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11/25/2025
Restaurants and hotels report packed dining rooms and suites with Paul McCartney show opening downtown Hamilton's newly renovated arena.
‘Every bar was packed’: New TD Coliseum and Paul McCartney were ‘huge’ for downtown Hamilton Restaurants and hotels report packed dining rooms and suites with Paul McCartney show opening newly renovated arena.
03/25/2025
Jury selected for trial of accused cop killers
👉 https://www.thespec.com/news/crime/jury-selected-for-trial-of-accused-cop-killers/article_255492d6-093b-53ea-87b0-f88fa8de1d9c.html
Jurors asked if they believe Indigenous men are prone to violence.
Opinion | Susan Clairmont, Columnist
Jury selected for trial of accused cop killers Jurors asked if they believe Indigenous men are prone to violence.
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
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
03/21/2025
Free Hamilton of ‘strong-mayor’ obligations: Council to Premier Doug Ford
Frustration over budget talks spurs call for exemption.
Free Hamilton of ‘strong-mayor’ obligations: Council to Premier Doug Ford Frustration over budget talks spurs call for exemption.
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.
Hamilton’s long-debated stormwater fee to get another look City politicians ask staff to review rates for large industrial, institutional users.
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.
Metrolinx building new home for chimney swifts threatened by LRT demolition A replacement chimney is under construction along King Street where many homes are being demolished for the project
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.
Rising tensions over Tesla hit Hamilton via vandalism, protest Estimated 80 vehicles damaged outside showroom at Lime Ridge Mall.
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.
After six-year journey, shovels break ground on Mountain affordable-housing project 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.
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
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.
03/20/2025
The Juno Awards are returning to Hamilton in 2026 — in the newly renovated downtown Hamilton arena.
Juno Awards to return to Hamilton in 2026 55th annual Juno Awards will be hosted at newly-renovated downtown Hamilton arena.
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