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Mocha master: SKorea barista adorns coffee with works of art
Mocha master: Barista decorates coffee cup foam with artwork
Ontario PCs to set aside Hamilton area riding nomination result
Ontario Progressive Conservative party president Jag Badwal said Thursday night that the nomination process in three provincial ridings will be reopened, while the results of a fourth nomination vote will be set aside.
NewsAlert: Ontario Tories say Brown ineligible to run
NewsAlert: Patrick Brown says not running in Ontario spring election
NewsAlert: Patrick Brown not running in Ontario election
NewsAlert: Patrick Brown says not running in Ontario spring election
Mocha master: Barista decorates coffee cup foam with artwork
Mocha master: Barista decorates coffee cup foam with artwork
More questions than answers after armed confrontation
A Canadian school should never have to shut down for a week because of an alleged armed drug house next door.
Canadian Graffiti: they found it at the movies
What film critic Pauline Kael meant when she said, in the title of her famous book, “I Lost It At The Movies,” was, of course, that she found it there.
Ottawa spends $9.1 million on whale studies
Ottawa spends $9.1 million on studies aimed at protecting whales
CORRECTION
Sky Dragon Community Development Co-operative is not defunct as reported in The Hamilton Spectator on March 7. It is an active organization with an active website. Though it had been a gathering spot for anarchists in the past, that is no longer the case. The Spectator is not aware of any link between Sky Dragon, its executive director Kevin MacKay and the vandalism on Locke Street on March 3. The group is also not a direct precursor of The Tower.
More questions than answers after armed confrontation
A Canadian school should never have to shut down for a week because of an alleged armed drug house next door.
Toys ‘R’ Us in talks to sell Canadian business as it shutters U.S. operations
Toys “R” Us is in talks to sell its entire Canadian business as it works to shutter its U.S. operations.
More charges laid in Six Nation man’s shooting death one year later
Preliminary hearings set in Brantford for Dustin Monture case
Pedestrian bridge collapses at university; several killed
— A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authorities said.
New West Lincoln Kiwanis Club formed
An attempt to mobilize community members to establish a new service club in West Lincoln earlier this year has paid off.
Ottawa spends $9.1 million on studies aimed at protecting whales
— The federal government is spending more than $9.1 million to develop and test technologies that alert vessels to the presence of whales, lowering the risk of collisions.
Trump touts Irish ties, but jokes about country’s taxes
— U.S. President Donald Trump stressed the close ties between Ireland and America at a St. Patrick’s Day luncheon Thursday, though he joked that the country was a “tough one to compete with” on taxes.
Wynne Liberal government to deliver throne speech on Monday
— Ontario’s Liberal government, which is trailing in the polls ahead of a spring election, will deliver a throne speech outlining its priorities on Monday, as the opposition accuses it of attempting to hit the reset button before the June vote.
Victims of violence confirmed by Statscan
Disabled Canadians are about twice as likely to experience violence as their able-bodied peers, with greater instances of victimization taking place at every stage of life, new data from Statistics Canada indicated Thursday.
Chief calls for inquiry into Indigenous teen's death
Manitoba chief calls on government to hold inquiry into Indigenous teen's death
Navy jet crashes off Key West, killing 2 crew members
— The Pentagon acknowledged Thursday that budget shortfalls have eroded military capabilities, including training and flight hours, but stopped short of blaming those cutbacks for the crash of a U.S. Navy fighter jet that killed both crew members.
Signpost:
The Hamilton Arts Council has named Stylo Starr, a Hamilton designer and visual artist, and Tanya Denyer, a quilter and artist, as the winners of its Cotton Factory Artist in Residence Program honour for April 1 to July 2018. It will help them build their practice, experiment, develop new ideas and learn new skills. In an open house in the final week, they will deliver an artist talk.
Aurora chasers in Canada discover a new type of northern lights dubbed ’Steve’
— Amateur scientists in Canada have helped researchers discover a new type of northern lights.
Two manhole covers installed in 1859 to get heritage protection
Hamilton will offer belated protection to a heritage landmark citizens have carelessly — and literally — trampled underfoot since before Confederation.
Mother convicted of killing daughters in ‘honour killing’ ordered deported
— A woman found guilty of murdering her three daughters in a so-called honour killing was stripped of her permanent residency Thursday and ordered deported from the country.
Jailed 'honour killing' mother ordered deported
Mother convicted of killing daughters in 'honour killing' ordered deported
More 200 people leave TTC amid benefits scam probe
More 200 people dismissed amid Toronto transit benefits fraud investigation
NDP's Singh condemns Air India perpetrators
New video shows NDP's Singh at 2016 seminar where speakers endorsed violence
Police search for offender on Canada-wide warrant
Federal offender wanted on Canada-wide warrant, police say
Two more recovering from suspected overdoses
Two more people recovering from suspected overdoses in Saskatoon
Pipeline foes no harm to Trans Mountain: Lawyer
Injunction hearing told pipeline critics 'inconvenience' Kinder Morgan in B.C.
Update: Multiple deaths in Miami-area pedestrian bridge collapse: official
The 950-ton span was installed week earlier
NDP leader says Sikhs should not turn to violence in push for human rights
— NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he condemns all acts of terrorism no matter who is responsible.
Federal privacy commissioner seeks information from Loblaw
— The federal privacy commission has asked Loblaw Companies Ltd. for more information about its request for some customers to provide personal identification to secure a gift card related to the alleged bread price-fixing scandal.
Construction course helps women build lives
In one of Hamilton’s impoverished north-end neighbourhoods, women in a female introductory construction course have built something they weren’t expecting: confidence and empowerment.
Canadians with disabilities more likely to suffer violence
Canadians with disabilities about twice as likely to experience violence: StatCan
BlackBerry extends contract of CEO Chen through 2023
BlackBerry Ltd. is extending executive chair and chief executive John Chen’s contract through to November 2023.
Canadian Olympic star Duhamel lends voice to calls for end to dog-meat trade
— Olympic figure skater Meagan Duhamel strode slowly from cage to cage Thursday, greeting some of Canada’s newest arrivals from South Korea, at an emergency dog shelter in Montreal.
Russia: Trump admin joins condemnation
Russia: Trump wades more forcefully into feud with sanctions, support for UK
Psychotherapist charged with sex assault: police
Psychotherapist charged with sexual assault of child, Toronto police say
Toronto stocks move higher, loonie falls
Toronto stocks move higher, while U.S. stocks mixed; Loonie falls
Banking-related complaints rise 28%: OBSI
Banking-related complaints hit five-year high, industry ombudsman says
Multiple injuries as Miami-area pedestrian bridge collapses onto highway
The 950-ton span was installed week earlier
How to declutter your digital life
Technology moves fast, very fast.
Russian hackers attacking US power grid, aviation, FBI warns
Russian hackers are conducting a broad assault on the U.S. electric grid, water processing plants, air transportation facilities and other targets in rolling attacks on some of the country's most sensitive infrastructure, U.S. government officials said Thursday.
Emerald Street shooting suspect Donavan Hines captured in Toronto
Fugitive Donavan Hines, sought in connection with a shooting at an Emerald Street North apartment, and another suspect have been captured in Toronto.
Radio giant iHeartMedia seeks court protection
Radio giant iHeartMedia files bankruptcy plan, expects to operate as usual
Radio giant iHeartMedia seeks court protection
Radio giant iHeartMedia files bankruptcy plan, expects to operate as usual
Cancer Society, executors at odds over bequest
Executors at odds with Cancer Society over how $2M bequest should be directed
Liberals delivering throne speech Monday
Wynne Liberal government to deliver throne speech on Monday
Executors at odds with Cancer Society over how $2M bequest should be directed
— The executors of an Ontario man’s will are in a dispute with the Canadian Cancer Society over their request that a major portion of a multimillion-dollar bequest to the charity be directed towards research into pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest of all malignancies.
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