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Hamilton·ONTARIO VOTES 2025 For three years, a St. Catharines retiree and her partner have been renting a townhouse built after 2018. Under Ontario rules, the 71-year-old’s landlord can increase rent by any amount. “We are at his mercy,” Terri Millstone told CBC Hamilton. Here’s what the main Ontario parties say they’ll do forContinue Reading

Hamilton Hamilton steelworkers brace for business slowdown with Trump’s 25% tariffsWorkers and unions in Hamilton, a hub for steel production in Canada, are reacting to new tariffs announced Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump. “It’s going to hurt business,” says Tony McLaughlin, a 34-year Stelco worker who’s now in aContinue Reading

Hamilton Hamilton council targets big and small to shave about $500K off proposed 2025 city budgetCouncillors moved motions on expenses big and small as they sought to add or remove items from the 2025 budget for the City of Hamilton. At the end of Friday, city staff said the proposedContinue Reading

Hamilton A hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., has been ordered to permanently close after an investigation into an explosion that killed 37-year-old Ryan Konkin in 2023. Ssonix and its 3 directors face 21 combined charges Aura Carreño Rosas · CBC News · Posted: Feb 04, 2025 4:00 AMContinue Reading

More than 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott’s visit to the White House and his relationship with President Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate people. Abbott, a man of notable firsts, is included in Jill L. Newmark’s book Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons. In addition toContinue Reading

Hamilton For around $5,000, first-time filmmaker Daryl Granger made a documentary about a fishery in Port Dover, Ont. Now people in Ontario and around the world are watching, getting a behind-the-scenes look of working life on the water. Netting the Waters shows at Playhouse Cinema in Hamilton Feb. 1 andContinue Reading

Hamilton ‘I felt so close to him,’ says teen who saved man from tent fire at Hamilton encampmentSeventeen-year-old Zeke Fox dragged Shawn Goodwin to safety on the night of Jan. 5 as a fire destroyed his encampment at Bayfront Park in Hamilton. They’ve since stayed in touch and have become close.Continue Reading

Hamilton Two children and one adult are dead following a multiple-alarm fire at a highrise apartment building near Hamilton’s waterfront on Sunday morning.  Firefighters faced ‘extreme heat, extreme smoke, extreme flame,’ says fire chief The Hamilton Fire Department was called to a fatal fire at Pier Towers Apartments, a highriseContinue Reading

Hamilton Robotics team from Hamilton children’s hospital wins big at provincial Lego league championshipA seven-member team from Hamilton’s Ron Joyce Children’s Healthcare won several trophies at The First Lego League Provincial Championship in Oshawa. They are the only participants from a kids’ hospital who’ve been in a Lego robotics competition in North America. ‘Everyone’sContinue Reading