Letter sent across town in Wynyard, Sask., takes a week, makes 330-km round trip

NewsAlert: Landmark study shows military veterans at greater risk of suicide

I gave Amazon.com a key to go into my house and drop off packages when I’m not around. After two weeks, it turns out letting strangers in has been the least-troubling part of the experience.

Gymnastics Canada suspends Edmonton-based coach because of sex-abuse allegations

Five Barrie, Ont., residents charged with meth trafficking after raid on home

Franken's support fades as female Democrats seek resignation

Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct and vanishing support from fellow Democrats, has resigned from the Senate.

Suspensions at Hamilton public schools are up for the second year in a row, although details remain thin on the reasons for many of the timeouts.

Saltfleet Conservation Area may become home to one of four proposed wetlands as part of a Hamilton Conservation Authority strategy to control flooding and erosion along Stoney and Battlefield creeks.

Ontario consults on water protection in proposed Greenbelt expansion

Christopher Garnier wrote a letter to Catherine Campbell’s family during an interview with police hours after he was arrested in the off-duty police officer’s death, court heard Thursday.

He would wander the streets of occupied Mosul by day, chatting with shopkeepers and Islamic State fighters, visiting friends who worked at the hospital, swapping scraps of information. He grew out his hair and his beard and wore the shortened trousers required by the extremists. He forced himself to witness the beheadings and stonings, so he could hear killers call out the names of the condemned and their supposed crimes.

A company in Slovenia that mines bitcoin says it has been hacked, for a potential loss of tens of millions of dollars.

Nova Scotia accepts arbitrator's decision for wage hikes for civil servants

Broad-based rally helps boost stocks in Toronto, loonie moves lower

Statistics Canada says median net worth of families in 2016 up 14.7% from 2012

Skirmishes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers broke out Thursday in Ramallah and other places in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, one day after President Trump announced that his administration would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

North Korea says a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula has become a matter of when, not if, as it continued to lash out at a massive joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea involving hundreds of advanced warplanes.

Ontario’s auditor general generally gives good value for money. Like clockwork, Bonnie Lysyk uses her annual reports to expose government waste and incompetence, providing endless fodder for damning reports in this newspaper and other media.

Australian Parliament allows same-sex marriages

A massive fire has destroyed at least half of the Paletta meat-processing plant in Burlington.

Hamilton police are investigating reported incident in Melvin and Parkdale area Wednesday evening

N. Korea says war is inevitable as allies continue war games

Maine police: Bouncing roll of duct tape leads to 911 call

Garnier wrote letter to slain off-duty officer's family during police interview

General Electric is planning to cut 12,000 jobs in its power business, a person familiar with the matter said, as the company’s new leaders move to slash costs and stabilize the beleaguered manufacturer.

At the summit of one of Iceland’s most dangerous volcanoes, a 72-foot (22-meter) depression in the snow is the only visible sign of an alarming development.

Hamilton man remains in hospital in critical condition after being hit around 6 a.m. Wednesday

BlackBerry, Qualcomm to expand collaboration in connected-car technology

Retired justice 'so disappointed' to be kept off jury

Australia legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, paving the way for the first gay weddings to be held early next year and triggering jubilant celebrations at Parliament House.

Forecast of higher winds could complicate wildfire fight

Franken's support fades as female Democrats seek resignation

The historian carried secrets too heavy for one man to bear.

To hear it from Bennet Omalu, the famed forensic pathologist, the coroner’s office in San Joaquin County, California, was a house of horrors. Hands were cut off dead bodies without warning. Corpses were left to decompose in the morgue for weeks on end. Doctors were pressured to turn homicides involving law enforcement officers into accidental deaths.

Trudeau government want to 'demystify' G7 summit by involving Canadians

Not long after buying a new iPhone 8 Plus, a friend posted on Facebook asking for a recommendation to fix the broken back glass after a drop.

As pot becomes legal, parallels drawn to the waning days of alcohol prohibition

Artificial intelligence to fuel a new cybersecurity race, say experts

An Oakville man who was shot dead outside his home this week was also targeted for murder five years ago by members of a massive cocaine smuggling ring connected to the Sinaloa cocaine cartel of Mexico, court documents show.

Dr. Anthony Galea, who treated elite athletes, loses licence for 9 months

Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct and vanishing support from fellow Democrats, appears to be on the brink of resigning from the Senate.

Feds worry Aussie fighter jets could dredge up disastrous used-submarine saga

Judge finds Ali Omar Ader guilty in Amanda Lindhout kidnapping case

Liberals to push for gender equality during Canada's turn at helm of G7 summit

Federal government to spend more on First Nations child welfare, Philpott says

Ontario auditor general to examine health care, school boards, electricity

The province will give Hamilton $3.7 million next year for new cycling infrastructure based on a city wish list that includes a safe bike path up the Claremont Access.

SIU investigating after man shot dead near Renfrew during OPP interaction

Hamilton police have received several complaints over last month and believe there are likely more victims