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How Steve Smith keeps the Red Green character going: Duct tape and a new book
No matter how hard Steve Smith has tried, he hasn't been able to kill Red Green. The Hamilton-based comedian figured he was ready to hang up the character's suspenders and duct tape for the last time.
Police search for people who stole Ancaster restaurant's ATM
Hamilton police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying suspects who took a banking machine from a Hamilton restaurant.
Chance of showers Friday: DayStarter weather
Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.
Ontario's sweeping police reforms called 'historic,' but officers' unions pushing back
It's the most significant reform to policing in a generation, according to the Wynne government, and it's being greeted largely with cheers from groups pushing for more police accountability but with alarm by the unions representing officers.
Hamilton pot pioneers missing out on the fruits of seeds they planted
Can you smell that? It’s a hazy new age of marijuana acceptance, wafting over Canada — but sadly, two of this country’s trailblazing pot pioneers aren't around to experience it.
Man charged after a string of robberies across city
Hamilton police have arrested and charged a 38-year-old Hamilton man for a string of robberies at commercial stores across the city last month.
HSR drivers asked to work 68-hour weeks, union calls for director to be fired
The city is asking HSR bus drivers to work up to 68 hours a week due to what it says are absenteeism issues — and now, the union that represents bus drivers is calling for Hamilton's transit director to be fired.
Number of visible minorities in Hamilton has doubled over last 2 decades
Hamilton's visible minority population has more than doubled over the last 20 years, new data shows, now making up 18.6 per cent of the total population in the city.
Laura Babcock's phone tracked near accused killers before her disappearance, jury hears
When Laura Babcock's cellphone was used for the last time, it was to make a 60-second call to voicemail — a call that connected to a cellphone tower a few hundred metres from accused killer Dellen Millard's home, according to Crown evidence.
Woman hurt by hit and run driver who had child in passenger seat
A woman was rushed to hospital after a hit and run in central Hamilton yesterday afternoon, police say.
McMaster researchers creep closer to answers on Pablo Neruda death mystery
For decades, debate has raged about the demise of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda — and now, researchers hope they are inching closer to the truth of what caused his death.
Dad launches car wash review channel on YouTube for his autistic son
Clint Baker's YouTube channel for car wash reviews, Reviews by Vince, has hundreds of dedicated subscribers. He started the channel so he could show videos of his car washes to his autistic son.
Cyclist rushed to hospital after collision with dump truck
A Hamilton cyclist was rushed to hospital with major injuries Wednesday afternoon after a collision with a dump truck in Waterdown, police say.
Bargaining in colleges strike to resume Thursday
A provincial mediator has called the parties in the college teachers' labour dispute back to the bargaining table.
'Welcome to unstoppable,' Here's how Hamilton sold itself to Amazon
The City of Hamilton has released the bid it sent to Amazon for HQ2. The document pitches Hamilton's arts and culture scene, low violent activity and growing millennial population.
Senior loses $152,000 in 'International Sweepstakes Lottery' scam
A Norfolk County senior was scammed, police say, out of $152,000 after being told the senior had won a $24.9M lottery.
Hamilton Ticats Banks and Masoli named CFL top performers for October
Hamilton receiver Brandon Banks and quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly are the CFL's top performers for October.
Chance of showers Wednesday: DayStarter weather
Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.
Pot growers say urban Hamilton air is too polluted for their crop
Hamilton city councillors want medical marijuana producers to grow on old industrial brownfields instead of farmland. But at least two such companies say the city's urban air is too polluted.
3 teens arrested after allegedly trying to rob 80-year-old man
Hamilton police say three teenagers are facing robbery charges after allegedly trying to rob an 80-year-old man near Lime Ridge Mall on Monday evening.
Should the city spend money to restore a red cross that beams from the Mountain?
The city will look into how much it will cost to light up an eight-metre red cross that used to beam down from the escarpment.
Hamilton does Halloween in style
So many of you are going all out this year, so we just had to share some of the incredible costumes plastered all over social media today.
After seeing car hit a city bus, witnesses hold driver at scene until police arrive
Police officers had a little help from people near the scene of a collision on Monday afternoon.
Police looking for suspect in Westdale chocolate shop armed robbery
Hamilton police have released images of a man whom they say robbed a chocolate shop in Westdale over the weekend.
Sun and cloud Tuesday: DayStarter weather
Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.
'I didn't want her to sleep on the street': Good Samaritan gave Laura Babcock a place to stay, trial hears
The ups and downs of Laura Babcock's life, and the final days before her disappearance in the summer of 2012, are again scrutinized as the trial into her alleged murder continues in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto.
Laura Babcock was caught up in a love triangle before she disappeared, murder trial hears
One of Laura Babcock's best friends reveals more vicious texts in feud between Babcock and Christina Noudga, a girlfriend of co-accused killer Dellen Millard. The prosecution has pointed to the love triangle as the possible motive for Babcock's alleged murder. Babcock was a problem Millard promised Noudga he would get rid of.
It will take months for engineers to figure out exactly how Hamilton home exploded
It will take months for engineers to determine the exact cause of an explosion that obliterated a lower city home last week, Ontario Fire Marshal investigators say.
Harriet Tubman's former church is in dire need of repairs
A little Niagara church built by Harriet Tubman and other freed slaves is falling down, and desperate volunteers say they need at least six figures to save it.
2 families sue St. Joe's over suicide deaths, claim 'shocking and reckless disregard'
The families of two men who took their own lives while inpatients at the region’s mental health specialty hospital are suing the hospital for negligence.
How dogs are being used to sniff out bed bugs and tackle the city's infestation
Global K-9 Detection Services is using dogs to fight the city’s bedbug infestation. The company owners says using dogs to find bed bugs is fast and efficient.
Police seize $30K in fentanyl patches and 'popcorn' heroin-fentanyl mix, arrest 2
Hamilton police arrested two men and seized more than $30,000 worth of fentanyl patches and a heroin-fentanyl mix known as "popcorn" on Thursday.
York Blvd. reopens after motorcycle crash sends man to hospital
York Blvd. has reopened after a motorcycle crash Monday morning sent a man to hospital.
Chance of showers Monday: DayStarter weather
Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.
Visible minorities are underrepresented in Hamilton leadership, study shows
A gap of visible minorities in Hamilton leadership positions and boards will be the focus of a discussion on Wednesday that aims to offer up solutions.
Man recovering from minor injuries after being shot on the Mountain
At least one gunshot was fired while two men argued on the Mountain near Crockett Street and Upper Sherman Avenue on Saturday night, police said.
2 teen girls charged after wild brawl at Lime Ridge Mall
Police charged two teenagers after a brawl at the mall on Saturday.
3 new Ontario songs you need to hear this week
Check out brand new music from Only Yours, Jaunt and Teen Ravine.
Disgraced Hamilton pediatrician has 2nd sex assault conviction tossed on appeal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has taken the rare step of totally acquitting a former Hamilton pediatrician of a sex assault conviction that he was facing involving a former patient.
39 Stranger Things To Do in Hamilton this Halloween weekend
Here's a pretty great list of things to do this weekend in Hamilton.
Bay Street bike route officially opens
The city has officially opened the new Bay Street bike lanes Friday.
At Laura Babcock trial, court hears of love triangle and 'catty' texting war
Jury members hear from a friend of Laura Babcock's, who details tension between Babcock and a woman named Christina Noudga. Both were romantically involved with one of the men accused in Babcock's death, Dellen Millard.
Marineland sues OSPCA for $21M, alleges agency wanted to 'destroy' theme park
Marineland has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, alleging the organization maliciously targeted the theme park to curry favour with animal rights activists and boost fundraising.
Mix of sun and cloud Friday: DayStarter weather
Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.
When 'targeted' crime in Hamilton is surging, should you be worried?
Hamilton has seen almost as many shootings this year as the last two years combined. Police say they're "targeted," but does that mean the public doesn't have to worry?
Trudeau says Canada 'extremely active' in trying to bring Neil Bantleman home
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he’s working with Indonesian officials to try to achieve a “positive outcome” in the case of Neil Bantleman, a Burlington, Ont., teacher who has been imprisoned in Indonesia since 2014.
Don't count on big increases in Hamilton house prices next year, CMHC forecasts
The average price of a home sold in Hamilton and Burlington in 2018 won’t be “much higher” than the 2017 average price.
How domestic violence seeps into the workplace
It is difficult to keep violence at home from having a deep and negative impact at work for both the victims and the perpetrators. Listen to or read our interview with Katreena Scott, a researcher on a study interviewed hundreds of men who abused their partners.
Dolly Parton-style wig-wearing robbery suspect arrested
Hamilton police have identified and arrested one suspect in connection with one of a string of weekend robberies.
40 vulnerable seniors moving to supported housing to free up hospital beds
The province is putting money toward relieving some of the pressure on an overburdened hospital system across Ontario that has resulted in lengthy emergency room waits.
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