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Niagara border crossings reopen following Canadian customs system crash

Truck traffic is starting to move again now that Niagara border crossings to Canada from the United States have reopened ...
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Confederation GO station completion will add more GO service to east Hamilton

Commuting to Toronto just got easier for residents of east Hamilton and Stoney Creek, both above and below the Mountain, as ...
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Garbage operations at Kenora transfer station could be relocated

Hamilton Staff say relocating the garbage drop-off at the Kenora waste transfer site could cost between $28 and $50 Million. The possibility was raised last December by Councillors Francis and Beattie ...
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, his signature shoe and Hamilton featured in NYT Style section

Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was featured in an article in today’s Sunday New York Times Style section in connection with the launch of the Shai 001 line of Converse basketball sneakers. The ...
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Burlington Sound of Music Festival could be on its last legs

Burlington City Council will have a real hot potato on its hands when it next meets October 6. Staff are recommending that the city stop funding the Sound of Music festival (SOM) after a disappointing ...
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Hamilton Police looking for three home invasion suspects

Police are asking for the public’s assistance after an early morning home invasion at a residence in the Birch Ave and Wilson St area, in Hamilton. Police say at least one of the intruders had a gun.
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CARSTAR car wash fundraiser pulls in $8,500 for cystic fibrosis

Two Hamilton CARSTAR locations– CARSTAR Hamilton Midtown and CARSTAR Hamilton Lockwood, owned by Peter and Kenneth Chavez of ...
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Political legend Jim Bradley passes at age 80. Served over 40 years as MPP

Niagara Regional Chair Jim Bradley passed away yesterday after a brief illness. He was 80 years old. While he had been a Niagara regional chair since 2018, it was his 41-year career in the Ontario ...
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Study finds wide divergence of perceptions of safety and crime across Hamilton

In some ways, it’s a tale of two cities. A Wilfrid Laurier University Community Safety Survey conducted for the Hamilton ...
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Hamilton Public Library orders preliminary consultation on proposed Discovery Centre Branch

The Hamilton Public Library is taking the first steps towards establishment of a library branch at the former Discovery Centre next to Pier 8. The plan is to develop a new library branch, Indigenous ...
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Former NDP caucus member Paul Miller drops in on Horwath budget town hall

The series of pre-budget public meetings staged by Mayor Horwath in various venues across the city came to an end Thursday ...
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Ron Foxcroft honoured for 30 years’ service as Board Chair at Hamilton Airport

The operators of John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport , today announced that long-time Board Chair Col. R. Foxcroft, O.C. has been appointed Chair Emeritus, recognizing more than three decades ...