Hockey Canada apologizes for gold-medal party
February 26, 2010 – 6:59 pm | No Comment

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Hockey Canada apologized Thursday for an impromptu party the Olympic women’s hockey team threw for itself on the Canada Hockey Place ice after winning the gold medal.
Canadian players, still wearing their uniforms …

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Ticats ready to kick off talks on role in new Pan Am stadium
February 20, 2010 – 7:22 pm | No Comment

(Feb 20, 2010) - The city and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are set for more detailed talks now that the site of the Pan Am stadium has been pinned down.

City recoups $1.57 million of missing fares
February 20, 2010 – 7:20 pm | One Comment

(Feb 20, 2010) - The city has recouped nearly all of the money that went missing from HSR coffers.

Employee left SPCA for ethical reasons
February 17, 2010 – 10:15 pm | No Comment

(Feb 13, 2010) - A former Hamilton SPCA senior fundraiser says she quit because she could no longer face asking for cash knowing it wasn’t all being spent to help animals.

Little chance of college strike
February 12, 2010 – 10:12 am | No Comment
Little chance of college strike

(Feb 12, 2010) - There are potentially 500 uncounted votes out there that could change the course of the school year for 200,000 students at Ontario’s 24 community colleges.

Chamber likes stadium by lake
February 11, 2010 – 10:18 am | No Comment

(Feb 11, 2010) - The voice of city businesses is trumpeting the west harbour as the best site for the Pan Am Games stadium.

School-closing review committees to be struck
February 11, 2010 – 10:14 am | No Comment

(Feb 11, 2010) - Falling student enrolment means all but three of Hamilton’s public high schools will be under close scrutiny in the coming months before a decision is made about which ones should close.

Unsafe building torn down in Hamilton
February 11, 2010 – 10:12 am | No Comment
Unsafe building torn down in Hamilton

(Feb 11, 2010) - Demolition crews are tearing down the Ambassador Heights building on St. Joseph’s Drive, the final chapter in a three-year saga of crumbling concrete and unpaid taxes.

City eyeing $300,000 in cuts to hit target of 2 per cent
February 11, 2010 – 10:08 am | No Comment
City eyeing $300,000 in cuts to hit target of 2 per cent

(Feb 11, 2010) - The city is only a few budget slashes away from meeting its goal of a tax increase of 2 per cent or less.

City corruption charges will go to trial
February 9, 2010 – 5:27 am | No Comment

A former city staffer was ordered to stand trial this morning for allegedly accepting a $5,000 kickback from a well-known local developer.

City men arrested in Burlington store robbery
February 8, 2010 – 8:30 pm | No Comment

(Feb 9, 2010) - Two Hamilton men have been arrested in relation to a robbery at a Burlington variety store yesterday.

Get your shovels out of storage, the white stuff’s coming tonight
February 8, 2010 – 8:30 pm | No Comment

(Feb 9, 2010) - Snow shovel. An implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for removing loose snow.

United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton passes $6.94m goal
February 7, 2010 – 12:53 pm | No Comment
United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton passes $6.94m goal

(Feb 5, 2010) - The United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton has surpassed its 2009 fundraising goal by $6,000.

Plan B for City Park includes 1,500-seat Pan Am stadium
February 7, 2010 – 12:47 pm | No Comment

BURLINGTON (Feb 6, 2010) - It’s not the preferred choice.

MRI donation ‘huge bonus’ for McMaster Children’s Hospital
February 7, 2010 – 12:43 pm | No Comment
MRI donation ‘huge bonus’ for McMaster Children’s Hospital

(Feb 6, 2010) - The old and breaking-down MRI at McMaster Children’s Hospital couldn’t produce detailed enough images for surgeons to get the tumour at the centre of Liam McGibbon’s brain.

McGuinty: Pan Ams no free pass for LRT
February 4, 2010 – 8:30 pm | No Comment

(Feb 5, 2010) - Premier Dalton McGuinty says the successful Pan Am Games bid won’t influence Hamilton’s chances of getting provincial funding for rapid transit.

RBG unveils plan for park system tomorrow
February 4, 2010 – 8:30 pm | No Comment

(Feb 5, 2010) - The Royal Botanical Gardens is going public tomorrow with its plan for a Cootes-to-escarpment park system covering more than 3,000 hectares along 10 kilometres of the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton and Burlington.