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No shift in domestic homicide rates in spite of efforts, new research finds
Professor says the data should spark a conversation focusing less on individual circumstances and more on the way intimate partner violence is viewed in society at large.
Liberals return to B.C. to pitch climate plan
Liberals say they would commit Canada to net zero emissions by 2050
Where the party leaders are Wednesday
Where the party leaders are Wednesday
Photo: Batting practice
Ben Winger, 3, swings at a ball thrown by his father Jeff while taking hitting practice on a diamond in Gage Park. He is obsessed with baseball said his dad. At a recent Blue Jays game he was able to follow the on deck batting order and knew each of the players. He said when he grows up he wants to play for the Blue Jays.
Heat rises in climate fight on campaign trail
Trudeau takes fight to Singh's B.C. riding while Scheer boosts Tories in Ontario
Signpost: Adult literacy in spotlight at book sale and celebrity challenge
The Hamilton Literary Council is hosting a book sale and celebrity literacy challenge at Eastgate Square on Oct. 4.
Testing a nuclear disaster response at Mac
Reactor staff, police, fire and paramedics all taking part
Photo: Track time
Seth Martin does a lap of the pump track in Gage Park between rounds of studying with a fellow student from Redeemer University College. The students are on a special gap year program that sees them living in a home near the park with 12 students and two leaders. They recently completed a nine-day wilderness trip and are heading to Zambia shortly.
Outrage after air cadet robbed in Niagara Falls
“He reached out as if he was going to donate money, then said, ‘Don’t say a word,’ and took his box away.”
McMaster student group launches Global Climate Strike petition
McMaster Students for Climate Change Advocacy want the university to cancel classes, evaluations Friday afternoon for the local event
Indwell vows ‘real affordability’ at panned redevelopment of CityHousing Hamilton complex
The city-owned property is slated to be transformed into 600-plus apartments and condos with at least 15% reserved for affordable housing units
Doctor tells story of living with ALS and the technology the helped him do it
Jeff Sutherland wrote a 200-page book using an eye-tracking communication system outfitted by Hamilton’s Technology Access Clinic.
Scheer pledges easier tax rules for business
Conservatives pledge review of tax system to ease headaches for small businesses
Track time
Seth Martin does a lap of the pump track in Gage Park between rounds of studying with a fellow student from Redeemer University College. The students are on a special gap year program that sees them living in a home near the park with 12 students and two leaders. They recently completed a nine-day wilderness trip and are heading to Zambia shortly.
’No one is above the law’: Pelosi orders probe into Trump’s impeachment
Trump has all but dared Democrats to take this step, confident that the spectre of impeachment led by the opposition party would bolster his political support
House Democrats to begin formal impeachment inquiry of Trump
At issue are allegations that Trump pressured the president of Ukraine to open a corruption investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, and his son.
Nothing ‘routine’ about Meng Wanzhou’s treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence
Lawyers for the Huawei executive allege officials intentionally failed to properly document Meng’s questioning.
Confederation Park pond choked with invasive grasses, meets its match
Team from Weed B’ Gone used an amphibious vehicle to remove 16 Dumpsters worth of phragmites grass
BlackBerry stock dives after weak Q2 revenue attributed to key legacy business
Executive chairman John Chen told analysts that the weak revenue was mainly confined to a segment that provides software to organizations that require secure communications, such as government agencies and financial services.
Climate policies duel in campaign's second week
Parties' climate platforms stepping out in midst of global climate week
Bloc leader makes brief foray outside Quebec to express francophone solidarity
Blanchet made a stop in eastern Ontario to say that pursuing sovereignty doesn’t mean renouncing francophone and Acadian communities outside Quebec.
Ousted Liberal candidate cites double standard
Ousted Liberal candidate Hassan Guillet to run as Independent in Montreal riding
The top 10 books on Apple Books-US
The top 10 books on Apple Books-US
Singh promises cross-Canada clean-energy corridor, electric transit
An east-west power grid has long been discussed among provinces and the federal government, although no one has committed money to get it built.
Freeland to look into approval of Syria’s Assad-friendly honorary consul
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’ll look into why Ottawa signed off on a sympathizer of Syrian President Bashar Assad as that country’s honorary consul in Montreal.
Cheap rent? Indwell aims to boost affordability of city’s massive Jamesville housing redevelopment
The city-owned property is slated to be transformed into 600-plus apartments and condos with at least 15% reserved for affordable housing units
Election: Trudeau, Scheer and Singh launch attacks in climate change fight on campaign trail
Long-simmering political differences over climate change boiled over into a series of personal attacks between the Liberal and Conservative leaders on the campaign trail Tuesday.
Thomas Cook under microscope as U.K. struggles to bring home thousands of Britons stranded by travel agency’s bankruptcy
Questions swirl about execs’ bonuses in weeks leading up to the firm’s closure
Twitter security chief Yoel Roth says there is no sign of co-ordinated foreign interference in Canada’s election
Yoel Roth, head of Twiter’s site integrity, said the platform relies on parties and users reporting tweets that violate policies against misleading information, voter suppression or pretending to be someone you’re not.
No injuries reported in shooting at Wentworth and Cannon
Shooting led to temporary hold and secure at Cathedral and Cathy Wever schools
Climate policies emerge in campaign's second week
Parties' climate platforms stepping out in midst of global climate week
Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was illegal, British high court rules
The historic move by Britain’s Supreme Court offered a ringing endorsement of Parliament’s sovereignty and slapped down what it viewed as Johnson’s attempt to use executive power to silence the legislature.
MobiTrac cuts the grass, while on the water
Pond at Confederation Park choked with invasive grasses, meets its match
Traffic 'bad enough as it is': Residents give feedback on to proposed iConnect Waterdown development
THE ISSUE: iConnect developmentTHE IMPACT: Potential additional traffic.
Liberals to cut taxes for clean-tech firms
Liberals say they would commit Canada to net zero emissions by 2050
Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over diesel scandal
VW says the allegations are “groundless.”
McMaster, GTHA post-secondary institutions launch transportation research partnership
The researchers will examine how the roughly 600,000 students who attend post-secondary schools in the region use transportation.
Bloc leader makes campaign stop in Ontario
Bloc leader makes brief foray outside Quebec to express francophone solidarity
Ontario high school teachers ‘open up’ when it comes to bargaining — the OSSTF will post its positions and updates online for everyone to see
Open bargaining is a new concept to Ontario, one that is being used in Saskatchewan and some American states. Its meant to be transparent, and prevent either side from making extreme demands.
A look at the parties' election promises
Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
Hold and secure lifted after disturbance at Wentworth and Cannon
Hold and secure lifted at Cathedral High School and Cathy Wever Elementary School
Reality TV show gives Brantford ‘average white guy’ wake-up call on Indigenous issues
Over the course of 28 days, six Canadians who hold stereotypical, sometimes racist views toward Indigenous people are drawn out of their comfort zones and dropped into Indigenous communities.
Singh lays out NDP's climate policies
Singh promises cross-Canada clean energy corridor as part of NDP's climate plan
No major manipulation attempts yet: Twitter
Twitter says Canadian election so far free of major manipulation attempts
Flamborough residents chat with police officers over coffee at Waterdown cafe
Flamborough residents got the chance to chat with police officers over coffee Sept. 18 at Waterdown’s Copper Kettle Cafe.
Hamilton police searching east end home after overnight assault
Officers just shut down the area of Gainsborough Road and Keats Road, an area which is located just east of Centennial Parkway near Delawana Drive.
Thousands of Ontario unionized school workers set for job action starting Monday
Some 55,000 unionized school custodians, office staff, early childhood educators, and education assistants are gearing up for job action next week.
Ousted Liberal candidate to run as Independent
Ousted Liberal candidate Hassan Guillet to run as Independent in Montreal riding
Hamilton school board to give youth groups one-time bailout
Hamilton’s public school board will tap a reserve fund for up to $100,000 to soften the blow to nonprofit youth groups hit with steep rental fee increases for after-hours use of gyms following an $850,000 cut to subsidies by the Ford government.
Scheer, Singh skeptical of Liberal climate plan
Trudeau takes fight to Singh's B.C. riding while Scheer boosts Tories in Ontario
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