Glenn Howard improved to 5-0 at the Canadian curling trials with a 7-6 extra-end win over Kevin Koe on Wednesday in Edmonton.

Tanner Pagendam is slowly finding his place in the Golden Horseshoe Division of the Greater Ontario Hockey League. After playing major midget in Thorold last year, the 17-year-old forward made the jump to a new skill level when he secured a spot on the Thorold Blackhawks for the 2009-2010 season.[...]

Rookie Brandon Jennings scored 22 points as Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors 117-95 on Wednesday night.

The display of flags is only a few days old, but George Darte is already hoping they won't increase in number.[...]

It's the cat going against type that really appeals to Susan Cubelic. Well, that and that fact it was painted by her eight-year-old daughter. The tabby cat pushing a mouse with a broken leg in a wheelchair was chosen this week as the official Christmas card of the Niagara Health System.[...]

Jill Brindle and Margaret Groombridge are taking a big bite out of the hamburger model for essay writing. The hour-glass metaphor for penning a good academic paper? The learning skills experts at Brock University are turning that upside down, too.[...]

Let it snow, already. And keep those prices falling, too. Such was the sentiment of holiday shoppers at the Fairview Mall Wednesday. Many said the day's downpour drenched any mood to unload their wallets for Christmas goodies.[...]

THOROLD - A two-goal effort by Mike Marquis wasn't enough as the Welland Junior Canadians suffered a 6-5 overtime loss to the Thorold Blackhawks in Golden Horseshoe Conference junior B hockey action Wednesday night.[...]

Jason Blake scored with 4:05 remaining as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Wednesday night.

JOHN VESSOYAN Tribune Staff WELLAND — For the coach of the Confederation Jaguars, the games that matter most are the ones against teams of the same calibre. That is why yesterday's senior boys high school basketball game was important to Mitch Rivard and his single A team.[...]

BERND FRANKE Tribune Staff WELLAND — Thanks to basketball, Nate Groenveld is now a travelling man. He soon will leave his native Canada to begin a professional sports career overseas — albeit with a different ball.[...]

To continue a Niagara Falls Review tradition, in the days leading up to Christmas readers will share their favourite Christmas memories. This year's series starts with this article. There is one special memory/tradition that I would like to share with you.[...]

SNOW SQUALL WATCH for: Barrie - Collingwood - Hillsdale ..SNOW SQUALLS LIKELY FOR OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY.. ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ..WINTER STORM WARNING..SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS EVENING.[...]

Christmas Concert at Ardtrea-Cumberland Beach Public School this evening is CANCELLED (rescheduled to Thurs. Dec. 10 at 6:30 PM). 11:00 AM Holiday Concert at East Oro Public School this evening is CANCELLED.[...]

Barrie's first major snowstorm of the season has had kept road crews busy this morning. More is on the way.[...]

Holiday Concert at East Oro Public School this evening is CANCELLED. Primary Concert at Coldwater Public School this evening is CANCELLED (rescheduled to Fri. Dec. 11 at 1:45 PM). [...]

SIMCOE MUSKOKA – All flu clinics offered by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit across Simcoe Muskoka are cancelled for today due to inclement weather.[...]

The Canadian Motor Speedway proposal completed another lap toward the finish line Wednesday. The regional planning committee supported an amendment application to its policy plan, allowing the multi-million-dollar project to move ahead through what could be an arduous approval process.[...]

Fort Erie residents will celebrate the arrival of the Olympic torch with a free pancake breakfast, hosted by Royal Bank, one of the sponsors of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. The torch arrives in Fort Erie the morning of Dec.[...]

Ebenezer Scrooge is the star of the Ottawa Christmas theatre season - four times over.

MPs in the House of Commons vote 253-37 in favour of a harmonized sales tax for Ontario and B.C.

Facebook has rolled out its promised changes to beef up privacy controls, allowing users to decide exactly who sees status updates, pictures and other content.

With darkness falling so early, organizers downtown's candlelight stroll hope Saturday's event will not only brighten a mid-December night, but also brighten the lives of a local family whose 11-year-old daughter is recovering from cancer treatment.[...]

Ontario is preparing for what it promises will be major pension reforms, aimed at creating a system better able to withstand economic turmoil.

The most contentious issue behind last year's bitter 53-day transit strike remains unsettled one year after the strike began.

A Toronto doctor may lose his medical licence over allegations he improperly signed off on forms that allowed some people on social assistance to claim an extra allowance to buy special food items.

Provincial police say they have charged 31 people from Napanee, Ont., and the surrounding area with drug-related offences after a long undercover investigation.

The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority is reminding residents to steer clear of potentially hazardous watercourse conditions that may develop in Niagara.[...]

WELLAND — Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority has issued a general watercourse safety bulletin to remind the public that potential hazardous watercourse conditions may develop in Niagara.[...]

The federal government's position on climate change is damaging Canada's international status, says Mayor David Miller.

Winter's first storm hit the GTA today with snow turning to rain downtown.

OTTAWA An Ontario judge will decide today whether to toss charges against a Liberal-appointed senator accused of defrauding taxpayers and obstructing justice. Sen.[...]

Police are calling the double murder last week of an elderly man and woman one of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Niagara Falls.

Celebrations were happening around the clock during the Christmas...

Toronto's public board should save the final nine school pools slated to close, says a draft report.

There is a Grade 11 history class in Etobicoke that has been known to give its teacher Shelley Kyte nightmares just from planning some of the lessons.

Toronto's highly trained police officers rake in millions of dollars moonlighting as construction site guards, manhole watchers and doing other menial jobs that crossing guards or even pylons could do at a fraction of the cost, a Toronto Star investigation has found.

Months of sawing, hammering, wiring and painting have produced results for the community and students at the District School Board of Niagara.

As a professional lacrosse player with the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League, Mike Accursi never got a change to take part in the Olympics.

A two-car collision last Wednesday night closed down Merritt Street for three hours. At around 7 p.m. on Dec. 2, a 47-year-old St. Catharines man was driving his 2005 Chevrolet Equinox south on Merritt Street just south of Glendale Avenue.