New research is being presented at a conference in Montreal today linking recreational cannabis use with an increased risk of stroke. Continue reading →

A joyriding 13-year-old Texas boy was left with a bruised ego after his mother chased him down and spanked him with a belt on the side of a road after the kid stole his mom’s brand new BMW. Continue reading →

The mother of a Canadian arrested in Thailand on charges of spraying paint on an ancient wall says her daughter made a drunken mistake. Continue reading →

A breakdown of cannabis sales on the first day of legalization across Canada. Continue reading →

Canadian postal workers are preparing to strike, but will Canadians notice? What it might mean if they don’t. Continue reading →

Toronto police said officers were enforcing provisions under the Cannabis Act. He said several people were charged and released. Continue reading →

The Ontario Cannabis Store says the website launch has gone off without service interruptions and has seen more than 1.3 million unique visitors in the first 24 hours of operations. Continue reading →

The “learning package” in the works includes a remake of George Orwell’s Animal Farm — featuring robots, not animals. Continue reading →

Fayzullo Fazilov, Alexsandrs Bondarevs, Vladimir Korostin and Aleksey Blumberg died when the swing stage they were on collapsed without warning on Christmas Eve 2009. Continue reading →

York police announced last week a 14-year officer was charged with attempted armed robbery, theft of a shotgun, trafficking and disclosing confidential police information. As well, a three-year Whitchurch-Stouffville officer was charged with breach of trust-related offences. Continue reading →

Tie Domi said his son’s move from Arizona, where he played the first three years of his career, has been welcome. Continue reading →

Halton Regional Police say they are currently investigating a pedestrian who was fatally struck by a GO train in Oakville. Continue reading →

Officers said an investigation was launched in May of this year after a victim came forward to police and said they had consulted with a psychic who allegedly deceived them of thousands of dollars. Continue reading →

The airline’s first flight to the States was supposed to start taking off this week, but were cancelled at the last minute as Swoop awaits “one final regulatory approval required to operate to the U.S.” Continue reading →

As the news conference started, Goldy began shouting at Tory but her voice was quickly drowned out by more than a dozen supporters chanting “Tory! Tory! Tory!” Continue reading →

David Weaver of Nelson, B.C., has been charged with assault causing bodily harm, mischief under $5,000 and mischief interfering with property. Continue reading →

Municipal elections project their professed neutrality with an array of bright and variably hewed campaign signs meant to signal the fact that local races do not fall along the same political party lines as provincial or federal contests. Continue reading →

Durham Region police allege the accused convinced people that she could help their family members move to Canada from the Philippines. Continue reading →

Details of the murder of Seble “Mimi” Dietrich were presented on Thursday after Dietrich pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Continue reading →

Authorities said in all three cases, the suspect approached the victims inside a bus shelter and exposed himself and sexually assaulted them. Continue reading →

Joe Mihevc, who was first elected as Ward 21 councillor in 2000 and re-elected in 2003, 2006, 2010 and 2014, is running in the new Ward 12 against Josh Matlow, who was first elected as Ward 22 councillor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Continue reading →

Evgeni Malkin scored early for Pittsburgh before he and Kris Letang added one each into an empty net. Continue reading →

Peel Regional Police say they began investigating the allegations in June. Continue reading →

“The black candidates that are running in this election, none of them are talking about getting rid of segregation and getting rid of poverty,” the incumbent councillor said. Continue reading →

The two sides have been at odds since the province ordered the companies in 2011 to remediate the former mill site in Dryden, Ont., where some 9,000 kilograms of toxic effluent was dumped in the English-Wabigoon River system in the 1960s. Continue reading →