With the shopping season looming and bankruptcy proceedings underway in federal court, Toys R Us went to its creditors in November with an unorthodox request. To boost holiday sales, the insolvent company asked, let us pay out millions of dollars in bonuses to our top executives.

Peel Regional Police have one person in custody after a “brawl” involving a gun broke out inside Bramalea City Centre in Brampton Wednesday night, sending shoppers running for cover.

Time magazine named “The Silence Breakers” — women who triggered a #MeToo national outcry over sexual harassment — as the 2017 “Person of the Year.”

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.

For Israelis, Thursday was a day of celebration as most of the country basked in the glow President Trump’s speech recognizing Jerusalem as their capital, but for Palestinians, it was a day of mourning, rage and protests.

On the morning of October 9, 1983, hunters were passing by an open field near a wooded area in the small town of Sunny Side, Georgia, when they came across the abandoned body.

Ali Omar Ader has been found guilty in the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout in Somalia.

Massive fire destroys part of meat processing facility in Burlington, Ont.

The provincial government is expected to announce Thursday how many students asked for a tuition refund after a five-week-long strike cancelled classes at Ontario’s colleges.

After a period of relative silence, Harvey Weinstein came out swinging Wednesday against claims he built a “complicity machine” to abuse women and used his company as a personal piggy bank.

John Conyers III, who was endorsed by his father Tuesday to succeed him in the House, was arrested in February after his girlfriend suffered knife cuts during an argument.

Rogers Communications Inc. is considering the sale of assets such as baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays and its stake in a smaller cable and media company to free up capital for its main communications businesses.

The Bank of Canada stuck with its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday — but it offered fresh, yet cautious, warnings to Canadians that increases are likely on the way.

Three more empty boats were found along Japan’s west coast on Thursday, a day when the snow and the rain made sure the temperature never really rose above freezing. Two bodies reduced to skeletons were found near one, which was upturned on the shore near the city of Oga.

It had feathers and looked as if it were part penguin, part duck and part swan. It was between the size of a chicken and a turkey and ate the same sorts of things in the same sorts of places as a heron.

Hamilton police release new image of Dale King

“The first officer experienced a direct hit in the eyes by the laser.”

The findings are interesting because it adds to the growing understanding about the ongoing problem of prescription medications, personal care products and other drugs that end up passing through wastewater treatment into the natural environment.

Judge to begin charge to jury today Laura Babcock murder trial in Toronto

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

With his back to his client, Mark Smich, Thomas Dungey aimed an accusatory finger at Dellen Millard.

Canada's Israel embassy to stay in Tel Aviv as Trump announces U.S. shift

World at "pivot point," need to embrace openness free trade, PM says

An annual Positive Climate Survey showing the number of Hamilton public secondary students who identify as being LGBTQ++ nearly matches those not feeling safe at school is “a clarion call” for action, an activist on the issue says.

Amid warnings, Trump forges ahead on Jerusalem-as-capital

Long wait times for cancer biopsies, underuse of radiation therapy and millions of dollars paid to U.S. hospitals for stem cell transplants are some of the health-care issues highlighted in a report by Ontario’s auditor general.

The provincial government is expected to announce Thursday how many students asked for a tuition refund after a five-week-long strike cancelled classes at Ontario’s colleges.

Muslims across the Middle East have warned of disastrous consequences after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but in a region more divided than ever, many asked what leaders can do beyond the vehement rhetoric.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau begins last day of his trip to China.

Nearly two years ago, novice presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed by a group of influential Jewish Republicans when he punted a question about whether he backed Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

A story in the Go section Wednesday should have identified the National Ballet School as Canada’s National Ballet School.

The influenza season in Canada could be shaping up to be a potentially nasty one, with a mixed bag of viruses already circulating in much of the country, say infectious diseases experts.

Events in Montreal today to mark anniversary of 1989 shootings

A 60-year-old man convicted of killing three women during an hour-long rampage in the Ottawa Valley two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 70 years.

Ali Omar Ader has been found guilty in the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout in Somalia.

Bouquets of red, pink and white roses were laid outside Ecole polytechnique at the foot of a plaque bearing the names of the 14 women who were killed there 28 years ago.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland added her voice to a chorus of global leaders appealing for calm in the Middle East on Wednesday in the wake of the Trump administration’s move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Rogers Communications Inc. is considering the sale of assets such as baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays and its stake in a smaller cable and media company to free up capital for its main communications businesses.

U.S. President Donald Trump has shattered decades of unwavering U.S. neutrality on Jerusalem, declaring the sorely divided holy city as Israel's capital and sparking frustrated Palestinians to cry out that he had destroyed already-fragile Mideast hopes for peace.

Firefighters from three municipal departments continue to battle a blaze at Paletta International in Burlington.

Waste management authorities have ruled out one part of northern Ontario as a suitable site for a bunker to store used, but highly radioactive, nuclear-reactor fuel rods.

Two men planned for months to kill a young Toronto woman who disappeared five years ago and then tried to cover up their crime by burning the evidence, court heard Wednesday.

The city is poised to sell the former City Motor Hotel property to its affordable housing provider.

Victim was swarmed, beaten, stabbed and robbed near James Street North and Strachan Street East

A new postgraduate program in supply chain management is being launched in January and $10,000 is being donated to CitySchool’s mobile classroom.

BURLINGTON: All occupants of the Paletta International building engulfed by fire Wednesday afternoon got out safety, the City of Burlington reports.

Halton police asking for help identifying suspect

Flu cases showing up earlier than usual, could be harbinger of bad season: experts

Closing arguments continue at trial of 2 men accused of killing Toronto woman