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Pyramid Cafe owner charged with contraband cigarettes, drug offences
Hamilton police have arrested and charged the owner of The Pyramid Cafe with trafficking in contraband cigarettes and with drug offences.
Mountain writers’ club eyes new status
In their just over two years of existence, the Hamilton Mountain Writing Club has published one book, is about to publish another and is moving toward becoming a nonprofit organization.
Tobacco firm 'shocked' by proposed changes
Imperial Tobacco 'shocked' by Health Canada's proposed package regulations
Prince William arrives in Israel for historic royal visit
Prince William arrived in Israel on Monday for the first-ever official visit of a member of the British royal family to the tumultuous region London once ruled.
China blocks HBO website after John Oliver’s jokes about Xi
Days after comedian John Oliver mocked China’s president, Xi Jinping, on his HBO program, authorities in that country now appear to have blocked internet users from gaining access to the network’s online content.
Scheer favours single Quebec tax return
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says he's for a single Quebec tax return
Why a small-town restaurant owner gave Sarah Huckabee Sanders the boot
Stephanie Wilkinson was at home Friday evening — nearly 200 miles from the White House — when the choice presented itself.
Buzz Aldrin sues children, alleging misuse of his finances
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin is suing two of his children and a business manager, accusing them of misusing his credit cards, transferring money from an account and slandering him by saying he has dementia.
Bombardier and union reach new deal
Bombardier and union reach new collective agreement for Toronto workers
Accolades for N2N reading program
Fourteen years later Michele Darling still gets a thrill of seeing children graduate from Neighbour to Neighbour Centre’s Jack Parent Reading Program.
Man, 34, charged with sexual assault: police
Man, 34, charged with sexual assault in alleged incidents involving minor
President Erdogan opponent concedes election defeat, warns against Turkey's 'one-man regime'
The primary challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sunday's polls conceded defeat Monday after the powerful incumbent was declared the victor by election officials overnight.
Minor injuries after Ottawa school bus crash
School bus crashes into house in Ottawa, minor injuries: police
Justices won't hear case of anti-gay marriage florist
Justices won't hear case of anti-gay marriage florist
Police investigate fatal shooting in Toronto
Toronto police investigating fatal shooting downtown
No splash pad for Bruce Park this year
It looks like Centremount neighbourhood residents will not be cooling off at a new splash pad at Bruce Park over the summer months as the city’s bid to lure contractors didn’t get any bites.
Man attacked with knife inside Hamilton rooming house
Victim’s injuries are very minor; accused was “person in crisis.”
The unknown, debilitating stroke side effect many doctors don’t recognize
Spasticity affects the central nervous system but is often overlooked or misdiagnosed, resulting in complications that can worsen over time.
Pigs wander among yoga practitioners in B.C.
Pigs make surpise appearance during yoga session in Aldergrove, B.C.
'I am a refugee': Amal Clooney talks world issues in first-ever Toronto visit
The international human rights lawyer was here as part of Luminato, the city’s international arts festival, with her father-in-law veteran broadcaster Nick Clooney.
Algeria abandons 13,000 migrants in the Sahara in waves
From this isolated frontier post deep in the sands of the Sahara, the expelled migrants can be seen coming over the horizon by the hundreds. They look like specks in the distance, trudging miserably across some of the world's most unforgiving terrain in the blistering sun.
Closing arguments today at Millard trial
Crown, defence expected to give closing arguments in Millard murder trial
Rent strikers vow to stay put despite eviction threat
Rent strikers in east Hamilton vow to keep resisting their landlord’s proposed hikes and demanding repairs despite receiving eviction notices.
Melania Trump talks to teens about the importance of kindness
Days after spurring controversy by wearing a jacket bearing the words "I really don't care" on a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, first lady Melania Trump had a more generous — and less ambiguous — message.
James Marsden talks about season 2 finale of HBO’s Westworld
Saying there are surprises in store, Teddy Flood actor opines on artificial intelligence, and who’s more fun: good Teddy or bad Teddy
Roseanne Barr breaks down sobbing in newly released interview after racist tweet: 'I've lost everything'
An interview Roseanne Barr gave to a celebrity rabbi in the days after her infamous twitter rant was released Sunday, showing a weeping Barr pleading for forgiveness and saying "I'm not a racist. I'm an idiot."
A jogger accidentally crossed into the US from Canada and was detained for two weeks
The coast of White Rock, British Columbia, in western Canada looks to be an ideal place for a run, with its sweeping views of the Semiahmoo Bay to the west and scores of waterfront homes and seafood restaurants to the east. That's what 19-year-old Cedella Roman thought when she went jogging along the area's smooth beaches — in a southbound direction, notably — on May 21.
City closes compost facility because of odours
Hamilton’s Central Composting Facility on Burlington Street has been closed because of worsening, unexplained odour problems.
Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog, wins World's Ugliest Dog title
A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World's Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Delta airline is banning pit bull service dogs, which might not be legal
Amid growing scrutiny of animals in airplane cabins, several airlines have unveiled tightened policies aimed at limiting the number of untrained pets or unusual species on flights. The changes, they have said, are driven by safety considerations and intended to ensure that service or emotional-support animals are travelling only with passengers who have disabilities.
Greyhound Bus catches fire on the QEW
A Greyhound Bus was engulfed in flames early Sunday morning on a Mississauga stretch of the Queen Elizabeth Way.
'Jurassic World' sequel stomps its way to $150 million debut
The dinosaurs still rule the box office.
Waterloo man waited seven months for his driver’s licence after case of mistaken identity led to arrest
Jorge Adrian Pina Silva was at risk of losing his job after DriveTest Centre staff confused him with his brother, who passed his driving test the same day. His brother is still waiting for his licence.
Obituary: Hamilton’s Eric Murray was king of the bridge table
Actor Omar Sharif was ranked as one of the world’s top bridge players, but he had nothing on Hamilton’s Eric Murray.
Stelco’s blast furnace must not pollute: mayor
Residents and Environment Hamilton also fear worsening air quality if Stelco restarts its blast furnace
Hamilton study to help parents tackle the terrible twos and beyond
Researchers are recruiting 280 area families with children aged two to four
Marineland owner John Holer has died at 83
Born in 1935 in Maribor, Slovenia, John Holer immigrated to Canada and landed in the Niagara region in the late 1950s, opening the controversial Niagara Falls amusement park in 1963 with a few sea lions doing shows in a small pool.
Mom describes look of “fright” on daughter’s face before abduction outside Jackson Square
The mother of a four-year-old abducted outside Jackson Square said this was not her family’s first encounter with the woman
UN watchdog blasts Liberals on housing plan
UN housing watchdog chides Liberals for watering down rights in housing strategy
Two men dead in Toronto shooting
Two men dead in shooting at northwest Toronto residence
Superbug cases fall 36 per cent in hospitals, better infection control credited
Rates of Clostridium difficile, an often recurring bacterial infection of the colon that causes debilitating diarrhea, have fallen dramatically in hospitals across Canada since 2009, a study has found.
Project Grizzly inventor identified as victim in fiery Ontario collision
The eccentric former Hamilton inventor was the sole occupant of an automobile that collided with a truck between North Bay and Sturgeon Falls.
Marineland founder John Holer dies at 83
Marineland founder John Holer dies at 83
Toronto cops investigate 4th homicide in 24 hours
Toronto police investigating drive-by shooting; fourth homicide in 24 hours
Turkey: Erdogan claims victory in presidential election
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory after unofficial election returns Sunday showed him with enough votes to serve another term that carries new executive powers.
Trump officials pledge to reunite families amid border chaos
Trump administration officials say the U.S. government knows the location of all children in its custody after separating them from their families at the border and is working to reunite them.
An ancient text message
Hamiltonian Yonah Lavery-Yisraeli, a rabbi and scribe, spent two years handwriting a Torah scroll
Revellers pour into rainy Toronto for Pride Parade
Toronto Pride Parade to kick off amid tensions between LGBTQ community, police
Shelter worker identified as 1 of 3 killed in overnight Toronto shootings
Jenas Nyarko, 31, of Toronto, was sitting in the back of a car with three friends when a car drove by and someone inside fired a single shot at the vehicle
Christian, Muslim clashes claim 86 lives in Nigeria
Nigeria’s presidency late Sunday announced “deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities” in central Plateau State as one report cited police as saying 86 people were dead in clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers.
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