As Canadian firefighters boarded flights Wednesday to battle blazes in Australia, they noted they will likely have to employ some different tactics than they do to fight local fires.

There has been wide speculation that the former Progressive Conservative leader and Harper-era cabinet minister would be a contender to replace Andrew Scheer after the party’s disappointing 2019 election results.

CREA reports December home sales up 22.7 per cent compared with year ago

Police say Holly was in crisis the last time she was seen.

As alarm over money laundering increases, specialist investigators in financial crime will be reassigned to national security and organized crime units

Famed baritone to collaborate with Robert Korgaard, followed by a master-class for young singers

The news came just after Putin had called for a national referendum on amending the Russian Constitution to expand the powers of Parliament and a body called the state council.

Police thanked members of the public and media for their assistance.

Aphria Inc. slashed its outlook after a delay in opening additional Ontario cannabis stores and a ban on vape products in Alberta.

Nairn, who most recently headed the Swedish design and stationery business kikki.K, says one of his initial focuses leading the department-store chain will be to intensify efforts to lure millennials.

The British prime minister says Britain “(deserves) to have access to the best possible technology,” and that anyone who opposes the brand must “tell us what’s the alternative.”

Questions you never thought you’d need answered about what happens when a prince moves next door.

The video shows a yellow truck pushing a small sedan sideways across lanes of traffic, squeezing it against the guardrail, and driving off.

A Kitchener-based retailer specializing in engraving gifts and keepsakes has closed all of its stores.

He was operating a 2010 Buick Lucerne, blue in colour with Ontario licence plates AJKW 463.

The video shows a yellow truck pushing a small sedan sideways across lanes of traffic, squeezing it against the guardrail, and driving off.

The union supports light rail transit and has publicly criticized the Progressive Conservative government’s decision to cancel Hamilton’s LRT project.

Self-described “lucky guy” Adlin Lewis says he feels “very, very blessed” after his LottoMax ticket paid off.

I made it my goal to post one nice moment in my day, every day, as a way of being mindful of something nice, no matter how small.

Sixty empty buildings along transit corridor are being eyed for affordable housing, but landlord Metrolinx has worried about “public safety issues” at the long-vacant properties.

Controversial councillor vows not to seek re-election in 2022

Jason Lusted, Jeremy Hall’s former partner in crime, testified at Hall’s first-degree murder trial in the death of Billy Mason

Facility, to be operated by U.S-based Sunrise Senior Living, will accommodate 134 people.

A 29-year-old man died of his injuries after he was struck early Sunday morning.

Tuesday midday

Players from across Canada compete in Hamilton

Only French-board teachers’ union — which begins a work-to-rule Thursday — has upcoming bargaining dates scheduled

Councillor calls for examination of property standards protocols in light of tenants’ concerns

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have discussed the need to “punish” the Iranians responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian airliner near Tehran last week that killed 176 people.

A volcano near the Philippine capital spewed lava into the sky and trembled constantly Tuesday, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash.

All the major unions representing teachers are now engaged in job actions.

Ontarians placed more than 32,000 orders for iodide pills in the two days following a false alarm about an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.

Work to rule and rotating strikes part of job action that will see public high schools closed Jan. 15, and Catholic schools closed Jan. 21

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says 27 incident management staff will leave for Melbourne Thursday, followed by two more incident managers and 40 firefighters on the weekend.

It was recently revealed that in the 1960s Alphonse Waegener had registered conditions on the titles of his land forbidding their sale to Jews.

Tour operators say some are travellers are postponing their visits, but most have carried on and the Australian travel industry says the visitors are needed more than ever.

The announcement from Iran follows a surge of angry protests in the country over the downing of a Ukrainian airliner, after Iran had denied for three days that it had shot the plane down.

That free GO station parking spot you’ve grown accustomed to might soon come at as price as the commuter rail service studies extending paid access to more of its 77,000 parking spots.

The pills, available to those living within 50 kilometres, help protect the thyroid gland and reduce the risk of cancer if radioactive iodine is released.

Skip the blow dry or wash your hair in advance to save on salon costs

Prolific writer will come home to see his musical.

Police have two men in custody and say they are investigating two crime scenes, in connection with the overnight fatal stabbing of a 30-year-old man in St. Catharines.

Police laid four charges in total during the incident.

Doesn’t matter if you have two legs — or four legs — all are welcome to test their toe pick’s in Dundas.

Though efforts to reduce impaired driving in Canada have been largely successful, an annual survey shows the number of people fessing up to drinking and driving has been inching up since 2015 and sharply increased in 2019.

Should you save for retirement in an RRSP or a TFSA? For many high earners, an RRSP is your best bet, writes David Aston

The flagpole outside of the Canada Post office on Main Street North is bare after local residents called for the removal of the Canadian flag that was in a state of disrepair.

Halton Regional Police are looking for a suspect after a strange incident Tuesday morning (Jan. 14) outside at Subway restaurant.

A spokesperson stressed the Tim Hortons offer was “lighthearted.” The Twitter world did not see the humour.

Jeremy Hall gets a second trial after an Appeal Court overturned his 2013 first-degree murder conviction in the death of William (Billy) Mason