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Kathy Renwald: A trip to Ikea helps Dundas woman find happiness in her ‘one-arm friendly’ home
Sandy Lambert got the help she needed, and the planning that worked
Become a Google super searcher with these 17 tips
There are ways to keep the most private questions as private as possible whilst performing an internet search, and to get the most from a Google search.
No new talks scheduled and teachers warn more strikes are possible
The Wednesday walkout by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is the first in more than two decades — and union says more could be on the way
Sewergate: E. coli levels were off the charts in Chedoke Creek during sewage spill
Water tests showed grossly high spikes of harmful bacteria every year a city sewage tank gate was left open. So why did it take four years to discover the spill?
Teen apprehended after toddler injured in Mountain home
Police negotiators and tactical teams were dealing with male barricaded in Rymal Road East home
Hamilton man arrested in relation to November BB gun attack
A man was shot in the face in the air rifle attack following an argument
Court backlog growing and courtrooms sit empty for hours every day: auditor
Ontario’s auditor general painted a grim picture Wednesday of a plodding justice system, plagued by worsening delays and outdated technology.
Bob Bratina wishes you a merry, er ... December
Bratina greeting tweet raises blizzard of outrage for not mentioning ‘Christmas’
Ottawa’s plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women due by June: Bennett
“Every community must be able to see themselves in the plan.”
Hamilton high school teachers take contract dispute to streets
Hamilton public high school teachers joined a provincial one-day strike on Wednesday to show support for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) in contract talks with the Ministry of Education.
N.S. girl earns bravery award for saving family from van that plunged into river
With her little brother unconscious and her mother, Candice Hicks, badly injured, Sophia freed her sister from her seatbelt and helped her escape the van. She then climbed the embankment to flag down another motorist for help.
UPDATED: Teen apprehended after toddler injured in Mountain home
Police negotiators and tactical teams were dealing with male barricaded in Rymal Road East home
A driver thought he’d put an injured dog in his back seat. It was a coyote
Authorities warn that putting a large predatory mammal in the back seat of your car isn’t a good idea.
Hamilton mayor calls plan to channel growth into Elfrida a ‘mistake’
City has identified area on southeast Mountain could be home to as many as 80,000 people and jobs
Former Oakville hockey coach facing child pornography charges previously pleaded guilty to indecent act
The plea came in 2017 after Jared Gould was charged in connection with allegations of sexual offences involving children under 16.
Graham Rockingham’s best bets for music in Hamilton
Teenage Head, Ginger St. James, Tim Baker, Sonny Del-Rio, Samantha Martin are all playing the Hamilton area this week.
Buffalo bishop resigns after scandal over secret list of abusive priests
First, a whistleblower revealed that Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo had kept files about abusive priests that he hid from the public. Then leaked recordings showed that he was reluctant to remove a parish priest whom he called a “sick puppy.”
11 things Ontario’s auditor general reveals
Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk found problems with nursing home food, disability support costs, jails and Ontario’s climate change plan
City to share ’chronology’ of west Hamilton sewage spill
Councillor says more details could be included in list of updates to elected officials
UPDATE: Male apprehended after toddler injured in Mountain home
Police negotiators and tactical teams were dealing with male barricaded in Rymal Road East home
Ford government’s climate change plan is not based on ‘sound evidence,’ auditor general says
The Progressive Conservative government’s calculations have been flawed on many levels, Bonnie Lysak concludes.
Mother who said her children, 8 and 4, hanged themselves is charged with their murders
Lisa Rachelle Snyder's explanation for the tragic deaths of her young children, Conner and Brinley, never sat well with authorities.
As Samoa fights a deadly measles crisis, unvaccinated people are told to mark homes with red flags
Vaccination for all Samoans ages 6 months to 60 years will be free, the government said, but the top priority is children under age 4 because they are most at risk of deadly complications
Climate change to push food prices higher for average Canadian family
Report predicts up to 4 per cent hike in 2020
UPDATE: Toddler stable after ‘traumatic injuries,’ man barricaded in Mountain home
Police negotiators and tactical teams are on scene and say they are dealing with a male
Trump calls Trudeau ‘two-faced’ after video showing Trudeau, NATO leaders candidly talking about Trump goes viral
Trudeau is scheduled to hold a news conference at the end of the NATO summit on Wednesday.
McDonald's late entry into the chicken sandwich frenzy sounds very familiar
The fast-food behemoth announced that on Monday it would begin testing a new crispy chicken sandwich
Huawei moving research to Canada
Huawei Technologies Co. plans to shift its research centre to Canada from the U.S. and manufacture some 5G equipment in Europe in a move to diversify its footprint as it faces increased hostility from the Trump administration, the Globe and Mail reported Tuesday.
Three companies tied to massive meat recall lose licences
List of products possibly contaminated with E. coli grew to 892 by November
Population boom masks lingering productivity concerns in Canada
Economists are puzzled over a persistent lack of efficiency gains, as a strong labour force nevertheless continues to drive growth.
Strike will affect CN Rail’s profit
The railway says it is now targeting 2019 adjusted diluted earnings per share growth in the low to mid single-digit range compared with last year's adjusted diluted earnings per share of $5.50.
BREAKING: Baby to hospital with ‘traumatic injuries,’ man barricaded in Mountain home
A baby is in hospital with ‘traumatic injuries’ and Hamilton police are asking the public to avoid a stretch of Rymal Road early Wednesday for an investigation.
Ontario’s public secondary teachers hit the picket lines Wednesday, Hamilton schools closed
All public elementary schools are open. All Catholic elementary and secondary schools are open.
Former Toronto-based Vice editor sentenced to nine years for scheme to import 40 kg of cocaine to Australia
Yaroslav Pastukhov, who called himself Slava Pastuk, had pleaded guilty earlier this fall for a conspiracy in which he recruited five others to transport $20 million worth of cocaine from Canada to Australia.
Bail hearing set for man accused of killing mom and her husband in Dundas fire
Richard Taylor is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for deaths of Carla and Alan Rutherford
Andrew Dreschel: Hamilton city council voted for Sewergate secrecy on verge of 2018 election
Though the city notified the public of a large sewage spill in July, councillors didn’t breathe a word about its gargantuan size nor four-and-a-half-year duration during their re-election bids, writes Andrew Dreschel.
City of Hamilton plan to adopt out animals ‘directly’ competes with SPCA
Past board chair for rescue organization says move will impact budget and leave them with the more difficult cases
Food prices up amid climate change: report
Climate change to push food prices higher, report predicts up to 4% hike in 2020
Photo: Riding a wintery wave
Matthew Glenn, 17, of Burlington, rides a wave while surfing off the Hamilton beach strip near the Burlington Canal on Monday. His dad, Ray, said the waves Sunday were “insane” and the water was busy with surfers trying their luck.
Photo: Home sweet boat
Scott Austin, left, gets help spreading a plastic cover over his 26.5 foot sailboat named Masaya Tuesday as he prepares to spend his third winter on the boat he bought in Florida and sailed to Hamilton.
Transport agency asks for public input on air travel for disabled people
Statements from the Canadian Transportation Agency and Statistics Canada differed in scope and content, but both touched on issues that disabled Canadians have long said lacked adequate attention.
Police charge one more person, lay additional charges in connection with Bernier protest in September
Four people previously charged in connection with altercations that took place outside a People’s Party of Canada event
Canadian students performed better than OECD average in international test
The latest results of the Programme for International Student Assessment, released Tuesday, suggest that after a certain spending threshold, there is almost no relationship between the amount invested in education and student performance.
PHOTOS: Down she goes
A worker cuts down a tree behind The Right House
National focus needed on Indigenous youth suicide crisis: Assembly of First Nations
National Chief Perry Bellegarde said action must be taken to stop those from feeling so hopeless they resort to self-harm.
Trudeau sidesteps Trump question about Canadian defence spending
Canada spends 1.31 per cent of its GDP, while others pledge to hit two per cent as per agreement.
Hamilton LRT demolition will wait until next year
Metrolinx will now start knocking down the growing inventory of empty, boarded-up buildings in the spring, starting with those at ‘higher risk’ for trespassing.
Federal government says its surplus and forfeited goods make great holiday gifts
Forty per cent of the department’s sales are from used vehicles.
Talks stall as midnight deadline for one-day high school teacher strike looms
Boards like the Waterloo Region District School Board where the OSSTF also represents education workers will close both high schools and elementary schools if a strike occurs.
Student, officer injured in another American high school shooting
“A teacher shoved me into a classroom, and we started barricading the doors, and we all huddled in the corner, and there were gunshots.”
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