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Will your child’s school be closed tomorrow?
All public high schools, along with all French Catholic and French public elementary and secondary schools, will also close to students amid strike action
Sudan says at least 23 killed in factory fire
More than 130 people injured, several critically, after fuel tanker explodes.
Solar panels on Hamilton-made tractor trailer keep cargo cool
Loblaw putting West Hill Innovation project to the test
Executive director Diana Weir leaving Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra for Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The HPO’s executive director Diana Weir has overseen several years of strong growth and healthy budgets for the orchestra. Now she’s leaving to take up a new vice-presidency with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Photos: Ballet Jorgen dancers preview Nutcracker
Dancers perform selected excerpts from the upcoming holiday production
Toronto Maple Leafs fan busted for cocaine possession at U.S. border
Officers noticed a strong odour of marijuana coming from the car and referred the vehicle for secondary inspection
Guelph boy doing well one year after receiving father’s kidney
One year after receiving one of his father’s kidneys, four-year-old Benjamin Catton is heading to school, making friends and enjoying spending his childhood outside of a hospital room.
Shipping gifts last minute can be costly
If you need to ship your holiday gifts, plan ahead or end up paying more
Burlington health team to bring together health and social service organizations
OHT ‘is a great opportunity to transform the health-care system,’ says wellness council chair
Snatched wind chimes returned to Burlington home
The musical objects were snatched from the Headon Road home on Nov. 10 at 6:52 a.m.
Bank of Montreal to trim 5 per cent of workforce, with cuts across business
The Bank of Montreal's fourth-quarter profit fell to $1.19 billion as it was hit by a restructuring charge related primarily to severance that will affect about five per cent of the its global workforce, the bank announced Tuesday.
Ontarians with full and part-time jobs increasingly using food banks: Report
Feed Ontario says the province's labour market conditions make it difficult for workers to make ends meet.
Three hurt, including two firefighters after suspicious blaze at vacant Barton Street East building
Hamilton police, OFM investigating suspicious fire
Toy makers banking on ‘Frozen’ and ‘Star Wars’ to stay afloat
Licensing others’ intellectual property is more important than ever as kids’ wish lists are influenced by not just film and TV but video games, YouTube and other digital platforms.
Global growth malaise seeps into Canadian consumer confidence
The Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index, a composite gauge based on weekly telephone polling, ended November at 54.8, the lowest month-end reading since January and well below historical averages.
How happy are Hamilton renters?
Affordability and lack of space are major concerns, according to survey.
WestJet CEO sees Boeing 737 Max flying worldwide in early 2020
Canadian regulators are working with their counterparts in the U.S. and Europe to re-certify the jet, which was banned from commercial flight in March after two crashes killed 346 people.
Italian pasta increasingly is made of wheat from Canada and U.S.
Foul weather in the European Union is foiling efforts by Italy to protect its farmers by adopting country-of-origin labelling rules in 2017 to effectively limit imports.
Prince Andrew accuser tells BBC she was forced to have sex with the British royal
Andrew denied all allegations of impropriety and said he had no recollection of even meeting Giuffre.
This Amazon gig platform can pay pennies a task. Why are Canadians using it?
At its best, Amazon Mechanical Turk is a low-barrier source of income that lets you earn from your living room. At its worst, it’s a penny-paying platform fuelled by a workforce with few on-the-job protections.
Kellyanne Conway tweeted about Joe Biden and Ukraine. Then her husband replied
The barb appears to be the first time George Conway had aimed his Twitter account, and its near-million-person following, squarely at his spouse
Clock ticking toward possible pre-Christmas HSR bus strike
The city’s transit union says it will file a no board report, which would kick-start a 17-day wait for HSR bus drivers to be in a legal strike position.
Picket lines to appear outside eight Hamilton secondary schools Wednesday
All public high schools will also close to students amid strike action
Sewergate: Hamilton faces new provincial order over sewage spill into Cootes Paradise
Ontario’s Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks wants a separate damage report and monitoring plan for the nationally protected marsh by May.
Hamilton to examine photo radar for school zones in early 2020
Ontario’s regulatory changes will allow municipalities to ticket or charge drivers in school and safety zones on roads with a speed limit of less than 80 km/h.
Over 100 Hamilton households without power
Alectra says power should be restored by 11 p.m. tonight
Hamilton to review municipal alcohol policy as city staff raise substance use concerns
Look at 2011 framework comes amid liberalization of sales and consumption rules in Ontario
Premiers ask for more health funding, express hesitation on pharmacare
“Don’t start broadening health care when you can’t get it right now.”
Media Central buys Now Magazine with ambitions for alternative media landscape
The startup media company said Monday that the magazine will provide it with millions of annual readers through its 500,000 weekly readers and a website that sees more than 729,000 unique visits a month.
Judge relied on rape myths appeal court says in overturning sex assault acquittal
The appeal court noted the stereotypical assumption that if a woman is not dressed modestly she is consenting “no longer finds a place in Canadian law.”
North Carolina elk gets tangled up in hammock
Homeowner says elk often eat apples in his yard and play with his hammock.
Philippine capital warned as strong typhoon approaches
Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport would close from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
Putin signs bill targeting journalists and bloggers
It comes in response to the decision by the U.S. Justice Department to label the Russian state-funded RT television a foreign agent.
Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk to grade Ford government on climate, justice, health and public safety
In a report released Wednesday, she’ll reveal whether the Tories’ plan to reduce emissions, in the wake of cancelling cap and trade, is working.
Stretch of Toronto subway shut down, stations evacuated due to fire
Nearly 200 commuters were forced to evacuate a train and trudge through a smoky tunnel after a small fire shut down a stretch of Toronto’s busy crosstown line for several hours Monday morning.
Manitoba First Nation seeking class action over boil water advisories
“These conditions constitute nothing less than a national embarrassment.”
Trudeau to mark NATO’s 70th anniversary amid questions about military alliance’s future
Canada is set to spend about 1.31 per cent of its gross GDP on defence for the second year in a row.
Chantal Hébert: Trudeau’s climate change challenge will determine the fate of this minority Parliament
Thursday’s throne speech is already virtually guaranteed to include a bone that will stick in the craw of the third parties, Chantal Hébert writes.
Trump to tariff steel and aluminum from Argentina and Brazil, blaming them for U.S. farmers’ losses
Both countries have benefited from America’s trade war with China to export more agricultural goods to China.
Londoners attend vigil for victims of ex-convict’s stabbing attack as politicians trade blame
Released from prison where he’d been held on terrorism charges, Usman Khan stabbed two people to death and injured three others Friday before being shot and killed by police on London Bridge.
Corrections
The phone number and address for Uncle Ray’s and the phone number for Sensational Samosas were incorrect in a story Saturday, Nov. 30.
Diane Galambos: 4 places Hamilton foodies should try
Updates and openings in the area dining scene
Driver with nine distracted-driving convictions charged for 10th time by Burlington OPP
Pickup truck driver pulled over Monday in icy conditions on Highway 403, police say
UPDATE: 958 remain without power in Hamilton
Hamilton police couldn’t keep up with calls for downed lines and trees
Anonymous $1-million donor wants to see new Hamilton aviary built in her lifetime
Councillors agree to ask for extension to study potential bird sanctuary at Gage Park
Amazon, Walmart face the ire of 70 million shopkeepers in India
India's shopkeepers are mobilizing against the global e-commerce giants, alleging they are engaged in predatory pricing in violation of new rules meant to protect local businesses.
A new home for Sister Teresita, my old principal
Just 12 nuns remain at the Sisters of St. Joseph convent in Dundas
What Don Cherry, Canada's Archie Bunker, shows us about cancel culture
The work of Harvard University professor Robert Putnam can help us understand the implications of what the Cherry fiasco unveiled.
‘Incredible Story of Survival’: Woman rescued after 12 days in Outback
She was treated for dehydration and exposure
Cyber Monday: What to know before you shop
Here's what you need to know if you're planning to shop.
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