Bayer makes $62 billion offer to buy Monsanto
German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG announced Monday that it has made a $62 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto.The proposed combination would create a giant seed...
View ArticleVerdict in death of Freddie Gray expected to be handed down today
A judge is expected to hand down his verdict today in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray.Gray died last year, a week after his neck was...
View ArticleTransport Minister to unveil social media campaign against pointing lasers at...
A social media campaign will be announced by the federal government targetting the ongoing concern of people shining laser pointers at airplanes.Transport Minister Marc Garneau is expected to make the...
View ArticleOntario Police made over 150 impaired driving charges this weekend
Ontario Police are saying 160 impaired driving charges have been laid so far this weekend.OPP said on Twitter that on Saturday night alone they made over 60 impaired driving charges, some of which...
View ArticleBaltimore Police Officer acquitted of charges in arrest of Freddie Gray
A Baltimore police officer has been acquitted of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died a week after he was critically injured in police custody.A judge...
View ArticleHiker rescued from Niagara Gorge
The Niagara Parks High Angle River Team rescued a young female hiker from the Niagara Glen.Parks police and Niagara Fire and EMS responded to a 9-1-1 call yesterday just after 4 p.m.The female...
View ArticleTwo women killed in motorcycle collision in Jarvis identified
Provincial police have identified two women killed in a collision involving a motorcycle in Haldimand County. OPP say the collision occurred in an intersection in Jarvis on Saturday afternoon....
View ArticleFamily of boy critically hurt in lawnmower accident robbed
The family of a toddler clinging to life in hospital after a devastating accident involving a lawnmower in Pelham - now reeling after their home was robbed.According to police, two all terrain vehicles...
View ArticleHuman remains found from crash site point to explosion on EgyptAir flight
A senior Egyptian forensic official says human remains retrieved from the EgyptAir crash site suggest there was an explosion on board. The official says all 80 pieces brought to the Cairo morgue so...
View ArticleBREAKING - Gord Downie announces he has terminal cancer
A posting on the band's website announcing the lead singer of the iconic Canadian band The Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, has terminal brain cancer.The 52 year old and his wife have four children.The...
View ArticleTwitter is giving users more room to express themselves
In coming months, photos, videos and other media won't count against what is now a 140-character limit. That means more wordy tweets are on the way. The change, announced Tuesday, is yet another...
View ArticleDuffy's legal saga officially over
Sen. Mike Duffy's legal saga is officially over.A spokesman for the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General says Crown prosecutors have decided not to appeal Duffy's acquittal one month ago.Today was...
View ArticleLonger list of drivers charged with impaired driving than usual in Niagara
Niagara Regional Police releasing the latest list of drivers charged with impaired driving and it's a longer list than usual.13 Niagara residents and one resident of Cambridge, ON were charged between...
View ArticleGord Downie cleared to perform summer tour following news of fatal cancer...
A specialist treating the Tragically Hip's Gord Downie says the singer has been cleared to perform -- despite the fact he's facing one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer.Dr. James Perry, head...
View ArticleWynne demands Liberal backbencher apologize
Premier Kathleen Wynne has told a Liberal backbencher to apologize for calling the police on the mother of an autistic child who had threatened a protest at his constituency office.Wynne will meet...
View ArticleCrown says pair planned to steal, kill and burn
The Crown has begun its cross-examination of one of the men accused of killing Tim Bosma -- a Hamilton father who disappeared after going on a test drive of the truck he was trying to sell.Prosecutor...
View ArticlePrince estate claimants object to undergoing genetic testing
Two people claiming to be heirs of Prince's estate are objecting to having to take blood and genetic tests to prove their relationship to the musician.Brianna Nelson and Jeannine Halloran, on behalf of...
View ArticleText show talk of truck theft, incinerator more than a year before Bosma died
The Crown in the Tim Bosma trial says a series of text messages between the Hamilton man's accused killers shows the pair meticulously planned to steal a truck, kill its owner with a gun and incinerate...
View ArticleSt. Catharines rain barrel sale date announced
The City of St. Catharines has announced their 2016 sale date for rain barrels.You can pick yours up at the Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre parking lot from 7:30am to 1pm on Saturday,...
View ArticleCanadian Canal Society supports Welland Canal Memorial
The Welland Canal Fallen Workers Memorial Task Force has received support from the Canadian Canal Society. Task Force Chair Mayor Walter Sendzik thanked Society members for their financial contribution...
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