The Tampa Bay Lightning end the Montreal Canadiens’ magical playoff run in Game 5 at Amalie Arena, with a single goal by an unheralded rookie.

Local business leaders, politicians look for clarity from province, Ottawa on return to work rules.

Extreme heat caused the death of what one marine biologist estimates to be roughly one billion animals in the Salish Sea.

The party’s diversity co-ordinator, Zahra Mitra, was also laid off, sources tell the Star, amid party feuds.

As July 4 celebrations played out across America, the long months of social distancing and isolation seemed to fade into memory for Americans. But the only problem might be that in many places a no-dose crowd is participating, Edward Keenan writes.

Amid encouraging vaccination rates, low case counts, and the first day without a COVID-19 death in Ontario since October, Health Minister Christine Elliott wants the province to be cautious about loosening pandemic restrictions.

Estrada was a long-time nurse in the dialysis unit at the St. Joseph’s hospital. Her husband described his wife in emotional testimony on the first day of trial Wednesday.

Meanwhile, a new Public Health Ontario report shows 0.02 per cent, or 1,635 people, became infected with COVID-19 after they were fully vaccinated.

On Sunday, there will be a public visitation in Thornhill, and the funeral will be Monday at BMO Field for officer killed in underground garage near city hall.

A breakdown of what’s happening in the country, and where Canada fits in.

A wave of terrifying racist attacks in Alberta has the province on edge. The targets have been Muslim women, most of them Black and wearing a hijab. The Muslim community says Islamophobia and anti-Black racism have always been a problem in the provin...