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Police say they disrupted a "highly organized" retail theft syndicate in Ontario and Quebec with the arrest of 21 people, ranging in age from 15 to 75. Two suspects were picked up in B.C.

He is charged with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual interference and one count of forcible confinement in 2002 and 2003, say police.

Hours after police went to a Welland, Ont., property Friday morning to address "an enormous fence" blocking traffic sightlines, police continue to be in a standoff with a man who began shooting from inside a former church, wounding an officer who was treated in hospital and released. Niagara regional police urge people to shelter in place.

Buses, libraries and waste collection will operate on a special schedule

The Grey Wolf by Canadian author Louise Penny was the most popular read

Bylaw officers will evaluate buildings and give them a score based on maintenance practices and standards, mostly in common areas. How they do will be made public.

Nicolás Maduro, wife Cilia Flores were captured and taken to U.S. on Saturday to face criminal charges

As the world, including Canada, tries to make sense of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, some Hamilton demonstrators are denouncing the military intervention. It was one of many demonstrations in about a dozen Canadian cities in recent days.

Police say they found evidence of drug trafficking, unauthorized firearm

'Motives matter,' says McMaster University's Manuel Vasquez Villavicencio