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• 'Serial arsonist' charged following 3 fires that caused $130K in damage: Hamilton police

  27-01-2022 23:27 via cbc.ca
  
  The 37-year-old Hamilton man is facing two counts of arson causing damage to property and one count of arson with disregard for human life, according to investigators.
  
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• Suspect arrested in series of Hamilton arsons that caused $130,000 in damage

  27-01-2022 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hamilton police have arrested a suspect in connection with three suspicious fires over a span of three weeks that caused $130,000 in damage.
  
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• Major show of support for trucker’s convoy in Hamilton, Niagara - Globalnews.ca

  27-01-2022 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Major show of support for trucker’s convoy in Hamilton, Niagara  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Major show of support for trucker’s convoy in Hamilton, Niagara

  27-01-2022 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The truckers are the backbone of our nation", said one protest supporter, "and now they are the metaphor backbone for us standing up for our rights."
  
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• RCMP launches investigation into website selling fake COVID-19 vaccine and mask exemptions

  27-01-2022 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  A police investigation has been launched into a B.C. website offering false vaccine and mask exemptions for COVID-19 for a fee, after it was highlighted by Global News.
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats receive highest valuation in CFL history: report | inTheHammer - insauga.com

  27-01-2022 22:31 via insauga.com
  
  Hamilton Tiger-Cats receive highest valuation in CFL history: report | inTheHammer  insauga.com
  
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• Hamilton Health Sciences fires 138 workers for refusing to be fully vaccinated - CBC.ca

  27-01-2022 22:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Hamilton Health Sciences fires 138 workers for refusing to be fully vaccinated  CBC.ca
  
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• Hamilton Health Sciences fires 138 workers for refusing to be fully vaccinated

  27-01-2022 22:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A hospital network in Hamilton has fired 138 workers because they refused to get fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
  
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• Hamilton police investigating stabbing in city’s east end - Globalnews.ca

  27-01-2022 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hamilton police investigating stabbing in city’s east end  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Hamilton police investigating stabbing in city’s east end

  27-01-2022 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say the incident is in connection with a disturbance call just east of the Red Hill Valley Parkway.
  
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• Trucker protest rolls through Hamilton as it passes through the GTA - Globalnews.ca

  27-01-2022 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trucker protest rolls through Hamilton as it passes through the GTA  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Unions want Ontario to reverse hospital COVID policy that allows sick people to work

  27-01-2022 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  "We're asking the province to reconsider and to scrap this policy and to look at the alternatives."
  
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• Ontario extends deadline for long-term care workers to receive COVID-19 booster

  27-01-2022 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Staff in the sector had been given until Friday to get booster shots in order to stay on the job, but the date has now been pushed back to March 14.
  
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• Ontario to begin resuming non-urgent surgeries on Monday

  27-01-2022 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Non-urgent surgeries were put on hold in early January to preserve hospital capacity, affecting an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 procedures a week.
  
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• Wide receiver Brandon Banks, Hamilton Tiger-Cats ‘mutually’ part ways - Global News

  27-01-2022 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wide receiver Brandon Banks, Hamilton Tiger-Cats ‘mutually’ part ways  Global News
  
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• Wide receiver Brandon Banks, Hamilton Tiger-Cats ‘mutually’ part ways

  27-01-2022 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Banks played eight seasons with the Ticats and ranks in the top 10 among all-time franchise leaders in numerous categories.
  
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• Hamilton-area population climbs to 812,000 as more leave big cities for 'smaller places' - CBC.ca

  27-01-2022 20:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Hamilton-area population climbs to 812,000 as more leave big cities for 'smaller places'  CBC.ca
  
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• Ontario NDP wants probe into PC party donations and COVID vaccine contract

  27-01-2022 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario's New Democrats want an investigation into political donations made by board members at a company that was later awarded a government contract to deliver COVID-19 vaccines.
  
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• Youth facing charges for September shooting in central Hamilton - Global News

  27-01-2022 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Youth facing charges for September shooting in central Hamilton  Global News
  
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• Youth facing charges for September shooting in central Hamilton

  27-01-2022 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hamilton police say no one was hurt in the shooting incident near Sanford Avenue North and Wilson Street around 3 p.m. on Dec. 13.
  
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• Indigenous students, help build our community! | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board - Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board

  27-01-2022 19:08 via hwdsb.on.ca
  Indigenous students, help build our community! | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board  Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
  
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• ‘Freedom convoy’ demonstrators gather in Greater Toronto Area

  27-01-2022 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Freedom convoy" protesters have begun demonstrating in parts of the Greater Toronto Area, as groups continue to head to Ottawa ahead of a protest against COVID-related mandates.
  
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• Hamilton CMA population climbs to 812,000 as more leave big cities for 'smaller places'

  27-01-2022 18:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Hamilton continues to be a city of choice for newcomers to Canada as well as Canadians leaving bigger cities like Toronto, new data from Statistics Canada shows.
  
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• Hamilton area population climbs to 812,000 as more leave big cities for 'smaller places'

  27-01-2022 18:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Hamilton continues to be a city of choice for newcomers to Canada as well as Canadians leaving bigger cities like Toronto, new data from Statistics Canada shows.
  
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• Hamilton Health Sciences among top research hospitals in Canada | inTheHammer - insauga.com

  27-01-2022 17:30 via insauga.com
  
  Hamilton Health Sciences among top research hospitals in Canada | inTheHammer  insauga.com
  
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• Guidelines released for who can receive Paxlovid treatment for COVID-19 in Ontario

  27-01-2022 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario is prioritizing older, unvaccinated residents and immunocompromised individuals for a new antiviral COVID-19 treatment.
  
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• Ontario still hasn’t shown how it would spend child-care funding, federal minister says

  27-01-2022 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal minister in charge of child-care efforts says Ontario still hasn't laid out how it would spend billions in funding allocated under a child-care deal.
  
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• 3,645 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 599 in intensive care

  27-01-2022 16:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario added 70 more COVID-related deaths to the tally on Thursday. A ministry of health spokesperson said the deaths occurred over the past 19 days.
  
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• Survivors of Mohawk Institute trying to get documents, but say Ontario is being 'dismissive'

  27-01-2022 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The Survivors' Secretariat at Six Nations is trying to create a community archive that outlines the complete history of the former Mohawk Institute residential school, but says the Archives of Ontario are being dismissive of its requests.
  
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• Mohawk Institute survivors creating archive of children at residential school say Ontario's being 'dismissive'

  27-01-2022 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The Survivors' Secretariat at Six Nations is working to create a community archive that outlines the full history of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, but says the Archives of Ontario are being dismissive.
  
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• Neil Lumsden to run for the Ontario PCs in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek - Global News

  27-01-2022 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Neil Lumsden to run for the Ontario PCs in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek  Global News
  
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• Neil Lumsden to run for the Ontario PCs in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek

  27-01-2022 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Ontario Conservatives introduced the former CFL veteran as a candidate in the upcoming provincial election.
  
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• ...and still I rise African Canadian Workers in Ontario, 1900 – 2000

  27-01-2022 15:32 via hamilton.ca
  In 2000, The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, in partnership with the African Canadian Workers Advisory Committee, began the planning of a multi-media travelling exhibition that highlighted the contributions of Black Canadian workers to Ontario and to the Canadian struggle for human rights.View the online exhibit at hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca
  
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• Food can be sold at Ontario movie theatres once restrictions loosen Jan. 31: sources

  27-01-2022 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News has learned that concession stands at Ontario movie theatres will be able to sell food and drinks once restrictions begin to ease starting Jan. 31.
  
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• Healthy and Safe Communities Department presents 2022 operating budget

  27-01-2022 15:15 via hamilton.ca
  HAMILTON, ON - Today, the proposed 2022 Operating Budget for the Healthy and Safe Communities Department (HSC) was presented to Hamilton City Council’s General Issues Committee.
  
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• A walk through time: A virtual experience of Hamilton’s Black History Database

  27-01-2022 14:53 via hamilton.ca
  Hamilton's Black History Month Launch presented by Hamilton Black History Council in partnership with Afro Canadian Caribbean Association.www.johnhollandawards.com
  
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• Hamilton police search for boy who never returned home from school - CHCH News

  27-01-2022 14:18 via chch.com
  
  Hamilton police search for boy who never returned home from school  CHCH News
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Hamilton teen located | TheSpec.com - TheSpec.com

  27-01-2022 14:15 via thespec.com
  
  UPDATE: Missing Hamilton teen located | TheSpec.com  TheSpec.com
  
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• Ontario chief medical officer to hold briefing updating COVID situation

  27-01-2022 12:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Kieran Moore's news conference comes after the provincial government announced its plan last week to gradually lift public health measures.
  
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• COVID-19: Ontario doctor banned from prescribing ivermectin now director of company offering drug

  27-01-2022 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Ontario doctor prohibited from prescribing ivermectin to treat COVID-19 has launched a telehealth service offering ivermectin to treat COVID-19, Global News can reveal.
  
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• Students travel hours, stay in hotels to attend school for the blind in Brantford as residences remain shut

  27-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some parents are spending hours on the road and thousands to stay in hotels to get their children to in-person classes at Ontario's only school for blind, visually impaired and deaf-blind students. The alternative is online learning, something they say presents challenges.
  
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• McMaster university races former Chinese partner to make a COVID-19 booster

  27-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A vaccine collaboration between McMaster University in Hamilton and a former Chinese partner stalled years ago and they are now independently racing to develop similar COVID-19 boosters, The Fifth Estate has found.
  
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• Cold Weather Alert Cancelled - January 25, 2022

  27-01-2022 08:33 via hamilton.ca
  HAMILTON, ON – The Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton has cancelled the Cold Weather Alert that was initiated on January 25, 2022. Temperatures are no longer at or below minus 15 degrees Celsius or minus 20 degrees Celsius with wind chill. 
  
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• Man with Hamilton connection charged in historical sexual assaults - TheSpec.com

  27-01-2022 05:17 via thespec.com
  
  Man with Hamilton connection charged in historical sexual assaults  TheSpec.com
  
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• DeRozan powers Bulls to 111-105 win over Raptors

  27-01-2022 04:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points, Zach LaVine added 23 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 111-105 on Wednesday night.
  
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• Matthews shootout goal leads Leafs past Ducks 4-3

  27-01-2022 04:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Toronto Maple Leafs scored three power-play goals and Auston Matthews produced the shootout winner to defeat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Wednesday night.
  
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• ‘Now Hiring Hamilton’ seeks to help small, medium-sized businesses with worker shortages - Global News

  27-01-2022 02:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  ‘Now Hiring Hamilton’ seeks to help small, medium-sized businesses with worker shortages  Global News
  
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• ‘Now Hiring Hamilton’ seeks to help small, medium-sized businesses with worker shortages

  27-01-2022 02:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new initiative from the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and Mohawk College is looking to help local small and medium-sized companies have more success finding workers.
  
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• Canadians show ‘significant’ shift on sending COVID vaccines to other countries: poll

  27-01-2022 00:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Forty-six per cent of respondents said they believe it’s time to focus on vaccinating people in less wealthy countries, compared to 39 per cent who disagreed.
  
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• Canada's mission in this World Cup qualifying window: Just hold on

  27-01-2022 00:09 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Sports' daily newsletter fills you in on what to know for Canada's next three World Cup qualifying matches, which will be played without Alphonso Davies.
  
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