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Police, military co-ordinate to detonate ‘unexploded ordnance’ in Jasper NP
Police say members of the park’s visitor safety department provided guidance on the hazardous mountain terrain, and the team managed to find the bomb and detonate it safely.
Featured photo: Shady snaps
Friday was a hot and sunny day for bird photography at the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Heat warning remains in effect for Hamilton and area
City offers free swims, cool down centres, tips
Councillors call for probe into Hamilton police Pride response
Request comes as mayor meets with members of LGBTQ+ community.
Southern California jolted by biggest quake in 20 years
Large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, if not weeks, seismologists warn.
Trump says Fed ‘doesn’t have a clue’
Trump has repeatedly criticized the Fed for raising rates in 2018 and failing to reverse course.
Provincial police identify victim of fatal crash south of Hamilton
65-year-old David Gregory of Brantford killed in Friday morning collision in Fisherville
Hamilton Health Sciences tried to keep death investigations from being transferred to Toronto
Closure of Hamilton’s forensic pathology unit appears to contradict provincial strategic plan for death investigations.
Hamilton police called to ‘manage’ stranded customers after Swoop cancels Vegas flight
Passengers stranded at Hamilton airport and Las Vegas following boarding ‘incident’.
Trump said the revolutionary army ‘took over airports’: Twitter erupted in memes
“Our Army manned the air, it ran the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do,” Trump said in his speech.
Beyond Meat has pea growers beyond happy
Plant-based burger and pet food demand turns tiny pea into a hot new crop in Canada and the U.S.
Aftershocks follow Southern California earthquake
The strongest aftershock so far hit shortly after 4 a.m. on Friday, registering magnitude 5.4 and awakening people all the way to the Pacific coast.
The $30-million question: Should Hamilton firefighters be responding to the same medical calls as paramedics?
Firefighters spend more time responding to medical emergencies than they do fighting fires. Is it time to re-evaluate their role?
Federal government commits $2.8 million to project fighting workplace harassment
The money will go to fund Roadmap to Future Workplaces, a project that will provide training on legal rights and help create plans to reform company policies that enable workplace sexual harassment.
Three endangered North Atlantic right whales found entangled in ropes
Sightings come as officials consider expanding speed-restriction and no-fishing zones in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
23 projects funded to help restore British Columbia’s fragile salmon stocks
A project to transform aging dikes in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland to make them more salmon-friendly is among 23 proposals selected by the federal and provincial governments to restore wild fish stocks.
Signpost: Gliders, gardens and lawn signs
The Pan-American Gliding Championship promises to thrill by showcasing the skills of 40 top pilots near Rockton from July 29 to Aug. 14. The high-flying championship is hosted by the SOSA Gliding Club at 1144 Cooper Rd. in Flamborough. For more information, visit www.silentflight.ca/panam/index.php/schedule.
A primer on the aftermath of Hamilton Pride: What has occurred since the violence, what happens now?
There have been new developments nearly daily since a violent homophobic protest erupted in Gage Park last month.
Steve Milton: Tiger-Cats undone by overaggressiveness and penalties
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats had their aggressive on defence turned against them during a defeat at Montreal, while the offensive unit lost ratio-altering Canadians Sean Thomas Erlington and Van Zeyl to injuries.
Anti-workplace harassment project gets $2.8 million commitment from federal government
The federal government is committing nearly $2.8 million to a project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments.
Stoney Creek residents remain skeptical of plans for new cannabis facility on Green Mountain Road
Ken Collett, one of the principals of Red Hill Cannabis, said the proposed facility would operate under more stringent guidelines compared to a previous cannabis greenhouse operation
Data suggest carfentanil abuse, deaths rising in Ontario: medical officials
Ontario’s top medical officials say recent statistics suggest a spike in the number of deaths related to the potent opioid carfentanil, as well as an increase in the presence of the drug in the province.
Scheer calls for more inspections on Chinese imports, possible tariffs
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the Asian country.
Forest fire that prompted evacuation of First Nation moves closer to community
The fire is now estimated to be roughly 582 square kilometres in size.
Ontario Minister Lisa MacLeod says she apologized after giving ‘blunt feedback’ to Sens owner Eugene Melnyk at Rolling Stones concert
Premier Doug Ford is ‘saddened’ about incident and tourism minister’s profanity-laced tirade.
BUSKIN’ IN THE HEAT
Federal government quietly ends asylum seeker ‘triage’ program
The Liberals have quietly ended a much-touted “triage” program that aimed to redirect asylum seekers away from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto.
Mother of Joshua Boyle’s wife says her daughter was frightened and robotic after captivity
Lynda Coleman says her daughter, Caitlan, was an unemotional automaton who was afraid of her husband in the weeks after she and Joshua Boyle were released from captivity.
B.C. quakes linked, but no damage from Friday tremors off coast
B.C. quakes and California’s quake are unconnected and didn’t occur in the same fault zone.
Mothers rally as Hong Kong’s divide shows no sign of closing
Hong Kong’s societal divide showed no sign of closing Friday as students rebuffed an offer from city leader Carrie Lam to meet and a few thousand mothers rallied in support of young protesters who left a trail of destruction in the legislature’s building at the start of the week.
Liz Reyer: Part-timer pressured to work more hours worries about saying ‘no’
Q: I work part-time out of choice in an hourly job. My problem is that my boss and co-workers don’t respect my boundaries. They pressure me to cover for others and spend more time than I can at work, and then treat me as if I’m not one of the team when I refuse. How can I get them to be understanding so that work can be a more positive place for us all?
Toronto police said this little boy died in a hit-and-run. Doctors are now hoping for a full recovery
Radi Chowdhury was left paralyzed and in a coma after he was hit on May 26 by a motorcyclist on Victoria Park Ave. at Adair Rd., north of St. Clair Ave. E.
Academics from across Canada call for Hamilton LGBTQ activist’s release from jail
Cedar Hopperton, 33, was arrested on June 22 for allegedly breaking parole conditions. Many, however, say the evidence police provided the Ontario Parole Board is without merit.
Doug Ford’s Conservatives cut Hamilton’s cancer screening bus
Mobile coach for those who have trouble accessing care goes off the road in April
Dan Kinsella, former deputy chief in Hamilton, formally becomes Halifax police chief
Dan Kinsella, who formally assumed his role as Halifax police chief, said addressing “inequalities and negative interactions” with marginalized communities in Nova Scotia’s capital will be a top priority for him.
Ten years after deadly riots, China’s Xinjiang under lockdown
A decade after deadly riots tore through his hometown, Kamilane Abudushalamu still vividly recalls the violence that left him an exile.
Councillors Wilson, Nann call for investigation into Hamilton police’s Pride response
‘We are deeply troubled by the rise of hate in our city, our country, and around the globe,’ the councillors said in a statement.
Turkey says two Syrians killed in explosion near border
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says blast appears to be terror-linked
Outrage in Russia as abused teen sisters charged with murder
Case shines light on domestic violence. Research shows that of 2,500 Russian women convicted of manslaughter or murder in 2016 to 2018, nearly 2,000 killed a family member in a domestic violence setting
‘Modern slavery’ ring in U.K. exploited up to 400 poor people from Poland, authorities say
Eight members of a slavery ring, all of them Polish, have been found guilty in an English court of trafficking and forced labour, in the “largest ever modern slavery prosecution” in Britain, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement.
Dundas Routes Youth Centre summer programs provide valuable service
The Issue: Routes offering summer activities and support for youth.The Impact: Provides sense of pride and contribution in young people.
Paul Berton: Ugly Hamilton realities are now too obvious to ignore
Recent protests and their aftermath do not speak well of Hamilton
Christie’s goes ahead with contested King Tut statue auction
The brown quartzite head depicting King Tut sold for more than 4.7 million pounds ($5.9 million) Thursday evening.
Want to be a visionary leader? Here’s a book for you
Mandate-driven leadership can be your organization’s best strategy for world-changing disruption and its strongest defence against feel-good groupthink.
Shipping news for June 23 to 29. What came in and out of the Port of Hamilton
18 vessels handled 383,701 metric tons of cargo.
HR event for local employers and directors in Burlington
Peninsula and Haltech Regional Innovation Centre have teamed up to hold an HR and health and safety event for local employers and directors.
Canada posts strongest job creation to start a year since 2002 as wages rise
Over the first half of the year, the country added 248,000 new positions, almost all of which were full time, new Statistics Canada data showed Friday.
Canadian airlines ask Appeal Court to quash new passenger rights rules, arguing flying will become more expensive
Passenger rights advocates say the rules do not go far enough.
Hamilton's blue-green algae problem "new norm: for Bayfront Park beach
"I want to encourage people to use the beaches that are healthy and accessible," said Ward 4 Coun. Sam Merulla.
Data suggest carfentanil use, deaths rising in Ontario, medical officials say
The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health says carfentanil directly contributed to 142 deaths from Jan. 1 to April 29, amounting to 50 per cent more than the total number of such deaths in all of last year.
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