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Justin Trudeau seeks to highlight climate policy in visit to Canada’s Far North
Trudeau used the backdrop of shifting Arctic terrain and endangered sea life Thursday to cast himself and the Liberal party as best-placed to serve as stewards of the environment.
Hamilton has 14th highest property tax rate of 35 Ontario municipalities
Windsor had the highest property tax rates, while Toronto had the lowest.
Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt
More than 10 billion tons of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melt on Wednesday alone.
BRP CEO says U.S. tariffs remain a drag on its growing boat business
BRP Inc. has closed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Australia’s largest aluminum boat maker, Telwater Pty. Ltd., furthering the company’s push into the multibillion-dollar fishing and pleasure boating market — uncharted waters for BRP until last year — despite the pain of metal tariffs.
Burlington’s Eric Hall among competitors on CTV’s Love Island
Tattooed, handsome Eric Hall keeps things interesting on show
Canada joins with intelligence allies on need to keep 5G networks free from government control
Internal disagreements among Western security alliance smoothed over in joint statement on next generation wireless security and Huawei’s participation.
With campaign just weeks away, parties still have work to do filling out nominations
Conservatives are closest to filling out full roster of nominees while Liberals and NDP have put focus towards gender parity.
Pelosi says Trump should ask ‘slumlord’ Kushner about Baltimore
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denounced President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on Baltimore on Thursday, telling the president to ask his son-in-law, “slumlord” Jared Kushner, about the city.
U.S. customs officers seize 3,500 Christmas elves at Quebec-N.Y. border
The agency says a commercial shipment of Elf Hatching Eggs from Canada was seized at the Champlain, N.Y. border crossing due to the absence of tracking label information and a general certificate of conformity, as required by law.
CAMH patient reported missing checked himself in to the mental health facility
Toronto police initially said the man had disappeared from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health on Wednesday and was found on Thursday. Three other patients have walked away from the facility in the last month.
Businesses can apply for sustainability-project funding
The federal government’s Climate Action Incentive Fund: Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Project is open to businesses with fewer than 500 employees undertaking new sustainability projects.
Syria says it agrees to ceasefire in rebel stronghold
Syria’s government said it has agreed to a conditional cease-fire starting late Thursday in northwestern Syria, according to state media.
Faster pardons now available for simple cannabis possession
Under Bill C-93 tabled in March, people convicted of cannabis possession can apply online for a criminal pardon free of charge.
CMHC says housing market back to ‘moderate’ as price acceleration eases
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. has lowered the vulnerability rating of Vancouver’s housing market to “moderate,” marking the first change in three years as prices have eased.
4-month-old girl killed after car drives over her at Quebec drive-in theatre
The baby girl was crushed by a car backing out of a parking spot as her parents were packing up to leave the drive-in.
‘Pearls in an oyster’: Dentists remove sack of 526 teeth from 7-year-old Indian boy’s mouth
The sack was a “compound composite odontoma,” a benign tumor made up of normal dental tissue such as enamel. Such tumors are most commonly found in teenagers.
Advocacy group Equal Voice faces fallout after firing three racialized staffers
Equal Voice had four members of its board of directors resign in recent days as young women have been tweeting about what they call negative experiences with the organization.
Hamilton Centre's Green Party candidates face off in first-ever nomination battle
Three candidates seeking nomination: Jason Lopez, Bob Aceti, Avra Weinstein.
Dundas auto service centre proposed for medical clinic
Formal Consultation is very early step in possible redevelopment
Painting life on the water
Joan Heyerichs puts brush to canvas during an outing at Lasalle Park Marina
End of an era for the iconic presses on Frid Street
With the Hamilton Spectator’s printing operation moving to a plant in Vaughan, its massive old presses go silent after churning out the Spec without fail since 1976 at 44 Frid, and since 1847 in the city.
Sobeys to eliminate plastic grocery bags by January, 2020
Karen Cumming calls the decision by Sobeys Inc. to remove plastic bags from its stores by next January “a really encouraging development."
Is it time to make a housing purchase?
Nervous homebuyers might want to sit on sidelines, says author predicting crash
Woman who shot protester tells jury, it was 'him or my darling' husband
That night, a raging crowd of anti-Fascist protesters clashed with a large group waiting to attend a speech by far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos at Kane Hall
Ancaster's new "monster" home bylaw could provide scary to neighbourhoods, says resident
Ancaster resident Mike Robitaille says bylaw could change established neighbourhood's streetscape.
Hamilton firefighters save one of their own when he falls during Albion Falls rope rescue
The firefighter fell as he was working to bring up an inured hiker and her companions from the foot of the falls after sundown.
Hamilton middle of the pack for Ontario property tax rates: Zoocasa
Hamilton sits 22nd on a list of 35 municipalities for property tax rates, according to a study by real estate website Zoocasa that ranked the tax rates from lowest to highest.
After months apart, they only had eight days together
Kornelius Funk only had eight days with her.
The case against banning childless millennials from Disney World
Without further ado, I present the dumbest internet controversy of the summer (so far): the millennial theme park debate.
A judge found this Ontario psychologist ‘misrepresented’ her credentials. Here are four times she said a child should be taken from their parents
The Star has reviewed four court rulings from child protection cases in which Nicole Walton-Allen gave an expert opinion. Child protection lawyers are calling for an independent review of her work.
Hamilton firefighter injured in plummet from Albion Falls during rope rescue
The incident comes two days after The Spectator reported rope rescues were down
People have unknowingly come face to face with two teens on the lam after alleged killing spree
The teenagers have evaded capture since they were named as suspects over a week ago.
‘Oh my goodness:’ Rare photo shows humpback whale trapping a sea lion in its mouth
A sizable sea lion, weighing 400 to 600 pounds, was teetering precariously above the whale's gaping mouth.
Cambridge man recovering from rattlesnake bite
He didn’t see it or hear it, but before he knew it, Cameron McKeown’s Friday night went from a fun time at his friend’s cottage to a trip to the emergency room.
Mark Carney is smacked in the face by Brexit reality
The Bank of England’s governor suffered the markets equivalent of a Tyson haymaker this week as the pound fell to a record low on a trade-weighted basis.
Need to borrow a cup of sugar? There’s a Facebook group for that
Buy Nothing Facebook groups helping neighbours share items, strengthen community ties.
Trudeau tells Liberal candidates average Canadians ‘cannot afford another Doug Ford’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rallied Liberal candidates Wednesday, saying the coming election will be a choice between “cuts and austerity or investing in Canadians.”
Burlington councillor to be audited over raffle fundraiser
Rory Nisan says he “acted in good faith and have always been transparent” about the election event.
Stelco goes Hollywood: Steelmaker partners with creative agency/strategic venue development firm Skylight
Stelco has struck a deal with Skylight, a U.S. creative development firm, to use the venerable steelmaker’s massive property as a venue for film and photo shoots.
Police identify victims of Markham quadruple homicide
Friends of the family have told the Star the dead are the mother, father, sister and maternal grandmother of accused killer Menhaz Zaman.
Dog perishes in unusual kitchen fire on London Street in Hamilton
A Doberman Pinscher tried to get at some food left on top of the stove. The owner of the residence was out. Somehow the dog flicked the heat on, a fire ensued, and the animal died of smoke inhalation
ONTARIO COLD CASE: Who killed 18-year-old Tracy Kundinger?
This is a special investigation into the murder of Tracy Kundinger and the suspects that still have people gripped more than four decades later.
A judge found this Ontario psychologist ‘misrepresented’ her credentials. Here’s four times she said a child should be taken from their parents
The Star has reviewed four court rulings from child protection cases in which Nicole Walton-Allen gave an expert opinion. Child protection lawyers are calling for an independent review of her work.
Neighbour-dispute victim Nikkolas Sienna was shot multiple times
Police say neighbour Mark Duckett was knocking on doors and windows and staring inside the Sienna home.
‘System malfunction’ blamed for outage of customs kiosks across Canada
Primary inspection kiosks and NEXUS were out of service for almost nine hours Sunday and caused delays for tens of thousands of international travellers at nine airports across the country.
Privacy commissioner opens investigation into Capital One data breach
Data breach at Capital One may affect six million Canadians.
Experts alarmed after deer meat from diseased herd allowed into food system
“Animals that could be infected could be ending up on their barbecues and dinner plates,” a safe blood advocate warns.
Hamilton’s HSR transit strategy gears up for second phase of public engagement
The project aims to better understand what customers want and need from their transit service, say officials.
Quakes hit Greek island of Crete and southeastern Albania
The Athens Geodynamic Institute says the earthquake occurred at 7:40 a.m. local time (0440GMT) Wednesday about 23 kilometres west of the island capital of Iraklion.
Canadian officer first woman to command standing NATO naval group
“It sends a really strong signal to the newer generation of young people who want to do a military career.”
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