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A boy has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a Brampton food delivery driver, who police say was lured to an area and attacked in Mississauga back in July. Peel police previously said 24-year-old pizza delivery driver Gurvinder Nath was working in the area of …

Tristan James Hamm — who goes by “Mr. Adventure” on Instagram, describing himself as an outdoor connoisseur, adventure athlete and an entrepreneur — is accused of illegally killing two Yukon black bears and a grizzly. Tristan James Hamm accused of providing misleading information to obtain a Yukon resident hunting licence. …

When Doreen Noseworthy retired in 2002 after a teaching career that spanned almost four decades, she believed she and her husband, Gerry, an accountant, were set for life. What they did not foresee was the sharp escalation in the cost of living in recent years that would see the buying …

The federal government’s Fall Economic Statement shows the Canadian economy is weak but headed toward improvement. It also shows just how quickly its economic assumptions can be upended if things don’t improve.  The Fall Economic Statement hinges on an improving economy, which is no sure thing. Almost any budgetary process …

On a weekday afternoon, coughs and cries echo throughout the brightly lit waiting room of the Just for Kids Clinic at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto. It’s clear this year’s respiratory virus season is already underway, said Dr. Anne Wormsbecker, chief of pediatrics at the hospital, one of three …

For Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, the chief goal is meeting a yet-to-be-fulfilled 2018 campaign promise to allow convenience stores to sell beer and wine. But multiple sources in various parts of the alcohol and retail industry say much more than that is on the table. Negotiations involve beer, wine and spirits …

An Ottawa woman says she was kicked off an Ontario waiting list for a family doctor after visiting an Appletree clinic where she says she was rostered with a family doctor without her knowledge. Charlotte Coates, 30, joined the Health Care Connect wait-list — a government-run matching program — in …

Lori Deets has been in the rental market since she graduated high school almost 20 years ago. But now, the 47-year-old is hoping to crack into Saskatchewan’s housing market with a novel approach: crowdfunding to buy her very first home. Inflation, debt, cost of living are making it hard for …

Tuesday evening could be icy for Ottawa and its neighbours. Environment Canada issued freezing rain warnings around 1 p.m. for the capital and communities around it as far as Gatineau, Prescott-Russell, Brockville and Sharbot Lake. Environment Canada has freezing rain warnings, in red, and winter weather travel advisories, in grey, …

Calgary’s police chief apologized to two teen brothers and their family Tuesday — promising an independent review of the matter — following a decision to drop the charges against them in connection to a gang-related fatal shooting last week. A 14-year-old Calgary boy faced charges of first-degree murder and attempted …