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Hamilton Canada Post union head in Hamilton warns of ‘race to the bottom’ after back-to-work order ends strikeThe fight for better jobs at Canada Post continues after a federal back-to-work order ended the roughly one-month strike, but the government has made it more difficult, a local union president says. MakingContinue Reading

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Hamilton Community rallies around 70-year-old transgender actor who lost teeth in attack near 2SLGBTQ+ bar in HamiltonLisa Stroud went without many teeth — and as a result, acting gigs — for seven months after being attacked in March outside The Well, Hamilton’s only bar marketed to the local 2SLGBTQ+ community. 2 fundraisers,Continue Reading

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Hamilton The coroner’s inquest into the deaths of six men who were incarcerated at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre ended Thursday with the jury making about 60 recommendations, including to help inmates with substance use issues. Weeks-long inquest for men who died 2017-2021 led to about 60 recommendations Justin Chandler · CBC News ·Continue Reading

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Hamilton 14 Hamilton jail inmates have died from overdoses since 2012 but Ontario change is slow, inquest hearsClosing arguments at the inquest examining the drug-related deaths of six men who were in custody at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre have wrapped up. The jury is now tasked with deliberating to reachContinue Reading

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Hamilton A registered nurse who was the last witness in the weeks-long inquest for six Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre inmates testified she’d like to reassure her patients they’ll undoubtedly be connected to community resources when they’re let out, but that doesn’t always happen. Coroner’s jury probing deaths of 6 men between 2017-2021 hearsContinue Reading

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When Sandra Commerford asked for a raise from a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital in 1998, the registered practical nurse (RPN) was confident she had a strong, open and shut case. Commerford and upwards of 100 other RPNs had started administering medication to patients — a new responsibility that required months of additional training, transformedContinue Reading