City has not decided if it will replace fired workers

By Cory Ruf, CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2013 1:02 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 30, 2013 4:46 PM ET   The city has not decided if it will replace the 29 public works employees whose dismissals were announced this week, according to the senior...

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Shots fired into Hamilton art facility

CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2013 9:36 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 30, 2013 7:05 PM ET Gary Santucci woke to the sounds of gunshots and shattering glass in his central Hamilton apartment Wednesday morning. "It's unsettling, but we have to deal with...

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Pedestrian killed by VIA train in Burlington

CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2013 6:47 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 31, 2013 8:26 AM ET A VIA train travelling from Toronto to Windsor fatally struck a pedestrian near the Burlington GO station shortly after 6 :30p.m. Wednesday evening. Police say...

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McMaster program gives high school students a taste of university

By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Posted: Jan 31, 2013 7:14 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 31, 2013 8:54 AM ET   The idea is simple: give high school students a chance to experience university life and they might be more likely to attend university...

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Q live at 7 p.m. from Mohawk College on Thursday

Steeltown Jian Ghomeshi fans, your day has come. A live version of Q, his award-winning arts and culture show, will be recorded right here in Hamilton. Ghomeshi will gabb with guests in front of an audience at Mohawk College's McIntyre Performing Arts...

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City used video surveillance, GPS records to investigate Hamilton workers

Surveillance took place on random days this past November By Flannery Dean, CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2013 9:41 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 29, 2013 7:04 PM ET   The City of Hamilton used video surveillance and GPS records of city vehicles...

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Hamilton LGBT activist welcomes leadership of Kathleen Wynne

Ontario's premier-designate has fans in Hamilton By Flannery Dean, CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2013 7:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 30, 2013 9:18 AM ET   A Hamilton LGBT community activist says she is heartened by the recent election of Kathleen...

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Hamilton woman starts online fundraiser for family of slain 9-year-old

By Flannery Dean, CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2013 7:28 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 30, 2013 9:28 AM ET   A Hamilton woman has started an online campaign to raise money for the family of Kesean Williams, the nine-year-old boy who was shot and...

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Warm days smash Hamilton temperature records

CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2013 9:40 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 30, 2013 9:29 AM ET   The warm spell Hamilton experienced on Tuesday and Wednesday is expected to end before the week is out, according to Dave Phillips, a senior climatologist...

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Two Mississauga men arrested for summer arson in Hamilton

CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2013 10:27 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 30, 2013 10:26 AM ET Hamilton Police arrested two men in connection with a summer arson at an east end convenience store that claimed a young life. The body of 21-year-old Samir...

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Police: bone fragments in Stoney Creek field are animal not human

new Search continues for remains of Shirley Treadwell By Flannery Dean, CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2013 7:09 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 29, 2013 7:07 AM ET The search for the remains of a Stoney Creek woman will continue now that bone fragments...

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Child shooting victim to be buried in Hamilton

CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2013 7:14 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 29, 2013 7:12 AM ET A nine-year-old Brampton boy who was fatally shot in the head while watching TV last week will be buried in Hamilton on Friday. Kesean Williams, a Grade 4 student,...

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Tiny red dot on a map could be key to solving Hamilton cold case

The map in Robert Garrow's orange Volkswagen had 27 dots on it. Inspector Henry McCabe found the document in Garrow's abandoned car. It was 1973 and summer had come to the Adirondacks. McCabe, a detective with the New York State Police, was part of...

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Mayor to deliver State of the City address on Tuesday

CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2013 10:04 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 29, 2013 10:03 AM ET   Mayor Bob Bratina is set to deliver his annual State of the City speech before the Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. The address, which he'll...

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Ontario's Wynne looks to fix rift with teachers

updated Incoming premier to meet with caucus CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2013 6:42 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 29, 2013 10:20 AM ET   Premier-designate Kathleen Wynne and outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty pose for media after a meeting at...

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Award-winning journalist Robert Fisk coming to Hamilton

Meet the man who interviewed Osama Bin Laden three times By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2013 8:10 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 28, 2013 8:08 AM ET   He interviewed Osama Bin Laden three times, covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

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Hamilton: a haven for bedbugs?

Reports of bedbug infestations in Hamilton have "grown exponentially" since 2006, according to the city's public health department. "I know from our numbers we do have a bad situation even compared to seven years ago," said Matt Lawson, manager of health...

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Autopsy of torso found in Kitchener set for Monday in Hamilton

The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 28, 2013 9:55 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 28, 2013 9:22 AM ET A human torso that was found in a Kitchener garbage bin is scheduled to undergo an autopsy in Hamilton on Monday. Police say the remains were discovered...

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Public schools closed, Catholic open in Hamilton

updated CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2013 7:13 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 28, 2013 9:44 AM ET   Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has closed all schools and board administrative facilities due to freezing rain conditions. The school...

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29 Hamilton city workers fired: City Manager says 'We're not done'

live blog City talking to Hamilton police about possible charges CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2013 9:41 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 28, 2013 10:38 AM ET   The City of Hamilton has fired 29 employees for "neglect of duties, time theft and/or...

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Stefan Chaput scores shootout winner for Hamilton in 2-1 victory

The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 27, 2013 9:46 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 27, 2013 9:41 AM ET   Stefan Chaput scored the decisive shootout goal as the league-worst Hamilton Bulldogs edged the Lake Erie Monsters 2-1 in American Hockey League...

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Water main break soaks Hamilton City Centre

CBC News Posted: Jan 26, 2013 6:38 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 27, 2013 12:16 AM ET   Firefighters were soaked by a water main break at the Hamilton City Centre Saturday evening. Crews were called to the shopping centre around 5:30 p.m. Water...

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It's a Wynne-win for Ontario Liberals

Kathleen Wynne will be Ontario's first female premier after dramatic movements on the convention floor earned her the endorsement of two former rivals and propelled her to a third-ballot victory on Saturday. Those endorsements, from Mississauga South...

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Ancaster fire causes 700K in damages

CBC News Posted: Jan 27, 2013 9:24 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 27, 2013 9:23 AM ET   Intense flames gutted a home in Ancaster early Sunday morning. Fire crews were called to 302 Lloyminn Avenue, by Lover's Lane and Sulphur Springs Road, at...

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Hamilton teachers join thousands protesting Liberal leadership convention

Party will select new leader, premier in Saturday's voting CBC News Posted: Jan 26, 2013 11:42 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 27, 2013 9:42 AM ET   Hundreds of Hamilton teachers and support staff were among a crowd of thousands protesting outside...

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Parent rally in support of teachers a warmup for Saturday protest

By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Posted: Jan 25, 2013 7:22 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 25, 2013 4:43 PM ET   A group of Hamilton parents and community members gathered outside City Hall on Friday in support of teachers, calling it "a warm up" for...

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Policing costs crippling Festival of Friends, organizer says

By Adam Carter, CBC News Posted: Jan 25, 2013 9:57 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 25, 2013 5:31 PM ET   The cost of hiring police officers is crippling the Festival of Friends, says the event's general manager. "A $40,000 increase in policing...

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Hamilton boy killed in Brampton shooting an 'active, energetic kid'

A nine-year-old Brampton boy who was fatally shot in the head while watching TV was from Hamilton, having moved from the city about five months ago. Kesean Williams, a Grade 4 student, was shot Wednesday night and died hours later in hospital of his...

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Decline in Hamilton's smoking rates may have hit a wall

By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Posted: Jan 26, 2013 9:05 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 26, 2013 9:03 AM ET   National Non-Smoking Week draws to a close Saturday, but in Hamilton and across the province, efforts to reduce the number of smokers is...

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Abandoned house burned beyond recognition, fire officials say

CBC News Posted: Jan 26, 2013 10:36 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 26, 2013 10:35 AM ET   Hamilton fire crews spent hours on Friday night dousing an abandoned property so scorched by flames that firefighters can't even begin to figure out how...

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White Star proposes eight-storey building for King and Sanford

By Denise Davy, Special to CBC News Posted: Jan 25, 2013 7:22 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 25, 2013 6:57 AM ET   Owners of a block of land on the corner of King and Sanford streets that's listed for $2.5 million say they're hoping to cash in...

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Parents to rally at City Hall in support of teachers

By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Posted: Jan 25, 2013 7:22 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 25, 2013 6:58 AM ET   Hamilton parents and community members upset with the province's dealings with teacher negotiations are planning to gather at City Hall...

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Five surprising reasons to warm up to the cold weather

Hamiltonians chorused a collective "Brrrrrr…" this week as temperatures fell as low as -15 C in the city. Intense cold, like any extreme weather, comes with a host of negative consequences — frostbite, dry skin, high heating bills, perpetually runny...

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