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Police raid Las Vegas tourism agency amid gift card probe
Police raid Las Vegas tourism agency amid gift card probe
Trudeau apologizes for sarcastically dismissing Grassy Narrows demonstrators at Liberal fundraiser in Toronto
The prime minister said he would refund those who paid to attend the event to raise the issue about mercury poisoning.
Travellers stranded after Icelandic airline collapses
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceases operations
How Robert Badgerow’s murder appeal turns on the location of a phone booth
Defence says the judge erred in his charge to the jury about the vital piece of evidence.
NPCA governance decision bounced back to Niagara Region
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s governance committee hopes to punt decisions regarding the organization’s governance back to Niagara Region.
Seattle bus driver shot in torso drives passengers to safety
Seattle bus driver shot in torso drives passengers to safety
What’s the cost of weed at the legal pot shops?
But Michael Armstrong says Ontario government-licensed outlets may have to lower prices to compete with the black market.
More than $1-million in tobacco seized at Peace Bridge
More than 10,000 kilograms of contraband tobacco valued at more than $1-million has been seized at the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie.
Hamilton could be carbon-neutral by 2050. There is a plan that says it is possible.
Hamilton can reduce its carbon emissions to zero by 2050 — but it would take retrofitting all buildings, using electric vehicles and making big changes at the steel mills, the Bay Area Climate Change Summit was told.
How Robert Badgerows’s murder appeal turns on the location of a phone booth
Defence says the judge erred in his charge to the jury about the vital piece of evidence.
Giant troll statue in Norway theme park burns to ground
Giant troll statue in Norway theme park burns to ground
What's going on with Walmart on Hamilton’s Mohawk Road?
The long-rumoured redevelopment of the store gained steam in March as the neighbouring No Frills store vacated its space.
Reservations available for Hanging Lake on April 1
Reservations available for Hanging Lake on April 1
Fugitive assaults police as they try to remove him from an east-end home
What started as a simple trespassing call turned into a struggle with police and the discovery that the man was wanted on a canada-wide warrant.
ROCKINGHAM: Painting the Around the Bay Road Race from start to finish
Hamilton artist Dylan Swan has spent the past five years painting every kilometre of the Around the Bay Road Race
Understanding options for getting out of debt
Understanding last-resort options when you can no longer pay your debts
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceases operations
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceases operations
Fugitive assaults police as they try to remove him from an east-Hamilton home
What started as a simple trespassing call turned into a struggle with police and the discovery that the man was wanted on a canada-wide warrant.
Man tried four times in 1981 murder appeals conviction, seeks stay
An Ontario man who was tried four times in the killing of a Hamilton nursing assistant is asking the province’s highest court to overturn his murder conviction and put the case on hold indefinitely.
Former St. Joseph’s CEO Kevin Smith tops Hamilton Sunshine list with $1.1 million
Kevin Smith paid full salary in 2018 despite leaving Hamilton in May for new job in Toronto.
Scientists say a Canadian T. Rex is heaviest found
A Tyrannosaurus rex found in central Canada in the 1990s is the heaviest and oldest of its kind
Steve Milton: Reece Mungar’s NCAA dream is shattered by ‘verbal, emotional abuse’
Reece Mungar, a former Bishop Ryan basketball star who had been playing at Northern Kentucky University, is seeking a new school and team; she was one of the players allegedly abused emotionally and verbally by their coach.
'Bye, Jayme': Closs kidnapper Jake Patterson pleads guilty at dramatic hearing
Patterson, 21, admitted to the crimes that shocked this town of 3,400 residents some 90 miles from the Twin Cities.
Cambridge’s Jeffrey Shaver on trial for public nudity
He says the jockstrap he was wearing is no different than a thong bikini
Hamilton’s Collective Arts Brewing eyes Brooklyn for expansion
The craft brewer will be opening a 16,000-foot brewery, event space and tap room/restaurant later this year in the Gowanus neighbourhood.
Brantford struggles to deal with opioid crisis and homelessness
Brantford has the second-highest rate of hospitalizations for opioid poisonings in Canada, second only to Kelowna, B.C.
Why dropping the charges sentenced Jussie Smollett to a lifetime of doubt
Instead of closure on the charges Smollett was facing for allegedly faking an attack, now we have this deeply unsatisfying twist ending, writes Vinay Menon.
Chief Mark Saunders on Barry and Honey Sherman case: ‘Our officers did not drop the ball’
Chief Mark Saunders says his officers have interviewed the mystery man who spent 29 minutes inside the home of Barry and Honey Sherman.
Mayor will ask PC transportation minister to ‘unfreeze’ LRT cash at long-awaited Thursday meeting
Fred Eisenberger will talk about the fate of Hamilton’s light rail transit project with PC Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek at City Hall.
Will cannabis retail stores take returns? Can kids go in? What you need to know before April 1
The first Ontario retail stores are set to open, though many will be delayed. Here’s what we can expect.
What to do if you spot sexual harassment on a flight
Severe incidents of unruly in-flight behaviour are on the rise, according to the latest reports from the International Air Transport Association.
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceases operations
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceases operations, stranding passengers
Newfoundland woman stabbed boyfriend over ejection from Bryan Adams concert
A Newfoundland woman angry at her boyfriend because they were ejected from a Bryan Adams concert threw a pot of macaroni salad at him and then stabbed his face, a St. John's court has heard.
Hamilton’s celebrity falcons back in town
The first egg was spotted at the downtown Sheraton Hotel on Monday.
Hospital leader Kevin Smith made $1.1 million in 2018
Kevin Smith paid full salary in 2018 despite leaving Hamilton in May for new job in Toronto.
Featured photo: Feed the birds
With a large sack of feed corn, Jeff Jones and Vanessa Holm — both from Smithville — spent a recent afternoon feeding the trumpeter swans, mallards and Canada geese at LaSalle Park Marina. They have been to this popular spot on many previous occasions.
Average tax hike set at 2.5%: city hall digest
Council has signed off on a 2019 budget that means a 2.5 per cent tax hike for the average Hamilton property owner. That hike translates into $88 extra on the bill of the owner of a property assessed at $358,600. Add another $32 in water and sewer rates in 2019, too. Mayor Fred Eisenberger called it a “reasonable, respectful” budget that leaves the city with one of the smallest average tax hikes among comparable cities in the greater GTA. The budget includes extra money to expand HSR bus frequency in the lower city and on the Mountain, and also bumps up pay to $15.85 an hour for city crossing guards.
Truck rollover snarls traffic on Linc to westbound 403 ramp
No one was injured in the crash, which closed the ramp lanes for hours
NPCA considers disclosure of top salaries
NPCA would also provide the range of salaries paid for various management positions — and that includes past employees.
NPCA governance decision bounced back to Niagara Region
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s governance committee hopes to punt decisions regarding the organization’s governance back to Niagara Region.
NPCA governance decision bounced back to Niagara RegionNPCA governance decision bounced back to Niagara RegionNPCA governance decision bounced back to Niagara Region
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s governance committee hopes to punt decisions regarding the organization’s governance back to Niagara Region.
Coroners service launches interactive map of unidentified human remains
From the unidentified body of a man with a crossed out tattoo to the bodies of two little boys found in Vancouver’s Stanley Park more than 60 years ago, each of British Columbia’s unsolved cases involving human remains has its place on a new interactive map.
Nothing could be done to stop emaciated grizzly that killed mom, baby: coroner
Valerie Theoret and her 10-month-old girl were killed outside their Yukon cabin.
Caitlan Coleman describes rocky relationship and alleged abuse at hands of Joshua Boyle
Boyle has pleaded not guilty to several offences, including assault and unlawful confinement
Indianapolis International Airport lands farmers' market
Indianapolis International Airport lands farmers' market
Police arrest 3 suspected of crashing 1,800-can food display
Police arrest 3 suspected of crashing 1,800-can food display
Hamilton could save $1 billion a year with climate change measures
The globe community needs cut greenhouse gases to prevent temperature rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Fired OPP officer sues Premier Doug Ford for defamation
Brad Blair, who was fired earlier this month, filed the $5-million lawsuit over comments by the premier that Blair had violated the Police Services Act.
Facebook extends ban on hate speech to ‘white nationalists’
People who search for terms associated with white supremacy on Facebook will be directed to a group called Life After Hate, which was founded by former extremists who want to help people leave the violent far-right.
Fired OPP deputy sues Doug Ford for $5 million
Brad Blair was fired as deputy commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police after taking legal action to contest the hiring of the premier’s friend as the force’s next commissioner.
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