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HAMILTON — Police say four teens are facing first-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy outside a Hamilton high school.Police originally arrested an 18-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy yesterday shortly after Devan Selvey died outside Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School.At a news conference this afternoon, police say they have since arrested a boy and a girl — both 16 years old.RELATEDB.C. Father Guilty Of Stabbing Deaths Of DaughtersDoctors Think Edmo

The weather has gotten colder, the topic of Halloween costumes has crept into every conversation, and pumpkin has started to show up in the most unnatural of foods. It can only mean one thing: flu season is almost here.Most Canadians are safe right now, according to Health Canada’s weekly FluWatch tracker, but a few cases of the flu have been reported in western Canada. Flu season starts in earnest in late fall, peaks around January, and ends around March, although it can la

TORONTO ― A hacker gained access to financial data on tens of thousands of Canadians this past summer through a database run by a major credit rating agency.The compromised data belonged to TransUnion, one of a handful of rating agencies operating in Canada that prepare credit reports on consumers, and give certain businesses access to their reports online. It was accessed using the access code of a TransUnion customer business.“The unauthorized access was not the result of a breach

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau travelled to Nunavut on Tuesday, where he highlighted his promise to protect the High Arctic against climate change and address the concerns of northern residents if re-elected to power in the Oct. 21 vote.“Like so many of our friends in the North, you are truly on the front lines of the fight against climate change,” Trudeau said in Iqaluit.“Canada is warming at twice the global rate and our North is heating up at three ti

 The English-language leaders’ debate Monday night saw federal party leaders fighting to get their platform tag-lines more airtime, while at the same time deflecting jabs from their opponents and firing off some choice zingers themselves. Everyone was a target during the two hours, but what now? For a leader and their party to evolve, it can pay off when they reflect on the criticism they’ve received and adjust their strategy or messaging accordingly. What can the major par

 The English-language leaders’ debate Monday night saw federal party leaders fighting to get their platform tag-lines more airtime, while at the same time deflecting jabs from their opponents and firing off some choice zingers themselves. Everyone was a target during the two hours, but what now? For a leader and their party to evolve, it can pay off when they reflect on the criticism they’ve received and adjust their strategy or messaging accordingly. What can the major par

MONTREAL — Climate activists with the Quebec chapter of Extinction Rebellion scaled the structure of Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge on Tuesday, forcing the authorities to close traffic as they mounted an operation to get them down.Three activists climbed onto the bridge over the St. Lawrence River at about 6 a.m. ET and were up there for a few hours before surrendering without incident.Police gradually had to block off lanes on the bridge before shutting it completely about 90 min

TORONTO ― The financial fortunes of Canadian households are diverging, and how you’re doing now depends in part on whether you live in the city or the suburbs.In its annual Wealthscapes survey, Environics Analytics found urbanites did considerably better than suburbanites on household net worth in 2018. But it’s not that city cores have stronger economies or better job markets; rather, it has to do with real estate markets.House prices in city cores have generally performed bet

WHITEHORSE — Yukon is raising the age that its residents are allowed to smoke or vape and is proposing further limits on how vaping products can be sold, used and promoted in the territory.The Tobacco and Vaping Products Control and Regulation Act was introduced in Yukon’s legislature on Monday and would raise the age for access to tobacco and vapour products to from 18 to 19 years old. The act focuses on protecting public health, especially that of youth, and directs how vapour

STOCKHOLM — Canadian-born scientist James Peebles is one of three people who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year.He won the award “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology.”Peebles is a physics professor at Princeton University in New Jersey.READ MOREB.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver Steps DownGreta Thunberg On Having Asperger's: 'Being Different Is A Superpower'Syphilis Rates In B.C. Are The Highest They've Been In 30 YearsHe was born in St. Boniface, Ma

Just because you’re asked a question doesn’t mean you always have to answer it. That was the case for Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet when faced with a question from far-right Rebel Media following Monday night’s federal leaders’ debate. When Rebel’s Keean Bexte took the mic to introduce himself, Blanchet immediately shut him down.“I won’t answer Rebel News,” Blanchet said. “I’ll keep asking the question beca

TORONTO — The only English-language debate of the 2019 federal election had its share of personal jabs, as well as quick — and at times chaotic — exchanges on policy.The event, held at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., was the first to feature six federal leaders: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François  Blanchet and People’

TORONTO — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau could turn his Doug Ford fascination into something productive with a run for the Ontario Liberal leadership, Andrew Scheer suggested Monday. “You seem to be oddly obsessed with provincial politics,” the Conservative leader said to Trudeau during the federal leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Que. “There is a vacancy for the Ontario Liberal leadership and if you’re so focused on provincial politics, go and run for the lea

After every debate, there’s always talk of who won, and Monday night’s federal leaders’ debate was no exception.After Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier sparred, everyone and their dog had an opinion on who the ultimate victor was.Ask the Conservatives, and you’ll hear that Scheer won. Ask th

VANCOUVER — The rate of syphilis infection in British Columbia is the highest it’s been in 30 years and the provincial health officer is asking the public to get proactive about testing and treatment.Figures from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show there were 919 new cases of syphilis reported in 2018, a 33 per cent jump from the year before and many of those infections occurred in gay and bisexual men.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says after watching rates de

GATINEAU, QUE. — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau called Quebec’s controversial secularism law “awkward” politics during Monday’s federal election debate, and pressed NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to have a stronger position to protect minority rights.The subject came up during the English-language debate with six leaders representing the main federal parties during a discussion about polarization, immigration, and human rights. Under the law, Quebec public servants in posi

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh delivered double-pronged takedowns of both Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer at the federal leaders’ debate Monday. “I want to say this directly to Canadians. You do not need to choose between Mr. Delay and Mr. Deny,” Singh said during an exchange on climate change, eliciting laughs from the audience.“There is another option out there. We are committed to a real plan that’s gonna take on the biggest pol

Monday night’s federal leaders’ debate has plenty of awkward moments as six leaders sparred with five moderators over contentious topics. But one of the night’s most awkward moments came early on, when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau seemed to get two of his political rivals mixed up.During an exchange between Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh early in the evening, Trudeau repeatedly called Singh “Mr. Scheer,” in reference to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer.Singh