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A Hamilton man's history of attacks on women leads to a rare dangerous offender designation
2+ week, 4+ day ago (792+ words) The judge said Peter Pasco intended to murder his victim, and “the fact that she didn’t die was fortuitous.” On July...and aggravated sexual assault for attacking a Hamilton sex worker. He’s been designated a dangerous offender....attempted murder and…...
No tickets. No warning. Just a $506 bill: One Hamilton driver's towing nightmare
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1077+ words) hauled Karan Bhasin’s minivan to St. Catharines; the condo corporation says it never ordered the tow The city says residents should contact police if their...tickets and a warning before a car parked on a Hamilton street is towed. Karan…...
Fire guts home in Hamilton's Crown Point neighbourhood
3+ week, 2+ day ago (319+ words) All occupants of the home where the fire originated escaped on their own. A kitchen fire damaged a pair of homes in Hamilton’s Crown Point neighbourhood early Friday morning. In a media release, Hamilton Fire Chief Dave Cunliffe said…...
this hospital locks people in ‘horrific’ isolation. The province called one hospital exec — then did nothing
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1684+ words) things may have turned out differently for them if the Ministry of Health had done a more thorough investigation in 2019. CI-WAYPOINT-AUG24 The exterior of Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care...Waypoint in 2019. Psychiatrist Dr. John Bradford warned the province in…...
Police seek witnesses who tried to help homicide victim Zenin Roussel in Hamilton
3+ week, 3+ day ago (443+ words) in a stabbing just west of downtown on Aug. 9. Hamilton police are looking to speak with two people who...help Zenin Roussel after he was fatally stabbed in the city’s west end earlier this month. Roussel was...rounds of pool…...
Owner of once-leaning home build in Hamilton’s North End launches lawsuit against contractors
1+ week, 1+ day ago (654+ words) The $800,000 lawsuit was filed against the project’s architect, structural engineer, and framing subcontractor in August 2024. The progress of construction at 75 Ferrie St. E. in early September. The ongoing home build had previously been deemed unsafe...half years after a home…...
Hamilton man charged in fatal Burlington hit-and-run
1+ week, 3+ day ago (169+ words) The late-August crash left one woman dead. Halton police have charged a 61-year-old man with fleeing the scene of a fatal crash in Burlington Aug. 27. A Hamilton man has been charged in connection with a fatal...police announced Wednesday that…...
Hamilton police bomb squad deems ‘item’ on east Mountain safe
2+ week, 4+ day ago (218+ words) Police probe concluded after bomb squad responds. A Hamilton police investigation that saw members of the bomb squad descend onto the east Mountain has come to an end. Police wrote on X that the investigation on Upper Ottawa Street, between…...
Man arrested after teen randomly stabbed in west Hamilton
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (202+ words) A 37-year-old man was arrested in connection with the random attack. A teen suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a random stabbing in Hamilton’s West End. Hamilton police said in a media release that officers responded to reports of a stabbing…...
Nunavut MP broke conflict of interest rules but ‘errors of judgement made in good faith’: ethics commissioner
1+ week, 3+ day ago (342+ words) breakfast using taxpayer money between 2024 and 2025. The House of Commons Ethics Commissioner released its...Sept 2. However, Idlout acted in “good faith” and the ethics commissioner recommended Idlout not be punished...commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein. “She also repaid the House of…...