by Bobby Hristova on (#62W3X)
Niagara police have charged two teen boys with 13 counts of mischief after a string of racist and homophobic acts of vandalism near downtown St. Catharines.
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by Bobby Hristova on (#62W20)
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by Michael To on (#62VZT)
The Keddy Trail Street Art Project is installing six murals along the trail this week. A public celebration is being held Wednesday afternoon.
by Bobby Hristova on (#62VTP)
The Haudenosaunee Development Institute is asking Hamilton to pause dredging in Chedoke Creek until the city consults with them about how the work may impact treaty rights and the environment.
by CBC News on (#62V8B)
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by Liam Casey on (#62TQ5)
There were large leaps in the number of people killed by opioids in Ontario, especially in the north, during the first two years of the pandemic compared to 2019, according to newly released preliminary data from the province's chief coroner.
by Benjamin Shingler,Graeme Bruce on (#62TQ6)
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by Bobby Hristova,Michael To on (#62SY3)
Dozens of people are outraged after they say they were turned away from a lantern festival on Saturday in Six Nations of the Grand River. The territory says the organizers weren't allowed to fly lanterns, but the event planners say it was "100 per cent approved."
by Colin Butler on (#62SY2)
There were so many birds in the skies above Ontario's Long Point peninsula on Sunday morning that they appeared as a massive doughnut on American weather radar in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Mikal Skuterud, an economic professor at the University of Waterloo, thinks Ontario's low-wage temporary foreign workers program should come to an end. This comes after a group of Jamaican migrant workers in Ontario wrote an open letter to their government, calling the working conditions here akin to systematic slavery. Some have said offering workers a path to permanent residency would help.
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by CBC News on (#62S9C)
A woman was taken to the hospital Monday after being hit by a vehicle on Upper Ottawa Street in Hamilton. Hamilton Police say she 'entered the roadway' and was hit by a driver who remained at the scene.
by Jessica Maxwell on (#62S61)
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by Jenna Benchetrit on (#62S9D)
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by Desmond Brown on (#62RR9)
Hamilton’s New Vision United Church is plodding along with a project to transform its auditorium into a 1,000-seat live music venue.
by Josh Grant on (#62S62)
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by Tarini Fernando on (#62R8H)
Melrene Saloy’s love for fashion began as a child, making clothes for her dolls after her grandmother and aunts taught her to sew. Today, she runs her own business, making culturally appropriate First Nations jewelry and accessories.
by Jenna Benchetrit on (#62R4A)
The fitness industry is between a rock and a hard place, with two previously reliable business models floundering at this stage of the pandemic. While in-person studios are still recovering from government shutdowns, at-home fitness brands are losing clientele while people favour affordable brick-and-mortar gyms and fitness centres.
by Ali Raza on (#62R0J)
Jamaican migrant farm workers in Niagara Region wrote an open letter to Jamaica's Ministry of Labour requesting more support in the face of what they call "systematic slavery," days before a migrant worker died in Norfolk County.
by Tristan D'Amours on (#62RVG)
David Côté of the Montreal Alouettes kicked a 48-yard field goal on the final play of the game to steal a 29-28 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Percival Molson Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
by Cara Nickerson on (#62PSN)
A truck carrying live chickens overturned on Rymal Road. The driver isn't hurt, but a passing chicken enthusiast has questions about the treatment of the animals.
by Aura Carreño Rosas on (#62PSP)
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by Aura Carreño Rosas on (#62PNG)
Hamilton has been promised a $4 million fund to help local organizations that assist young people at risk.
by Cara Nickerson on (#62PGF)
A Niagara police officer with a history of charges and disciplinary hearings has been charged with assault and mischief under $5,000 following a "suspected road rage incident." Const. Nathan Parker previously was accused of assaulting a superior officer in 2018 before an Ontario court stayed the charges this past December.
by Bobby Hristova on (#62P9F)
An Ontario megachurch says a former pastor is facing more allegations of sexual misconduct, including one from a minor. The allegations haven't been tested in court
by Saira Peesker on (#62NHY)
With her hammer throw competition behind her at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, Chanell Botsis is ready to turn to her second sport: pin trading.
by CBC News on (#62NFW)
The fire department in Burlington, Ont. is warning people of a new scam involving fraudsters who they say are impersonating "fire personnel" to sell fake safety kits.
by CBC News on (#62NDR)
Hamilton police have arrested a man wanted for shooting at a West Mountain townhouse complex – critically injuring a 27-year-old man – at the Edmonton airport.
by Desmond Brown on (#62N3D)
A program being run by the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre (HRIC) is helping Indigenous women who are single mothers get a college diploma.
by Aura Carreño Rosas on (#62MY7)
The driver who hit and killed migrant worker Fermin Soto Sanchez in June was charged on Wednesday, with careless driving causing death, according to police.
by CBC News on (#62MA7)
Hamilton police have arrested four people and are looking for one more after a man woke up tied to a chair in an east-end basement, then managed to escape.
by The Canadian Press on (#62M44)
Mayors, police leaders and businesses in Ontario are calling on the province to provide more help in dealing with the growing homelessness and opioid crises gripping both big cities and small towns.
by Cara Nickerson on (#62KZM)
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by Michael To on (#62KX2)
Soaring food inflation rates, coupled with increased costs of ingredients and takeout materials, are forcing business owners in Hamilton and across Ontario to adapt — and in some cases, close shop.
by Aura Carreño Rosas on (#62KT3)
A Run for Chris, organized in partnership with St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, is taking place on Aug. 21 at Joe Sams Leisure Park. All donations will go toward a St. Joe's program to help young adults with addiction issues.
by Tyler Cheese on (#62KQQ)
Sixteen groups have joined together to pen a letter to Ontario’s chief coroner asking him to investigate whether SUVs and pickup trucks cause more pedestrian and cycling deaths than smaller vehicles.
by Sophia Harris on (#62KQR)
Amid this summer’s airport chaos, there’s growing frustration from passengers who say they’re being unfairly denied compensation for flight disruptions.
by Don Pittis on (#62KNJ)
Interest rates are still low and economy-watchers expect borrowing costs to keep rising, even as consumers find everything but gas is getting dearer.
by Cara Nickerson on (#62JZ8)
The city of Hamilton is ready to dredge Chedoke Creek, four years after the public discovered that 24 billion litres of sewage spilled into Cootes Paradise from a sewer valve that was partially opened from 2014 to 2018.
by Saira Peesker on (#62JZ9)
Shimmy, a Blanding’s turtle, spent the first 35 years of his life, give or take, on the north shore of Lake Erie. He’d been tracked numerous times by biologists there, who remarked on his 'odd characteristics': two missing feet, at the front left and rear right.
by Michael To on (#62JNT)
Police are asking the public to help identify a man who they say dragged a woman off a Hamilton Mountain trail in an “unprovoked” attack a month ago.
by Yvette Brend on (#62J99)
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Ontario promised to build 1.5 million homes by 2031. A new report says that will likely never happen
by Colin Butler on (#62J98)
Ontario is unlikely to meet its lofty goal of building 1.5 million homes by 2031 to alleviate the housing crisis, according to a new report from the Smart Prosperity Institute, an Ottawa-based think-tank.
by Cara Nickerson on (#62J3V)
The OHL's ONSIDE sexual assault training program has been paused since the 2020 season was cancelled and the 2021 season was restricted with pandemic lockdowns. The training program will return this year in the wake of Hockey Canada's sexual assault reckoning.
by Allison Jones on (#62J9A)
Ontario is offering to give education workers who make less than $40,000 raises of two per cent a year, and 1.25 per cent for everyone else in a proposed four-year deal.
by Bobby Hristova on (#62JRM)
The federal government is investing over $1.9 million to help a Hamilton-based organization form a network for Black-led businesses in southwestern Ontario.
by Saira Peesker on (#62HHY)
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by Cara Nickerson on (#62HD1)
Two organizations in Six Nations of the Grand River have started a fundraiser with a $1 million goal to help replace a replica 17th-century longhouse badly damaged in a recent fire.
by Jenna Benchetrit on (#62HD2)
Canada's housing market continued to cool in July, with the average home price clocking in at $629,971 — a figure that drops by $104,000 when excluding the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver markets.
by Bobby Hristova on (#62H81)
Police say the man hasn't worked as a camp counsellor at Mohawk College since the summer of 2017, but "believe that there may be more victims and encourage anyone with information to come forward."
by Don Pittis on (#62H5K)
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