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The newcomers in Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet
The MPPs moving from the back benches into the premier’s cabinet are a mix of political veterans and newcomers.
Drunk driver leaves LCBO and crashes into stop sign: Hamilton police
He was arrested at the scene and blew double the legal limit.
Beef thief steals nearly $80 in steak from Burlington Fortinos and flees in Ford Escape: Halton Police
This same grocery store was also one of the crime spots for the infamous cheese wheel thieves who have yet to be caught.
Hope in depths of opioid addiction found at Wesley: Hamilton doctor
Dozens of clients and supporters of downtown social service hub urge councillors to save unique centre
Human Rights hearing underway on discrimination complaint for not fixing elevator
Disabled women had no way in or out of their units at 39 Duke St. in downtown Hamilton.
Pride clash: Boneheads on both sides were throwing punches
Potential exists for another confrontation between yellow vest protesters and their allies, writes Andrew Dreschel.
Scott Radley: Caledonia’s MontHill eyes the Canadian Open with massive rebuild
MontHill Golf and Country Club GM Mike Crooks says, “I think, without a doubt, there is interest” in the growing Caledonia course one day hosting the Canadian Open, but it’s a giant leap to get to that point, writes Scott Radley.
The day Doug Ford blew up his cabinet to save himself
The premier hopes to counter plunging support with a cabinet rebuild, but Ford needs to stop pretending he is the populist premier of “Ontario’s First Government For the People,” Martin Regg Cohn writes.
Naomi Wolf promotes new book delayed in the US by errors
Naomi Wolf promotes new book despite delay in release
Dundas's Horn of Plenty awaits ministry review
The Issue: Continuing delays to provincial amendments supporting ‘gentle-density’ in downtown DundasThe Impact: Small residential intensification projects will still be held up.
Shooting at Raptors parade was a targeted incident, Toronto police believe
At a news conference Thursday, Toronto’s police chief spoke about the violence at the Raptors victory parade and the city’s efforts to reduce gun violence.
The other stampede: Chaos at Eaton Centre minutes after Raptors rally shooting
Minutes after gunfire sent panicked fans at a Raptors rally scrambling to seek cover at the nearby Eaton Centre earlier this week, reports of a shooting inside the Toronto mall had shoppers frantically running for the exits.
Man, 46, jailed for rape committed at 17 in crime finally solved by DNA
A convicted rapist has been handed an eight-year adult sentence for viciously attacking a sex-trade worker almost 30 years ago — when he was a young offender — in a crime that took decades to solve through DNA.
Local post-secondary students are feeling the effects of changes to OSAP
Students are reporting receiving less money than in previous years
Tenant with gun threatens to kill landlord during midnight confrontation: Hamilton police
Police say the tenant is accused of pointing a firearm at his landlord and threatening to kill him.
Ford appoints four agents-general at six-figure salaries
They include a former aide to his brother and a former president of the Progressive Conservative party.
B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou
The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, giving itself more time to sign a long-term strategy to protect dwindling caribou populations.
Trudeau says he will defend minority rights in face of Quebec religious-symbol law
Premier Francois Legault told reporters, “the law was adopted legitimately, and we will apply the law.”
Desjardins says info for 2.9M members shared outside of organization
Fired employee being blamed for ‘malevolent’ act.
Police detail years-long probe into ‘big box’ child porn retailer
A Toronto web-hosting business whose servers were used to supply child pornography to users around the world was fully aware of the “horrific” content it was helping distribute, the Ontario Provincial Police say.
Signpost: Mac researcher recognized, Lakeshore West service and Canada Day celebration
Deborah Cook from McMaster University is the winner of the 2018 CIHR Gold Leaf Prize for Impact. Cook was one of four laureates recognized Thursday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The Gold Leaf Prizes recognize research achievements by Canadian researchers whose work has made a difference for Canadians and others around the world.
Trump offers help with Canadian detainees in China
PM Justin Trudeau visiting Washington and relations between himself and the U.S. president are cordial.
Art Battle contestants try to paint their way to National Championships
Making art in 20 minutes
Vaping among Canadian teens spikes by 74 per cent in one year, study suggests
The researchers say an online survey found the number of Canadian participants aged 16 to 19 who reported vaping in the previous month rose from 8.4 per cent in 2017 to 14.6 per cent last year.
Rookie MPP Stephen Lecce takes on a tough education file
Ontario’s new education minister faces controversial cuts and tough contract talks on the horizon.
‘Inhumane’ practice of carving fins off live sharks to become illegal in Canada
Canada is the first country in the world to ban the import and export of unattached shark fins.
State of Canada’s Birds report has good and bad news
Some species are in decline but some are on the upswing. What is clear, a report says, is that good conservation policy works.
New study offers insight and recommendations to reduce right whale deaths
More than half the 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths recorded over the last 16 years were caused by entanglement in fishing gear or vessel collisions, a new study reports.
Trudeau and Trump meet and U.S. president says he will press China to release detained Canadians
The two leaders met in the Oval Office for their first sit-down since last June’s summit notoriously imploded over NAFTA talks.
Making Waves: Jetskier on Hamilton Harbour
Jet skier rips it up on Hamilton Harbour
Canada needs more entrepreneurial swagger, says Shopify CEO
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke tells True North conference in Kitchener that companies need to take risks and aim high
Hamilton’s climate change strategy to be integrated into budgets, planning, say officials
“Hamilton is well positioned to continue to address climate change and support the global effort,” said Trevor Imhoff, city of Hamilton project manager.
China says its willing to help with N. Korea-U.S. denuclear talks
Chinese leader Xi Jinping says they want to assist U.S. and North Korea in denuclear talks.
Iran shoots down U.S. surveillance drone, heightening tensions
Iran said the drone “violated” its territorial airspace, while the U.S. called the missile fire “an unprovoked attack” in international airspace.
Hamilton's climate change strategy to be integrated into budgets, planning, say officials
"Hamilton is well positioned to continue to address climate change and support the global effort, said Trevor Imhoff, city of Hamilton project manager.
Emergency responders called to Hagersville apartment building
Haldimand firefighters didn’t actually have to do any fire suppression when they responded to a call in Hagersville on June 20.
Jailed in Russia on charges of spying, Paul Whelan appeals to Trump as well as Canadian, British and Irish governments to be freed
Judge extends his custody in a notorious pretrial detention centre in Moscow through the end of August.
Bob McCown leaving Sportsnet 590 The Fan after 30 years
McCown, the original host of Prime Time Sports when it launched in 1989, has been widely acknowledged as the person responsible for building sports talk radio in Canada.
Desjardins says personal info for 2.9 million members shared outside of organization
There was unauthorized and illegal use of its internal data by an employee who has since been fired
Hamilton man, 24, charged in $35,000 Mountain drug bust
Cocaine, MDMA, psilocybin and Xanax seized in the area of Brucedale Avenue East and Upper Wentworth Street.
Canada needs more entrepreneurial swagger
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke tells True North conference in Kitchener that companies need to take risks and aim high
Jeff Mahoney: Hamilton ranks high on Ashley Madison's Infidelity List
Listen in: Reporter discusses the “commuter effect" explanation proposed by the covert dating agency
89-year-old man hurt in crash on Queenston Road
No one on school bus was hurt, but drivers of two vehicles have gone to hospital
‘Lethal levels of salt’ seen in some southern Ontario waterways, warns WWF Canada
World Wildlife Fund Canada said its new maps tracking chloride from road salt show levels in many rural and urban southern Ontario waterways are increasing dangerously.
Ancaster Farmers Market celebrates 10 years
THE ISSUE: Ancaster Farmers Market economic impactTHE LOCAL IMPACT: The market has grown to become a community hub, injecting thousands of dollars into local agriculture
Special graduation at Hamilton Holbrook school
The issue: Jack Parent Reading Program pilot project.The local impact: Students' reading skills improved with the help of tutors.
Lion kills beloved white peacock named Merlin that flew into its zoo enclosure
A group of home-schooled children and their parents saw the start of the attack
Cannon Street repaving “lull” coming — but project that closed popular bike lanes should be done early
Repaving can move ahead faster because road base is in better shape than expected. The painful reconstruction project was originally slated to run into October.
Wesley Day Centre saved my life, Hamilton man says
Calvin Huber, 58, wants to help keep 195 Ferguson Ave. N. open.
‘Psychic Jasmine’ charged with defrauding victim of $200,000
Police say the woman operated under the name Jasmine Burt, and that she allegedly preyed upon the victim’s vulnerable situation.
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