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Hamilton launches 'unflushables' campaign to protect city's sewer pipes
"The wipes clog the pipes and increase our cost to remove the items," said Andrew Grice, Hamilton's director of water and wastewater.
Man arrested and charged after threatening Hamilton’s airport and hospital online: police
Hamilton police say a 22-year-old local man has been charged with three counts of uttering threats to cause death.
Thousands in Gaza demand revenge after deadly Israeli raid
Chanting "revenge" and flanked by masked gunmen in camouflage, thousands of mourners in the Gaza Strip on Monday buried seven Palestinian militants killed in an Israeli incursion as the ruling Hamas group launched a feverish security sweep across the territory.
A White House Challenge: Balancing the roles of the First Lady and First Daughter
When Melania Trump’s chief of staff announced at a staff meeting months ago that the first lady would be travelling to Africa for her first solo journey abroad, aides to Ivanka Trump, her stepdaughter, sent back a message: She was planning her own trip to Africa but just had not announced it yet.
Chief 'saddened' by three Six Nations homicide victims
OPP are still trying to piece together what happened before the bodies were found in a rural field Sunday morning
Merkel and Macron got along so well in Paris that a 100-year old lady thought they were married
German leader Angela Merkel and her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have had their ups and downs. Both of them have respectively been declared the new "leader of the free world" after President Barack Obama stepped down. Both are in domestic trouble.
Crowd watches as backhoe rips into mangled plane after Halifax runway overrun
Crews have begun tearing into the mangled Boeing 747 cargo jet that overshot a Halifax runway last week, as gawkers marvelled at the huge wreck — and how close the plane came to breaching the airport's fence and overrunning a public road.
He allegedly wanted his ex-girlfriend dead because she was dating a black man. But his murder plot backfired, police say.
It seemed like a casual Sunday afternoon last year. Barbecue was on the grill. The Philadelphia Eagles were on television, stomping the Arizona Cardinals, 34-7.
Trudeau: Canadian intelligence has heard Khashoggi killing tapes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday became the first Western leader to acknowledge his country had received the recordings of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Woman sexually assaulted on Hamilton’s East Mountain
Police looking for witnesses after man first took the woman’s cellphone to get her to follow him
Man rescued from third-floor window of burning Hamilton building
It was one of four fires in Hamilton on the weekend including a blaze that caused $450,000 worth of damage to a Copetown barn storing onions
Five more insurance firms sued for withholding HST from accident victims
Eleven companies now face class action lawsuits totalling $1.1 billion in damages for allegedly withholding medical benefit HST payments from car accident victims in violation of the provincial regulator, as first detailed in a recent Star investigation.
Dad stays calm, sings to young daughter during harrowing evacuation from wildfire
As Joe Allen drove through the nightmarish flames that surrounded them Thursday, he thought of his young daughter in the back seat.
Pete Davidson apologizes to Dan Crenshaw on 'SNL': 'The man is a war hero'
"Saturday Night Live" can be sharp, satirical and even irreverent. The show, though, isn't generally apologetic. That's what made a segment from Saturday's "Weekend Update" so shocking: Pete Davidson apologized in person to military veteran Dan Crenshaw, who was elected on Tuesday as a Republican representative from Texas' 2nd congressional District, for a joke he made on last week's show.
Brawl between American Airlines flight attendants results in lawsuit against carrier
An American Airlines flight attendant who says she was dragged down the aisle by her scarf by a fellow crew member has sued the Dallas-based carrier for failing to investigate the July 2016 brawl or take actions to ensure her safety.
Impaired by pot: Hamilton police charge driver in east end
Hamilton police say a 63-year-old man was arrested in the east end on Sunday night — after allegedly driving while high.
By swallowing its opposition to the minister who doesn’t believe in God, the United Church shows just how irrelevant it is
After years of internal controversy, the United Church allows Gretta Vosper to continue her ministry without any sanctions or restrictions, writes Rosie DiManno.
DRESCHEL: More Hamilton police board follies as Coun. Whitehead is suspended over misconduct allegation
City councillor believes investigation linked to distracted driving allegation
Dramatic rise in forensic pathology cases due to Hamilton’s opioid crisis
“It’s creating a real lost generation,” said forensic pathologist Dr. John Fernandes about the surge in overdose deaths.
Nursing school history kept alive in fascinating archive room at Hamilton General Hospital
This room and its contents are of incalculable value as a resource, not just for historians, researchers and hospital staff, but also to the people organizing the reunions, writes Jeff Mahoney
Man rescued from third-floor window of burning Hamilton building, fellow tenant charged with arson
It was one of four fires in Hamilton on the weekend including a blaze that caused $450,000 worth of damage to a Copetown barn storing onions
How $1 million was allegedly stolen from a Hamilton hospital union
Blank cheques and no oversight of union books while treasurer allegedly stole cash for personal use for years
Photos: Hamilton Fashion Week celebrates its fifth anniversary
HFW celebrated its fifth anniversary with style
Photos: Hamilton Fashion Week celebrates its fifth anniversary
HFW celebrated its fifth anniversary with style
From first shot to silence of peace: Timeline of the First World War
Unleashed by an archduke’s assassination, the First World War gradually entangled more and more countries, killing millions of soldiers and civilians and touching multiple continents.
‘The old demons are rising again’ Macron warns
World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of the First World War’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations Sunday that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the globe’s new political fault lines.
Hamilton’s Remembrance Day
Organizers from the city estimate that between 2,000 and 2,500 people turned out for the downtown Hamilton ceremony that marked 100 years since the end of the First World War.
Signpost: Arts award, leadership workshop and STEM open house
Nominate an artist for a city award or find out about a new STEM high school program
Honour soldiers of today while remembering those who came before, Doug Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford encouraged Canadians to remember soldiers past and present Sunday as they reflected on the centennial of the end of the First World War.
Canadians reflect on horror of First World War amid worries of today, tomorrow
Spiritual leaders reflected on the horrors of the First World War while calling for a world of tolerance and peace on Sunday as thousands of Canadians braved the biting cold to remember and honour those who fought to defend such ideals.
Fresh fighting erupts amid steps to tone down Gaza violence
A fresh wave of fighting erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, leaving at least six Palestinians dead just as Israel and Hamas had appeared to be making progress toward ratcheting down months of border violence.
Ottawa to encourage more countries to offer contraception, abortion: Bibeau
Canada will continue to encourage other countries to offer more family planning services including contraception and abortion because they’re key to fighting poverty, the country’s international development minister said Sunday.
Bizarro world: Midterms offer little clarity on fate of USMCA, tariff dispute
If the midterm elections were supposed to wipe clear the uncertainty of tariffs, trade and other smudges on the window into Canada-U.S. affairs, well, have a look at the bizarro world of politics in the United States of America.
In Paris, Trump the ‘nationalist’ stood apart
At a weekend commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, the U.S. president who proudly declares himself a “nationalist” stood apart, even on a continent where his brand of populism is on the rise.
Former Ukraine areas Donetsk and Luhansk hold elections
Ukraine’s breakaway regions hold elections as sign of democracy, but West is not buying it.
Photos: Five of Hamilton’s Second World War heroes honoured
Five local soldiers who served in the Second World War were honoured at a Saturday service organized and sponsored by North Wall Riders Association, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who support military veterans.
After #MeToo, Canada sees sharp increase in sexual assault complaints
The number of sexual assault complaints filed with police and classified as founded increased sharply in Canada after the #MeToo movement went viral in October 2017.
Midtown Manhattan: A final proving ground for guide dogs to the blind
Even for dogs and owners who do not visit cities, urban training can help prepare them for chaotic situations
Poland marks centenary of its national rebirth
Massive march celebrates Poland’s rebirth of a nation in 1918.
Florida election recount underway, tensions rise
With some very close races, elections for the U.S. Senate, governor and other state positions are requiring recounts.
Sinema continues to inch ahead in slow Arizona vote count
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is continuing to inch ahead in the slow-motion finish to Arizona’s U.S. Senate race.
Midtown Manhattan:
Innes, a youthful German shepherd, was trying to make his way across a frenetic Manhattan intersection near Central Park and found himself facing down all sorts of projectiles — yellow cabs, bike messengers, pedicabs — as a deafening truck horn blasted and the traffic light changed against him.
Rescues, not firefight prove emotional for California’s firefighters
Casey Peck had never prayed so hard.
Photos: Remembrance Day and Armistice Day around the world
The armistice ending the First World War between the Allies and Germany was signed in Compiègne, France on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918.
Trudeau warns of dangers of nationalist leaders at historic armistice gathering
A series of international leaders used a global commemoration of the end of the First World War to warn about the risk politicians who call themselves nationalists pose to a fragile peace, in a message aimed at the American president.
Photos: Hamilton’s Remembrance Day
Organizers from the city estimate that between 2000 and 2500 people turned out for the downtown Hamilton ceremony that marked 100 years since the end of the First World War.
Indigenous women coerced into sterilizations across Canada: senator
Tubal ligations carried out on unwilling Indigenous women is one of the “most heinous” practices in health care happening across Canada, says Yvonne Boyer, a Métis lawyer and former nurse who is now a senator for Ontario.
World leaders gather in Paris to mark 100 years since end of First World War
France’s president used a global commemoration of the end of the First World War to remind leaders today that the peace forged a century ago can be easily undone by rising nationalism wrapped in the mask of patriotism.
$450,000 damage in Copetown storage barn fire
Firefighters battled the blaze for seven hours Saturday as it spread rapidly and partially collapsed the roof
No injuries or spills after five cars of freight train derail in Toronto: CN Rail
CN Rail says nobody was injured when five cars of a freight train derailed in Toronto early Sunday morning.
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