Category: Hamilton News

Residents in some parts of Toronto are now allowed to keep chickens in their backyards as a part of a three-year, city-run pilot project. Story continues below People who live in houses or townhouses with backyards in Ward 5 (Etobicoke-Lakeshore), Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park), Ward 21 (St. Paul’s) and Ward 32 (Beaches-East York) can have coops with up to four hens (roosters are not allowed under the program). The pilot project launched on Friday and will last until March…

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A male pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle in Scarborough on Friday night. Toronto police said officers responded to a call about a pedestrian struck at Daphne Road and Greencedar Court, near Markham Road and Lawrence Avenue, around 7:30 p.m. Toronto paramedics said the man was transported to hospital in life-threatening condition, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene. Police said the investigation is ongoing and there…

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March 2 2018 11:07pm Explosions could be heard as a fire tore through a vacant four-storey building in Mississauga on Friday. ‘ }); } 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…

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March 2 2018 11:27pm The blaze tore through the nearly completed four storey building just after 7 pm Friday, force people out of their homes and knocking out power to more than one thousand Hydro customers. Kamil Karamali has more. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } };…

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Several patrons of a downtown Toronto fitness club were faced with an unusual situation early Friday, as they attempted to get their morning routine started. A man first appeared outside the building that houses Elle Fitness and Social on King Street West. He eventually made his way inside the building, up the staircase and to the door of the women-only fitness studio. “We didn’t want anyone coming in and just being alarmed or cornered by him,” explained Robyn Fitzpatrick,…

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Despite the announcement earlier this week of a “scale back” in search efforts by police, OPP ground search and diver teams joined dozens of community volunteers for yet another day of searching for the body of three-year-old Kaden Young in Grand Valley, Ont. Story continues below Young was swept out of his mother’s arms when her minivan was washed off a flooded road and into the Grand River on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The boy is presumed dead, but the…

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A four-storey residential building under construction in Mississauga has been destroyed by a three-alarm fire that burned for hours on Friday evening. Peel Regional Police said officers and firefighters were called to the Joymar Drive and Tannery Street area, near Queen Street South and Thomas Street, in Streetsville after 7 p.m. Friday. Tim Beckett, chief of Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services, said approximately 15 fire trucks and 60 firefighters responded to the three-alarm call. He said firefighters had to…

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March 2 2018 8:21pm Some residents in Mississauga have evacuated after a major fire broke out Friday evening. Early reports say the fire began at a construction site. ‘ }); } 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 &&…

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March 2 2018 9:38pm A three-alarm fire broke out at a four-storey, vacant building in Mississauga on Friday evening. Tim Beckett, Chief of Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services said some nearby residents have been evacuated. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE,…

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A Canadian who plotted terrorist attacks in New York City for the so-called Islamic State said his frustration with the conduct of the United States and its allies had turned him towards “military jihad.” In a lengthy letter to the U.S. judge sentencing him next month, Abdulrahman El-Bahnasawy described how he came to see terrorism as an acceptable response to “reckless airstrikes” and rejection of the “Islamic system.” Story continues below “With airstrikes and bombs they destroyed homes, killed…

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