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Events are few and far between in Hamilton this weekend
Here’s some fun outdoor ideas plus a hint at some of what’s coming your way once current provincial restrictions end Monday
Two Team Canada stars playing in Hamilton Sunday were developed by Forge FC leaders
Two of Canada’s most dynamic players have close ties to Hamilton soccer, Steve Milton writes.
‘Most Dangerous Game’ finds places to play in Hamilton
Show rescued from defunct Quibi streaming service returned to city for new season, Dan Nolan writes.
Today’s coronavirus news: WSIB says rapid tests, medical notes allowed for workplace claims; Thailand adopts guidelines for declaring endemic
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Friday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Hamilton neighbourhoods with the best and worst rates for COVID boosters
City reports seven more COVID deaths
Hamilton gets provincial cash to fight sewer overflows
The $1.8 million is earmarked for sewer upgrades and monitoring — but the city’s aging, spill-prone system will eventually need help worth tens of mil
Hamilton Health Sciences fires 178 workers over COVID vaccines
Hospital network sticks with mandatory vaccination despite strain from Omicron
City of Hamilton struggles to fill student summer jobs
Fewer applicants than previous years, managers say
Mohawk College revamps radio broadcasting program
There’s a new sound in the media wing at the Fennell campus of Mohawk College.
Hamilton trustees set new goals for former Sir John A. Macdonald high school property
Hamilton public school trustees aren’t giving up on building an elementary school on the site of the former Sir John A. Macdonald high school following three failed attempts to get provincial funding to include the project in a community hub.
We have to live with the dangerous Freedom Convoy fringe. But politicians don’t have to lend them support
There were so many Canadian flags. People carried them, hung them from their trucks, wrapped them around their shoulders. The Bass Pro Shops parking lot in Vaughan was filled with people who wanted to see the Freedom Convoy, and to bathe in giddy, misguided, collective rage. They honked their horns and hooted and hollered and yelled more at CBC journalists than anybody else. A mother stood to the side, her two-year-old bundled in a stroller. Her name was Dasha, and she wouldn’t give her last name. She was unvaccinated. I asked her, what was this for?
We have to live with the dangerous Freedom Convoy fringe. But politicians don’t have to lend them support
There were so many Canadian flags. People carried them, hung them from their trucks, wrapped them around their shoulders. The Bass Pro Shops parking lot in Vaughan was filled with people who wanted to see the Freedom Convoy, and to bathe in giddy, misguided, collective rage. They honked their horns and hooted and hollered and yelled more at CBC journalists than anybody else. A mother stood to the side, her two-year-old bundled in a stroller. Her name was Dasha, and she wouldn’t give her last name. She was unvaccinated. I asked her, what was this for?
Latest school vaccination rates replicate trend of younger kids not getting jab
Vaccination rates at Hamilton schools range between 10 and 89 per cent, a gap that will likely narrow as younger students become eligible for second d
Mississippi mayor withholds library funds over LGBTQ books
Mississippi mayor withholds library funds over LGBTQ books
Pickup truck driver who fatally struck 11-year-old Jude Strickland pleads guilty
Jude was walking home from school when he was hit in a crosswalk by driver Brandon Aubert, who was in possession of fentanyl at the time.
Mischief charge dropped against ailing North End activist Shawn Selway
Selway demonstrated in support of the Wet’suwet’en people in B.C.
Ontario Tech University applications up 33 per cent from province’s high schoolers
Ontario Tech University has had the greatest jump in applications of any university in the province for the fall 2022 semester, revealing what experts say is an increasing interest in STEM and health-care professions.
Ontario university applications up 33 per cent from province’s high schoolers
Ontario Tech University has had the greatest jump in applications of any university in the province for the fall 2022 semester, revealing what experts say is an increasing interest in STEM and health-care professions.
Sobeys warehouse workers negotiate big gains
Sobeys Ontario warehouse workers negotiate big wage increases, says Unifor
‘Serial arsonist’ charged in string of suspicious fires
Hamilton police have arrested a 37-year-old Hamilton man in relation to a string of suspicious fires.
Hamilton police arrest ‘serial arsonist’
A 37-year-old Hamilton man is facing a handful of charges in relation to a string of suspicious fires.
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
‘Freedom Rally’ convoy has withdrawn $1 million from once-frozen viral fundraiser: GoFundMe
A trucker convoy winding its way on Thursday through the GTA has accessed $1 million of the funds it has raised through a viral online fundraiser that was previously frozen by the platform GoFundMe.
North American stock market volatility continues
Energy sector helps boost S&P/TSX composite higher, U.S. stock markets rise
Neil Lumsden looks for political Hail Mary with Tories in June provincial election
Lumsden was only candidate for the Jan. 26 Hamilton East-Stoney Creek P.C. nomination meeting.
A covert network of Canadian doctors is prescribing ivermectin to treat COVID. Here’s how we got some
Science and medicine dismiss the drug as a COVID treatment. But for the misguided or desperate, there are those in Canada willing to supply it.
Hamilton police investigating east-end stabbing
A person was transported to hospital and is in stable condition, according to police.
Book about Holocaust banned in Tennessee school district
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman, according to minutes from a board meeting.
What's Going On Here Now? Clappison Avenue expected to open in February
The long-awaited Clappison Avenue is expected to open sometime in February.
Uber Canada signs dispute representation deal
Uber Canada signs deal with union offering workers dispute representation
Why we need N95 respirators more than cloth masks
Doctors around North America say a cloth mask doesn’t cut it and medical masks or N95 respirators should be worn for maximum protection.
Hamilton teen charged in September shooting
No one shot during incident near Cathedral High School
Restaurants, cinemas, bars and gyms go to half capacity starting Monday
The smell of popcorn will greet moviegoers when cinemas reopen Monday after January’s COVID-19 shutdown.
More guns on Hamilton streets an ‘alarming’ trend
Last year, police seized 204 guns — a 13 per cent increase over 2020.
Toronto high school teachers back in classroom after refusing to work over COVID-related safety concerns
A group of Toronto secondary teachers who refused to work over the past week because of COVID-19-related safety concerns, and who remained in the school’s parking lot, returned to the classroom Thursday after Ministry of Labour inspections found there were no issues that needed to be addressed.
Hamilton health-care partners encouraging families to get kids vaccinated with mobile, school-based clinics
Jan. 27 is National Kids and Vaccines Day in Canada
Energy sector helps boost S&P/TSX composite
Energy sector helps boost S&P/TSX composite higher, U.S. stock markets rise
'Would be an appropriate honour': Government facing calls to issue platinum jubilee medals
“It’s just asinine that this government is not doing it.”
‘Freedom Rally’ convoy of truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates rolls through Toronto Thursday
Truckers with the “Freedom Rally” will make their way through the GTA’s main roadways Thursday.
Trucker convoy passing through Hamilton area Thursday
“Freedom” convoy protesting vaccine mandates
'Micro wedding' trend here to stay: Experts
'Micro weddings' give couples the chance to splurge on what matters to them
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in isolation after COVID-19 exposure
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is isolating at home but has no symptoms after a high-risk contact with COVID-19.
Hamilton’s fifth cold alert cancelled Thursday
The alert was issued Tuesday, and was the fifth time the city put its community cold response into action this January.
Hundreds of Hamilton students opting for short-term remote learning amid virus spread
Nearly 1500 Catholic board students are learning online temporarily.
Rogers Communications Q4 profit down from year ago
Rogers Communications Q4 profit down from a year ago, revenue up
Kellyanne Conway memoir 'Here's the Deal' coming out May 24
NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has a memoir out May 24: “Here's the Deal” is billed by her publisher as a look beyond the headlines of the Trump administration and her family life, including her husband and prominent Trump detractor, George Conway.
Have you seen Christopher? Hamilton police searching for missing teen
14-year-old Christopher Gagnon has been missing since Wednesday. He did not return home after school.
McMaster prof Keith Kinder writes about the musical life of composer Morley Calvert
Light shined on Calvert’s international shadow, Leonard Turnevicius writes.
Hamilton’s ‘shovel-ready’ LRT still two years away from major construction
But Metrolinx says work is underway behind the scenes and construction bidding could begin as early as this summer.
Public works: Contaminated soil on Kenilworth reservoir gone by July
Department pitches 4.7 per cent budget increase for 2022
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