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Updated 2025-02-04 02:45
Stolen fire truck sparks police pursuit in Winnipeg, suspect arrested
Investigators say the fire truck was parked after responding to a medical call when it was taken.
Photos + video: 100 rally in Gore Park for action on climate change
Protesters make themselves heard at city hall.
Ontario high school teacher talks resume this weekend as threat of one-day strike looms
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says 60,000 members — who work in all 31 English public boards and a number of Catholic and French boards — will walk off the job Dec. 4 if no deal is reached.
Blast of winter expected Sunday
Environment Canada says freezing rain, snow into Monday morning are possible
Mexico’s point man on USMCA trade deal says final details being ironed out to win approval
Mexico’s point man on the new North American free-trade agreement shed some light on the remaining impediments to finalizing the deal by end of year — suggesting everyone could be shaking hands by next week if there’s enough political will.
Botcher moves into tie at Canada Cup with extra end win over Jacobs
Toronto’s Epping defeated Glenn Howard of Penetanguishene, Ont., 7-2.
EU’s Tusk and Juncker bow out as new team prepares to move in
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will be replaced by Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen, and Belgium’s Charles Michel will succeed Donald Tusk as EU Council president.
New strawberry-flavoured HIV drugs for babies offered at $1 a day
About 80,000 babies and toddlers die of AIDS each year, mostly in Africa, in part because their medicines come in hard pills or bitter syrups that are very difficult for small children to swallow or keep down.
Halifax police apologize to Black community for pain caused by street checks
“This is going to be a journey, and for Halifax Regional Police, that journey starts now.”
Thomas Walkom: When it comes to labour standards, Canada is living in a glass house
Yes, Mexican labour standards are worse than those of its northern neighbours. But Canada and the U.S. are far from perfect.
Westdale teachers hold info picket over lunch break from anti-bullying training
About 90 Westdale High School teachers took advantage of their professional activity day, where they were participating in the HWDSB’s anti-bullying initiative, to have a unified noon hour information picket Friday, November 29, 2019 as contract talks with the province continue. The teachers had been holding staggered noon-hour pickets all week but it was the first time they were all able to join in at one time.
Drugs, gun, ammunition seized by police in Hamilton traffic stop
Five men facing firearm and drug charges after Nov. 28 arrest
Sucks to be you: Prozzäk says farewell, reveals its Hamilton connection
Prozzäk’s guitarist James Bryan McCollum says goodbye to his cartoon alter ego, lovelorn pop songs and his old life in Toronto
Ed Canning: When it comes to theft allegations, employers should watch their step
Former employee awarded $170,000 in wrongful dismissal suit
Ontario High school teachers and the province to resume talks this weekend as threat of one-day strike looms
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says 60,000 members — who work in all 31 English public boards and a number of Catholic and French boards — will walk off the job Dec. 4 if no deal is reached.
DHL Express breaks ground on $100-million expansion at airport
Expansion quadruples the company’s space to 200,000 square feet.
What Ford F-150 owners think of the Tesla Cybertruck
Elon Musk infamously failed in proving the shatterproof quality of the Cybertruck's armoured glass
Shoppers head out Black Friday instead of Boxing Day in search of holiday gifts
The shift comes as consumers increasingly plan to spend before Christmas and check gifts off their holiday lists, industry watchers say, and the change offers retailers a slight edge.
Ontario court dismisses Subway's lawsuit against CBC over chicken report
The CBC and Trent, meanwhile, asked the court to throw out the suit before it went to trial under so-called anti-SLAPP legislation, which aims to protect free speech on matters of public interest.
Buying gift cards for the holidays? Beware of this new scam
This novel new swindle is not a surprise considering the popularity of these easy-to-give gifts
Diane Galambos: Hamilton restaurant news you can chew on
Updates and openings in the area dining scene
Italy or Mexico? WestJet winners in Fort Erie still deciding
Community Living Christmas fundraiser brings in $41,000
A golden childhood under a cloud of war: Daughter of former Spec editor brings to life a time and place quite unlike any other
Valerie Nielsen’s Golden Girl: A Child In Wartime England evokes the charms of a youth spent in a part of England both sheltered from and exposed to the wages of war
PHOTOS & VIDEO: CP Holiday Train stops in Hamilton
Popular annual event hits Gage Park with festive lights and live music
WEEKEND EVENTS: Seven things to do in the Hamilton area this weekend
Stretch your legs on a nighttime run, take part in the opening of a new local park or check out the Santa Claus parade in Binbrook. Here are seven things to do in Hamilton and area this first weekend of December:
Pizza delivery scam leaves Cambridge couple piping hot
Victim questioning an inside job or app hack
Cambridge man guilty of attempted murder after being told to keep dog off lawn
David Antonison, 67, was found guilty Thursday of attempted murder for shooting up the Coghill home on Eagle Street South on Nov. 2, 2017.
With Scheer unable to escape the shadow of his religious beliefs, his social positions play well in home base
While many Canadians say federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer needs to shift his position on social issues, some Saskatchewanians say it’s that very same stance that makes him appealing.
Andrew Dreschel: Months of secrecy end thanks to whistleblower
Marathon council meeting full of tension, emotion and posturing
Is this your stuff? Halton police seek owners in treasure trove of stolen goods
The break-ins date back to January and the cases were referred to as the “Under Armour bandit” by police due to a unique shoe impression at multiple scenes.
A Canadian vanishes from a Mexican resort town. His daughter unearths disturbing details
Frustrated by slow police and consular response, Madsen’s daughter has investigated her father’s yearlong disappearance and unearthed disturbing details of events in Puerto Vallarta on Oct. 28, 2018.
$640,000 for a backsplit Hamilton, $1,075M for a two-storey detached in Oshawa: How much these GTA houses sold for
The listing and sale details of recently sold GTA properties
Charlie Brown Christmas trees for Hamilton?
Hamilton Christmas tree farms owners warn they’re facing shortages, with one factor being the recession of 2008
She’s in charge of Canada’s first ‘body farm’ and yes, she knows that’s creepy
Shari Forbes, has studied death for years — specifically, what happens to the human body after death.
UPDATE: Power restored in west Hamilton
Alectra Utilities had a power outage in the Westdale and Ainslie Wood areas that affected about 2,840 customers on Thursday evening.
This Hamilton artist was born to sew
Cornelia Wilhelm never knows what she’ll conjure up from her basket of floss, beads, sequins and wool
CP Holiday Train stops in Hamilton
Popular annual event hits Gage Park with festive lights and live music
Computer issues may delay murder trial for Alek Minassian in Toronto van attack
Police ran automated software continually for eight months in an effort to crack the password on Minassian’s Apple laptop.
Comedian Mike Ward loses appeal over penalty for joke about disabled boy
Quebec’s highest court largely upheld a human right’s tribunal’s ruling requiring a comedian to pay damages to a singer with disabilities whom he mocked, while overturning the part of the decision ordering Mike Ward to also pay $7,000 to the victim’s mother.
Scott Radley: Dispute has Redeemer soccer dome at risk of closing
Facility could close on Jan. 1
Ban Black Friday? French activists, lawmakers want to try
Black Friday has morphed into a global phenomenon even though it stems from a specific U.S. holiday: Thanksgiving Thursday.
Kathy Renwald: our borrowed landscape is a view of Hamilton Harbour
In garden design, it’s called the borrowed landscape. If your garden has a backdrop of mountains, a lake, or a forest, that becomes part of your garden. It is the borrowed landscape.
Five things we learned from the Dale King murder trial
A jury found the 21-year-old not guilty for the reason of self-defence
Months of secrecy end thanks to whistleblower
Marathon council meeting full of tension, emotion and posturing
Three children among seven victims of deadly plane crash in Kingston: TSB
Ken Webster, the TSB investigator heading up the probe, said early indications are that the plane was making plans to land in Kingston but was ultimately bound for Quebec City.
China furious, Hong Kong celebrates after U.S. moves on human rights bills
Hong Kong, a former British colony that was granted semiautonomy when China took control in 1997, has been rocked by six months of sometimes violent pro-democracy demonstrations.
Sewage secrets released: Hamilton council apologizes, makes Chedoke spill documents public
City must now decide how to clean creek contamination that is a foot deep
High winds, rain at time of Kingston crash
Seven killed, including three children of American-registered plane.
Hamilton students bring robots to life
St. John Paul II Catholic Elementary School coding team is preparing for Hour of Code next month
Power expected back in Westdale by 10 p.m.
Alectra Utilities reports a power outage in the Westdale and Ainslie Wood areas is affecting about 2,500 customers on Thursday evening.
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