The fire broke out in a two-storey structure at the back of the home.

Martin O’Grady has been missing since Wednesday, say police.

Automated Twitter accounts are just part of the problem

Patrick Brown has filed notice of libel to CTV News, which last month reported allegations of sexual misconduct that he has categorically denied.

Horwath tries to break through chaotic Ontario political scene with tour

Former PC leader Patrick Brown files notice of libel against CTV News

Federal budget to unveil incentive for 5-week leave for second parent: official

Canadian space program scientists hoping for lift off in federal budget

Supplier to NHL's Calgary Flames breathes again as B.C. wine ban suspended

East Coast ticket takes Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

Ivanka Trump to push for 'maximum pressure' on North Korea

Ivanka Trump to push for 'maximum pressure' on North Korea

Southern Ontario community issues state of emergency due to flooding

The fire broke out in a two-storey structure at the back of the home.

Reality of intensification policies come to roost

Joshua Warner, 29, sentenced for manslaughter in second trial.

Raquel Rakovac, president of the company spearheading the Tiffany Square Condominiums project, says workers with Reimar Construction are “getting rid of some of the junk” to prepare the site for the planned eight-storey building.

A judge has dismissed a defamation suit against a Milton woman, ruling that comments she posted online about a former federal Liberal Party candidate were a matter of public interest.

— First, their villages were burned to the ground. Now, Myanmar’s government is using bulldozers to literally erase them from the earth — in a vast operation rights groups say is destroying crucial evidence of mass atrocities against the nation’s ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority.

Hamilton and Haldimand County are on alert for possible flooding this weekend

— A former senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump’s election campaign pleaded guilty Friday to federal conspiracy and false-statements charges.

The UN Security Council delayed a vote on a resolution demanding a 30-day humanitarian ceasefire across Syria until Saturday in hopes of closing a gap over the timing for a halt to fighting.

— The premiers of Canada’s two largest provinces came to Washington on Friday to sing the praises of free trade: lower prices, more jobs, better selection at the grocery store, and supply chains that create geopolitical bonds.

Notley says Alberta watching B.C. court bid closely, will get no free ride on it

Hundreds marched through the streets of Winnipeg a day after a jury acquitted a man accused of killing a 15-year-old Indigenous girl whose body, wrapped in a blanket and weighed down by rocks, was pulled from a river.

Human remains identified as missing man from Elliot Lake, Ont., OPP say

Crews had knocked the fire down by 4:45 p.m.

Conservatives want committee meeting on security screening over Atwal furor

Religious scholar to give a talk at McMaster University Feb. 26

Michael Kellas, 29, is accused of using a service-issued gas card while off-duty for his own benefit.

— A young man who was days away from his 18th birthday when he shot up a home and school in northern Saskatchewan, killing four people, is facing a life sentence after a judge ruled Friday that he should be treated as an adult.

Retirement savings fund launched to support Ezra Levant's Rebel Media

Truth is known only to the girls who were in Hayder Qasim-Rushdi’s car the night he was killed, Susan Clairmont writes.

— A timeline of key events in the case of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur based on information released by Toronto police:

Tuesday’s federal budget will commit $50 million over five years to support local journalism across Canada, the Toronto Star has learned.

— Toronto police have laid a new murder charge against an alleged serial killer who is believed to have preyed upon men from the city’s gay community for years, bringing the total number of people he’s accused of killing to six.

Pickup driver dead after crash in northwestern Ontario, police say

The City of Hamilton has a new app in which residents can access garbage and recycling information like their collection day and what items belong in the green bin, blue box or garbage. CityApp can be accessed in the App Store, on Google Play or at hamilton.ca. The city’s residential recycling and garbage guide will also be delivered soon.

— Canada is looking at ways to help other countries boost the number of female peacekeepers, despite itself having only a handful of Canadian women in blue helmets and berets.

— Here is a glance at the alleged victims of Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old Toronto landscaper charged with six counts of first-degree murder:

"There is still a need for NDP representation," said former Hamilton East-Stoney Creek NDP MP Wayne Marston.

A senior citizen was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a pickup truck backed into her while she was walking in Aldershot.

— The leader of Ontario’s New Democrats announced a pre-election swing through the province Friday in an effort to divert attention away from the Progressive Conservatives, who have dominated headlines with a fierce leadership race she likened to a train wreck.

— Caroline Mulroney sharpened her attacks on her rivals in the race to lead Ontario’s Opposition on Friday, even as she urged them to support her calls for the party’s former leader to back out of the contest.

Customers and staff required medical treatment after substance dispersed.

Budget to cost pay equity in public sector and federally regulated jobs: source

Hamilton police announced closure on Twitter just after 2 p.m.

Hints of spring are around every corner. The first of the maple syrup festivals is underway. There’s a wood show, orchid show and a home show. Or catch one of two Hamilton Bulldogs games this weekend.

Ontario’s Court of Appeal has overturned a decision that found the OPP guilty of false arrest, wrongful imprisonment and excessive use of force against a Caledonia man during a 2009 incident in Caledonia

North American stock markets push higher, loonie also gains ground