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Parents can expect more yellow school buses on the roads, and fewer report cards coming home, as 54,600 elementary and 27,900 secondary school students begin a new school year on Tuesday.

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Local food growing like proverbial garden weeds
By Terry Pender, Record staff 

The small group of people crowded around boxes of fresh vegetables are part... read more

Community gathers to support Pakistani flood victims
By Johanna Weidner, Record staff 

— Rashid Ahmed struggles to convey the scope of the floods ravaging his... read more

Rail transit not off the rails yet

Don’t count out electric trains for rapid transit, even as politicians run from high costs.

Renters warned after 3 lose deposit in scam

— Police are warning renters to beware after three people were duped into putting down a deposit with a fraudster who didn’t own the home he was...

Teacher charged with sexual exploitation of former WCI student

— A male teacher has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a female student in an alleged affair that started six years ago.

Palestinian and Israeli commentators pessimistic about peace

— Palestinian and Israeli commentators were mostly pessimistic Friday in assessing this week’s meeting of their leaders in Washington. Many...

Quebec man injured after package blows up in his face

A man was rushed to hospital Friday after a package blew up in his face at his Montreal-area home.

Powerful 7.1 quake rocks New Zealand’s South Island

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two...

Improperly charged expenses won’t be made public

— Any controversial, improperly charged expenses filed by senior Ontario Crown agency officials will not be made public.

Global harvests and grain prices rapidly becoming a concern

With memories still fresh of food riots set off by spiking prices just two years ago, agricultural experts Friday cast a wary eye on the steep...

Woman who had acid splashed on face recounts agonizing pain during random attack

Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: “Hey pretty...

Disqualified driver, suspended five times, caught driving

A man whose licence has been suspended five times was caught yet again driving when he wasn’t supposed to.

Elderly man takes on beer thieves

— An elderly man wasn’t about to let two thieves steal his beer outside an LCBO store earlier this year.

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