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Hamilton police officer accused of sexual assault 'did not take no for an answer,' Crown says
The defence has cast Const. Jeff Turnbull as a caring colleague who sought verbal consent from the woman the 40-year-old was having an affair with at every step of the way. The Crown says he was pushy, inappropriate and made his Hamilton police colleague uncomfortable.
Hamilton police officer accused of raping colleague says their affair was consensual
The defence lawyer for a Hamilton police officer accused of sexually assaulting a colleague spent much of Monday portraying the relationship between the two as a consensual, if clandestine, affair.
CANADA VOTES 2025
These Hamilton ridings are ones to watch, political experts say in final days of campaign
Local political scientists are watching for federal election results in local ridings held by the New Democrats and the Conservatives, to see just how much pull the apparent Liberal surge has in this region.
Budgetary transparency report card gives Hamilton city hall an 'F'
A report looking at fiscal accountability and transparency in Canadian municipalities has given Hamilton a failing grade – one of only four out of the country’s 32 largest cities to receive such low marks. The city says the ransomware attack impacted that score.
Burlington to give musician Sarah Harmer key to the city as she fights quarry expansion
As singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer prepares to receive the symbolic key to the City of Burlington – in large part for her leadership in a fight against quarry expansion on Mount Nemo – the fate of the quarry is in the hands of the Ontario Land Tribunal.
How would federal parties handle the industrial carbon tax? Climate-focused voters in Hamilton want to know
The Liberal government has already cancelled the consumer carbon tax, but the issue of carbon pricing for industrial pollution is still on the table in the current federal election campaign.
On Trans Day of Visibility, community remembers Hamilton woman who died in 2003 after interaction with police
Chevranna Abdi died in 2003 after Hamilton police were called to a Sandford Avenue apartment building with reports of a woman "wielding a knife and acting in a bizarre fashion.” Her friend says she was a "staple in the community" who should be remembered with humanity.
West Lincoln council votes to remove U.S. flag from community hockey arena
After years of displaying the American flag at the arena inside the West Lincoln Community Centre, the local council has voted to take it down.
Ontario Votes 2025: Hamilton East-Stoney Creek
Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, a lower-city riding stretching east from Hamilton’s industrial sector to past Fifty Road, was an Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) stronghold for years until the 2022 election, when it went to the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Ontario Votes 2025
Tariffs, Greenbelt and food security: Farmers share what's important to them as Ontario election nears
In the midst of a provincial election campaign, several farmers said they are concerned about the success of Ontario agriculture compared to the juggernaut to the south of the border.