National political forces continued to impact the contested Alabama Senate race Monday as the candidates prepare to make their final push in an off-year contest that has attracted more than $41 million in spending.

Don't destroy gay-sex records, historians urge as feds move bill through Commons

Ash fell like snow and heavy smoke had residents gasping for air Monday as a huge Southern California wildfire exploded in size, becoming the fifth largest in state history and driving celebrities from a wealthy hillside enclave.

Aphria looks to cut down U.S. exposure amid TSX delisting review

Suspended sentence for Saskatchewan man who threatened prime minister Trudeau

Atlantic premiers concerned about weed supply, push Ottawa to expedite licensing

Mining stocks give TSX some lift, loonie up from Friday

A Labrador mayor somehow got on a snowmobile and reached a nearby highway to flag down help after he was shot in the lower face while hunting, his friends say.

The federal government has agreed to give the provinces and territories a 75 per cent share of the tax revenues from the sale of legalized marijuana.

Aspiring entrepreneurs and current business owners are invited to a Generation Z Hamilton networking event on Dec. 12.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau talks pot bucks with provincial counterparts

Bitcoin has landed on Wall Street.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is suing the Opposition leader for defamation.

Provincial police are patrolling Ontario roads in transport trucks this week in an effort to crack down on distracted driving by commercial truck drivers.

Homicide unit investigates after body found at King Township construction site

NewsAlert: Ontario premier sues Opposition leader for defamation

A 24-year-old Waterloo man was driving more than 135 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on Highway 6.

'We did our best:' Sentencing argument delay for ski resort that cut down trees

Sonya Lucas won't be sentenced for her role in the sexual assault on a seven-year-old girl who was advertised on Craiglist until Dec.21.

OPP cracking down on distracted truckers by patrolling in transport trucks

Onex Corp. to buy venue manager SMG Holdings for undisclosed price

PCs ask OPP to investigate ineligible expenses by power generators

Finance Minister Bill Morneau talks pot bucks with provincial counterparts

The federal privacy commissioner said Monday it has opened a formal investigation into the large data breach that Uber announced in November.

Mayor makes superhuman effort to get help after being shot in face, friend says

Privacy commissioner opens formal investigation into Uber data breach

Hamilton Police are reminding drivers “to put down their mobile devices while they’re operating a motor vehicle” after a vehicle driven by a distracted driver collided a police van.

NEW YORK - A man inspired by the Islamic State group set off a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body Monday in a crowded subway corridor near Times Square, injuring the man, slightly wounding three others and sending New York commuters fleeing in terror through the smoky passageway.

Hamilton Police are reminding drivers “to put down their mobile devices while they’re operating a motor vehicle” after a vehicle driven by a distracted driver collided a police van.

Tyrone Chambers is accused of second degree murder in the death of Brandon Musgrave

The Pentagon is allowing transgender people to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump’s opposition.

A local man has been arrested in connection with the theft of items from vehicles in central Burlington last week.

Relatives of murdered seniors, along with advocacy and health-care groups, are among four dozen applicants seeking to participate in a public inquiry sparked by a nurse who killed eight elderly long-term-care residents in Ontario.

Garnier takes stand at Halifax murder trial in death of off-duty police officer

Economic advisers pushing feds to focus on business investment, job re-skilling

Official: Man had explosive device strapped on before blast

Transgender people can enlist in military Jan 1

Relatives of murdered seniors set to ask to take part in public inquiry

Hamilton Police are reminding drivers “to put down their mobile devices while they’re operating a motor vehicle” after a vehicle driven by a distracted driver collided a police van.

Three Mississauga schools are in hold and secure this afternoon (Dec. 11) after a 911 call reporting a gun in the area.

Nova Scotia rocket launch site hopes to eventually host 12 launches per year

When most people think back on the child celebrities of their time, they likely think of child movie actors, the well-trained stars of showbiz. For some, these were stars like Mary Kate and Ashley Olson, or Macaulay Carson Culkin from Home Alone. For others, they were Judy Garland or Shirley Temple.

Meghan Markle has announced that she plans to become a British citizen following her marriage to Prince Harry. Among other requirements, she will need to take a 24-question written test, with a minimum passing score of 75 per cent. The British test has been described as arcane and unnecessarily difficult, including questions about the Statute of Rhuddlan (annexing Wales to England) and Vindolanda (an ancient Roman fort). The answers are provided in a booklet, and the test is multiple choice, so it should be manageable for Markle, a 2003 graduate of Northwestern University. Applicants are allowed only 45 minutes for the test, so Markle may have to employ her rusty SAT skills to finish on time.

Beatrice Fihn’s group won the Nobel Peace Prize after helping push a nuclear weapons ban through the United Nations - in the same year that President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with a war of unprecedented destruction.

Dylan Farrow wrote in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday that “we are in the midst of a revolution” but noted that “the revolution has been selective.”

Lyft starts global expansion with Toronto service launch Tuesday

Q: I have an employee who has been off ill for more than three and a half years. Unfortunately, there appears to be no prospect of him returning to work in the foreseeable future. Do I have to keep holding his position open for him? If I terminate the relationship, do I owe him anything?

“I support it reluctantly,” said Mountain Coun. Tom Jackson, who opposed a similar increase last year.

A previously unknown ring of Russian-speaking hackers has stolen as much as $10 million from U.S. and Russian banks in the last 18 months, according to a Moscow-based cyber-security firm that runs the largest computer forensics laboratory in eastern Europe.

Megyn Kelly’s hour of NBC’s “Today” show is still struggling but showing slight ratings improvement.