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Updated 2025-02-23 23:15
Trumps to attend state funeral for George H.W. Bush
In a statement issued hours after Bush’s death on Friday night, the Trumps said that Bush had “inspired generations of his fellow Americans to public service.”
Trudeau tweets $50M pledge for girls’ education around the world during Mandela festival
“This is amazing!” festival host Trevor Noah said as Trudeau’s tweet was shown on a big stadium screen.
Ontario moving ahead with legal challenge of planned federal carbon tax
Ontario will challenge the imposition of carbon tax by Ottawa.
Paris assesses injuries, damage after worst riot in decade
Riot debris covers Paris streets; 133 injured, 412 arrested
Chinese party agents watch over Uighur funerals, weddings
The two women in the photograph were smiling, but Halmurat Idris knew something was terribly wrong.
Christmas concert features $6-million Strad violin
When violinist Emma Meinrenken takes the stage in Niagara-on-the-Lake Dec. 9, she’ll be carrying some precious cargo.
Thunder Bay police investigating video that shows officer hitting a patient
A northern Ontario police force is investigating a video that appears to show an officer hitting a person strapped to a stretcher.
Study finds most Canadian cities fail on climate change plans
Many cities hadn’t done enough research to be able to write a comprehensive plan.
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Hamilton
Environment Canada issued the statement Sunday afternoon
Seniors are interested in cannabis, but they're also ‘scared.’ Now Ontario will monitor their use
The Ontario Long Term Care Association has embarked on a six-month pilot program to track and monitor the effects of medical cannabis use among 500 seniors in several Ontario long-term care facilities.
The Latest: Macron seeks new dialogue with protest reps
The Latest: Macron visits damaged Arc de Triomphe after riot
Tourism recovering slowly in Big Island's Volcano town
Tourism recovering slowly in Big Island's Volcano town
Mississauga police looking for driver after alleged hit-and-run leaves man dead
Police say a man is dead after an alleged hit-and-run in Mississauga, Ont.
Hamilton police looking for missing 82-year-old man
Rene Caron was supposed to meet friends at his Blake Street church but did not arrive
Macron tours damaged Arc de Triomphe after Paris hit by riot
Riot debris covers Paris streets; 133 injured, 412 arrested
The Latest: Macron holds emergency meeting after Paris riot
The Latest: Macron visits damaged Arc de Triomphe after riot
The Latest: Macron visits damaged Arc de Triomphe after riot
The Latest: Macron visits damaged Arc de Triomphe after riot
Riot debris covers Paris streets; 133 injured, 412 arrested
Riot debris covers Paris streets; 133 injured, 412 arrested
Mexico gets leftist leader after decades of technocrats
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s first leftist president in over 70 years, wants to build more state-owned oil refineries and encourages Mexicans “not to buy abroad, but to produce in Mexico what we consume.”
Franco-Ontarians protest Ford government cuts to services for French-speakers
Streets across Ontario were lined in green and white on Saturday as Franco-Ontarians and their supporters held dozens of rallies across the province to protest Premier Doug Ford’s cuts to services for French-speakers.
California to take warning after Anchorage earthquake
Experts emphasized they are still studying the Anchorage earthquake but said several factors made it less destructive than other major quakes.
Trudeau demanded Vladimir Putin release imprisoned Ukrainian sailors
The prime minister says he raised his concerns during the G20 Summit.
VIDEO: Rally in Hamilton for ‘independent’ French-language services commissioner
Protest in front of PC MPP Donna Skelly’s constituency office denounced Ford government cuts.
Avalanche buries 5 at Wyoming resort but no serious injuries
Avalanche buries 5 at Wyoming resort but no serious injuries
World’s largest congregation of eagles begins in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley
About 35,000 eagles gather in the lower Fraser Valley between November and February.
Fishing vessel sinks as lucrative lobster season opens off Nova Scotia
The season was supposed to start last Monday, but industry associations called for a delay because the forecast was calling for rain, snow and strong winds throughout the week.
Utah say goodbye to $1 million for parks during '13 shutdown
Utah say bye to $1 million for parks during '13 shutdown
NDP questions appointment of premier’s friend to head OPP
“With this appointment, Doug Ford is promoting a close friend and ally by several ranks, leapfrogging the OPP’s senior leadership team without an explanation,” says Kevin Yarde.
May faces more Brexit woes after another UK minister quits
The latest minister to quit British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government because of Brexit said Saturday that the prime minister’s divorce agreement with the European Union would leave Britain outnumbered and outmanoeuvred in future negotiations.
Canada Post says protests at facilities in some provinces violates court orders
Canada Post says protesters blocking mail from flowing in and out of one of the country's busiest postal hubs are violating a court order.
Overflowing oil production continues to dampen oilpatch outlook, prices
Oil market analyst Kevin Birn likens Western Canada’s crude supply to a bathtub with a drain that’s too small to keep up with the increasing volume pouring out of the tap.
Utah say bye to $1 million for parks during '13 shutdown
Utah say bye to $1 million for parks during '13 shutdown
Dundas Horn of Plenty residential plan benefits from removal of red tape
Two governments clearing the way for future renovation
Completion of Maricopa Trail links parks around Phoenix
Completion of Maricopa Trail links parks around Phoenix
Potato shortage looms due to ‘harvest from hell’ after unseasonable weather across Canada
Farmers left about 6,800 acres unharvested in P.E.I. In a typical year, some 500 to 1,000 acres may be abandoned.
USMCA? CUSMA? What the new NAFTA is called depends on who’s talking
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government told Canadians that they had to call their trade agreement the USMCA, President Donald Trump’s preferred moniker. But it has since stopped using the name.
Trump aides caught in web of deception over Russia contacts
The false statements cut to the heart of special counsel Robert Mueller’s mission to untangle ties between the Trump campaign and Russia and to establish whether they colluded to sway the election.
SIU looking for witnesses to Pelham shooting involving 2 police officers
President of Niagara police association says shooting weighs heavily on members: “It could be me.”
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, patriarch of one of America’s most successful families, dies at 94
President Bush’s four years in the Oval Office, from 1989 to 1993, saw the Cold War end, the Berlin Wall fall, and much of the North American Free Trade Agreement hammered out.
Unusual circumstances surround Hamilton fire death
Man was so badly burned, he hasn’t been identified yet.
US couple killed by gas leak at Mexico rental
US couple killed by gas leak at Mexico rental
Spencer Creek fish habitation restoration going swimmingly
Colin Oaks, aquatic ecologist for the Hamilton Conservation Authority, said he got a pleasant surprise just days into the restoration of a stretch of Spencer Creek by Cootes Drive.
Homeless shelters brace for influx as temperature drops
“We don’t want anyone living on the street in the cold weather,” says Dan Millar of the Salvation Army.
Hamilton Mountain trustee prevails in bid to police student iPad use
All school-issued technology to be ‘primarily for educational purposes’
Back-to-back earthquakes shake Alaska, shattering roads and windows
The U.S. Geological Survey said the first and more powerful quake was centred about 12 kilometres north of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, with a population of about 300,000. The 5.7 aftershock arrived within minutes.
ATM stolen in Caledonia
Thieves forced their way through the front entrance with a vehicle, police say.
Looking ahead, it’s back to business for Hamilton city council
As Hamilton’s new city council gets to work on Monday, The Spectator’s Matthew Van Dongen takes a look at the newest members of the team — and the five major issues councillors will face in their first days on the job
McMaster prof receives prestigious honour for baby research into visual perception
Psychologist Daphne Maurer has been named a Fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science for groundbreaking research into how babies develop visual perception.
Signpost: GO schedule change, film club and slip-resistant sidewalks
The Lakeshore West GO line is changed for the weekend. The Mimico stop is closed and Exhibition is only accessible through the Lakeshore East line. Trains will be on an hourly schedule, leaving Union at 43 minutes past the hour. Those normally leaving 13 minutes past the hour are cancelled. Aldershot trains will only leave at one minute past the hour.
Police are looking for at least one other suspect in east Hamilton killing
Police identify victim as Michel Pilon, a 53-year-old resident of Parkdale Landing.
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