Category: Hamilton News

A man has died after a shooting in Brampton‘s west end Monday afternoon. Peel Regional Police said they were called to the area of Cumberland Drive and Vodden Street East, near Kennedy Road North, at around 2:40 p.m. Police said the man, who is believed to be in his 30s, was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene. Man with no vital signs from a shooting in a townhouse complex on Vodden Court in #Brampton. Large…

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Family day has taken on a whole new meaning for Susan Berry and her family after her 73-year-old mother was found alive on Sunday. She had been missing for more than 72 hours. “I was really starting to think about losing my mom,” Susan said. “But miraculously, later that day she was found… It was a tremendous relief. There were lots of tears.” Carole Berry was last seen leaving her condo in the Elgin Drive and Hurontario Road area…

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Labour groups and some politicians are pushing to repeal a bylaw that allows retailers north of Toronto to stay open on holidays such as Family Day. Councillors in York Region, which consists of nine municipalities including Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill, Ont., voted 17-3 in favour of the Holiday Shopping Bylaw in November. Story continues below The legislation exempts all businesses from a provincial law requiring them to close on nine statutory holidays each year. They’re now able to…

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Team Canada’s Justin Kripps and Alex Kopacz tied with Germany, capturing its sixth gold medal on Monday, while another of Canada’s three teams, Nick Poloniato and Jesse Lumsden, finished seventh. But as Megan Robinson reports, today is extra special for Lumsden for one reason away from the track. Powered by WPeMatico

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Almost 100 years after Pablo Picasso painted his famous La Miséreuse Accroupie (The Crouching Beggar), a team of researchers have discovered another painting underneath it. The oil painting is currently housed at the Art Gallery of Ontario and was originally painted by Picasso in 1902. The Ontario researchers took an X-ray of the painting as part of unrelated background research. In the X-ray, known as an x-radiograph, the team discovered the hidden landscape scene. Pablo Picasso. La Miséreuse accroupie,…

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February 19 2018 3:16pm There is still a lot of work that needs to be done before autonomous vehicles can travel on the roads. James Davidson has more on how close we really are to adopting this new technology. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; //…

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TORONTO – The sprint to Ontario’s spring election begins this week as the legislature is set to resume following an unprecedented tumult that saw the official Opposition implode under the weight of its leader’s resignation amid sexual misconduct allegations. Story continues below When legislators return to Queen’s Park on Tuesday, all eyes will be on former Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown – if he shows up to take a seat as an independent after being kicked out of caucus….

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With warmer temperatures and “significant” rainfall set to arrive in southern Ontario on Tuesday and Wednesday, officials say there is an increased chance of localized flooding. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for several areas, including the Greater Toronto Area, Peterborough, Kingston and Ottawa. “A warm front associated with a low pressure area will move through the region , bringing a significant amount of rain with it,” the statement said. Toronto GTA under special weather statement with…

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February 19 2018 1:42pm Jelena Leung speaks one-on-one with Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders during a rally to raise concerns about how work-related issues are impacting police officers and their families. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if…

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TORONTO – The president of the union representing Toronto’s firefighters says a fire captain who was found in California after vanishing from a New York state ski slope is back in Canada. Frank Ramagnano says Constantinos (Danny) Filippidis made a brief stop in Lake Placid, N.Y., to talk to police before heading home to Canada. Ramagnano says he’s not sure when exactly Filippidis got home. READ MORE: Missing Toronto firefighter located in California may have suffered head injury The…

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