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Updated 2025-07-20 17:30
4 ambulances leave Thai cave site on Day 2 of rescue
NewsAlert: Two ambulances seen leaving cave in northern Thailand hours after operation began to rescue trapped youth soccer play
Hamilton Farm Crawl continues Saturday
Participants drive from farm to farm, choosing which ones they wish to visit, in which order and how long they want to stay at each location.
Cruise ship's no-slip floor caused cornhole injury: lawsuit
The owners of a popular dinner cruise ship in Virginia are being sued by a customer who says the ship's no-skid flooring worked too well.
One dead in Dundas house fire
One person died and another has gone to hospital after a fire on Greening Court early Monday morning
Burlington MPP eyeing Speaker’s post
The Speaker is selected by all 124 MPPs by secret ballot
Second phase of Thai cave rescue operation underway
Divers made more headway Monday in the slow and difficult process to extract a Thai soccer team and its coach from a flooded cave, bringing out at least two other boys during the second day of rescue operations, sources said.
Trump enjoys 'suspense' ahead of Supreme Court announcement
Trump nears decision on replacement for Supreme Court
ACLU: Less than half of child reunions will meet deadline
ACLU: Less than half of child reunions will meet deadline
William, Kate's third child Prince Louis to be christened
William, Kate's third child Prince Louis to be christened
Fire destroys cars in Niagara-on-the-Lake hayfield near lavender festival
Fire officials in Niagara-on-the-Lake, beat down a fast-spreading fire that damaged more than 30 vehicles in a hayfield on Sunday.
Starbucks, citing ocean threat, is ditching plastic straws
Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans.
Moscow says regrets UK poisoning death
A Kremlin spokesman has expressed condolences over the death of a British woman who was poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent last month.
Police probe 'stranger sexual assault'
Police investigate after woman is allegedly sexually assaulted by stranger
Moscow says regrets UK poisoning death
Moscow says regrets UK poisoning death
Fire destroys cars in Niagara-on-the-Lake field
Fire destroys cars in Niagara-on-the-Lake hayfield near lavender festival
Ambulance leaves Thai cave on 2nd day of rescue operation
An ambulance with flashing lights left the site of a flooded cave in northern Thailand where a youth soccer team has been trapped for two weeks, just hours after the second phase of a rescue operation was launched on Monday.
Man dead in north Toronto shooting
Toronto homicide squad investigating another fatal shooting
Second phase of Thai cave rescue operation underway
NewsAlert: Two ambulances seen leaving cave in northern Thailand hours after operation began to rescue trapped youth soccer play
Trudeau visits to Lavtia ahead of NATO summit
Trudeau visits Canadian troops leading NATO mission in Lavtia ahead of summit
Actor accuses Toronto cop of racism
Actor-comedian Andrew Phung accuses Toronto police officer of racist comment
Cops won't hit training goal before pot legal
Canada has trained less than half the number of cops needed to spot drug drivers:chiefs
20 homes evacuated due to forest fire
Roughly 20 homes evacuated in Temagami, Ont., area due to forest fire
Man dead after shooting in north-end Toronto
Man dead after early-morning shooting in north-end Toronto Sunday
Repairs coming to storm-battered Waterfront Trail along harbour
Repaving and rebuilding work will allow unpopular fencing to come down — but likely not until fall or next spring.
B.C. man recovers in hospital after attack by mother grizzly bear
A park ranger is grateful to be alive after a terrifying grizzly bear attack outside his home in Bella Coola, B.C.
Baby boy hospitalized after fall into pool in Stoney Creek
A one-year-old baby was hospitalized after falling into a pool in Stoney Creek on Sunday.
Ondaatje’s The English Patient voted best Man Booker Prize winner in 50 years
Michael Ondaatje’s “The English Patient” was named the greatest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize at an event Sunday celebrating five decades of the prestigious literary award.
Final Curtain Call: 33-year tradition closes Burlington’s Lester B. Pearson
If you have to go out, oh, what a way to do it, writes Jeff Mahoney
Pompeo counters North Korean criticism by saying nuclear talks are on track
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought Sunday to downplay North Korea’s harsh complaints about U.S. demands and insisted that negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear disarmament were making progress.
Lawsuit: Cruise ship's no-slip floor caused cornhole injury
Lawsuit: Cruise ship's no-slip floor caused cornhole injury
Video: 15,000 water balloons make a splash
Balloon fight ends third annual Assyrian Water Festival of Nusardil
At least 85 dead, many missing as ‘historic’ rains pound Japan
Torrential rains continued to batter parts of western Japan on Sunday, causing landslides and flooding and forcing millions of people from their homes, local media reported.
‘A puppet on strings’: Toronto police investigating officer’s scathing letter to mayor
Letter from Mark Hayward accuses Toronto Mayor John Tory of contributing to the city’s gun violence
Train derailment kills at least 10, injures 73 in Turkey
At least 10 people were killed and more than 70 injured Sunday when a passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, authorities said.
Trump still pondering Supreme Court pick as big reveal nears
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday was still deliberating his decision on a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy as his self-imposed deadline for an announcement neared amid furious lobbying and frenzied speculation.
Four rescued from Thai cave in risky operation; nine left to go
Rescuers in northern Thailand extracted four members of a youth soccer team on Sunday from the cave where they had been trapped for more than two weeks, part of an ongoing operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach. The head of the operation said it was going “better than expected.”
Looting follows protests in Haitian capital
Looters pillaged burned and vandalized shops in Haiti’s capital Sunday following two days of violent protests over the government’s attempt to raise fuel prices.
California, long a holdout, adopts mass immigration hearings
A federal judge was irritated when a lawyer for dozens of people charged with crossing the border illegally asked for more time to meet with clients before setting bond.
U.S. opposition to breastfeeding resolution stuns World Health officials
Showdown over the issue was recounted by more than a dozen participants, many of whom requested anonymity because they feared retaliation
Medical pot grower will appeal if city denies Ancaster expansion request
The Green Organic Dutchman wants to build a 150,000-square-foot marijuana greenhouse in Ancaster. The city limit in rural areas is 24,000 square feet.
B.C. man recounts grizzly bear attack
B.C. man recovers in hospital after attack by mother grizzly bear
Signpost: Enjoy yoga in a natural setting
Yoga is back in the Dundas Valley Conservation Area. The free outdoor class is offered by Moksha Yoga every Tuesday at 6 p.m. during the summer months. It takes place in a clearing just of the rail trail near the Dundas Valley Trail Centre. Access and parking off Governors Road. Visit conservationhamilton.ca or hamilton.mokshayoga.ca for more.
Photos: Beach Strip Garage Sale
Plenty to buy at the annual sale
Deadline looms for hundreds of asylum seekers in Toronto student residences
On a summer afternoon, the sounds of children babbling behind closed doors spills into the otherwise deserted halls of an east Toronto student residence.
Hasidic Jews ordered to leave Que. residence
Quebec town gets injunction to order Hasidic Jewish group from residence
Canada has trained less than half the number of cops needed to spot drug drivers: chiefs
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says it is unlikely it will reach its goal of having 2,000 officers trained to detect drug-impaired drivers when marijuana becomes legal later this year.
After 20 years of conflict, leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea embrace and restore relations
Espousing love between their two countries, the leaders of longtime adversaries Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed Sunday to restore diplomatic relations after nearly 20 years and to open the border between their neighbouring Horn of Africa countries.
Dundas turtle fencing to be extended along Cootes Drive
Fundraising has begun to extend a fence directing turtles, and other wildlife, under Cootes Drive and away from the road.
Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden U.S. Army discharge
Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America.
U.S. will return all young children to home countries by July 17
The one-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for “agua.”
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