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What legal weed stores will look like: ‘Very chic, very modern, very clean-cut’
This is what the end of cannabis prohibition will look like in New Brunswick: An upscale showroom with black ceilings, grey walls and a once-illicit drug displayed in brightly lit glass cases.
AP Poll: Sexual misconduct allegations voted top news story
The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press’s annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.
ESA changes: splendid gift — or lump of coal?
The provincial government is bestowing a belated Christmas gift which includes some significant changes to the Employment Standards Act.
21 questions
NAME: Kristian Borghesan
HAMILTON PROFESSIONALS: Brad Dean
Name: Brad Dean
Was Rose Prince a saint?
Rose Prince arrived at the former Lejac Residential School in British Columbia when she was six years old and never left.
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques to head to space station in 2018
The coming year is promising to be a busier one than usual for the Canadian Space Agency.
One dead in crash near Barrie, Ont.
One dead, two critically injured in multi-vehicle crash near Barrie, Ont.
Spy Hill, Sask., flips for stranded Via Rail riders
A small Saskatchewan town opened its doors on Christmas morning to a Via Rail train with almost 100 passengers that suffered mechanical problems due to extremely cold weather.
Vietnam moves hundreds of thousands to safety ahead of storm
Hundreds of thousands of people in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta were moved from their homes as the region braced for the arrival of Typhoon Tembin, after the storm left more than 160 people dead in the Philippines.
Brent Hawkes retires after 40 years
Brent Hawkes, pastor who officiated Canada's first legal gay marriages, retires
Inuk woman has turnaround after refused liver transplant
An Inuk activist from Labrador, whose struggle with acute liver failure sparked a national discussion about an Ontario transplant policy, is being released from hospital in what her friends and family are calling a “Christmas miracle.”
Filipino firefighters find all 37 bodies of workers in mall
Philippine firefighters have found all 37 bodies of employees of a U.S.-based company who were trapped in a blaze that gutted a shopping mall in southern Davao city.
Guatemala says it is moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Guatemala’s president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change.
Queen Elizabeth, royals and Markle attend Christmas service
— Queen Elizabeth and senior members of the Royal Family — along with newcomer Meghan Markle, an American actress engaged to Prince Harry — attended a Christmas church service on Monday as a crowd of local residents gathered.
Russian officials bar Navalny from running for president
Russian election officials on Monday formally barred Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running for president, prompting calls from him for a boycott of next year's vote.
North Korea calls latest UN sanctions ‘an act of war’
The Chinese government has urged countries to act with restraint and work to ease tensions after North Korea called the latest UN sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty.
Canada revokes Venezuelan diplomats’ credentials in retaliative move
Canada is moving to expel a Venezuelan diplomat from the country and strip his credentials in retaliation after his Canadian counterpart was kicked out of the South American nation.
OPP officers use naloxone, save life of overdosed man
Ontario Provincial Police say officers used naloxone to save a man’s life, while transporting him to the Barton Street jail.
Back to basics for Forge & Foster
The investment management company is returning to its original plan of supporting operators instead of launching its own endeavours.
Rescued Beamsville cats find homes in ‘rags to riches’ story
Only 10 cats are still available for adoption after almost 100 were rescued from a rundown property on Merritt Road this summer.
Back to basics for Forge & Foster
The investment management company is returning to its original plan of supporting operators instead of launching its own endeavours.
Mobile street ministry hands out warmth to Hamilton’s homeless
Roger and Janet Boyd spent their Christmas morning offering clothes, food and toiletries outside shelters
Canada declares Venezuelan diplomats unwelcome
Canada revokes Venezuelan diplomats' credentials
Cold weather alert for Hamilton
Hamilton’s medical officer of health has issued a cold weather alert for Monday evening.
Dark, desperate Christmas without power in Puerto Rico
Three days before Christmas, Doris Martinez and daughter Miriam Narvaez joined their neighbours in a line outside city hall in Morovis, a town of 30,000 people still living without electricity in the mountains of central Puerto Rico more than three months after hurricane Maria battered the U.S. island.
What a federal ethics report reveals about how Justin Trudeau sees his job
The prime minister doesn’t have business meetings. He has relationship sessions.
Kitchener declares snow event
If your vehicle is parked on a city street it must be moved before midnight tonight or you could get a ticket for $80 and see it towed away at your expense. The City of Kitchener declared a snow event late this morning, and that means the Tag and Tow bylaw is in effect for at least 24 hours. To help city workers clear the streets of snow nobody is allowed to park on the street at any time when a Snow Event has been declared. For the latest information on snow events go to www.kitchener.ca/subscribe. If you think your vehicle was towed call 519-741-2345.
An ethics reports insights on Justin Trudeau
What a federal ethics report reveals about how Justin Trudeau sees his job
Critics of Turkish coup decree fear impunity
Critics of Turkish coup decree fear impunity
Burlington boy got to be fire chief for the day
A little boy got to be the big man in the Burlington fire department.
On Christmas Day, Pope Francis prays for peace in an uneasy world
Pope Francis used his annual Christmas Day address Monday to make clear his concern that serenity is sorely lacking at a time when the “winds of war” and an “outdated model of development” are taking a toll on humanity, society and the environment.
Man killed in snowmobile crash
Man killed in snowmobile crash in South Stormont Township
Pedestrian killed by vehicle in Minden Hills
Male pedestrian killed by vehicle in Minden Hills Township
NDP-Green pact highlights electoral reform
Horgan says next year's electoral reform referendum likely B.C.'s last attempt
Weather impacting Toronto flight schedules
Weather impacting flight schedules at Toronto's Pearson Airport
Former tobacco barns repurposed for anti-smoking message
— Michiel Vaughn owes a lot to tobacco. The lucrative crop helped pay for his livelihood in the 1980s when he farmed it in western Kentucky.
Business After Business at Amica at Dundas
The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce is holding a “Business After Business” at Amica at Dundas on Jan. 25.
In Christmas message, queen honours cities hit by terror
In Christmas message, queen honours cities hit by terror
'Commit to making a difference,' PM urges
Trudeau Christmas message calls for giving, recalls government's accomplishments
The Christmas Truce miracle: Soldiers put down their guns to sing carols and drink wine
On a frosty, starlit night, a miracle took place. In 1914, a melody drifted over the darkness of No Man’s Land. First “O, Holy Night,” then “God Save the King.”
Inuk woman leaves hospital after liver failure
Inuk woman released from hospital after struggle with liver failure
Raja the cat returned to family 3 years later
Raja the cat returned to family 3 years later
SIU names man killed in eastern Ontario
Babak Saidi died after an interaction with officers outside an Ontario Provincial Police detachment in Morrisburg, Ont.
Ontario police watchdog names deceased man
Ontario police watchdog names man killed in police interaction in Morrisburg, Ont.
Virginia teen charged with killing girlfriend’s parents, who worried he was a neo-Nazi
Fairfax County police would not offer a motive for the double slaying, but family members and friends tied it directly to the couple’s struggle to keep hate out of their home, as one friend put it.
Anti-poverty activist files $1 billion class-action lawsuit over bread price-fixing scheme
A 71-year-old anti-poverty activist has filed a $1-billion class-action lawsuit against several grocers after Loblaw Companies Ltd. and George Weston Ltd. revealed Tuesday that they participated in an industry-wide bread price-fixing arrangement for more than a decade.
Community rallying to help mom and daughter left homeless after fire
A suspected electrical fire at 1430 King St. E. Friday caused approximately $50,000 in damage and killed the family's cat, Garfield.
North Korea calls latest UN sanctions ‘an act of war’
North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a “pipe dream” for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons.
Package for U.S. Treasury Secretary that causes a bomb scare turns out to be horse manure
A suspicious package that appeared Saturday night in the swanky Los Angeles neighbourhood of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prompted lengthy street closures and a sizable response by local and federal authorities, including members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s bomb squad.
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