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Amber Alert cancelled, two young boys and grandfather located
The alert was issued shortly after 3 a.m., for two brothers ages two and four. Police say that the boys and their grandfather were located in good health as a direct result of the Amber Alert.
A Utah college student vanished. Cellphone data led detectives to a patch of soil in a mountain gorge
Mackenzie Lueck touched down at Salt Lake City International Airport after midnight on June 17, back from her grandmother's funeral in California.
Twitter taps Canada as test market for new 'hide' tweet feature
Users outside Canada will be able to see the feature and its use, but won't be able to use it themselves.
Cash from an armored truck showered a Georgia roadway. People are actually returning it
Gleeful motorists on Interstate 285 were showered with at least $175,000 when the door of an armored car swung open
She was duped and shipped to a brothel at 16. Then the boat sank
Screams pealed across the water. Women cried out the names of children they had left behind.
Preliminary hearing for Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard set to begin
Jacob Hoggard was arrested last summer and charged with two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm and one count of sexual interference.
How wealthy singles can protect their riches
How wealthy singles can protect their riches from partners looking for a payout
City to clean up tar blob in Red Hill Creek tributary
Photo shows snake that appears to have succumbed to contamination
Halton Region wants provincial planning tribunals eliminated
The tribunals drive up the cost of housing and delay its construction, says Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward.
Germany's Angela Merkel sits for anthems after shaking episodes
She says that she "will have to live with it for a while" but there's nothing to worry about.
Police say alleged altercation at Canada’s Wonderland was not hate-motivated
York Regional Police say in a tweet that they conducted a “thorough investigation” into the June 27 incident and no charges will be laid.
Another twist in Sandy Hook families' defamation case against Alex Jones
The families said they endured years of harassment from people who insist the 2012 attack was a hoax staged by the government to promote gun control.
Popular campus 'purpling' practice under review in wake of Health Canada warning
This is done to honour engineers of yore who used to wear purple armbands as identification.
Nine deer at famed park in Japan die after eating plastic bags
Tourists can feed the deer special sugar-free crackers sold in shops nearby. The crackers don’t come in plastic bags, but people still carry them.
Ontario and Ottawa trade blame over Bombardier layoffs
Bombardier plans to lay off half of its 1,100 workers at its Thunder Bay plant that builds railway cars, and the union fears more job losses are on the way.
No swearing, no megaphones? Hamilton takes flak for list of banned protest behaviour on city property
The list is part of a draft policy aimed at cracking down on ‘hate incidents’ in the wake of violence at Gage Park’s Pride celebration.
Mass resignation at Brantford children’s aid society to protest underfunding
The board of directors of Brant Family and Children’s Services says it is “no longer possible to fulfil our mandate” to protect the vulnerable.
Massive development proposal would reshape Clappison's Corners
iConnect would bring 2,000 residential units, 3,000 jobs
Woman dead and girl, 4, fights for life after emergency in Oakville pool
A woman is dead and her four-year-old granddaughter is fighting for her life in hospital after a drowning emergency at an Oakville pool on Wednesday (July 10).
The T.O. effect: Hamilton condo prices jump by nearly 10 per cent
The condominium market is booming because many buyers are looking for homes that cost less than $400,000
Manslaughter trial hears final arguments in 2014 overdose death of Toronto model
The judge hopes to render her decision next week in the case of a Toronto man charged with manslaughter in the death of 23-year-old part-time model Alyshia Comtois-Arbour, who overdosed on heroin and booze in his downtown condo in 2014.
ONTARIO COLD CASE: Family relentless in quest to bring missing teen home
As alarm over Noreen Greenley's disappearance in 1963 grew, the community took action. Ground searches involving hundreds of people were conducted to find the 13 year old.
Hamilton renters want relief from the heat
A balcony replacement job this summer isn’t helping things, Stoney Creek Towers residents say.
Hamilton forensic pathologist raises concerns about moving death investigations to Toronto
Dr. Elena Bulakhtina is one of three full-time forensic pathologists in Hamilton impacted by announced closure
Rebekah Pezze, 22, identified as victim of Beach Road fire
Investigation into cause of blaze is ongoing.
Hamilton will drop the speed limit to 40 km/h on local streets in every neighbourhood in the city
It will cost about $2.5 million and take three years to add or change signs throughout the city’s 227 neighbourhoods.
Falls are leading cause for seniors hospitalized due to injury: report
The CIHI said it chose to zero in on seniors to help educate the elderly about the injuries most likely to affect them.
Saskatchewan to host up to 2,000 wildfire evacuees from Ontario First Nation
The Ontario government said it was also reaching out to mayors across the province to ask them to host some of Pikangikum’s 3,800 residents.
President Trump’s July Fourth event and weekend protests bankrupted Washington security fund, mayor says
The mayor also noted that the account was never reimbursed for $7.3 million in expenses from Trump’s 2017 inauguration.
World leaders accused of ‘collective shrug’ over slain journalist
99 media workers were killed worldwide in 2018.
Tories accuse Liberals of ruining military officers’ careers
Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk tendered his resignation, which he linked to an aborted attempt to reinstate Vice-Admiral Mark Norman into the position.
Judge freezes assets in firefighters’ $3 million lawsuit
A provincial firefighters association has obtained a court injunction freezing the assets of two members who are being sued over allegations they misappropriated money from cancer-stricken colleagues and their families.
Indiana teacher fired for same-sex marriage sues archdiocese
The school and teacher have reached a settlement.
Children’s charity drops out of Florida strip club’s golf tournament at Trump resort
Nonprofit Miami All Stars withdrew when the director learned of the strip club’s involvement in an event where strippers will be caddies and later perform at a burlesque show for the golfers.
Police discover that missing Texas man was eaten by his dogs
“Our initial reaction was kind of disbelief, because there was nothing left,” Johnson County Sheriff Adam King told The Washington Post.
On Caribbean island whispers, suspicion about Epstein
A day after the 66-year-old billionaire pleaded not guilty in a New York courtroom to charges of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, there was scant movement on the Caribbean island.
NATO and EU leaders to talk international order with Trudeau
PMO says Trudeau will talk to them about economic growth, climate change, gender equality and, again, “defending the rules-based international order.”
Canadian wildlife enforcement blitz nets black-bear parts, African anteaters
Canada took part in Interpol’s Operation Thunderball with 108 other countries to go after global smugglers, poachers and traffickers of endangered and exotic species.
Condominium prices jump by nearly 10 per cent in Hamilton
The condominium market is booming because many buyers are looking for homes that cost less than $400,000
Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit: StatCan
At $10.65, legal cannabis in the second quarter is roughly 80 per cent more costly than the $5.93 price tag on illicit weed.
Scientists say rising seas will break flooding records
A report released Wednesday by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that sunny day flooding, also known as tidal flooding, will continue to increase.
Corrections
In a story July 10, the age of the bus driver assaulted at a downtown GO stop was incorrect. He is 74.
Soccer fields, a dining hall, classrooms: New holding centre for migrant children opens in Texas
A former oilfield worker camp off a dirt road in rural Texas has become the U.S. government’s newest holding centre for migrant children.
Why was Suleiman Husaini in Westdale the night he was killed?
Police say the suspected getaway car from the Hamilton shooting has been recovered in Brampton.
New Orleans frets about more flooding, possible hurricane
A storm that has swamped streets in New Orleans is associated with a broad area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico that forecasters said could strengthen into a hurricane by the weekend.
Sara Pipher Gilliam reviving her mother’s Reviving Ophelia, right here in Hamilton
Sara Pipher Gilliam moved to Hamilton almost two years ago. She has collaborated with her mother, Mary Pipher, on a 25th anniversary edition Reviving Ophelia: Saving The Selves Of Adolescent Girls
Ivanka Trump women’s initiative announces $27M in grants
The projects are meant to help women with employment and entrepreneurship, and provide women in business with access to financing and other assistance.
Luxury real estate sales rise in Toronto, Montreal; fall in Vancouver
Luxury real estate sales flourished in Montreal with property sales over $4 million jumping by triple digits in the first half of 2019, but continued to dwindle in Vancouver, according to a new report.
Bank of Canada will keep interest rates steady as trade conflicts take an economic toll
Carolyn Wilkins, Bank of Canada’s senior deputy governor, said the uncertain trade environment is the “biggest wild card” in the outlook.
‘How to Use Your Small Business as a Force for Good!’
Sustainable Hamilton Burlington is holding a session on “How to Use Your Small Business as a Force For Good!”
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