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Hamilton lawyer faces $250K defamation lawsuit over social media posts about Israel-Hamas war
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Victoria Mancinelli, director of public relations for LiUNA Central and Eastern Canada, is suing lawyer Mohamad Bsat for implying she supported the genocide" and ethnic cleansing" of Palestinan people and their supporters, court documents obtained by CBC Hamilton show.
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Los Angeles Sparks acquire WNBA champion and Hamilton native Kia Nurse
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The Los Angeles Sparks acquired Canadian guard Kia Nurse from Seattle on Wednesday along with the Storm's fourth overall pick in April's WNBA draft. In exchange, the Sparks will send their 2026 first-round pick to Seattle.
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Original Peoples podcast brings a new generation up to speed on Haudenosaunee teachings
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It used to be that a Longhouse was the only place where you could hear traditional Haudenosaunee teachings. Now, out of necessity, these teachings are available on multiple platforms to make them more accessible and engage a younger generation.
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Calls for training after assault charges dropped against Hamilton man Tasered during a seizure
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A Hamilton man who faced assault charges after he suffered a seizureand then was Tasered by police in 2022 is happy the Crown dropped the charges this week. His lawyer says more needs to be done to ensure first responders treat seizures as a medical issue and not a criminal one.
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Ontario expands long-term care staff training program to build 'pipeline of talent'
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Ontario is extending a program that helps long-term care homes provide clinical placements for nursing and personal support worker students.
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Ontario seeks municipal daycare audits, raising cost-cutting concerns
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Ontario has ordered municipalities that directly operate child-care centres to do a value-for-money audit of their programs to determine if they could instead be operated by a "third party," raising concerns about privatization.
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4 million Canadians have a criminal record. Companies not hiring them are missing out, say advocates
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A new report being released Wednesday finds many Canadian companies remain unwilling to hire people with criminal records, even when they havethe skills or experience needed for the job.
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Marineland seeks to have charges over bears stayed, pleads not guilty
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Marineland has pleaded not guilty to alleged offences regarding its care of three young black bears and has asked to have the charges stayed.
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Why this Akwesasne woman is re-creating board games in Kanien'kéha
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Niiakohontesha Gray began translating and re-creating prototypes of various popular board games to reflect Kanien'keha:ka language and culture and make learning more fun.
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Hamilton public school board reschedules PA day because of solar eclipse, following others in Ontario
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Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board trustees approved rescheduling a professional activity day for Friday, March 1 to Monday, April 8, the day of a coming total solar eclipse, due to "safety concernsfor students, staff and families."
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Hamilton council sends $213M police budget back for review as it looks to cut 7.9% tax hike
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In a rare move, Hamiltoncouncil has sentback the police service's proposed$213 millionbudget - up 10.24 per cent from last year and the largest component in the city's budget.
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Routine vaccines for kids slipped during the pandemic. Now provinces are working to catch up
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After routine childhood vaccinations fell during the pandemic, public health officials across the country are working to get Canadian students back up to date on immunizations for serious yet preventable diseases.
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Outcry over staff recommendation that Hamilton LRT be run privately pushes discussion to March
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Hamilton's light rail transit subcommittee voted to defer a decisionuntil March 21 on the city's role in future LRT operations afterreceiving an earful from members of thepublic Monday.
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MuchMusic doc pulled from Crave months after Hamilton director says he clashed with labels
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Representatives for Bell Media said Monday that a "scheduling change" was behind their decision to quietly remove 299QueenStreetWest from a planned debut last Friday on the channel and its streaming service.
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Federal government seeking another pause on planned expansion of medical assistance in dying
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The federal government has announced it is seeking another pause on medical assistance in dying (MAID) provisions that would cover those suffering solely from mental illnesses.
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Family doctor shortage affects every region and is getting worse, Ontario Medical Association says
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Every region of Ontario is experiencinga shortage of family doctorsand the crisis is only going to get worse if the provincial government doesn't take immediate action, the Ontario Medical Association is warning.
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Man, 26, killed after truck flees from police then crashes in Burlington, Ont.
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A 26-year-old man died after a pickup truck carrying four people crashed on a rampwhile trying to evadeHalton police early Monday morning, according to the SIU.
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9 privately run ServiceOntario outlets moving to Staples stores, province says
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The provincial government is moving nine privately-run ServiceOntario outletsto Staples Canada stores this year, theminister of public and business service delivery said Monday.
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Ontario drivers fight mystery 407 bills, parking tickets — likely from duplicated licence plates
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Ontario's tolled highway is dealing with double the number of disputed charges related to lost, stolen or duplicated licence plates than it was in 2019.
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Opposition parties call for indefinite pause to MAID expansion for mental illness
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A special parliamentary committee is set to release a report this week that will shape the federal government's decision on whether to put the brakes on allowing mental illness as grounds for a medically assisted death.
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This Ontario farmer says he's cutting emissions one cow belch at a time
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On a cold winter's day, the brown and white cattle munching on hay in the pasture stare, moo and poop like any other.But it's their burps that make them special, says Dave Braden, a small beef farmer in Puslinch, Ont., between Hamilton and Guelph.
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Tensions flare at meeting over councillor's comments about Hamilton police budget
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Tensions between the chair of Hamilton Police Service's board and a councillor flared during a Thursday meeting over comments the councillor made about the police service's proposed budget.
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Bus driver hits truck while 4 students still on board, drives off with only 3 wheels, Niagara police say
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A school bus collided with a pick-up truck in Welland, Ont. on the morning of Jan. 24, Niagara Regional Police Service said. A 77-year-old bus driver has been with careless driving and failing to remain at the scene of a collision.
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Sarah Nurse talks race and diversity In her hockey journey
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Canadian women's hockey player Sarah Nurse became the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold in hockey, paving the way for thousands of young Black girls hoping to follow in her footsteps. She sat down with The National's Ian Hanomansing to talk about her incredible journey, from lacing up skates with her dad as a four-year-old in Hamilton, Ont., to becoming one of the faces of professional women's hockey. Watch the interview Sunday, Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. ET on CBC News Network
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'Be disruptors' is the message at 5th annual She Is Wise Indigenous women's conference
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The three day conference brought 400 Indigenous matriarchs and women together to celebrate the strength and wisdom of Indigenous women.
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A decade in the making, Liberian library set to open with help from Hamilton and lots of local input
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After more than a decade of work, Hamiltonian Leo Nupolu Johnson is preparing for the opening of a library and learning centre in his home country of Liberia.
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Cyclists set off on 'epic' icy trek in northern Ontario in support of bike program for kids in Pikangikum
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A program in Pikangikum First Nation, a community 700 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., has been teaching kids everything they need to know about bikes - from riding, to bicycle safety, to repairs, to building trails.
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Hamilton police shouldn't pick who sits on race-based data advisory panel, advocate says
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An anti-racism advocate says an independent process" - not Hamilton Police Service (HPS) - should pick who sits on a community advisory panel set to inform the police service's new race-based data strategy.
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Canadian ex-NFLer grew up a Detroit Lions fan. Now, he won't cheer for them after playing there
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Retired tight end Luke Willson played parts of eight seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Seattle Seahawks and one season for his "hometown" Detroit Lions. That was 2018, when they finished 6-10, in a season he doesn't look back on fondly. The Lions play the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in the NFC Championship game.
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Man accused of smuggling migrant family who froze to death at border found living outside Toronto
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More than a year after police in India named Fenil Patel as a suspect in the human smuggling case of a family that froze to death at the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba, an investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate has found him living freely in a suburb just outside Toronto.
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Hamilton's Gilgeous-Alexander beats out Step Curry for NBA all-star starting spot
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Canada'sShai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunderedged perennial all-star starter Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors for the final West backcourt spot in this year'sNBA all-star game.
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Niagara Catholic school board says trustee breached code of conduct after she compared Pride flag to Nazi flag
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The Niagara Catholic District School Boardhas found the trustee who comparedthe Pride flag to the Nazi flag violated the board's code of conduct.
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Ontario regulator fines Niagara Falls casino $70K, alleging it failed to minimize money laundering risk
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The provincial agency regulating gaming in Ontario has fined the owner ofFallsview Casino and Resort in Niagara Falls, Ont., for allegedly failing to minimize the risk of money laundering.
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ArcelorMittal Dofasco says it has learned from 'failure' behind red plume emitted last year
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ArcelorMittal Dofasco's general manager of the environmentsays the company has learned from the 'failure' that sent a red plume of iron oxideinto the air in October.
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What the cap on international students means for Doug Ford's government
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Premier Doug Ford's government faces a sharp reduction in what has been a lucrative source of funding for Ontario's colleges and universities, now that Ottawa plans to slash the number of international students allowed into Canada.
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Tenants to move out of McMaster residence for 6 days due to water quality issues
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Students living in McMaster University's residence on 10 Bay Street in downtown Hamilton will have to move into nearby hotels from Feb. 4 to Feb. 9 as the school tries to address lingering water issues in the building.
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Hamilton to go ahead with vacant unit tax after defeat last year
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People who own a home that's vacant in 2024 will pay one per cent more on their property tax bill in 2025, say city staff.
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Hamilton asking residents to once again pick their favourite punny name for snow plows
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The survey opened on Sunday and ends on Jan. 28. The 10 winning names will be revealed next week.
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Dozens of people impacted by Hamilton's online privacy breach, city says
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The city says it has notified the Ontario's privacy commissioner of the breach and contacted the individualsimpacted.
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Environment Canada places Hamilton, Brantford and Burlington under a fog advisory
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Environment Canada has placed the City of Hamilton under a fog advisory.
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Baby born in Hamilton encampment shows extent of 'desperate' housing crisis, councillor says
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A Hamilton councillor's recent experience witnessing a baby born in an encampment demonstrates the 'unacceptable' housing crisis residents face and 'eye opening' situations paramedics and police officers are currently responding to, he says.
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Cap on student visas could wreak financial havoc on Ontario universities, colleges: officials
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Universities and colleges across Ontario are concerned about the federal government's plan to reduce the number of international students granted permission to study in Canada.
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Hamilton police log 26 antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate incidents since start of Israel-Hamas conflict
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In the roughly three months following Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel, police reported half as many antisemitic occurrences and the same number of anti-Muslim occurrences as in all of 2022.
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Haudenosaunee astronomy presentation heading to New York planetarium
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SamanthaDoxtator,a member of the Oneida nation,will present Indigenous Astronomy as told by the Haudenosauneeat the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in February.
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February 5: Launch of the CBC/Radio-Canada National Indigenous Strategy
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Find out more about how this strategy will improve inclusion and representation of Indigenous Peoples.
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Hamilton and nearby areas under winter weather travel advisory on Tuesday
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Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Haldimand County, Norfolk County and Niagara Region.
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Hamilton police chief makes case for $20M budget increase, saying service's ask is 'realistic'
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Hamilton's police chief and police board chair made their pitch for $213,422,645 in taxpayer dollars on Monday, telling city councillors the 10.24 per cent increase over last year's budget is needed to keep policing in Hamilton at its current level of service.
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Convicted killer's apology at London, Ont., sentencing rejected by Afzaal family members
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The man convicted of killing four members of a Muslim family and leaving a fifth orphaned and injured in 2021 told a packed London, Ont., courtroom Tuesday that he's sorry. Relatives of the Afzaals firmly rejected the apology at his sentencing hearing, which also heard legal arguments on the issue of whether the truck attack was terrorism.
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B.C., Ontario vow to crack down on diploma mill schools exploiting international students
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After years of documented problems with some private post-secondary institutions accused of exploiting international students, the federal government announced it will cap the number of student permits for the next two years. Now, B.C. and Ontario are promising to rein in "bad actors."
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3 Hamilton residents charged following pro-Palestinian protest at defence technology company
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Charges are related to actions in November when demonstrations blocked access to L3Harris, which develops surveillance and targeting systems.
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