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Updated 2025-02-06 02:00
Ontario Cannabis Store president announces resignation
The OCS will bring in an interim CEO after Patrick Ford, who helped launch the agency for legalization last year, announces his departure.
Opposition campaign launched to fight Quebec’s religious symbols law
People from various faiths gathered in a downtown Montreal church Thursday to declare their intention to keep battling the province’s secularism law, which prohibits some public servants from wearing religious symbols on the job.
Many chinook, sockeye salmon now passing Fraser River slide on their own: DFO
Helicopter airlifts of migrating salmon have been temporarily halted at a rock slide in British Columbia’s Fraser River because officials say large numbers of fish are now getting past the obstruction on their own.
Montreal man pleads guilty to murder of unborn child
A Montreal man pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in a stabbing attack that killed his unborn child and seriously injured the baby’s mother.
Toronto school kids possibly pricked by discarded syringes near school
Toronto police say three schoolchildren were sent for medical attention after picking up discarded syringes they found.
‘Please pray for our Bahamasland,’ Canadian victim wrote before Dorian hit
Hours before hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas obliterating entire neighbourhoods, Alishia Sabrina Liolli asked her friends and loved ones on social media to pray for her family and the small island she called home.
China uses arbitrary detentions as ‘tool’ to achieve ‘political goals’: Trudeau
“This is not acceptable behaviour in the international community.”
Suspect in 2017 murder of Hamilton resident Leonard Pinnock extradited from U.S. custody
Toronto police investigators at the time said the April 2017 shooting of Pinnock appeared to have been “choreographed” and “unprovoked.”
U.S. soldier, civilians killed by Taliban bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan
Second major attack in a week comes as the Afghan government warns the U.S. is trying to pull out of country too fast
Hurricane Dorian rakes Carolinas as it moves up the coast
Hurricane does less damaged than expected to Carolinas.
Ontario proposes deal with Ottawa to build French-language university
The Tories scrapped the project in November, a move that sparked outrage among Franco-Ontarians.
Dozens occupy turkey barn in Alberta to protest animal living conditions
The farmer said he had nothing to hide and allowed protesters to tour a barn with police officers.
The tease is over: Hamilton’s last strip club shuts down on Barton Street
The demise of the Hamilton Strip effectively bans peeler joints from the lower city. It also signals the end of a history-laden building that started life as Hotel Hanrahan.
Hamilton Coun. Esther Pauls looks to score with arena at Lime Ridge Mall
"If you look at Lime Ridge Mall, don't you think it's another downtown?" says Coun. Esther Pauls.
Hamilton study sheds light on why mental health patients quit treatment
“It’s the type of work that can hopefully lead to a paradigm shift in the way we think about psychiatric disorders more broadly,” said leader researcher Dr. Michael Amlung.
Struggling media could get lift from Competition Bureau digital review: group
An association of Canadian media organizations is welcoming the Competition Bureau’s examination of digital giants like Facebook and Google that have decimated traditional media.
DNA hints the Loch Ness ‘monster’ might be giant eel
A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel.
Johnson seeks U.K. election bid as political foes push back
Boxed in by opponents and abandoned politically even by his own brother, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggled Thursday to keep his Brexit plans on track, and he accused lawmakers of thwarting democracy by blocking his call for a new election.
Hamilton breweries supporting local shelters
Two Hamilton-based breweries are teaming up to support Hamilton shelters.
Rare, two-headed rattlesnake found in New Jersey forest
Herpetological Associates says the snake has two brains and each head acts independently of the other.
Justin Trudeau: Canadians are counting on us to keep moving forward
Even if making life better for the middle class sounds like a no-brainer, it’s not something we can take for granted. It’s something we have to keep fighting for, every day, the Liberal leader writes.
Companies in U.S. blame trade for 10,488 job cuts in August
While economy strong, some damage done via tariffs on Chinses goods.
Canada’s middle class feels the squeeze
With a high cost of living and wages that haven’t kept up, incomes don’t stretch as far as they used to.
Unoccupied DARTS bus hit at King Street East convenience store
Driver of car suffered non-life threatening injuries in crash
Iran poised for faster centrifuges as nuclear deal unravels
Iran has yet to say officially what exact steps it will take as a deadline it gave Europeans to salvage the deal expires Friday.
Giving teens a credit card early may teach financial lessons early
It’s important to teach how credit scores work, and the implications of not keeping up with bill payments
HK leader says bill withdrawal own decision, not Beijing’s
Extradition bill sparked months of demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory
Italy’s new government takes office, but for how long?
Premier Giuseppe Conte’s first 14-month-long coalition imploded after his right-wing League partner pulled out of the government.
Missing Hamilton man found safe
Paul Christmas returned on his own to family member’s residence.
7 Shake Slime kits for kids recalled due to high boric acid content
Health Canada says consumers should immediately take the toy away from kids and dispose of it.
Hamilton man in head-on crash was on his way to get key for first house with wife
Jacob Hodge in intensive care at Hamilton General Hospital.
More women say opera legend Domingo harassed, pursued them
More women say opera legend Domingo harassed, pursued them
Hamilton to expand LGBTQ advisory committee membership
"No one person can speak to the collective living experience of their communities," said Violetta Nikolskaya, vice-chair LGBTQ advisory committee.
An exchange between Lil Nas X and Kevin Hart went viral. But maybe not the way 'The Shop' had hoped
It did go viral - but perhaps not in the way the show's creators had hoped.
Darko Vranich has highrise plans for the old Bellissimo Motors at King and Sanford
With three projects already under way, Vrancor is now planning a building to take advantage of the LRT.
Loonie among top-performing currencies as Bank of Canada signals no rush to ease rates
The loonie gained about 0.9 per cent to $1.3224, the most since January, and is up 3.1 per cent this year.
Ontario drivers can show electronic pink slip
Ontario drivers can now carry electronic proof of their auto insurance on their smartphones or other devices.
Should you let your teen have a credit card?
Giving teens a credit card early may teach financial lessons early
Hamilton police seek suspect in Ancaster Meadowlands break-in
Hamilton police are looking for a male suspect in connection with an Aug. 9 break-in at an Ancaster Meadowlands home.
Hamilton police seek suspect in Ancaster Meadowlands break-and-enter
Hamilton Police are looking for a male suspect in connection with an Aug. 9 break-and-enter at an Ancaster Meadowlands home.
Boris Johnson's brother quits government over 'unresolvable tension' between family and 'national interest'
His abrupt resignation is just the latest bit of bad news for his brother, who has promised to deliver Brexit.
Posty the dog now wagging his tail after ‘years’ of neglect
Shih-tzu mix found abandoned at a gas station, but will soon be ready for adoption.
Watchdog looks into anti-competition practices in the digital economy
Canada’s competition watchdog wants information on what companies in the digital economy may be doing to harm competition as part of a ramp up in scrutiny on the practices of digital behemoths.
Widow left to pick up pieces after man released from psychiatric ward stands accused of killing again
Javed Bhutto, a caregiver to mentally disabled adults, got home from work about 11 that morning with bags of groceries in his Toyota Corolla. After his overnight shift at a residential facility, he had stopped in a supermarket with a list from his wife. In the parking lot of the small condo complex where the couple lived, he stepped out of his car in the chill March air, opened the trunk and reached for his bundles.
Hit and run victim’s family members sit at the scene waiting for driver to come forward
Members of Celeste Jones’s family have been sitting on the side of Sheppard Ave. E. since she was fatally struck by a vehicle there last week, hoping to convince the still-unidentified driver to surrender to police.
Watchdog looks into anti-competition practices in the digital economy
Canada’s competition watchdog wants information on what companies in the digital economy may be doing to harm competition as part of a ramp up in scrutiny on the practices of digital behemoths.
Toronto home sales in August up: TREB
Toronto real estate board says August home sales up 13.4% compared with year ago
Massive international rescue and relief effort underway in ravaged Bahamas as hurricane Dorian aims at Carolinas
The death toll late Wednesday was 20
'Many tears being shed': Family mourns Burlington dad killed in motorcycle crash
Walter Ritchi was pronounced dead at Hamilton General Hospital Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours after he was involved in a horrific crash in Burlington.
Steelworkers union takes aim at federal Liberals ahead of fall vote
One of the country’s largest private-sector unions is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of failing to make good on his pledges to improve life for working families.
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