Category: Hamilton News

The first thing you notice about Mia Valcke is her swing — it’s all power and speed. The 17-year-old’s hips and hands rotate violently toward the pitcher before she makes contact. And the swing is more impressive when you realize the St. Mary’s, Ont., native uses it for two different sports: baseball and softball. Story continues below “Baseball came first,” Valcke said with a smile. “My dad coaches and he used to play. My brother plays, too. We’ve always…

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With Toronto under an extreme cold weather warning and no end in sight to the freezing temperatures, shelter for the city’s homeless and most vulnerable has become increasingly sparse. Temperatures in the city and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area will see temperatures below -20 C this weekend. With the wind chill, it will feel like -30 overnight. Harm reduction workers from the Moss Park overdose prevention site have voiced concern about shelter space for the city’s most vulnerable….

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December 31 2017 4:51pm Mia Valcke of St. Mary’s, Ont., has her eyes set on becoming the first woman to play for both the Canadian national baseball team and the Canadian national softball team. Mike Arsenault sits down with the impressive 17-year-old athlete. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection…

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December 31 2017 1:03pm Queens Quay streetcar station was shutdown after a vehicle drove into the underground streetcar station. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if ( !gNews.Common.isIE && !gNews.Common.isTrident && gNews.Common.isFlash ) { var gnca_videoShareCallbackInterval = window.setInterval(…

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The Toronto Polar Bear Club has been forced to cancel its annual dip into Lake Ontario due to extreme cold weather and icy conditions at Sunnyside Beach. This marks the first time in 13 years the dip will not take place. “This event for us has always been about starting the year off in a fun, refreshing way and to raise money for Toronto charities” co-founder Mike Bonneveld said in a release. “Today we have to consider the safety…

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Videos can connect you to a news story like nothing else, making it seem more immediate, more personal. And while we strove to provide the most compelling videos, certain ones really connected with our readers. Some of them were touching, like the Nashville nurse who sung a dying patient’s favourite song. Some were tragic, like the gaunt polar bear searching for food on Baffin Island. And some were as exciting as any Hollywood blockbuster, such as the motorcyclist who…

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TORONTO – Ontario’s new $14 per hour minimum wage does not take effect until Jan. 1, but Chris Stevens has already taken steps to ensure his restaurant can afford the added expense. The co-owner of Kaboom Chicken in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood has raised menu prices in anticipation of the wage hike. He and his business partner also plan to reduce their staff’s hours in the new year and take on more of the work themselves in order to save…

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Another vehicle has found its way into the Queens Quay streetcar tunnel. The TTC tweeted around 4:30 a.m. Sunday that the 510 Spadina streetcar was being forced to turn back northbound at Spadina and Queens Quay due to a stalled vehicle inside the tunnel. The 509 streetcar was also turning back westbound at Spadina and Queens Quay. It took over six hours to safely remove the vehicle from the ferry terminal. Story continues below Police said the vehicle is…

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Peel Regional Police’s homicide unit has arrested a man wanted in connection with a fatal pedestrian-involved collision in Brampton, early Sunday morning. Police said officers responded to a call about a pedestrian struck in the area of Torbram Road and Peter Robertson Boulevard at around 1:45 a.m. Officers arrived on scene and found a 34-year-old man from Caledon in serious condition. Police said he was struck by a pickup truck which remained on scene. He was transported to hospital,…

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‘That’s Why He Won’ Presidents are human, too, a blend of varying degrees of idealism, generosity, empathy, ambition, ego, vanity, jealousy and anger, but they generally hide their unvarnished traits behind an official veneer. Call it decorum, call it presidential. Mr. Trump essentially calls it fake, making no effort to pretend to be above it all, except to boast that he is stronger, richer, smarter and more successful than anyone else. To him, the presidency is about winning, not…

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