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Updated 2025-02-06 10:46
Driver, 19, injured last week in Highway 407 collision dies
The driver was critically injured when his car broke down and was rear-ended by another vehicle, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said at the time of the collision.
Police identify Audrey Auld as Hamilton woman killed in Hwy. 6 crash in Caledonia
93-year-old Audrey Auld died of her injuries in hospital
Hamilton sets new fee in anticipation of urban boundary expansion applications
Cost for the new urban boundary expansion application will be $67,875.
This Nova Scotia cancer patient has a question for Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek
Brenda McCarthy, who is battling the same type of pancreative cancer Alex Trebek was diagnosed with, hopes the Jeopardy! host might help raise awareness about her efforts to bring a new radiation treatment to Cape Breton.
Burgers to Beat MS Day is back at Hamilton-area A&W restaurants
Priya Dhillon expects to serve thousands of Teen Burgers at her family’s seven Hamilton-area A&W Restaurants on Aug. 22, as part of Burgers to Beat MS Day.
UPDATE: Missing senior, Robert Renton found safe
The 83-year-old was spotted driving his Chrysler Intrepid in the West Grey area of Ontario.
Jury backs Nicholas Sparks in lawsuit by former school head
A jury will decide whether the former head of a private Christian school that novelist Nicholas Sparks founded in his North Carolina hometown was unjustly fired, then defamed when the author said the educator suffered from mental illness.
Niagara cop not to blame for police dog biting suspect: SIU
A Niagara Regional Police service dog acted out of character last year in the way it bit and subdued a fleeing suspect, but the officer handling the dog was not at fault, the province’s Special Investigations Unit has ruled.
Businessman-art collector Leonard A. Lauder writing memoir
Businessman-art collector Leonard A. Lauder writing memoir
COMMUTERS: Your Thursday morning weather and traffic now
Getting you to work and school. Traffic and weather for your morning commute. School and cancellation information.
Funds being raised for mother killed in hit-and-run
A Mexican woman hit by a truck and left for dead on the side of a Niagara-on-the-Lake road Saturday was working to support her young daughters and elderly parents back home, a pastoral worker says.
One of Ontario’s top-billing doctors faces discipline for alleged ‘incompetent’ care and inappropriate billings
Chatham ophthalmologist Christopher Anjema, the fourth highest biller in Ontario in 2017-18, was featured in a recent Star investigation into questionable physician billings.
How to include Fido in estate planning
Estate planning for Fido: How to make sure pets live the good life if you go
Stunt drivers: Hamilton teen without a licence one of two speeders nabbed by police
The youth at the wheel was a 14-year-old from Hamilton, who was driving his parent's vehicle
Ontario won’t fine gas stations over pump stickers
Premier Doug Ford is abandoning plans to punish gas station owners with fines of up to $10,000 a day for not posting stickers targeting federal carbon pricing, the Star has learned.
Parkdale totem pole comes down after review of logos
The pole is moving to the board’s archives on the Mountain
UPDATE: Pedestrian in critical condition after collision on King Street East
According to police, the collision occurred around 6 p.m. in a westbound lane between Ottawa Street and Grosvenor Avenue.
Warning from Australia: Flu season here could arrive sooner than expected
Flu season started three months early in Australia this year
Have you seen Robert? Hamilton police looking for missing senior
The 83-year-old has never gone missing in the past and his family is worried
Longtime EMS dispatcher, Laura Grant, shot dead at Burlington home
Halton Regional Police's first homicide victim of 2019 has been identified.
L.L. Bean finally comes to Canada: Oakville flagship to be followed by 50 HBC locations
The iconic Freeport, Maine-based purveyor of outdoorsy clothes will open its first-ever Canadian store in the Oakville Place mall.
ONTARIO COLD CASE: The curious missing person's case of Jed Ouillette
Jed Ouillette, who lived alone, was last seen at a grocery store Sept. 8, 2014 and talked to his ex-girlfriend on the phone that evening.
Province can expropriate Caledonia’s historic Toll House
For the last 33 years, the house has belonged to Lorrie Harcourt, who lives there with her son, a grandson and a lodger. In the back is a small hairstyling business she’s been running for more than a quarter of a century.
Metrolinx tells GO bus drivers to spit out gum if asked by passenger triggered by sound
It’s an easy accommodation that “doesn’t cost anything,” says accessibility advocate David Lepofsky.
Pedestrian in critical condition after collision on King Street East
According to police, the collision occurred around 6 p.m. in a westbound lane between Ottawa Street and Grosvenor Avenue.
‘Preying on innocent people’: Distraction theft at Burlington Walmart leaves woman traumatized
The disturbing incident is the latest in a series of incidents at the Walmart at Dundas Street and Appleby Line in recent months.
Cases against two St. Mike’s students accused in alleged sex assaults concluded
Attorney General won’t release court rulings because the defendants were minors
Wanted man who served time for child porn charges known to frequent Hamilton area
The provincial ROPE squad is asking for the public’s help in finding 51-year-old Richard Patterson.
Is there a literal cat burglar in Grimsby Beach?
Renee Delaney wants to know what the man in the fedora did with her cat.
Hamilton man charged in fatal rear-end crash on South Service Road
The crash caused the lone 60-year-old driver in the Fiat to be fatally injured.
Canadian researcher says new study suggests that autism is being overdiagnosed
Laurent Mottron says the research points to a rampant problem of overdiagnosis that he blames on schools, doctors and parents alike.
UPDATE: Police identify Hamilton woman killed in two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 6 in Caledonia
93-year-old Audrey Auld died of her injuries in hospital
For Tanguay and Sharp, CP Women’s Open like a family reunion
Anne-Catherine Tanguay, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Brittany Marchand and Jaclyn Lee have forged a tight bond on the LPGA Tour this season, and that circle will expand to a total of 15 Canadians at the CP Women’s Open in Aurora, Ont., this week.
Huawei executive’s defence team alleges Canadians were ‘agents’ of the FBI
“The RCMP and/or CBSA were acting as agents of the FBI for the purpose of obtaining and preserving evidence,” alleges a memorandum of fact and law filed by the defence.
Military faces calls to train soldiers to identify neo-Nazis, hate-group members
The criticism follows an internal military report and several high-profile incidents linking some service members to right-wing extremists and hate groups.
Signpost: It’s back to class at Citizen’s Police College
Free Hamilton Police Service program teaches community members about a variety of policing topics, including vice and drugs, forensics, traffic safety and homicide.
Groups prepare campaign to keep youth turnout high for Canadian election
About 400 groups are organizing events to ensure the ground gained in 2015 with young Canadians isn’t lost on Oct. 21.
Shooting at Burlington home leaves woman dead
Heavily-armed tactical officers are on scene along with police dogs as investigators try to piece together what happened.
Cambridge Mayor Kathryn McGarry 'anxious' for success after cannabis lottery loss
After two cannabis retail store lotteries and no luck for Cambridge applicants, Mayor Kathryn McGarry said she is “anxious” to get a store established in the city.
Feminine hygiene added to Nutrition North program
Feminine hygiene products added to food subsidy program Nutrition North
Kitchener secures region’s first cannabis retail location
Proposed location at 589 Fairway Rd. S. was one of 42 locations announced Wednesday
Records: Epstein signed will 2 days before jailhouse suicide
Court papers filed last week in the U.S. Virgin Islands list no details of beneficiaries but valued the estate at more than $577 million, including more than $56 million in cash.
Christine Sinclair sets sights on leading Canada at Tokyo Olympics
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics less than a year away, Canadian soccer captain Christine Sinclair says she and her teammates have set aside their World Cup disappointment: “We’re good at bouncing back from World Cups.”
Canada creates new park reserve with First Nations
“We agreed to share the land, its resources, the responsibility for management, and to benefit together.”
Liberals unhurt, Tories not helped by scathing SNC-Lavalin report, poll suggests
A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair hasn’t so far hurt the Liberals’ chances of re-election this fall, and it hasn’t helped the Conservatives.
Trudeau vows to stand firm against ‘increasingly assertive’ China
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will seek dialogue with China but won’t back down in its defence of Canadians against what he calls an increasingly assertive global power.
Hamilton lands three new stores in pot-shop lottery
Hamilton Mountain, Ancaster and Stoney Creek get outlets, along with two more in Burlington.
Putin says U.S. missile test raises new threats to Russia
Putin says test indicated the U.S. began work on the missile before declaring intention to withdraw from nuclear treaty, the one Russia also withdrew from.
$16-million dredging of Hamilton port channel aims to reduce ship backlog
Warehouse and dock improvements support growing agrifood industry.
Event on legal basics, strategies for health care startups Sept. 24
The interactive workshops are led by lawyers who have extensive experience working with life sciences companies ranging from very early-stage ventures to multinational public companies.
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