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Teenager identified as second victim in Christmastime double homicide

A double-homicide murder mystery in the Sarnia area has taken a surprising twist, with the revelation that a teenager is one of the two Toronto-area men found dead roughly 30 kilometres apart days after Christmas.

Absences top 30 per cent at two London schools

Two London schools surpassed the 30 per cent absenteeism threshold this week.

Too soon to tell if London-area Omicron deaths have peaked: top doctor

It’s too early to tell whether the fifth wave death toll has reached its peak in the London area, the city’s top public health official says, as the health unit reported one of the highest daily death tolls of the pandemic.

Police warn of possible delays as anti-vax truckers roll through London

A rolling protest against vaccine mandates for truckers will steam through Southwestern Ontario Thursday, with groups leaving Windsor and Sarnia early in the morning.

Crown seeks jail sentence for Sarnia teacher who sexually assaulted former student

A Sarnia high school teacher will soon learn his sentence for sexually assaulting and sexually exploiting a former student at his school, although there’s a chance one of those convictions could be stayed.

Canada extends mission to train Ukraine soldiers by 3 years

Russia has positioned about 100,000 troops across Ukraine's borders along with tanks and other heavy artillery

Bank of Canada holds steady, but writing is on the wall

Bank of Canada says food price increases to outpace inflation

High January death toll partly due to Quebec's slow COVID booster campaign: experts

Seeking Doctor Doolittle: A private 450-animal zoo for sale

Lack of regulation raises questions about a buyer's ability to safely operate facility

Parents of alleged ex-ISIL follower ask RCMP to probe his reported torture in Kurdish Syrian prison

They claim a little-known section of the Criminal Code allows police here to look into allegations of Canadian citizens being tortured in foreign countries

Tasha Kheiriddin: A diplomatic boycott of Beijing is a no-brainer, except in Ottawa

All nations that believe in democracy and freedom should take a stand

'A dysfunctional process': Thousands of Canada's allies and their families still stranded in Afghanistan

'This is how they operate in a life-and-death situation. It just seems like such a dysfunctional process'

Conservatives' post-election review to probe where party bled votes to People's Party, NDP

Former MP James Cumming says he will probe the party's campaign strategy, its ground game and the data it used, as well as O'Toole's tour over the 36-day race

Chinese-Canadian Tories urge O'Toole to resign, saying tough-on-China platform alienated voters

'Why don’t we leave the destiny of China to the Chinese people who live inside?... Any time you’re interfering, what happens? You just raise the nationalism'