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Chris-Ike romps over Cardinal Newman
Michael Chris-Ike saved his best game of the season for the Hamilton Catholic high school senior football championship.
The tragic misfortune of Chenwei Guo, who drove to a Utah canyon just as a couple sought another victim
The husband and wife sat on the hill overlooking the dirt parking lot, watching cars crunch up the unpaved road into Red Butte Canyon.
Why being rich makes people anxious
When Thomas Gallagher was 17, he worked as a clerk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and put $10 a week into an account at Irving Bank. “That was my discipline, my savings,” Gallagher said. “Back then, the goal was to have enough money to buy Christmas presents.”
The new Bible Museum’s ‘Wicked Bible’: Thou Shalt Commit Adultery
The “Wicked Bible” omits one crucial word from the Seventh Commandment.
In Minnesota, Franken feels heat - but no broad call to quit
In Minnesota, Franken feels heat - but no broad call to quit
Why $450 million for this painting isn’t crazy
Each time a painting sells for countless millions, it’s hugely tempting to discuss billionaires’ whims and starving artists. But the $450 million paid by an anonymous buyer for “Salvator Mundi,” attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, is a different story. It’s a testament to the true value of great art.
The truth behind the ‘first marijuana overdose death’
A case report about the seizure and death of an 11-month old after exposure to cannabis has prompted headlines about “the first marijuana overdose death” this week.
Ont government tries to end college strike
Ontario Liberals try again Friday to legislate an end to the college strike
Challenge to Quebec face-veil law in court today
Lawyers to seek temporary reprieve today from Quebec's face-veil law
Canada, Mexico willing to tackle U.S. demand
Canada Mexico ready to engage on U.S. sticking point
Alberta proposes mix of private-public cannabis sales
Alberta's proposed cannabis legislation includes mix of private and public sales
Quebec under pressure to produce strict pot law
Quebec expected to table cannabis legislation today
New drug available for assisted dying
Newly available drug could boost number of self-administered assisted deaths
Feds say company interested in Churchill rail line
Ottawa say Fairfax Financial Holdings interested in broken Churchill rail line
U.S. payroll firm challenges Statistics Canada
U.S. payroll firm challenges Statistics Canada with alternative employment data
Be a Santa to a Senior program kicks off in Hamilton
The Home Instead office serving Hamilton has kicked off the 2017 Be a Santa to a Senior program.
Canada geese taking shelter from hunters in downtown Chicago
Hunters near Chicago may be crying fowl.
Province moves to boost equal-pay protections for temp agency workers
New measures intended to protect vulnerable temp agency, casual, and part-time workers from pay discrimination got a boost Thursday, after the province moved to strengthen their provisions and make it harder for employers to violate the spirit of the proposed law.
Dangerous psychiatric patient escaped to prove he could behave properly
A man who acknowledges killing a woman nearly 40 years ago said he needed to plot and carry out his escape from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital to prove that he could behave properly out in the community.
Bulldogs owner offers matching dollars for new arena
The owner of the Hamilton Bulldogs has followed up his public call for the building of a new, smaller arena to replace FirstOntario by saying he'd be willing to personally pay for half of it.
Millard claimed he bought incinerator for pet cremation business, uncle says story false
A man accused of murdering a young Toronto woman and burning her remains in a massive animal incinerator had been telling people in the weeks before her disappearance that he was buying the large piece of equipment to start a mobile pet cremation business with his uncle, a court heard Thursday.
‘Such a huge loss’: Truck driver guilty in death of Mississauga church leader
Ingrid Lindholm remembers the final Facebook post from Bruno Trimarchi just two days before he was killed.
‘Magical Santa' on the mend after breaking hip on the dance floor
There's a jolly old elf on the shelf.
Can a driver killing a pedestrian ever be put down to a ‘momentary lapse’ in concentration?
A judge and a defence lawyer spar over the question: What kind of behaviour can be called a “momentary lapse,” which, in criminal cases at least, excuses a motorist when he (or she) drives up on a sidewalk and kills a woman?
Toronto drug squad officer dies of fentanyl overdose, police say
An officer with the Toronto police’s drug squad died of a fentanyl overdose earlier this year, with the amount of the opioid found in his system being too large to have been from mere contact with the drug, the force said Thursday.
Is coffee good or bad for us? Doctor dispels popular coffee misconceptions
Is coffee good or bad for us? How much is too much? Can it stunt growth? Donald Hensrud, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s Healthy Living Program, provides answers to these much-debated questions.
Donald Trump, veteran of sexual harassment accusations, scolds Al Franken
President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., in two suggestive Twitter posts late Thursday after the senator was accused by a Los Angeles radio newscaster of kissing and groping her more than a decade ago.
Billionaire Norwegian given $30,400 drunken driving fine
Billionaire Norwegian given $30,400 drunken driving fine
Can drivers legally stop their vehicle and block a bike lane?
Normally, no. But there are a surprising number of exceptions to city rules — including an unpopular allowance for Canada Post trucks that is under review.
Students fear losing semester as college faculty reject offer
‘Very disappointed,' says Mohawk College president
Hamilton Rally for Peace at City Hall
A group of about 50 people assembled outside Hamilton City Hall Thursday night to call for an end to violence.
Disputed Hamilton PC nomination now a criminal probe
Hamilton Police detectives are investigating unnamed Conservative officials in connection with the May 7 candidate election in the riding of Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas.
Pine beetles explode from Jasper Nation Park
Pine beetles from Jasper National Park moving into commercial forest
Keystone pipeline spills oil in South Dakota
TransCanada Keystone pipeline leaks 795,000 litres of crude oil in South Dakota
Laurier launches probe after TA plays clip of gender debate
Laurier launches third-party investigation after TA plays clip of gender debate
Concussions, sports and kids the topic of discussion
Researchers with the Spec's Collision Course CFL concussion project will talk about the impacts of concussions in children at an event open to the public.
‘Very disappointed,' says Mohawk College president after college faculty reject proposed contract
‘Very disappointed,' says Mohawk College president
Chris-Ike romps over Cardinal Newman
Michael Chris-Ike saved his best game of the season for the Hamilton Catholic high school senior football championship.
Ontario Liberals try to end college strike
College strike vote results expected today
Ontario NDP blocks Liberal back-to-work bill aimed at ending college strike
Ontario’s Liberal government is moving to introduce back-to-work legislation that would end a nearly five-week strike by college faculty, though opposition from the NDP means it may not happen quickly.
Moore defiant as GOP braces for extended clash in Alabama
With President Donald Trump standing on the sidelines, Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and his allies on the ground in Alabama are bracing for an extended conflict — not with Democrats, but with their own party in Washington.
Goods worth $400K stolen from Venus Williams’ Florida home
Burglars hit tennis star Venus Williams’ Florida home, stealing $400,000 worth of goods while she was at the U.S. Open, police said Thursday.
Town of Lincoln warns of door-to-door scam
— Officials with the Town of Lincoln are warning residents about a door-to-door sales scam that makes false claims about the municipal water system.
Plante sworn in as Montreal mayor
Valerie Plante to be sworn in as Montreal mayor this afternoon
Security detainee Mohamed Harkat seeks more freedom to go online, travel
The wife of terror suspect Mohamed Harkat told a court Thursday her husband wouldn’t hurt a bug — literally — as she argued for fewer federal restrictions on his everyday activities.
Canada, Mexico ready to engage U.S. on sticking point
Canada and Mexico are prepared to engage the United States on one of its most contentious demands for NAFTA, in an early indication of how proposals currently deemed non-starters could, in theory, be redesigned into something all three countries can live with.
The Latest: Witness says soccer bribes totalled $160 million
The Latest: FIFA says it 'strongly supports' US prosecution
Ontario men charged with human trafficking after string of incidents at hotels
Ontario provincial police have charged two men with human trafficking offences in the Toronto area.
Ontario NDP blocks govt back-to-work bill on college strike
College strike vote results expected today
Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended job action
Ontario's colleges and striking faculty returned to the bargaining table Thursday, hours after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and continue their nearly five-week job action.
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