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Tumblr once sold for $1.1 billion. The owner of WordPress just bought it for a reported $3 million
New owner plans to keep nudity and sex ban in place.
Brookfield Business Partners takes controlling stake in Genworth Canada
Brookfield has agreed to acquire 48.9 million shares, or a roughly 57 per cent interest, in the business from the Virginia-based parent company Genworth Financial Inc. at a price of $48.86 per share.
Chorus Aviation brushes off CRJ sale concerns
CEO Joe Randell stresses success of leasing business, support of buyer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
What's Going On Here?: No parking signs on Hwy. 6
Temporary No Parking road signs have gone up along a stretch of Hwy. 6 in Flamborough.
Former youth soccer coach guilty of sex charge involving child
Court heard during his trial that Wesley Vander Leeuw thought he was contacting a mother and her daughter when he tried to arrange a meeting. He was actually dealing with an undercover police officer.
600 pounds of marijuana seized from property near Lindsay
Eight people have been charged after a drug raid at a property Elm Tree Road.
Tepperman's opens in Ancaster Meadowlands
Home furniture, mattress, appliance and electronics retailer Tepperman’s has expanded to the Ancaster Meadowlands.
Police identify victims of fatal Mississauga crash
OPP spokesperson Sgt. Kerry Schmidt identified the two victims of the Mississauga crash as 34-year-old Gurcharan Brar, the driver of one of the vehicles, and 77-year-old Glenda Parker, a passenger in another car.
Canadian and U.S. stock markets higher in late-morning trading, loonie edges up
The Canadian dollar traded for 75.58 cents US, compared with an average of 75.55 cents US on Monday.
Coke putting Dasani water in cans amid backlash against plastic
Beverage giants are under pressure to boost recycling and cut down on plastic that's filling the world's oceans and waterways.
West Hamilton Mountain's Venice Beach makes short move to new spot
It’s just moved into the spot next to Farm Boy vacated by the former Nellie’s Chinese restaurant, but Venice Beach Pizza, Wings and Shawarma will be familiar to many passersby.
Hamilton’s probe into IT worker linked to white supremacists is done — but results are still a mystery
City manager Janette Smith will give a public update on Marc Lemire investigation “as soon as possible”
Can you park a ‘hate bus’ at Hamilton city hall?
It will be months before the public can weigh in on a new policy designed to crack down on hateful protests, threats and violence on city property.
Hamilton did not do ‘urgent’ overhead sign repairs on the Linc for years
The revelation has prompted the city to do safety inspections on all of its overhead sign structures.
'People don't just disappear': The mysterious case of Kitchener's Jed Ouillette
Five years ago, Jed Ouillette vanished from his South Drive home in Kitchener. He was never seen again.
Emma Teitel: If you love Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, let them go
Scott Moir’s engagement to Jackie Mascarin — not Tessa Virtue — has shattered the fantasies of an entire nation and enraged the skating duo’s super fans, writes Emma Teitel.
Hamilton Cardinals sweep Guelph, move on to IBL semifinals
The Cardinals will face either the Toronto Maple Leafs or Kitchener Panthers following Sunday’s 6-4 win over Guelph Royals.
Flamborough food banks see higher numbers of clients this summer
With summer drawing to a close and school just around the corner, local food banks are finding ways to continue to support their clients.
Firefighter was dad to 3 of 5 kids killed in daycare blaze
Three of five kids killed in a fire at a home child care centre in Pennsylvania were the children of a volunteer firefighter who was responding to another call, an official said Monday.
140 years on, the CNE remains a summer tradition for families
“The CNE was this huge magical world ... As kids we’d wait the whole year for it,” says Lee Shimano, author of Treasures of the CNE.
Funny, athletic, popular: Hamilton homicide victim Nikko Sienna remembered
How did alleged killer have a legal gun?
Friend of Dayton shooter Connor Betts helped him assemble weapon, bought him armour, FBI says
Police say there is no suggestion that Kollie knowingly played a role in plotting the attack.
Air Canada boosts Transat offer to $544 million, topping rival
Air Canada said late Sunday it will raise the purchase price to C$18 a share from C$13
23 bizarre conspiracy theories U.S. President Donald Trump has peddled
Climate change is a hoax and wind mills cause cancer?
Will rural Flamborough get some of the province's broadband cash?
THE ISSUE: Rural broadband accessLOCAL IMPACT: Reliable internet essential to farm operations
Flights out of Hong Kong cancelled again amid protests
Passengers have been forced to seek accommodation in the city while airlines struggle to find other ways to get them to their destinations.
He has a golf ball-size brain tumour. Time is running out for Welland man ‘in limbo’
Dean Baker doesn’t know how much time he has left, but he knows it’s running out.
Two people killed in Hwy. 401 crash in Mississauga
Initial reports indicated a driver of a red Corvette heading east on the 401 was making an aggressive lane change prior to clipping the transport truck, police said.
How the Good Samaritan law could have protected witnesses to the suspected overdose death of a 14-year-old boy in B.C.
Carson Crimeni died after an outing to a skateboard park in Langley, B.C., last Wednesday, and his anguished father has said the tragic story could have had a different ending if the youths he was with had called 911
Jimmy Kimmel wants to be mayor of Dildo, N.L.
“There’s a lot more to Dildo than just the name,” town official says.
Historical Photos: Lining up at the Stoney Creek dairy for a cone
A trip to the lake always ended up with Stoney Creek Dairy
OPP trying to identify man who exposed himself in Brant County parking lot
Police believe man is same suspect in similar incident in Simcoe days before.
"The worst spring I've ever seen:" Hamilton-area farmers like Brian Murphy still struggling to recover from heavy spring rains
Summer arrived eventually, temperatures soared, and many crops rebounded, but farmers may only have got one crop in the ground instead of two.
Detour YHM will offer local food and drink options at Hamilton airport
The ‘Made in Hamilton’ offerings will be available in shipping containers on either side of security screening.
Can you park a ‘hate bus’ at Hamilton city hall? City’s prevention policy still a work in progress
It will be months before the public can weigh in on a new policy designed to crack down on hateful protests, threats and violence on city property.
Hamilton-area farmers like Brian Murphy still struggling to recover from heavy spring rains
Summer arrived eventually, temperatures soared, and many crops rebounded, but farmers may only have got one crop in the ground instead of two.
Ontario’s human rights commissioner sounds alarm on ‘overcrowded’ Barton Street jail
HWDC lacks resources to prevent drug overdoses, provide addictions treatment to inmates or offer them adequate living conditions, Renu Mandhane wrote to the Solicitor General
Workplace harassment on the agenda as Canadian police chiefs meet in Calgary
“Nobody is doing this perfectly and there’s no magic bullet that anyone’s found.”
Dangerous heat grips wide stretch of the South and Midwest
Parts of 13 states on Monday will be under heat advisories, from Texas, Louisiana and Florida in the South to Missouri and Illinois in the Midwest, the National Weather Service reported.
RCMP say manhunt suspects died by apparent suicide
Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod were charged with one murder, and were suspects in two others.
Quebec court authorizes racial profiling class action against Montreal police
The Black Coalition of Quebec says it believes the lawsuit will reduce instances of abuse and racial profiling by giving black and cultural communities access to justice.
Trudeau vows to protect vulnerable people as Ottawa commits $26M for legal aid after Ontario funding cut
Premier Doug Ford’s spring budget slashed Legal Aid Ontario’s budget by 30 per cent, including eliminating funding for refugee and immigration law services.
Crown touts testimony depicting Joshua Boyle’s ‘pattern of behaviour’
Boyle’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, argued such evidence should not be allowed, saying it was insufficient to contend his client was generally inclined to act abusively toward Coleman.
Firefighters from six communities battle Manitoba dairy barn fire
The fire broke out sometime before 5 a.m. Monday at the four-barn Pennwood Dairy, northeast of Steinbach.
All eyes on Dildo, N.L., as Jimmy Kimmel broadcasts tongue-in-cheek mayoral race
“There’s a lot more to Dildo than just the name,” town official says.
Canadian military issues new ban on discriminatory, sexually explicit tattoos
Military personnel are also forbidden from sporting ink that they know is racist, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobic, homophobic, discriminatory against the disabled or sexually explicit.
Three levels of government pledge $4.5M to help Toronto police fight gun crime
Over the August long weekend 17 people were injured in 14 separate shootings across the city.
Former Grimsby mayor considering counter-suit
The former mayor of Grimsby is considering a counter-suit as part of his response to an $18-million lawsuit filed against him by the town for losses from a controversial renewable energy project.
Five parties invited to televised leaders’ debates, Bernier left out for now
Leaders of the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Bloc Quebecois and Green party have all been invited by the Leaders’ Debates Commission, the group responsible for organizing two televised debates.
Ottawa commits $26 million to fund Ontario refugee and immigration legal aid after provincial cuts
Ontario pulled all of its funding for the program this spring, leaving it with a shortfall, and complained the federal government wasn’t giving enough to it.
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