting lawmakers fear could deepen their standoff with the White House over witnesses refusing to answer questions.

Applications are now being accepted for the annual 1Awards small business competition.

The sun won't rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it's normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend. Analyses show that the temperature warmed to the melting point as an enormous storm pumped an intense pulse of heat through the Greenland Sea.

TORONTO — Ousted Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown was facing more trouble Monday as Ontario’s integrity watchdog said he had launched an investigation into the politician’s conduct, sparking questions about whether the 39-year-old would continue his bid to reclaim his former job.

Nominations are open for the Festitalia Italian Heritage Awards of Distinction.

SIU concluded 62-year-old was responsible for own injury

Ivanka Trump expects to be treated seriously as a senior White House adviser. But when faced with uncomfortable questions about her father's treatment of women, she'd prefer to be viewed as just a daughter.

Police investigating after small plane flips while attempting to land

Shoppers Drug Mart signs marijuana supply deal with Aurora Cannabis

The verdict in one of Hamilton’s most infamous and publicized homicide cases, was overturned by the Ontario Court of Appeal Monday.

It's not about the food. What McDonald's is really selling to children is the party. The package with puzzles just for them. The games. In some places, the playgrounds. And most of all, the toys.