'It hurts my heart:' Social worker pushing for Alex Alerts for at-risk children

Canadian newsprint makers fear U.S. about to slap duties on its exports

Stocks in Toronto and the U.S. begin 2018 by climbing higher, loonie up too

Viewers intrigued by the Gianni Versace murder case featured in the new season of “American Crime Story” can retrace the fashion designer’s steps at his former mansion in South Beach.

MPs share stories of sexual misconduct on and off Parliament Hill in survey

Communication breakthrough: 'Her whole world is going to open up'

1. Meghan Markle marries multiple men

I’m abandoning online dating. I’m only in my 40s, yet I’d rather be alone in a rocker playing Solitaire — with an actual deck of cards — than go on one more “coffee date.”

The tax cut bill wasn’t the only Christmas gift that President Donald Trump gave billionaires and big businesses.

Conservation Halton is offering Waterdown residents an extension to build rainwater conservation projects — and will pay 50 per cent, or up to $2,500, of the costs.

One person is dead following a shooting in Brantford, Ont., on Monday.

Truck driver killed in crash near Acton, west of Toronto: police

Logan Paul, one of YouTube’s biggest stars, treated a video he uploaded over the weekend as the equivalent of a TV sitcom’s “very special episode.” To indicate the seriousness of the matter to his young fans, Paul posted a warning at the beginning, telling viewers who are having thoughts of suicide or self harm to seek help. He also demonetized the video so that he would not earn advertising money off its views.

Montreal implemented its long-planned ban on plastic bags on Monday, making it the first major Canadian city to do so.

With just 18 days before President Donald Trump completes his first year as president, he is now on track to exceed 2,000 false or misleading claims, according to our database that analyzers, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

Starting Mon., Jan. 8, you can register to receive a $25 card from Loblaw Companies Ltd.

Airlines have been shrinking their seats for a long time, aiming to reduce the planes’ weight and squeeze in more passengers. But lately, some carriers have been going one step further in redesigning their seats: They’re taking away the seat back screens.

It’s three minutes to 11 in the a.m., the first working day of the new year. You are about to purchase your second cup of coffee.

Last season’s Bachelor premiere featured a woman dressed as a shark; this season’s had women behaving like them.

The single-engine charter plane that crashed in a wooded area of Costa Rica, killing a Scarsdale, N.Y., family of five and seven others, turned sideways and seemed to “cartwheel” before it went down about a minute after takeoff, a witness said.

The minimum wage in Ontario rises to $14 an hour and people younger than 25 can get free prescription medications as of Jan. 1, when a host of other legal and regulatory changes in the province take effect.

BC Hydro still working to restore electricity to about 500 following ice storms

It’s over for the AGH Annex.

UWO graduate is suing the school for failing to give him the education needed to pass the medical microbiology exam

A quick-thinking coach averted what could have been a terrible bus accident for the University of Dubuque women's basketball team.

Hamilton’s first baby of 2018 was born at 2:09 a.m. at McMaster Children’s Hospital.

It was far more karma than coincidence that the music for this season had already been selected.

Homicide unit had been called to the Tuxedo Ave. N home, in Crown Point neighbourhood east of Gage Park

Hamilton police are investigating after three shots were fired at an east-end home.

What do you remember most in local news this year? What stood out to you?

BC Hydro still working to restore electricity to 1,100 following ice storms

Mummers parade goes on as planned despite bone-chilling cold

Here are six New Year’s resolutions to take to work in 2018, based on some of the best business books I read and reviewed last year.

Name: Jessica Prominski

Lockdown at Brantford, Ont., lifted after fatal shooting nearby

SIU investigating circumstances surrounding death of man near Peterborough, Ont.

A woman says her public housing unit in New Brunswick no longer feels like home after her daughter, sister and their caretaker were released from hospital having suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.

Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the central U.S. as 2018 began Monday, breaking century-old records, icing over some new-year celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure.

The glamour of his holiday break behind him, U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday night to face a hefty legislative to-do list, critical midterm elections and perilous threats abroad.

A Canadian pilot was killed in Australia on New Year’s Eve in a seaplane crash that also claimed the lives of a prominent British businessman and his family.

Walking up a dusty path toward Fort York in 1935, a 10-year-old schoolgirl noticed a pinkish-white, pointy object, a little larger than a quarter, lying in the sand.

Organizers cancelled two New Year’s Day polar bear dips in Ontario because of the frigid temperatures, but several more went ahead, from Halifax to Vancouver.

Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger said LRT will continue to be at risk until “the shovels are in the ground.

The Trudeau government should create a new watchdog to handle public complaints about the Canada Border Services Agency, says a federally commissioned report.

Costa Rican investigators are looking into what caused a charter aircraft to crash in woods in the country’s northwest soon after takeoff, killing two crew members and 10 U.S. citizens, including families from New York and Florida.

Create new body to review border agency, federal report recommends

Kim Jong Un Monday repeated claims that he could hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, saying that its deterrent is “irreversible” and would prevent President Donald Trump from starting a war.

Prominent UK CEO, family victims of Australia seaplane crash

Police have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a robbery at an Oakville Fortinos pharmacy.

Alberta carbon tax jumps, but NDP says it's connected to improving economy