McMaster University geneticist co-led the new study

Police officer in London, Ont., London, Ont., apologizes for wearing blackface

The renowned co-founder of one of the country’s leading theatre companies resigned Thursday, just days after four actresses alleged in lawsuits that he had sexually harassed them with impunity for years.

HARTFORD, Conn. - A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, threatening to dump as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds and damaging flooding. Schools and offices were closed, and thousands of flights cancelled.

Putting together an exhibit of mementoes from Justin Bieber’s formative years has become a scavenger hunt of sorts for museum staff in his hometown of Stratford.

The real estate picture in the Hamilton and Burlington area has been a mix of short-term decline but overall upward movement during the past 10-year stretch.

Cliff Barr has no illusions about how his life is going to end but he still has hope.

We asked our Hamilton Spectator photographers to go through a year’s worth of work to choose some of their favourite moments from 2017.

Kid wit: Dad measures baby's growth with cheesesteaks

U.S. pot enforcement policy a lift for Canadian cannabis industry: experts

DNA analysis of mummified remains alters notion of how Renaissance-era child died

Kid wit: Dad measures baby's growth with cheesesteaks

Most of us would rather not think about what happens to our bodies after we die.

Toronto still in talks over opening armoury as temporary homeless shelter

Pot stocks fall after report of changes coming from U.S. Attorney General

Change in Iran must come from the Iranian people alone, not from abroad, says French President Emmanuel Macron.

Margaret McCormick was not dressed for the cold when she walked away from her residence.

— When it comes to weather, it’s hard to sound scarier than “bomb cyclone.”

West Plains United Church hosts a series of musical events beginning Sunday, Jan. 28.

— Diane Zhao has made the journey from China to Niagara Falls three times before, but she has never seen it like this — a veritable ice palace, straight out of a fairy tale.

A police officer in London, Ont., is apologizing for wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume and will undergo cultural sensitivity training.

Cost of project to stop erosion of CN Rail line concerned city staff

An impoverished Halifax-area couple have regained custody of their toddler daughter, after a judge declared: “There is a difference between parents who are poor, and poor parents.”

Carrie Underwood has maintained a low profile since suffering injuries to her face and wrist in November, but she did pose for a photo with a reality star weeks after the accident.

The girl was just six weeks old when she died. Her body was buried on a bed of antler points and red ochre, and she lay undisturbed for 11,500 years.

“Now the pressure is on me to get the $3 million,” said Hamilton Liberal MP Filomena Tassi, during McMeekin’s Jan. 3 New Year’s levee at the Dundas Museum. “I’m working on it.”

TORONTO - Traders using at least two major online discount brokerage platforms are complaining of sporadic outages and expressing frustration that the latest glitch has tied their hands amidst a broad plunge in marijuana stocks.

Toronto home sales for 2017 down 18.3 per cent from 2016, average price up

Mementoes from Justin Bieber’s formative years as an aspiring Canadian singer will go on display at a museum in his hometown of Stratford, Ont. next month.

Sessions ending federal policy that let legal pot flourish

— Felipe Rodriguez says he thought he was hallucinating when an eagle snatched his sister’s little white dog from her yard, flapped its massive wings and disappeared over the trees.

Online brokerage users complain of glitches amid broad plunge in pot stocks

Defined-benefit pension plans in Canada generally ended 2017 in better financial condition than they’ve experienced for most of the past decade, according to figures released by Mercer.

A man who needed to be rescued after slipping down the bank of the Albion Falls gorge two winters ago is suing the City of Hamilton.

The fresh grocery store chain is opening a store on the west Mountain this spring.

“I think we will do well again,” said Hamilton Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin. “(Our support) will increase as we move forward progressively. We are just scratching the service.”

Ship grounding off Vancouver Island attributed to poor planning, no lookout: TSB

'A little more hope:' ALS patients taking anti-psychotic drug in clinical trial

Police: Man used bank robbery cash to buy engagement ring

CF Lime Ridge mall soon to unveil Tesla charging station as Hamilton looks to add more downtown electric car plug-ins.

Two people killed in head-on crash in northern Ontario

Supertonk pulls his weight: Alberta couple spotlights skijoring behind horse

Driver struck officers while fleeing arrest, provincial police say

“An economy that is firing on all cylinders, the benefits of that economy needs to accrue to everybody,” said Hamilton Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin. “A rising tide needs to raise all boats, not just the yachts.”

“An economy that is firing on all cylinders, the benefits of that economy needs to accrue to everybody,” said Hamilton Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin. “A rising tide needs to raise all boats not just the yachts.”

Hoda Kotb has taken over Matt Lauer's Today chair; Time's Up has launched; and another Women's March is on the way. It's clear the Me Too movement is staying strong well into 2018, writes Rosemary Westwood

Family wants answers after woman's frozen body found shortly after hospital stay

The policy details procedures for monitoring, reporting and investigating violations by Afghan military personnel

One dead after two-vehicle collision near Timmins, Ont., police say

Police investigate homicide in northwest Toronto