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Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay announces Conservative leadership bid
MacKay made the announcement at the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, N.S., before a crowd of more than 200 supporters.
Five from Caledonia charged with human trafficking; one confirmed victim
Illicit drugs, replica firearms seized from Larry Cres. home
In 7 days and 3 protests, America’s divisions on glaring display
How worried should we really be about polarization in the United States?
As MacKay jumps in, Chong considering run for Conservative leader if there’s a ‘clear’ path to victory
Conservative MP hung 2017 leadership bid on accepting a carbon tax, a policy still deeply unpopular with the party’s base.
Luxury Homes: This Hamilton mansion can be yours for $5 million
Hamilton’s real estate market remains hot. For those with a couple million bucks to invest, these dream homes in the area could be yours.
Canada prepares for the new coronavirus as the death toll in China keeps rising
Public Health Ontario’s Dr. Peter Donnelly said while it is “likely” the virus will arrive, health officials are much better prepared now than they were in 2003 when SARS killed 44 Canadians.
‘We want a future’: Hamilton teen is one of four suing Canada over the Trans Mountain pipeline
The teenagers, who range in age from 13 to 19, argue that the pipeline’s contributions to climate change will violate their Charter rights.
PHOTOS: Winter blooms in Dundas
Winterblooms, a celebration of art, artifacts and flowers in on display in Dundas.
Milk products recalled in Ontario and Quebec due to sanitizer contamination
The CFIA says there has been one reported illness linked to the recalled products.
Her birthday ended at the hospital. Drink tampering is in the spotlight thanks to her viral video
Josée Saulnier was turning 20 and wanted a night out in Halifax with friends when an allegedly spiked drink caused her to lose control of her body. She shared videos of herself struggling to walk on social media to raise awareness.
Hamilton teachers’ union ‘perplexed’ by cancellation of report cards
Elementary principals face easier task than usual, local president says
Bad attitude and poor performance can get you fired
Bob made it all too easy for a just-cause termination
Milk recalled due to sanitizer contamination
Milk products recalled in Ontario, Quebec due to sanitizer contamination
The Hoangs remarkable journey from Vietnam to Hamilton
There were 10 Hoang children and nine of them would eventually make their way to Hamilton. Five of them became engineers. But a 1986 Spectator article also hinted at a darker time and family pain which remained a secret until now.
Paul Berton: Search for a missing woman brings out well-intentioned volunteers and unfounded ‘news’
We simply do not yet know what happened to Holly Ellsworth-Clark
UN alarm at education crisis: 258 million kids not in school
And about 770 million adults are illiterate, most of them women.
Burlington man charged in violent disturbance
Incident brought heavily-armed tactical officers to a Burlington neighbourhood.
At least 18 dead, hundreds hurt as quake hits eastern Turkey
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked a sparsely-populated part of eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 500 and leaving some 30 trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings, Turkish officials said.
Outrage after boy, 7, shot inside east Hamilton home; shooter fired from backyard without warning
Hamilton police believe someone else inside or connected to home was the true target
Memo to Trudeau prods Liberals to look at reviving vice-regal appointments board
Senior officials advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have pressed him gently to rethink how the Liberals have chosen the Queen’s representatives in Canada as he gets ready to make another such decision.
Inuk elder honoured for helping the home front during Second World War
For the war effort in the 1940s, Qapik Attagutsiak remembers the local Catholic priest urging her and her family to collect walrus and seal bones from their island near Igloolik, and even the bodies of dogs that had died from disease.
Electric buses for Hamilton? Likely, at some point
City officials say desire is there but cite funding and logistics as barriers
One body found as police search for missing snowmobilers
Quebec provincial police say they’ve found the body of one of the five missing snowmobilers from France in the province’s Lac-Saint-Jean region.
How letters to his daughter helped Poilievre back out of Tory leadership race
On Thursday, he dropped out, throwing a bombshell into the ongoing leadership campaign.
The end: B’nai Brith Sports Celebrity Dinner over after 69 years
Too much all-consuming organizational time for not enough financial return for charities; chair Jeff Paikin and others searching for new ideas; Thursday was final instalment of dinner that has raised $2.6 million for charity
Ford says his patience with teachers’ unions will only last for so long
Premier Doug Ford issued a vague warning to teachers’ unions Friday, while all four major groups are engaged in job action and contract talks are largely at a standstill.
Trump, seeking support, headlines anti-abortion rally in Washington
Trump first sitting president to ever address the annual March for Life rally in person
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s CAO Chandra Sharma apologizes to Hamilton councillors
“I want to move forward with full support to your programs,” she told a city budget committee
Hammer City Pinball: Flippers, plungers, silver balls and bumpers — the ups and downs of pinball
The Hammer City Pinball League is serious stuff
Doug Ford says his patience with teachers’ unions will only last for so long
The Ontario premier did not elaborate on what he meant, but said later he is not looking at back-to-work legislation “at this point.”
‘Three out of my four daughters are with police officers’: Ford defends cop’s appointment to Human Rights Commission
Premier Doug Ford is defending his controversial appointment of a Toronto police constable to the Ontario Human Rights Commission — and admitting that policing is a family affair to him.
Ulrich knows this play will make you Sweat
Theatre Aquarius tackles play about a strike in an American steel town
Man wanted in armed Hamilton Mountain home invasion — two others nabbed
The homeowner suffered minor injuries when he was struck over the head with the weapon, as well as sprayed in the face with pepper spray.
Canada can end poverty and shrink inequality by adding an annual basic income of $22K, new report says
A basic income is not a question of possibilities, but of priorities, new report argues.
Redeemer University says soccer dome will remain open
University says it has terminated use agreement with Ancaster Soccer Club
‘Am I going to die?’: Hamilton boy, 7, shot in his east end home
Neighbour heard a ‘ruckus’ and what sounded like an argument, and heard a woman screaming.
Accused killer’s spouse a no-show witness at Jeremy Hall murder trial
Carol Anne Eaton, Jeremy Hall’s spouse and mother of his children, failed to show to testify at his first-degree murder trial Thursday.
‘It’s not paparazzi, this is news’: Canadian photographers zoom in on Harry and Meghan privacy debate
In the picturesque community of North Saanich, where the royal couple are holed up, locals seem to be taking the couple’s desire for privacy to heart, but the shadow of paparazzi is looming large over Vancouver Island.
Barack Obama addresses 6,000 young people in Toronto, congratulates Canada for being a country where ‘facts still matter’
Former U.S. president brings message of inspiration on the future of work to thousands gathered at Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Could provincial task force studying alternatives to cancelled LRT recommend ... LRT?
The ‘transportation task force’ announced Thursday includes an expert transportation professor, a journalist, an executives from a pro-LRT steel company and construction union.
Four Waterloo area Boston Pizza restaurants close suddenly
A single franchisee who owns the locations in the area has closed the restaurants
Close encounters of the kangaroo kind
Sandee Ewasiuk’s art will aid animals hurt by Australian fires
Toronto man to stand trial for murder of woman found in Grimsby parking lot
Victim Amber Cobean, 30, was found severely injured in the parking lot of Lincoln Park Retirement Residence on Main Street East at Bartlett Avenue on Feb. 1, 2019.
Shootings loom over Hamilton police budget talks
Councillor argues decision to disband task force during record year for gun play is ‘incomprehensible’
Hacker may have names of 25 Hamilton Health Sciences’ patients after gaining access to the network
HHS twice denied to The Spectator that its network was compromised in mid-December but it’s now acknowledging there was unauthorized external access to some of its systems.
Child shot at east end home
7-year-old boy in stable condition
Boy, 7, shot inside east end Hamilton home
Child in stable condition following shooting
Canadian investigators returning from Iran after crash probe
Two Canadian accident investigators helping probe the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines flight by Iranian missiles are headed home as uncertainty continues to swirl about the jet’s black boxes.
PHOTOS: B’Nai Brith Sports Celebrity Dinner
The 69th Annual B’Nai Brith Sports Celebrity Dinner was held Thursday evening in Hamilton.
Sick girl’s parents pin hopes on world’s most expensive medication — $3M for one dose
Lennon Ferri’s parents call her their “warrior princess.”
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