Parents, students and community members plan a series of protests across the province Saturday over a number of school closings.
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A 21-year-old Hamilton man is facing charges of extortion, child pornography and child luring after allegedly posing as a girl online to lure boys in Canada, the United Kingdom and United States.
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As my beloved Raptors wind down yet another lost season, and with the Leafs mercifully having been put out of their misery a few weeks ago, it’s time to turn my attention to the sports of summer. Here in Toronto, that means Blue Jays baseball –…

Halton Regional Police are investigating after a body was discovered in Burlington, near Fairview St. and Maple Ave., Saturday afternoon.

Toronto ranked 47th, between Thunder Bay and Aurora, which is a vast improvement over last year’s rank of 88, thanks to better marks for health care and job prospects.

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Canada’s rail watchdog calls for better safety systems and voice recorders to determine the cause of accidents.
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MUSIC EVENTS HAMILTON:REBEL FEST II: Coming up in Hamilton Ontario on April 14 and 14—–Rebel Fest II, hosted by Rebel Time Records. Here’s the promo…◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘REBEL TIME RECORDS PRESENTS: REBEL FEST IIPublic Event · By Rebel …

MUSIC EVENTS HAMILTON: REBEL FEST II: Coming up in Hamilton Ontario on April 14 and 14—–Rebel Fest II, hosted by Rebel Time Records. Here’s the promo… ◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘REBEL TIME RECORDS PRESENTS: REBEL FEST IIPubli…

OMFG…this would be an amazing show. I think this is the only time in my life that I will be jealous of the people who inhabit Hamilton, ON.Two of my favorite musicians, Canadian or otherwise, are going to be doing two shows together. The first will b…

A computerized system called positive train control is being used to prevent derailments and collisions in the U.S. and abroad.
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The troubled former teen star globally recognizable as Wheels drifted from job to job, finally dying at 35 in a rooming house. Unlike hi…

Three people are dead and multiple passengers are injured after a Via Rail train derailed in Burlington on Sunday. 42 passengers suffere…

Nearly four years ago to the day, a freight train skidded off the rail lines near where a Via passenger train derailed Sunday.
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On this week’s episode of Progressive Voices, we speak with Donald Wells, Director of McMaster University’s School of Labour Studies, on the campaign to introduce a living wage in Hamilton, a living wage’s benefits to society and the economy, the 30,00…

Toronto’s extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn’t always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. No [...]

Glen Murray sees dramatic changes ahead for Ontario

Walter Russell Meade captures something about the current moment that can be overlooked to easily. Ron Paul and Barack Obama are forces for Americas that don’t and can’t exist anymore. The America where 90% of the people farm is not coming back.
But less acknowledged is that the post-war America that dominated manufacturing, could spend on social [...]

Quinlan’s spectacular day — 482 yards on 36 of 55 passing, two touchdowns and another 106 yards rushing — was simply too much for …

Injured youths won’t help police

When General Lee handed Ulysses S. Grant his surrender and my ancestors went home in defeat, there was reason to believe that one of the great unresolved conflicts over the meaning of the American experiment had been laid to a bloody rest.
I’m not talking about slavery, and it did not in fact prove to be the [...]