Tim Hortons' franchisees cut back staff perks after minimum wage hike

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Father charged in B.C. sisters' deaths

A young Quebec woman has had to have her arms and legs amputated after she spent four hours in freezing temperatures following an electric jolt that raced through her body.

Tim Hortons' franchisees cut back staff perks after minimum wage hike

A brutal winter storm began pummeling the East Coast on Wednesday, bringing snow to Florida and Georgia along with forecasts of bone-chilling temperatures expected to follow across the eastern United States.

BRANDON, Man. - Wes Stobbe had never read a gossip tabloid beyond glances in the grocery checkout line, and was gobsmacked when his mother-in-law handed him a copy of one with his face on the front page.

Drownings spur Winnipeg schools to teach swimming, water safety

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chair sued special counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department on Wednesday, saying prosecutors had overstepped their bounds by charging him for conduct that he says is unrelated to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Technology experts warn a “really, really serious” security vulnerability could affect the majority of computers made in the last decade, but a fix being rushed to users has a downside: it may slow down your machine.

Joshua Boyle, the former Afghanistan hostage who now finds himself behind bars in Canada facing a battery of serious criminal charges, will have to wait at least a few more days to find out if he’ll be released on bail.

Chambers maintains he never fired his gun and that his co-accused Joshua Warner did all the shooting.

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

Young political staffers on Parliament Hill, who are often ambitious and desperate for a foothold in their chosen profession, can be much more vulnerable to the scourge of sexual misconduct than their older, more experienced colleagues and elected counterparts, says Green party Leader Elizabeth May.

A fire broke out at Bill and Hillary Clinton’s remote Westchester County home on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Canadian pensions fared well in 2017 thanks to strength of stock markets: Mercer

A group of snowmobilers pulled out their shovels to free a stuck moose after spotting its head poking out of freshly fallen snow in western Newfoundland.

Two guards charged in 2015 death of inmate at New Brunswick prison

Energy, tech and health care boost Toronto stock market as loonie falls

Booze warning labels worked in U.S., says researcher after Yukon study yanked

U.S. President Donald Trump returned fire with both barrels Wednesday against criticism levelled at him in a new book that says he never expected — or wanted — to win the White House, his victory left his wife in tears and a senior adviser thought his son’s contact with a Russian lawyer during the campaign was “treasonous.”

Toronto is revisiting a shelved proposal to use a federal armoury to cope with unprecedented demand on its homeless shelter system, the city’s mayor said Wednesday.

'Sounds more like North Korea than Canada,' says artist behind stalled subway art

Case against Joshua Boyle, former Afghan captive, adjourned until Monday

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reopened a key cross-border communication channel with South Korea for the first time in nearly two years Wednesday as the rivals explored the possibility of sitting down and talking after months of acrimony and fears of war.

A prominent figure in the Canadian theatre world and the well-known company he co-founded are facing four separate lawsuits alleging sexual assault and harassment, a lawyer for the four actresses making the claims said Wednesday.

CanniMed says hostile takeover bid by Aurora weighing on share value

More than two million vehicles sold in Canada for first time in 2017

Hamilton Police festive season traffic statistics are out, and the department’s enforcement efforts resulted in 10 arrests (seven males, three females), seven impaired charges (alcohol), seven “over 0.8 charges,” two refusal to blow charges, six motor vehicle accidents (alcohol-related) and 116 provincial speeding offence notices.

Adrian Doran knows he’s clinging onto what many consider an obsolete music format, but for him there’s still plenty to love about compact discs.

Be alert to the dangers of skating on frozen lakes, ponds and creeks - even during a cold snap, say municipal safety officials.

Prominent Canadian theatre figure Albert Schultz faces sex, harassment claims

Innovation Factory is holding an interactive Sales Peer2Peer session Jan. 10.

Montreal's port sees record traffic in 2017 as cruise passengers, exports grow

Infrastructure bank could be 'key' for U.S.-Canada high-speed rail: study

A Toronto man faces charges after nearly 50 kilograms of cocaine was seized at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge.

A prominent figure in the Canadian theatre world and the company he founded are facing four separate lawsuits alleging sexual assault and harassment.

Vincent Kirkham, 49, and Ryan Cummings, 24, have a combined 14 charges laid between them after police executed a search warrant Tuesday night.

Young political staffers most vulnerable to sex harassment on the Hill, says May

The RCMP is hunting a GTA drug trafficker after a large amount of cocaine was found in an airplane bathroom after the flight landed at Pearson International Airport.

RBC hit with service disruptions a day after TD investment platform goes down

Not safe for kids. That’s the label that some parents are slapping on YouTube after Logan Paul blasted out a video of a suicide victim in the Aokigahara — the Japanese forest where dozens of bodies are discovered every year — to millions of his young followers.

Snowmobilers rescue moose buried neck-deep in snow in western Newfoundland

With a legal defence fund and a focus on vulnerable women, the initiative launched by Hollywood heavy hitters offers a chance at vital structural change, writes Vicky Mochama

Nelo, a free app that allows you to buy clothing worn by actors on TV and in movies, has a tie-in with the movie Pitch Perfect 3

Digital towers are a window into the future of air traffic control and an Ottawa-based company is helping lead the way

The Bank of Canada estimates there will be about 60,000 fewer jobs by 2019 due to the increases in minimum wages across the country, but that labour income will be higher due to the increases.

The city has lost a three-year battle to recoup $2.5 million in annual fee hikes -- and cut future bills -- levied by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.

Eisenberger, who is seeking his first consecutive mayoral election win later this year, said LRT remains “the community's biggest challenge no matter what year.”

Lana Duke is not terribly impressed.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has linked 41 infection cases to romaine lettuce. The U.S. Center for Disease Control is investigating cases linked to a similar strain of the bacteria, but has not determined whether those cases have a type of food in common