OTTAWA — In his annual Christmas message, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asks Canadians to pray for members of the military as they battle Islamic extremists in northern Iraq. Canada has six CF-18 fighter jets in the Middle East as part of an international effort to help Iraq fight an insurgencyRead More

A three-alarm fire has broken out on Avenue Road near Davenport Road in a building that houses two popular restaurants. Flames could be seen shooting up through the roof of the building at 116 Avenue Rd. where Sotto Sotto Restaurant and Spuntini Ristorante and Bar are located. Apartments are alsoRead More

REVELSTOKE, B.C.,  Professional avalanche watchers in B.C. have issued a special public warning about a heightened potential for avalanches across a large swath of the province over the coming days. Avalanche Canada, based in Revelstoke, B.C., is warning recreational users that danger appears to be high for a series ofRead More

Milton, A two-vehicle crash in Milton sent six people, including three children, to hospital earlier this morning. The crash occurred near Derry Road East and Trafalgar Road at around 3 a.m. Halton Regional Police told CTV News that five people suffered minor injuries but one of the victims, a three-year-oldRead More

Winter officially began Sunday evening, but one wouldn’t know it from this week’s forecast. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Toronto and parts of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area calling for unseasonable mild and rainy weather. Monday will be dry with a high of 3 CRead More

LES COTEAUX, Que. — Three people have died following an apartment building fire early Tuesday in western Quebec, CTV News has confirmed. The fire broke out at about 2:30 a.m. in the community of Les Coteaux near the Ontario border. According to a regional fire official, the two adults andRead More

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A Canadian teacher accused of sexually abusing three students at an international school in Indonesia found it “devastating” that five janitors also accused in the case were sentenced to up to eight years in prison, his family said Monday. The janitors’ sentences were delivered on the dayRead More

Toronto, The Ontario Liberal caucus paid the spouse of a top aide to Dalton McGuinty $10,000 to wipe computer hard drives in the premier’s office, police alleged in court documents released Thursday. The information used by Ontario Provincial Police to obtain a search warrant that was executed in November atRead More

 Toronto, Mayor John Tory says that Waterfront Toronto has to start acting in a more “transparent manner” when it comes to how it spends public money. Tory made the comment to reporters at city hall on Thursday morning, one day after the Waterfront Toronto board met to discuss an estimatedRead More

A massive crowd is expected to attend a candlelight vigil in Vaughan Thursday night for the lost victims of an attack at a military-run school in Pakistan that claimed nearly 150 lives, mostly children. Tuesday’s bloody attack, one of the worst in Pakistan’s recent history, sent shockwaves through the worldRead More