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Energy efficiency funding for Hagersville hospital
West Haldimand General Hospital has received $460,000 from the Ontario government’s Hospital Energy Efficiency Program. The program is funded through the Climate Change Action Plan (cap-and-trade tax) designated to improve energy efficiency at Ontario hospitals.
Foreign buyer home sales drop in Ontario
Foreign buyer home purchases declining in Ontario region covered by non-resident tax
Colorado man arrested after offering weed for sheriff's SUV
Colorado man arrested after offering weed for sheriff's SUV
Toronto stocks lower, U.S. markets mixed
Toronto stocks lose ground, U.S. markets mixed, loonie gains ground
The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas toy for kids, or a mind game for adults?
Earlier this month in Orlando, Florida, possessed by either a rush of Christmas spirit or a sixth sense that supernatural forces were afoot, a German shepherd named Zoey plucked an Elf on the Shelf named Sam from its perch and ripped off his arm.
Men rob electronics store at gunpoint
Men who robbed electronics store at gunpoint made off with televisions
Hamilton police hate crime unit investigating racial slur graffiti at Mountain playground
The Hamilton police hate crime unit is investigating after racial slurs were found spray painted on playground equipment at a Stoney Creek park.
Huntsville’s Pipe Man saga ends with apologies, saddened councillors
Huntsville councillors accepted a request by Jan Nyquist of Pipefusion Services Inc. on Dec. 19 to return ownership of the Pipe Man art installation to the company.
Apple said to have plan to combine iPhone, iPad, Mac apps
Apple’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store.
At least 7 firms investigated in bread probe
At least seven companies investigated in bread price -fixing probe
Feds unveil pension plan for disabled vets
Liberals' pension plan for disabled veterans won't take effect until 2019
Stolen nativity scene figures returned to church
Stolen figures of Jesus, Mary returned to Ontario church in time for Christmas
UPDATE: Man stabbed on Hamilton Mountain trying to thwart thieves
A Hamilton man in his 30s was stabbed after trying to stop several people breaking into cars, say Hamilton police.
BlackBerry reports net loss, operating profit
BlackBerry reports net loss, but operating profit and revenue above estimates
Stoney Creek Sabres Bantam BB squad scores donation for Stoney Creek Community Food Bank
The Stoney Creek Sabres Bantam BB hockey team recently donated $250 to the Stoney Creek Community Food Bank.
Sexual harassment CP News Story of the Year
Sexual harassment named Canadian Press News Story of the Year
Covfefe, The Mooch and Omarosa’s bridal-shop fight: A year in review
Oh, 2017. We started out the year with more energy than that little girl in the BBC dad viral video and all the sass of Salt Bae. But we’re closing it out feeling more like the first lady snapped in a #FreeMelania moment: So. completely. over. it.
Wholesale sales climb 1.5 per cent in October
Statistics Canada says wholesale sales climbed 1.5 per cent in October
Father dies after fall from ladder at famous Burlington Christmas light display
A Burlington family is trying to come to grips with the death of their father, who died tragically Monday after an accident at their home.
Halton police searching for armed robbery suspects
Halton police are searching for two suspects after an armed robbery at a Burlington electronics store Tuesday night.
New Brunswick couple sent to different care homes after 73 years — and days before Christmas
Officials decided the husband needs a higher level of care due to his dementia, therefore separating the elderly couple after 69 years of marriage and 73 years together.
Investigation continues into actions of paramedics who responded to murdered teen
Family and witnesses claim paramedics accused the 19-year-old of faking as he lay dying on the sidewalk on Sanford Avenue North, near Main Street East around 9 p.m. Dec. 2.
People couldn’t believe two dogs killed their owner. So the sheriff described the horror
Rumours swirled around the death of Bethany Lynn Stephens, a young woman from rural Virginia who, authorities said, was mauled to death by her dogs while out on a walk last week.
Georgina Chapman could get 8 figures in Harvey Weinstein divorce
Harvey Weinstein’s predatory behaviour could end up costing him more than just his reputation.
Armed robbery reported at Burlington 2001 Audio Video location
Police are seeking two men following an armed robbery at a Burlington home electronics store.
Man in hospital after overnight stabbing on Hamilton Mountain
Hamilton Police say an adult male is hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing overnight.
How to register to receive $25 Loblaw card after bread price-fixing arrangement admission
Loblaw Companies Ltd. is offering customers a $25 gift card as a goodwill gesture after admitting the company participated in an industry-wide bread price-fixing arrangement.
Flamboro Downs operations deal to add 1,650 jobs
Great Canadian adds Casino Brantford, Mohawk Racetrack, Grand River Raceway with plans for racing, development
Billionaire Barry Sherman was trying to quash probe into political fundraiser he held for Justin Trudeau
Only days before he died, Toronto billionaire Barry Sherman was attempting to quash an investigation into a political fundraiser he held for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that allegedly ran afoul of lobbying rules.
Police want to reunite missing Hamilton teen with family for Christmas
Hamilton police have appealed to the public to help locate missing teen Devon Freeman so he can be reunited with his family for the Christmas holidays.
Christmas display memorializes daughter killed on the Linc
— Their precious girl Kristine is gone, killed in a car crash in 2014. But the Christmas light display Gary and Treena Williams create on their Burlington front lawn each year provides some comfort amid their grief.
Hamilton temple among synagogues in four cities to receive anti-Semitic hate mail
“Nasty, horrible stuff,” is how Hamilton’s Temple Anshe Sholom Rabbi Jordan Cohen describes the racist letter his congregation received anonymously on Monday.
Beating captured on cellphone video
Hamilton police want to identify victim assaulted in recording found on stolen phone.
Ontario launching review of energy board
Ontario launching year-long review of Ontario Energy Board
Solar power cheaper, slow growing in Canada
Renewable energy growing in Canada but solar installations lagging behind
New community garden at Hamilton Ontario's Captain Cornelius Park
It wasn’t exactly gardening weather.
‘We are not having Christmas this year’
With sick children and husband, it is difficult.
White Christmas uncertain in parts of Canada
White Christmas uncertain in parts of Canada but cold snap a safe bet
Man injured after being followed by police
SIU called in when man injured after being followed by police
Synagogues receive anti-Semitic hate mail
Synagogues in four cities receive anti-Semitic hate mail
'I feel for families,' says Delilah Saunders
Agency hopes to speed project that doesn't require sobriety for liver transplant
Hamilton’s health department warns: ’Tis the season for alcohol abuse
Five years after a coroner’s inquest jury recommended the city’s public health department do more to try to dissuade binge drinking by young people, a new report says that’s only one part of a wide-ranging problem of alcohol abuse in the community.
McMeekin blames pollution for plummeting value of vacant Stelco lands
Devaluation will leave city $2 million short of expected tax revenue in 2018.
$20M for plant that spewed black water near Niagara Falls
The aging sewage treatment plant responsible for a stinky black discharge at Niagara Falls over the summer is in line for an overhaul.
Trudeau says cannabis will become legal ‘next summer,’ not July 1
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says “next summer,” and not July 1, is the date cannabis will become legal across the country.
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Canada proposes to limit, not ban, use of pesticides that kill bees
Canada doesn’t want to issue a blanket ban on certain pesticides which environmental groups say are killing everything from honey bees to earthworms.
Veterans brace for Liberals’ long-promised disability pension plan
Veterans across Canada are praying that the Trudeau government will deliver more than a lump of coal when it rolls out its long-awaited plan for providing pensions to injured ex-soldiers.
Liberals add caveat to summer jobs program funding as applications open
A federal jobs program targeted at youth met the government’s goal for placements for this past summer after falling short in the first year of the Liberals’ mandate.
Rudolph and rest of Santa’s reindeer are all female, says scientist
The first written account of Santa Claus having reindeer was in 1821, and since then most people have assumed the reindeer were male — but a scientist says those people would be wrong.
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