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Opinion | Cleaning out the litter box — in the darkFrom chocolate bars to masking tape, lip balm to barbecue sparker thi...
03/21/2025

Opinion | Cleaning out the litter box — in the dark

From chocolate bars to masking tape, lip balm to barbecue sparker things, I no longer buy items I once couldn’t live without, writes Lorraine Sommerfeld

From chocolate bars to masking tape, lip balm to barbecue sparker things, I no longer buy items I once couldn’t live without

Free Hamilton of ‘strong-mayor’ obligations: Council to Premier Doug FordFrustration over budget talks spurs call for ex...
03/21/2025

Free Hamilton of ‘strong-mayor’ obligations: Council to Premier Doug Ford

Frustration over budget talks spurs call for exemption.

Frustration over budget talks spurs call for exemption.

Hamilton will take another stab at a long-debated stormwater fee expected to launch in 2026 with particular attention to...
03/21/2025

Hamilton will take another stab at a long-debated stormwater fee expected to launch in 2026 with particular attention to big users.

City politicians ask staff to review rates for large industrial, institutional users.

Amid the ongoing demolition of dozens of buildings in the way of Hamilton’s LRT, Metrolinx is also constructing a new ho...
03/21/2025

Amid the ongoing demolition of dozens of buildings in the way of Hamilton’s LRT, Metrolinx is also constructing a new home — for threatened chimney swifts.

A replacement chimney is under construction along King Street where many homes are being demolished for the project

Hamilton police are investigating after an estimated 80 Teslas parked at Lime Ridge Mall — the site of the company’s lar...
03/21/2025

Hamilton police are investigating after an estimated 80 Teslas parked at Lime Ridge Mall — the site of the company’s largest showroom in Canada — were vandalized, with deep scratches and punctured tires.

Estimated 80 vehicles damaged outside showroom at Lime Ridge Mall.

Victoria Park Community Homes marked the start of construction on its long-planned 261-unit affordable-housing project o...
03/21/2025

Victoria Park Community Homes marked the start of construction on its long-planned 261-unit affordable-housing project on the Mountain with a “ground-seeding” ceremony on a blustery and rainy first day of spring.

Victoria Park’s project moves forward as more than 6,000 households await subsidized units, with private-market rents having soared beyond reach for many.

Hamilton-area Today: Tesla tensions hit Lime Ridge mall with vandalism + Junos return to HamiltonHere is what’s happenin...
03/21/2025

Hamilton-area Today: Tesla tensions hit Lime Ridge mall with vandalism + Junos return to Hamilton

Here is what’s happening in Hamilton and area this morning with your top news stories

Here is what’s happening in Hamilton and area this morning with your top news stories.

The Juno Awards are returning to Hamilton in 2026 — in the newly renovated downtown Hamilton arena.
03/20/2025

The Juno Awards are returning to Hamilton in 2026 — in the newly renovated downtown Hamilton arena.

55th annual Juno Awards will be hosted at newly-renovated downtown Hamilton arena.

Upwards of 80 Teslas at a Hamilton Mountain dealership have been damaged, including scratches and punctured tires, say H...
03/20/2025

Upwards of 80 Teslas at a Hamilton Mountain dealership have been damaged, including scratches and punctured tires, say Hamilton police.

Mischief comes amid backlash against Elon Musk.

Local artist could receive $1,000, work featured in AGH festivalApplications close on March 30.
03/20/2025

Local artist could receive $1,000, work featured in AGH festival

Applications close on March 30.

The theme should match that of the festival — art, music and food.

Measles cases could continue into the summer in Grand ErieNew top doc says end of outbreak is at least “a few months” aw...
03/20/2025

Measles cases could continue into the summer in Grand Erie
New top doc says end of outbreak is at least “a few months” away.

Grand Erie Public Health’s new top doc Dr. Adelle Chang On says end of outbreak is at least “a few months” away.

Opinion | Seeing grandson in March Madness is Some Kind of WonderfulLongtime Dundas resident John Ellison wrote “Some Ki...
03/20/2025

Opinion | Seeing grandson in March Madness is Some Kind of Wonderful

Longtime Dundas resident John Ellison wrote “Some Kind of Wonderful.” Which is how he feels about watching his grandson playing in March Madness.

Writer of legendary song will be rooting for Houston in NCAA tournament

How Lansdowne Children’s Centre plans to tackle its wait-list of nearly 3,000 kidsChildren with communication, physical ...
03/20/2025

How Lansdowne Children’s Centre plans to tackle its wait-list of nearly 3,000 kids

Children with communication, physical and developmental needs currently face up to a three-year wait for support.

The organization helps children with communication, physical and developmental needs from Brantford, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk counties, Six Nations of the Grand River, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

City politicians want an “action plan” to speed up development approvals to help ease Hamilton’s housing crunch.
03/20/2025

City politicians want an “action plan” to speed up development approvals to help ease Hamilton’s housing crunch.

The review is to delve into various points of the application process at city hall

The former Vienna Tavern in east Hamilton became a bar called The Swan Dive in a new Netflix horror show involving the c...
03/20/2025

The former Vienna Tavern in east Hamilton became a bar called The Swan Dive in a new Netflix horror show involving the creators of one of its flagship shows, “Stranger Things.”

A look at productions being shot in and around the Hamilton area

Hamilton councillors spar over $88M Rymal Road widening project
03/20/2025

Hamilton councillors spar over $88M Rymal Road widening project

Congestion, climate change, costs at issue as initiative enters final stretch.

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