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Updated 2025-02-03 18:00
Waterloo Brewing pauses plans for cannabis-infused drinks
Lack of retail options and low revenue projections means they’ll wait and see if a market emerges
Condition of 89-year-old woman struck by motorcycle on the Mountain is improving
But police say they are still looking for more witnesses to the Dec. 28 crash that killed the woman’s 68-year-old son, Berkley James Wood.
St. Catharines man dies from injuries after being shot by police
Shooting took place Tuesday afternoon
Hamilton police investigate east end variety store robbery that left one man injured New Year’s Day
Police briefly taped off Extra Variety on Cannon Street East Jan. 1.
‘My allegiance is to Bennetto’: Archie McQueen volunteers and donates salary to North End school
The 79-year-old runs open gym two days a week and works as a supply teacher when needed
Growing Hamilton gym wants to stay out of the race
‘I don’t want to be living off people who don’t come to the gym,’ Catalyst owner says
Start the new year by securing your data
Start the new year, and new decade, by making your slice of the internet more secure
Kathy Renwald: Art on Barton — this wave could end up as a crawl
David Brace takes up residence and plans for Barton Street East
City of Hamilton issues unsafe order at former King Street West theatre
The building owner wants to restore the marquee sign at 434 King St. W. as part of mixed-use plan for the site.
News flash! Spec journalist is mom to Hamilton’s first baby of 2020
Teri Pecoskie and Tom Shepherd welcomed “Baby Shep” — they’re still working through a list of names — at 1:39 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Police investigate 47th shooting incident of 2019
Police called just after midnight Dec. 31 in King Street East and Cochrane Road area.
Police: Amazon delivery driver steals UPS package from home
Wilkes-Barre police said charges will be filed once the Amazon driver is identified.
‘The entire system is in crisis.’ Bill aims to prevent couples from being separated in long-term care
NDP MPP Catherine Fife says people married for 60 years find they can’t live together, deserve to spend last days together.
Post LRT task force to consider highway projects: Mulroney’s office
Including highway ‘contrary to Hamilton’s declared priorities and previous studies,’ Coun. Maureen Wilson says
Militiamen withdraw from U.S. Embassy but Iraq tensions linger
The retreat ended a two-day crisis marked by the breach of one of the most heavily fortified U.S. diplomatic missions in the world.
Messages from the past: Former St. Luke students got together to open 20-year-old time capsules on New Year’s Day
The millennium-marking boxes first sealed in 1999 contained everything from hockey cards to coins to messages from loved ones who have since passed.
Thousands without power in B.C.’s central and southern Interior, utility says
Crews brought in from other parts of province after snowstorm caused extensive damage to hydro infrastructure.
Why the fires in Australia are so bad
The hot, dry conditions that have fuelled the fires are nothing new in Australia.
As the third anniversary of the Quebec mosque shooting approaches, gun control advocates demand tighter gun permit background checks
Montreal Massacre victims had a chance to discuss the issue with Premier François Legault and wrote to him to restrict access to guns.
Polar bears brave chilly waters of Lake Ontario for New Year’s Day dip
Close to 75 people stripped down and splashed into the water for decades-old tradition
Hamilton’s top 10 biggest stories of the year: Anger, sewage and a stuffed bunny that fell out of the sky
The year 2019 will also be remembered for the lingering smell and the reluctant revelation that 24 billion litres of sewage was dumped on Cootes Paradise.
Some Hamilton stocks burning strong, some up in smoke
Hamilton area leaders in defence, food and biotech had big year on stock market
Leonard Turnevicius: Music series grows to mark 10th anniversary
After eight years of featuring a string sextet at one of her 5 at the First Chamber Music Series’ concerts, artistic director Rachel Mercer is amping it up.
SCOTT RADLEY: Injury to their best player a disaster for the Bulldogs
Reports say Jan Jenik out for the year after World Junior knee injury
Ernie Schramayr: Reducing workout ‘overwhelm’
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Firefighters rescue man from smoke-filled basement apartment New Year’s Day
Police say a 25-year-old man is in critical condition in hospital. A provincial fire investigator is probing the fire at 3 Webber Ave.
Can Trudeau count on stable Liberal minority? Not necessarily, warns Bob Rae
With Conservatives mired in leadership change, the former interim Liberal leader is reasonably confident that the Liberal minority is in no danger of being brought down in the short term, but ‘you’ve got to be aware that things can go wrong’
Police seek help finding missing Hamilton man Mapenzi Tchashenyi
The 26-year-old with autism was last seen leaving his home at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 31.
Sewage, ‘broken’ healthcare system and hate in Hamilton — top Spec stories of 2019: Part 6
72 reasons to sign up to TheSpec.com
Plant-based protein firms poised to expand as interest grows among the veggie-curious
As restaurants jumped on the plant-based protein craze this past year, the products also proliferated on grocery store shelves.
Jason Kenney blows up NDP policies in 2019, aims for jobs progress in 2020
Kenney will need to do it as Albertans grapple with higher costs for tuition, and school and municipal fees flowing from his first budget, while public-sector workers promise pushback on looming layoffs and job cuts.
Dogged pursuit: Mayor wants Dash the dog labelled ‘therapy animal’ to evade city hall pet ban
Eisenberger started bringing his golden doodle to his offices at city hall in 2016, sparking complaints
Hamilton police want to know why woman exited moving car on southeast Mountain
‘Right now, we want to check on the well-being of everybody involved,’ Const. Jerome Stewart says.
‘Never again’: Hamilton-bound Swoop passengers stranded for hours — then offered seven-hour bus ride home
Upset travellers say there was not enough room for everyone on the “first-come, first-serve” buses arranged by the low-cost airline.
Hamilton woman arrested after racist rant in Niagara mall parking lot caught on video
A widely shared video of a woman using racist taunts to berate another woman in a Niagara-on-the-Lake parking lot has led to the arrest of a Hamilton resident.
Video: Niagara police investigating ‘racist incident’ in outlet mall parking lot
Boxing Day argument captured on camera at Outlet Collection in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Tax cut among changes coming Jan. 1
Lower taxes, new RRSP rules and digital news tax credit among 2020 changes
STEVE MILTON: Re-signing QB Jeremiah Masoli a big deal for Ticats
Was slated to hit free agency in February
Millennial Money: Focus on monthly tasks to hit 2020 goals
Millennial Money: Focus on monthly tasks to hit 2020 goals
Police investigate 47th shooting incident of the year
Shooting happened just after midnight in East End
How to monetize your condo parking spot
Everything you need to know about monetizing your empty parking spot
Hail and farewell: Notable Hamilton-area residents who left us in 2019
Ron Joyce, Tony Musitano, Bill Scandlan and Milli Gould are just a few Hamiltonians we lost this year.
Weather advisory issued for Hamilton
Snow expected to get heavier this afternoon
East Hamilton rent striker was fiery mainstay of campaign
George Direkze went out fighting for tenants rights at age 82
The Spectator’s photographers pick their favourite images of 2019: John Rennison
A look back at 2019 through the lens of Hamilton Spectator photographer John Rennison
Red Hill Valley Parkway inquiry judge to hear from would-be participants
Superior Court Justice Herman Wilton-Siegel received nine applications to take part in the multimillion-dollar judicial inquiry
Pedestrian killed in Hamilton Mountain crash will ‘hold a special place in my heart’: Good Samaritan
Man, 68, killed Saturday in collision involving motorcycle on Mohawk Road
Anthony Musitano was jailed after a string of Hamilton bombings
Musitano was convicted in 1983 and sentenced to 15 years in connection to a string of bombings across the city during the ’70s.
Giuseppe Avignone conspired in the 1983 slaying of Toronto mobster
Part of the Musitano family, Avignone was Dominic’s nephew through his wife’s side.
Inside China’s push to turn Muslim minorities into an army of workers
The order from Chinese officials was blunt and urgent. Villagers from Muslim minorities should be pushed into jobs, willing or not. Quotas would be set and families penalized if they refused to go along.
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