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Updated 2025-02-07 11:00
Federal government quietly ends asylum seeker triage pilot program
The Feds initially tried to work with the province of Ontario, but said the Doug Ford government was unwilling to participate.
Stay cool Hamilton — we’re under a heat warning
City offers free swims, cool down centres, tips
Acorn petition on east Mountain
A tenants’ rights group is calling on east Mountain councillor Tom Jackson to support a resolution that calls for modifications to the city’s incentive grant programs to developers to ensure no city funds are used to support the permanent displaceme
Masked intruder with a gun robs woman of purse, phone in east Hamilton home invasion
Two children and a woman were home - but were not injured
Man killed in Haldimand County crash early Friday
The man had life-threatening injuries when police arrived on scene.
Desjardins offers more help for data theft
Desjardins helps members access protection who were victims of data theft
Dundas Veterans Park sparks crime analysis
Police investigating arson while targeting area patrols.
NSLC asks province for $3 million to prepare cannabis shops for edibles
Less than a year after retrofitting 12 liquor stores to prepare for cannabis legalization, the province is preparing to spend an estimated $3 million to alter the new pot shops again before edibles hit the market later this year.
Another body found in the mouth of a Florida alligator: report
Last week, a body was found in a canal in south Polk County being consumed by an alligator.
Seven things to keep you busy this weekend in Hamilton and area
Hamilton’s Honey Badgers are home on Saturday; there’s an Air Force Day at the warplane museum; and Ontario’s family free fishing days continue to midnight Sunday.
Billionaire coal baron Christopher Cline dies in helicopter crash
Cline, who died a day shy of his 61st birthday, was born into coal.
Canada sees slight jobs decline as wages accelerate, unemployment rate stays low
Hamilton sees small uptick in unemployment, but still better than national and Ontario average
Ontario minister Lisa MacLeod says she apologized after giving 'feedback' to Sens owner Eugene Melnyk at Rolling Stones concert
The Ottawa Citizen reports that the minister yelled at Melnyk that she is his minister and swore at him, calling him a loser.
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.
Woman sought after expensive electric toothbrushes stolen in Burlington
Halton police are looking for one woman following the theft of two expensive electric toothbrushes from a Burlington business on April 25.
Dundas parking lot ordered to cease operations
Business licence application is required by city
Calgary couple guilty in son's staph death appeal convictions, sentences
The trial heard that their son, John, didn't see a doctor until the day before he died in November 2013
Hamilton’s forensic pathology unit closing as death investigations move to Toronto
Half the cases will be transferred by July 15 with the unit shutting down in one year
Cedar Hopperton’s lawyer hopeful for client’s release after parole board hearing at Milton prison
Hamilton LGBTQ activist held at Vanier Centre for Women after alleged parole violations
Joey Chestnut smashes 71 hotdogs in minutes at Coney Island’s Annual Eating Contest
Chestnut has spent the past few months training intensely.
Strongest earthquake in 20 years rattles Southern California
Officials have found cracks on several roads in the county, but overpasses and underpasses are in good shape.
Hamilton pot shop hopefuls have shot at 11 licences in West Region
Ontario government announces 50 new licences to be had in second lottery for recreational marijuana stores, with 11 allocated for the region that includes Hamilton, Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk and Niagara.
Canadian spies given new ‘disruption’ powers to combat foreign influence in elections
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s mandate allows it to take direct action to “reduce” threats to Canada’s national security and interests, rather than simply collect intelligence.
Dreschel: Don’t commuters count? Council’s Aberdeen Ave. decision fails public engagement test
Aberdeen Ave. lane reductions ignore the city’s public engagement policy, Andrew Dreschel writes.
Photo: Cooling down at the splash pad
A youngster runs through the spray at the splash pad in Gage Park on a day when the humidex was predicted to reach high numbers Thursday.
From fish to bacon: A ranking of meats in order of healthiness
“It’s important to note that there is no one-size-fits-all healthier diet or meat per se,” said Janese Laster, a physician nutrition specialist in the District.
Red Hill Valley Parkway expected to reopen next Wednesday following resurfacing
Two weeks of ramp closures will follow reopening on July 10.
Hamilton losing forensic pathology to Toronto, says CUPE
Union also warns $1 million in provincial funding to cancer screening bus has been cut.
Montreal Alouettes hand Tiger-Cats first loss
Als beat the TiCats 36-29
Whee!! E-bikes, courtesy Glen Doe and his Hamilton Electric Bikes store
They’re coming on strong, now that the batteries are lighter and cleaner. Electric bikes, or e-bikes, seem to be catching on in Hamilton, and Glen Doe, owner of Hamilton Electric Bikes, is catching the wave
Preventable bus collisions in Hamilton doubled over four years: city data
New drivers could be reason, says union head. More than one third of city bus drivers hired since 2016.
De Adder replacement says he’s been caught up in social media backlash
Cartoonist Greg Perry has been “unfairly maligned” by online commentary, news company says.
Photo: Finding nirvana at city hall
Participants go through their motions as seen through the “O” in the Hamilton sign in front of city hall on Thursday during the first of 10 weeks of noon-hour yoga in the forecourt.
‘Stressful spring’ has Ontario farmers worried about crop conditions
Crops in cornfields are almost a month behind normal development thanks to a soggy spring.
Trudeau shoots back at China’s claim it is being ‘naive’ in courting allies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that President Donald Trump made good on his pledge to raise the plight of the two Canadians imprisoned in China with President Xi Jinping.
Feds may widen net of measures to protect right whales in Canada
Speed restrictions and fishing-zone closures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence may not be enough to prevent more from being hurt or killed in Atlantic waters, officials warn.
Ottawa-area priest found guilty of sexually abusing boys in 1960s and ’70s
“He infiltrated their families and used their faith in him to take advantage of the complainants,” the judge ruled.
Ottawa won’t rush into sale of Trans Mountain to Indigenous groups: minister
Canada’s natural resources minister says the government is willing to consider bids from Indigenous groups for a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Parliament has an official sergeant-at-arms, after four-year wait
The federal government has officially appointed a new sergeant-at-arms for the House of Commons, four years after the appointee took on that role in an acting capacity.
Foot chase ends with man Tasered, loaded gun found in Quigley area investigation
Toronto man and Hamilton woman arrested
Hamilton confirms case of bat rabies
First positive test of virus in winged critters since August 2017
‘You can’t buy advertising like this’: On her campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren has snapped 35,000 ‘selfies’ with voters
While Warren isn’t the only 2020 candidate taking selfies, the Massachusetts senator has set herself apart in the crowded field by making the photo line a signature part of her campaign events.
N.L. premier defends decision to carry on with Muskrat Falls megaproject
Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier says the joy of his 2015 election victory was short-lived as he began to realize the dire financial situation brought on by the Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject’s runaway costs.
Signpost: Pools in flux, Steamer Days, crawl for crafts
Green Acres Outdoor Pool at 50 Randall Ave. in Stoney Creek is closed as it undergoes maintenance. Meanwhile, the Norman “Pinky” Lewis Recreation Centre is reopening July 9 after renovations. To mark the occasion, there will be free swimming and a barbecue at the 192 Wentworth St. N. centre on July 12.
Deadly land, deadly sea: Libya migrants face brutal choice
Migrants risk a hazardous sea voyage in a flimsy, rubber-sided boat, or face being crammed into a detention centre, where some say they have been forced to assemble weapons.
6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles Southern California
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of Southern California on Thursday, the most powerful tremor to shake that region in several years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Ex-Mountie sentenced for cocaine theft, trafficking
A Halifax judge said Craig Robert Burnett’s corruption led him to exploit ‘the very law he was sworn to uphold.’
Family member identifies Burlington couple killed in Lake Ontario
A family member has confirmed the identity of the Burlington married couple killed when their vehicle plunged into Lake Ontario earlier this week.
‘Contradiction there:’ Manitoba eyes looser holiday shopping rules
Grocer complains they have to close while restaurants, casinos and more stay open.
Montreal gets $1.3B in for metro extension
The federal contribution pledged by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the largest amount put on the table so far for the project.
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