Feed hamilton-news-from-http-wwwthespeccom

Link http://rss.metroland.com/
Feed http://rss.metroland.com/9/article/hamilton
Updated 2025-02-25 19:45
Video: Pulling for a good cause
The City of Hamilton kicked off the 2018 Halton and Hamilton United Way campaign with the 15th annual firetruck pull. Nineteen teams representing several departments around the city competed in front of city hall for bragging rights in the popular event.
Pay drug users for their knowledge: report
Pay drug users for expertise, insight to deal with overdose crisis: B.C. report
Feds ease up on unpopular access proposal
Feds ease up on Access to Information proposal criticized by Indigenous groups
Adam Vinatieri may face Patriots on road for final time
On Thursday, 45-year-old kicker Adam Vinatieri, the NFL’s newly crowned career field goals leader will play in his former home stadium for perhaps the final time when the Indianapolis Colts play the New England Patriots
Trudeau, cabinet sidestep calls to denounce Trump mocking of Blasey Ford
Two days before an American-imposed deadline to finalize a new trade deal with the United States and Mexico, the Trudeau government wanted to talk about women's equality.
Feds propose ban on foreign campaign money
Feds beef up bill to prevent foreign interference in Canadian elections
Officials warn Arizona dam could fail and flood village
The area near the Mexico border got between eight to 13 centimetres of rain on Tuesday.
Tories defend focus on prison transfer
Tories force vote on condemning transfer of offender to healing lodge
Mentoring of women in academic medicine said to be suffering due to #MeToo movement
A group of women who hold leading positions in Canada’s health-education system say male physicians and scientists to avoid mentoring female colleagues by claiming they fear false accusations of sexual misconduct.
Trudeau wants Legault to think carefully before invoking notwithstanding clause
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants Quebec premier-designate François Legault to think carefully before using the notwithstanding clause.
Famous, treasured photo goes missing from Rankin’s
There is probably no eatery/bar in this city with such deep reservoirs of lore, local colour, history and customer dedication as Rankin’s Grill in the east end.
3 win chemistry Nobel; findings led to best-selling drug
Three researchers who “harnessed the power of evolution” to produce enzymes and antibodies that have led to a bestselling drug and biofuels won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. One expert called their discoveries “revolutionary.”
Ontario to spend $90M to address overcrowding in hospitals during flu season
Ontario will spend $90 million this year to fund hundreds of hospital beds ahead of flu season, a measure the province's health minister said will help address the issue of so-called hallway medicine.
Hamilton drops, GTA slight rise in home sales compared to last year
New real estate numbers for the Golden Horseshoe show a slight drop in Hamilton sales from this point last year — down from 588 units to 571 — and a slight drop in dollar value but a rise in average and median price — up from $489,000 to $501,000 (average) and up from $430,000 to $475,000 (median).
Forces look at case workers for sex victims
Military working to provide case workers for victims of sexual misconduct
Canada Post makes new contract offers amid fears of holiday season strike
Canada Post has issued wide-ranging new contract offers to its employees in the hope of preventing a work stoppage at the Crown corporation ahead of the busy holiday online shopping season, the Canadian Press has learned.
Canada Post issues contract counter-offers
Crown agency ups wage, benefit proposals, backs down on pension changes
Cat found with face duct-taped up outside Burlington animal hospital
A little brown tabby was left outside of Burlington’s Mountainside Animal Clinic on Tuesday night, with silver duct tape wrapped around her face.
Pope opens youth meeting as sex abuse survivors stage sit-in
Down the block from the Vatican’s synod hall, about two dozen abuse survivors staged a sit-in, demanding their cause be taken up at the meeting.
Canada Goose CEO has a love-hate relationship with counterfeiting
Dani Reiss admits counterfeiting of his products has benefits.
Review board moves Calgary mass killer to Edmonton
Review board moves Calgary mass killer to Edmonton, grants him day passes
TSX rises led by health care and energy
Energy and health care help boost TSX; Dow industrials post triple-digit gain
Forces looks at case workers for sex victims
Military working to provide case workers for victims of sexual misconduct
City buys former polluted property for $1.75 million
Plans for 350 Wentworth St. N. include the relocation of a salt dome currently housed next door.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats coy about 2020 Grey Cup bid
While the CFL would like to name the 2020 Grey Cup host city by the end of this season, Tiger-Cats CEO Scott Mitchell will only say the organization is “looking at putting one on at the right time.” Hamilton has not hosted since 1996.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos supplants Bill Gates atop Forbes list of 400 richest Americans
For 24 years, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held the top spot on Forbes' ranking of the richest Americans. But no longer.
UN court orders U.S. to lift some Iran sanctions
The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products and services linked to civil aviation safety.
Calls for PM to rebuff mocking of Blasey Ford
Trudeau, cabinet should denounce mocking of Blasey Ford: advocates
Youth in unprovoked stabbing gets seven years
The family of a man senselessly killed in 2017 is angry with the justice system after the youth who stabbed him was sentenced to seven years — three in custody, followed by four years of supervision.
Indigenous children still being treated unequally by provinces: advocate
A First Nations children’s advocate says Indigenous kids are still not being treated equally because provinces and territories are shirking their responsibilities.
Tories force vote on prison transfer
Tories force vote on condemning transfer of offender to healing lodge
Calgary a slushy mess a day after snowstorm
Calgary sunny but a slushy mess a day after record autumn snowstorm
U.S. fishermen lose quota in new fishing pact with Canada
American fishermen are losing thousands of pounds of valuable fishing quota under a new catch share agreement with Canada.
Crown seeking life for letter-bomber who cost lawyer her hand
A sentencing hearing Wednesday was told Guido Amsel has not accepted responsibility for his actions.
There is nothing free about the new trade deal with the U.S.
Trade with our largest partner is still subject to the whims of the U.S. president.
Ontario hospitals getting $90M ahead of flu season
Ontario increases hospital funding by $90 million to address overcrowding
Key dates for the Trans Mountain pipeline
Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline
Letter-bomber's victim calls him a coward
Crown seeking life for convicted Winnipeg letter-bomber who cost lawyer her hand
Woman drives across soccer field to get to bar:police
Woman drives across soccer field to get to local bar, police say
G7 sherpa, journalist named to Senate
Trudeau names G7 sherpa, political journalist to fill vacant Senate seats
Beautiful books and ideas at King West Books
A new specialty bookstore, King West Books, has found a home at the same corner as the former Bryan Prince Bookseller, which closed in March after nearly 30 years, on King Street West in Westdale Village.The new bookstore focuses on art, design,
Donna Skelly, Bob Bratina to participate in telephone town hall for anti-LRT Hamilton mayoral candidate
Vito Sgro, who has made opposition to LRT a central plank in his mayoral campaign, will be joined in the town hall by a sitting Tory MPP and Liberal MP
PM advises caution on notwithstanding clause
Trudeau wants Legault to think carefully before invoking notwithstanding clause
Woman's doctor testifies at sailor's trial
Young woman's doctor testifies at U.K. sailor's trial in alleged gang rape
Feds won't appeal pipeline decision
Feds restarting Indigenous talks over pipeline, won't appeal court decision
100 days in, Atlantic City's reopened casinos looking good
100 days in, Atlantic City's reopened casinos looking good
Japan kills endangered whales for 'science' and sells the meat.
TOKYO - Japan's whaling operations have suffered a big setback after the "scientific" hunt for sei whales in the Northern Pacific was effectively declared illegal by an international body that regulates trade in endangered species.
McMaster University grad Donna Strickland makes history with Nobel Prize
Donna Strickland may be a Guelph native and University of Waterloo scientist. But she is also a McMaster University alumna — and as such, her amazing Nobel Prize win is generating a ton of pride in Hamilton, too.
Crown wants life for convicted letter-bomber
Crown seeking life for convicted Winnipeg letter-bomber who cost lawyer her hand
Donald Trump engaged in suspect tax schemes as he reaped riches from his father, investigation reveals
President Donald Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
...1273127412751276127712781279128012811282...