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Pan Am cash coming to ease the pain?
August 6, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 7, 2010) – An ultimatum from Ottawa and the province is aimed at forcing a stadium for the Tiger-Cats on the east Mountain.

Dundas senior jailed for defrauding parents
August 6, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 7, 2010) – A Dundas man is being fitted for an electronic-monitoring bracelet after pleading guilty to attempting to bilk his parents of their life savings while holding power of attorney for the elderly couple.

East Mountain site more expensive: City report
August 6, 2010 – 4:34 am | No Comment

A city report says a Pan Am stadium at the east Mountain will cost $55 million to $80 million more than a stadium at the west harbour site, the Spectator has learned.

Pedestrian falls under truck, dies
August 6, 2010 – 1:09 am | No Comment

A 55-year-old man is dead after being crushed by a 25-ton truck in front of crowd of distressed pedestrians in downtown Hamilton.

Hundreds rally for Mountain site
August 6, 2010 – 12:23 am | No Comment

All that was missing was a brass band.

Be careful parking at Festival
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 6, 2010) – With the long-running Festival of Friends opening today in Gage Park, general manager Loren Lieberman said his team is going “out of their way” to make sure nobody gets a parking ticket.

Teens arrested for cemetery vandalism
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 6, 2010) – Hamilton police have arrested the two teen boys responsible for a major vandalism attack on a city cemetery last weekend.

Leukemia patient needs bone marrow donor
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 6, 2010) – Mike Smyth is deeply grateful to the numerous strangers trying to save his son’s life.

Passersby use CPR to save elderly woman
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

ANCASTER (Aug 6, 2010) – A humble hero used the CPR training from his youth to save an elderly woman who collapsed on the sidewalk with no vital signs.

Mac gets pension relief help
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

McMaster University is getting needed relief from its pension plan solvency obligations.

84-year-old to skydive
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 6, 2010) – Tomorrow, 84-year-old Charlie Solary will be embarking on the trip of a lifetime.

City plans core park in place of parking lot
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 6, 2010) – “They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot,” Joni Mitchell sang. Hamilton is doing the opposite, turning a big contaminated parking lot into a downtown park.

McMaster gets pension relief help
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 6, 2010) – McMaster University is getting needed relief from its pension plan solvency obligations.

Week-long drumathon aims to pound out cancer
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

Steve Gaul makes no bones about shooting for the moon to drum up Canadian Cancer Society donations.

Burlington woman’s cancer called hoax
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

A Burlington woman who said she had cancer and disappeared after raising thousands of dollars for research is being investigated by Halton police after her father claimed it was all a hoax.

‘High roller’ gets four-year sentence
August 5, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 6, 2010) – According to one gambling associate at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Shellee Spinks “played the part of a high roller,” tipping waitresses $500 or dropping a hundred bucks in the doorman’s palm.

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