U.S. envoy sells Donald Trump as middle class champion, just like Justin Trudeau

New Democrats hear Leap Manifesto push on eve of convention

National Energy Board issues new approvals for Trans Mountain pipeline

Senate deal to vote on pot bill on June 7 means no actual sales before August

At Sunrise Tactical Supply, a four-year-old gun shop in an innocuous shopping centre in Coral Springs, suspected shooter Nikolas Cruz purchased an AR-15 in February 2017. It was the same firearm, authorities said, that was used in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday.

The move — that is part of a $950 million series of federal initiatives across Canada — is being described as a major shot-in-the-arm to a burgeoning network powerhouse that has been already been developing between Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton.

Shortly after his arrest, Daniel Gross talked about the death of a co-worker, a young woman who authorities say he brutally stabbed and left on the road.

Peel Regional Police are hunting a driver this morning who left a 61-year-old Mississauga woman to die on the street after hitting her with his/her vehicle.

An Air Canada Rouge flight made an emergency landing at Pearson airport late Thursday evening after several people suffered injuries due to severe turbulence.

Five questions for McMaster anatomy professor Bruce Wainman in advance of the inaugural ‘Master Class’ lecture Feb. 22

Members of the public lined up for the visitation for long-serving Hamilton mayor Bob Morrow Thursday evening.

The city is looking at effectively donating two downtown parking lots and an unused piece of Mountain land toward the ongoing effort to create more affordable housing.

Privacy and ethics experts call it “ridiculous” and a potential “erosion of public trust” to lead the community to believe the number of deaths was as high as four.

Coun. Lloyd Ferguson, chair of police board, says increase in gun violence last year has residents concerned.

Don’t be surprised if you see a long parade of bundled up people along Concession Street on Feb. 24.The fifth annual Coldest Night of the Year walk in support of Neighbour to Neighbour Centre is slated to begin around 5:15 p.m. from St. Stephen-o

Female pedestrian struck and killed in Mississauga; driver flees scene

Two injured after Air Canada flight hits turbulence, returns to Pearson

Members of the public lined up for the visitation for long-serving Hamilton mayor Bob Morrow Thursday evening.

— Notorious Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is eager to go to trial, his lawyer said Thursday after a U.S. judge set Sept. 5 for jury selection in his drug-trafficking case.

— Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been warning signs he was bent on violence.

— An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and his own AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning following the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years.

— The endangered leatherback sea turtle is an elusive creature of the deep.

— The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings and concealing extra ammunition in his backpack, according to a sheriff’s department report released Thursday.

Michelle Obama talks social media and raising daughters at Vancouver event

Committee pushes ride-hailing in B.C., makes recommendations on shape of service

— Criminal lawyer Marie Henein has thrown her support behind the #MeToo movement, calling it a “necessary social awakening,” but warning that it “needs to stop being salacious.”

— Canadians will have to wait until at least early August — and maybe as late as early September — to legally purchase recreational marijuana.

Sun Life Financial to add medical pot option to group benefits plans

— First Nations leaders are welcoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pledge to revamp the federal government’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples, but some Quebec chiefs fear their province’s obstructionist approach to self-determination could hinder the process.

Liberals dismiss Brown suggestion rivals were behind sex misconduct allegations

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and one small P.E.I. community has been personifying that proverb after a single mother gave birth to triplets.

Kevin Bickner, an Olympian from Illinois, pointed to his brain and stated the obvious.

The first time "The Bachelorette" autoplayed into my life in 2013, I knew I was a goner. I had not sought out this show. It had chosen me, delivered by the whim of a Hulu algorithm and ensnaring me in its rosy grasp. As soon as I had begun watching the gentle-souled Desiree Hartsock set out in her quest to find The One, I was hooked.

— A jury has finished hearing evidence in the trial of a man accused in the death of an Indigenous teen whose body was found wrapped in a duvet filled with rocks in Winnipeg’s Red River.

Neighbourhood, tenant, environmental and other organizations have organized a meeting March 6 about the Downtown Hamilton Secondary Plan. The plan has been under development for more than five years and is expected to be finalized by council this spring. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 55 York Blvd.

Usually, a comedian promoting an upcoming season of his show would throw a few tantalizing tidbits to whet viewers' appetites.

Colten Boushie came into the world smiling.

Corus Entertainment cut nearly 80 jobs, mostly in traditional TV production, at Global News newsrooms across Canada as part of a restructuring geared toward boosting online coverage.

The fate of former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown’s political career is stirring debate among those vying to replace him.

— Within sight of downtown Montreal and around the corner from a popular strip mall is a giant mass — 22 football fields long, 10 storeys high — that can initially be mistaken for the brown-and-grey-coloured mountain ranges in the southwestern United States.

Feds forced to pony up extra $800M to pay for support to injured troops, vets

Barrick share down as company swings to loss, forecasts higher costs

— Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not meet with the Indian politician who has publicly accused members of Trudeau’s cabinet of being connected to the Sikh separatist movement.

Visa lift prompts rise in Romanians seeking asylum since December

— The Philippine president offered a nearly $500 bounty for each communist rebel killed by government forces to save on anti-insurgency costs and said insurgents are easier to hit than birds because they have bigger heads.

The Hamilton Conservation Authority’s main office on Mineral Springs Road in Ancaster is getting a diesel generator to avoid having to send most staff home during prolonged power outages.

Toronto stock index and Wall Street down, as loonie strengthens against greenback

Ontario First Nation and province to remove caribou from wolf-infested island

There were more than 235,000 medical marijuana patients across Canada at the end of September 2017, compared to roughly 98,500 a year earlier

Most Ontarians would prefer to die at home, but nearly 70 per cent pass away in hospitals and long-term care facilities, a recent study found.