Alexa, the cloud-based, voice-activated digital assistant developed by Amazon, is finally going live in Canada.

— Halton police have identified the victim of Sunday’s fatal shooting in Oakville as Dean Costanza, 46, of Oakville.

A veteran police officer in San Marcos, Texas, was shot and killed in an “ambush-style” attack Monday as he tried to serve an arrest warrant, marking the first time in the department’s history an officer was killed in the line of duty, according to the city’s police chief.

For the first time in four decades, a bird known for its speed could be removed from the list of threatened species in most of Canada.

From texting a local dealer to dropping into a neighbourhood dispensary or ordering online, Canada's black market for recreational marijuana has seen significant changes in recent years and, no doubt, will see more as the country hurtles toward a new world of legalization next summer.

Inside the police station, Joseph Boston told investigators that, yes, he had lured two boys into his motel room and molested them — but there was much more to his story than that, according to police in Riverside, California.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife because he wanted her to “stop talking” before hiding her body outside the home they shared.

Port Credit OPP have charged a Mississauga dad with stunt driving and taken his car away after it was allegedly clocked at 170 km/h on the QEW in Mississauga while his wife and three young children were inside.

GoodLife Fitness trainers in 3 Ontario cities achieve first contract

A former Mississauga high school teacher, already facing a rash of sexual exploitation and child pornography charges, has been rearrested after more alleged victims have come forward to police.

A psychiatrist testifies Rohinie Bisesar has schizophrenia and is not fit to stand trial for the first-degree murder of Rosemarie Junor

Justin Trudeau set to meet Xi Jinping on second day of China trip

But an unspecified community agency will have to step up to run the facility and seek upper-government approvals and funding.

Hamilton’s emergency services has launched an internal investigation after witnesses said paramedics did not believe a Good Samaritan shooting victim’s injuries were real and took their time getting him to hospital — where he died shortly afterwards.

Dellen Millard set to make closing arguments today in Laura Babcock murder trial

An Ontario man who parted ways with his live-in girlfriend after winning the lottery has been awarded half of the disputed $6.1 million Lotto 6/49 prize. But the other half is subject to dispute

Justin Trudeau set to meet Xi Jinping on second day of China trip

Three suffer life-threatening injuries in Toronto apartment fire

Justin Trudeau set to meet Xi Jinping on second day of China trip

Three suffer life-threatening injuries in Toronto apartment fire

Pedestrian fatally struck on Highway 427 in Toronto, provincial police say

Woman dies after two-vehicle collision in Welland, Ont., police say

Hamilton police are collecting donated winter coats and apparel during the service's fifth annual winter coat drive on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wesley Urban Ministries, 71 Rebecca St.

— The shifting explanations for why President Donald Trump fired national security adviser Michael Flynn have revived questions about whether the president may have obstructed an ongoing investigation of potential contacts between his campaign and Russia.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed new senators for Nova Scotia and Manitoba.

A world-renowned ski resort in Alberta has admitted to cutting down a stand of endangered trees, although it hasn’t been decided yet how large of a fine will have to be paid.

A California teen was being held on $1 million bail Monday after police in Riverside say he admitted molesting dozens of children since he was 10 years old.

The federal transport minister offered reassurances Monday a new Montreal bridge will be safe despite a published report that some 2,000 defects have been found in parts manufactured by a Spanish company.

— A grieving mother, clutching a feather gifted to her by an elder, wiped back tears as she recounted the torment of losing her daughter — one of dozens of missing and murdered Indigenous women a public inquiry is investigating.

The U.S. and South Korea on Monday began a five-day joint air exercise on the Korean Peninsula involving 230 aircraft and 12,000 American troops, the allies said in a joint statement.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.

The violence that had long stalked his country — and that he had often stoked — finally caught up with Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen’s deposed president, who was killed Monday, apparently by a band of rebel fighters, Saleh’s aides and rebel officials said.

A Liberal member of Parliament from Quebec says a Conservative MP made comments toward her that were “humiliating” and “sexual in nature” during an event back in May.

Hudson's Bay seeks more time to produce documents in pricing probe

A move by the Ontario government to limit the prosecution of HIV-positive people who don’t disclose their status to sexual partners is being called a step in the right direction by those affected, but they say there’s much more progress to be made.

— For decades they were iconic landmarks along the shore of Lake Erie, giant towers to a time when coal was tolerated.

Toronto police reviewing officer conduct after missing woman found dead

Supercar makers have long known that parked next to that snarling Lamborghini, racing-red Ferrari, or stately Bentley at some of the globe’s toniest addresses is a practical SUV. With the sport utility vehicle market growing by leaps and bounds, they increasingly want in on those profits.

Facebook is coming for your kids.

Researchers who want to leave one of the world’s fastest motorcyclists in their robot’s dust failed in two attempts, but they aren’t ready to give up.

Almost 14,500 kilometres from the dusty Congo savannah, miners have hit on an entirely new source of cobalt — the rare mineral at the heart of the electric-car boom. And not only can they take coffee breaks, when they take a break, they can grab a doughnut at Tim Hortons.

The country that brought you the first marijuana unicorn is plunging headlong into the next big thing: cryptocurrencies.

From texting a local dealer to dropping into a neighbourhood dispensary or ordering online, Canada’s black market for recreational marijuana has seen significant changes in recent years and, no doubt, will see more as the country hurtles toward a new world of legalization next summer.

The chair of Hamilton’s public school board says a new provincial system for paying education directors, associate directors and superintendents is a recipe for big raises.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concluded talks with the Chinese premier in Beijing, but they were not able to announce the start of formal free trade talks.

Shock at pricey tampons at Calgary airport, but that's the norm in the north

The B.C. Court of Appeal dealt a devastating blow Monday to a group of injured veterans engaged in a landmark legal battle with the federal government.

B.C. court rules against injured veterans in fight for disability pensions

Halton police are looking for the driver of a transport truck that hit a street light in Burlington’s east end early Monday, knocking out power to a couple of hundred hydro customers.

The Trudeau government is willing to give provinces and territories a bigger share of the revenue from a federal excise tax on cannabis, provided that the extra money is devoted to helping municipalities cope with the impact of legalizing recreational pot.