PERTH, Ont. – Provincial police say 1,800 animals were inside a barn that caught fire in Perth, Ont., on Tuesday morning. They say firefighters from three departments responded to the fire, which broke out just before 6 a.m. Police didn’t immediately have information about the condition of the livestock. TheyRead More

TORONTO — Business news channel BNN is going to become BNN Bloomberg this spring following a partnership deal between its corporate parent Bell Media (TSX:BCE) and Bloomberg Media. The deal will see the station add several hours of live evening television coverage of Asian markets, early morning programs from EuropeRead More

OTTAWA — Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle is to appear in an Ottawa court today for a bail hearing. Boyle was arrested by Ottawa police late last month and made his first court appearance on New Year’s Day facing 15 charges, including eight counts of assault, two of sexual assault,Read More

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Closing arguments will continue in Quebec today at the jury trial of three men charged with criminal negligence in the Lac-Megantic rail disaster that killed 47 people. Tom Harding, Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre have all pleaded not guilty to one count of criminal negligence causing theRead More

PUBNICO, N.S. — A Nova Scotia fishing village is shaken after a house fire left four people dead early Sunday, including at least two children, according to a relative. RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said two people escaped the fire in Pubnico Head, N.S, near Yarmouth, one of whom was hospitalizedRead More

Toronto: The Moss Park Armoury will be ready to shelter 100 homeless Torontonians tonight at 7 p.m., 36 hours earlier than first announced, city officials said Saturday. In response to the sustained cold snap forcing virtually everyone on the city’s streets indoors overnight, the city has also increased capacity atRead More

VANCOUVER — The deaths of two young girls in British Columbia who were previously the subject of a custody dispute have prompted debate about how judges decide cases involving allegations of domestic violence. Andrew Berry, 43, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of hisRead More

Toronto : It appears the Greater Toronto Area is about to get a break from the bitterly cold weather that has hung around the province over the past few weeks. An extreme cold warning previously issued by Environment Canada has now ended for many parts of the GTA, including Toronto,Read More

The federal government gave the green light to open the Moss Park Armoury to serve as a 24/7 winter respite site for the homeless as early as Monday morning. On Friday, Vaughan said the city would announce soon when the facility would open, but it would be a “matter ofRead More

Toronto: Toronto has snapped a 59-year-old temperature record for this date as the deep freeze continues. The temperature dropped to – 23 C at Pearson International Airport at 6 a.m., topping the previous record of – 20. 6 C that was set in 1959. With the wind chill the temperatures feltRead More