John Best

It appears nobody connected with Hamilton’s 14-odd Volunteer Advisory Committees has been particularly happy with them. The people who served on the committees complained that their recommendations didn’t often find their way into action at the council table. There was dissatisfaction with the way members were picked. There was a general sense that there was […]

Wednesday, at approximately 3:20 a.m., a group of masked suspects broke into a residence in the area of Highland Road West and Winterberry Drive while the occupants were home.

The Police Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team, managed to disarm a man with a knife who had been threatening security officers in Jackson Square Wednesday afternoon.

A nearly 1,000-unit apartment complex, at Queen and Napier Streets was given the green light by the Ontario Land Tribunal Thursday. The project, by Vrancor developments was approved following mediation between the City of Hamilton and the developer that resolved objections to the original design. Significantly, instead of a three-tower configuration, there will now be two towers of 39 and 41 storeys on a six-storey podium that will face the surrounding residential neighbourhood.

More than 272 legal professionals from Hamilton and Halton showed their support for their community at the 23rd Annual Sopinka with a cheque for $375,000 for the United Way. The announcement was made at the United Way Legal Luncheon. The luncheon, held in honor of the late Justice John Sopinka, began over two decades ago with a modest goal, raising $13,000 in its first year. What started as a small initiative has grown into a major annual event, raising over $3.3 million to date. These funds have gone directly toward programs that help provide essential services, from housing support to mental health resources, for those most in need.

The city's Fraud and Waste Hotline continues to be a valuable tool for the Auditor General's department in its nearly six years of operation. Since the last Annual Report was issued was $2,348,000 in fraud and waste was identified. Of this this amount, $863,000 was fraud and $1,485,000 was waste.

Ontario firefighters are going to get improved cancer coverage under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Premier Doug Ford was at the Hamilton Fire Hall this morning to make the announcement. Under the proposed changes coverage for firefighters in the case of primary-site kidney cancer will be improved by reducing the required duration of service from 20 to 10 years, which would be the lowest duration of service in Canada. The province will also propose to remove the requirement that a firefighter's primary-site colorectal diagnosis must be made before the age of 61. These changes will ensure firefighters, including wildland firefighters, and fire investigators can access benefits through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) faster and easier.

The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) has made an arrest and laid several charges in relation to a voyeurism investigation in Burlington.

Work on the Barton-Tiffany tiny shelters site has come to a temporary after the city was hit with a stop-work order by the Ministry of Labour. The Ministry stopped the project while issuing a four-part order after a complaint was made regarding site work. The order requires the city to:

A manhunt is on in Niagara after a man was fatally shot and another seriously wounded in what Niagara Police are describing as a targeted incident. At approximately 1:40pm on Friday, Niagara Regional Police were called to the area of Division Street and Riordon Street in the City of St. Catharines, following reports of gunshots.