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Updated 2025-02-03 21:30
Dec. 17, 2003: Billionaire Michael DeGroote donates $105M to McMaster University med school
Billionaire business wizard Michael DeGroote, founder of the Laidlaw transportation empire, gave McMaster University $105 million to finish upgrading its medical school, which was renamed the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in his honour.
Former Ryerson Elementary School principal facing additional sexual assault charges
Police say more victims have been identified since the initial charges were laid in August
Grinch breaks into Hamilton man’s home and steals his Christmas money jar
A metal tin was swiped. The reindeer and snowman jar contained hundreds.
Hamilton police called as LRT-cancelling news conference devolves into chaos
Announcement did not happen; MPP Caroline Mulroney leaves building with police escort
A ‘betrayal’ of the City of Hamilton — Ontario pulls out of LRT
Provincial Transportation Minister announces light rail transit project is way over its budget and is cancelling the project
Waterdown's Sheila Latner awarded Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers
Waterdown Royal Canadian Legion Branch 551 president Sheila Latner has been awarded the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers.
As protests rage, is India moving closer to becoming a Hindu nation?
New citizenship legislation expedites Indian citizenship for migrants from some of its neighbouring countries, unless they’re Muslim.
Environment ministry order sets out requirements for infamous Waterdown Garden Supplies site
The ministry has been investigating allegations contaminated material was dumped on the 40-hectare rural property just west of Peters Corners on Highway 5. It’s alleged more than 24,000 loads of soil were dumped there since the summer of 2018.
Researcher freed from Iran urges release of other prisoners
A Princeton University scholar who was freed from Iran this month after three years in captivity said Monday that his release “is a victory of humanity and diplomacy across nations and political differences.”
Burlington man, 47, wanted on criminal charges of election fraud
OPP says individual has no affiliation with Burlington mayor’s office
Dundas equipment dealer triples in size with Flamborough move
30-year-old WPE building 30,000 square-foot facility on Highway 5
Surging Netanyahu rival launches party leadership challenge
Gideon Saar has long been considered a rising star in Likud and a potential future heir.
Steve Milton: Bombers open Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2020 schedule
Ticats play three top Western Division finishers in their first four games, but all three are at home; Labour Day stays an afternoon match
Paul Wilson: It may need $4 million to fix it up, but St. Mary’s is still heaven
Church built in 1860 getting a $4-million repair job. The monsignor just doesn’t want to talk about it right now.
Australia could see its hottest day on record this week, fuelling bush fire crisis
First came the bush fires. Now comes the withering heat.
U.S. won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline
“We are fully aware of the strong potential for North Korea to conduct a major provocation in the days ahead.”
Ottawa’s fall fiscal update projects bigger federal deficit
With increased spending on pensions and worker benefits, Ottawa expects its deficit to clock in at $26.6 billion this year, up from $19.8 projected in the 2019 budget.
Hamilton the greenhouse gas capital of the GTHA: study
Industry is the main — but not only — reason why Hamilton topped the list of carbon emitters in 2017.
Where you can toboggan in Hamilton
The city has approved four locations for the winter season.
UPDATE: Private investigation into murders of billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman is over, Toronto police and Sherman family say
Inspector Hank Idsinga, lead officer in the homicide squad, will speak to the media at police headquarters at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
LRT in trouble? Surprise provincial announcement looms amid rising project budget concerns
Politicians are hearing budget woes for the $1 billion light rail line are the reason for an announcement by Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney this afternoon.
ED CANNING: Seniority is hard to take with you to a new employer
How and why a worker changes jobs can be factors in determining termination compensation
Waterdown Fortinos expansion clears committee hurdle
Construction expected to get underway in late January
Eight ways to shop local in Hamilton this holiday season
Why buy online when you can support small business in your community?
Canada’s Cineplex to be bought out in $2.8B deal by Cineworld
The companies expect the transaction to close in the first half of 2020.
Hamilton widow’s journey: On the trip that her late husband planned
Jeff and Jennifer Wolfenden had a touchingly powerful love, built on a relationship formed as they both recovered from strokes. He died this summer in a motorcycle accident.
From ‘kill capital of the world’ to saving animal lives: Hamilton's pilot adoption program is working, say officials
From January to November 2019, Hamilton euthanized 363 animals, a decline from 679 in 2016.
Police to provide update today in Barry and Honey Sherman murder case
Inspector Hank Idsinga, lead officer in the homicide squad, will speak to the media at police headquarters at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
Photos: Royal Botanical Gardens is a winter wonderland
Winter Lights at the Rock Garden open weekends until Jan. 5
Five core financial principles that lead to wealth — for anyone
These have been pressure tested and highly researched and they work for anyone, at any income level, no matter what your age is.
Relieved residents move home for Christmas as asbestos removal continues in CityHousing Hamilton buildings
Tenants had to vacate 9th floor of Congress Crescent building after carcinogenic material discovered.
Ontario agency trying to shut down funeral operator’s use of new body disposal method
The process, called low-heat alkaline hydrolysis, uses a machine containing water and lye to break down human remains into liquid and bone.
Police investigating after 19 puppies stolen from a barn near Guelph
OPP say the owner listed the puppies on an online classified ad before the theft
‘My Christmas wish is lungs:’ A Nova Scotia man and the condition that could take his last breath
Jerry Craig is an advocate for increasing awareness about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and co-founded the Halifax support group in 2017. A new report says more needs to be done to help patients suffering with the debilitating condition.
Good Shepherd’s magical gateway to Christmas in Hamilton attracts more than 2,000 dinner guests
The Good Shepherd’s Christmas Wonderland event provides a free Christmas dinner as well as gifts, entertainment and some time with Santa Claus
Historical photos: The Christmas mail rush
December mail deluge once marked holiday season.
Rain, snowfall set off second treatment bypass in a month at Hamilton’s Woodward Wastewater Treatment Plant
Under a new city protocol, bypasses at the plant must be made public within 24 hours
Sales of electric vehicles plummet in Ontario after rebate cancellation
In the first six months of this year, sales were down more than 55 per cent from the same period in 2018.
Jury finds former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi guilty of fraud, corruption
A former SNC-Lavalin executive was found guilty on Sunday of paying off foreign officials and pocketing millions as he worked to secure contracts for the Canadian engineering company in Libya.
Will calls for change in Ontario’s death investigations gather dust on a shelf?
Solicitor general’s office didn’t appear to know the oversight council investigated complaints out of the Hamilton unit
Down in Topeka, they’ll pay you to live there
Cheap housing, rents, and money if you settle in area looking for people.
Mike Strange continues to fulfil Welland teen’s wish with toy drive
Niagara Falls councillor continues to fulfil Welland teen’s wish with toy drive
Vancouver couple gets US$9M jury verdict in Oregon cycling wreck
A jury has awarded more than $9 million in damages to a Canadian couple from Vancouver who were struck by an 18-wheeler truck while riding their bikes along an interstate highway in Oregon.
‘Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop’: Man shot to death in Kitchener; two others injured
Police believe shooting on Windale Crescent was targeted and that those involved knew each other.
Nova Scotia communities await decision on contentious pulp mill pipeline proposal
For pipefitter Ben Chisholm, an imminent decision on the future of a Nova Scotia pulp mill could keep tradespeople he represents employed for years — or it could create frightening job losses.
Granting Dalton’s dying wish
Niagara Falls councillor continues to fulfil Welland teen’s wish with toy drive
Toxic air, gases hamper search for last two of 16 volcano victims
New Zealanders to observe minute’s silence for victims of the disaster at 2:11 p.m. on Monday, exactly a week from the eruption.
Another opioid crisis is raging through the developing world
Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists.
Andrew Dreschel: 2019 was a really bad year for Mayor Fred
‘I’m seeing it as things we need to deal with’
Lorraine Sommerfeld: Shopping for perfection, and finding it
A special note while Motherlode was on the Mother Road sums it all up
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