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City of Hamilton issues cold alert for overnight Saturday https://t.co/tsKAO3mpEM
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Medical officer of health issues alert when temperatures drop below -15 C, -20 C with wind chill
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Flu has arrived a month early in Hamilton and it’s hitting kids hard 👉 https://t.co/UNGLoMIOGt HHS urges flu shots as hospitals see “surge” of patients.
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HHS urges flu shots as hospitals see “surge” of patients
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Her daughter, undiagnosed for years, died suddenly during pregnancy. Now she’s fighting to save others 👉 https://t.co/gRPUP5JkA1 Post-mortem testing would reveal Katie Pryla of Ancaster had Marfan syndrome. She had been in and out of hospitals for years and it wasn’t caught.
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Post-mortem testing would reveal Katie Pryla of Ancaster had Marfan syndrome. She had been in and out of hospitals for years and it wasn’t caught.
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Motherlode | Here’s the Christmas I want 👉 https://t.co/Rn7ITSKypZ Whatever you believe in, you are one of the many intricate threads that bind us to each other, writes Lorraine Sommerfeld.
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Whatever you believe in, you are one of the many intricate threads that bind us to each other.
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Opinion | Dec. 12: A scary situation at GO station, rain tax unfair for rural residents & other letters-to-the-editor Read now👉 https://t.co/vlvyZIMtVI The Andrea Bocelli concert was a great musical experience — except for the $60 parking fee, a reader writes.
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The Andrea Bocelli concert was a great musical experience — except for the $60 parking fee, a reader writes.
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Entertainment | ‘Late Bloomer’ returns to Hamilton to shoot its third season 👉 https://t.co/gFUCEwVLG7 In case you didn’t know, the program is about Jasmeet Dutta, a turban-wearing millennial struggling to find his place in life, balancing his Western ideals & his Punjabi roots
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In case you didn’t know, the program is about Jasmeet Dutta, a turban-wearing millennial struggling to find his place in life, balancing his Western ideals and his Punjabi roots.
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Crime | Inside the Hamilton police takedown of alleged jewelry store thieves 👉 https://t.co/E8KAw1hu2j Five people were arrested following break and enters at Ancaster Jewellers and H&Z Diamond Centre.
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Multiple arrests were carried out by police in the Project Crowbar investigation of jewelry break-and-enter thefts.
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Good tidings: The 87-year old ‘Charlie Brown Christmas tree,’ RIP the bulldog and the tortoise, and the Good Samaritan of the James Street stairs 👉 https://t.co/rzUNed3Sko “I always thought it was the coolest thing — a real Charlie Brown Christmas tree.” Upbeat | By Jon Wells
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Full hearts are readily tweaked at this time of year, for an adorable pup gone too soon, a Good Samaritan’s kindness, and Bud’s 87-year old Charlie Brown Christmas tree that still weaves its magic.
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Brad Paisley performs in Hamilton tonight! Here’s a guide for where to park and what to eat
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Navigate your visit to Hamilton’s downtown core
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Bus driver, victim’s caregiver not at fault in death of seven-year-old boy: Hamilton police 👉 https://t.co/tENZiGHVze Union says driver is devastated, calls incident every operator’s ‘worst fear’
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Union says driver is devastated, calls incident every operator’s ‘worst fear’
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Toronto man charged in alleged $100,000 gift card fraud in Hamilton 👉 https://t.co/kFMIH5tFsM Police allege the suspect was replacing gift card bar codes with bar codes for cards in his possession.
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Police allege a Toronto man was replacing gift card bar codes to redirect added money.
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City orders demolition of rental home owned by Mayor Andrea Horwath https://t.co/vfgRkp4IO1
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City had said property was an “immediate danger to health and safety” and ordered it vacated, fenced-off and demolished.
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Hamilton-area Today: Boy struck and killed by city bus + A Good Samaritan on James Street stairs Here is what’s happening in Hamilton and area this morning with your top news, weather and traffic. https://t.co/bCa7uBrQ4o
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Here is what’s happening in Hamilton and area this morning with your top news stories.
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Opinion | Keeping Bo Levi Mitchell was the only sensible move for the Ticats 👉 https://t.co/xqVafXvzXP Veteran QB signs two-year extension to stay in Hamilton, writes Scott Radley.
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Bo Levi signs two-year extension to stay in Hamilton
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Child dead after being struck by Hamilton city bus https://t.co/sTT6FKNmkp
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Police asking residents to avoid Emerald and Wilson streets
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City-owned Burlington golf club reports more rounds, revenue this year 👉 https://t.co/GG7s9ONMEb City staff credited the “notable revenue growth” to several improvements.
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City staff credited the “notable revenue growth” to several improvements.
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Opinion | Why self-checkouts are failing: The hidden costs of automation in grocery stores 👉 https://t.co/WdxJsMVeza When technology makes honest people feel like thieves at the grocery store, something is broken, writes Sylvain Charlebois.
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When technology makes honest people feel like thieves at the store, something is broken.
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‘I just didn’t feel like it was over’: Ticats re-sign veteran QB Bo Levi Mitchell @Ticats #HamOnt @CFL
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13-year CFL veteran has signed a two-year extension to remain in Hamilton.
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This year’s Princess Margaret lottery prize was an $8.5-million mansion. So why did it sell for $4.3 million?
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The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation said the homes are independently appraised and offered at fair market value.
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Hamilton fire is on the scene of a multiple-alarm blaze in the city’s east end. https://t.co/6DJRW31abO
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No injuries have been reported in the Barton Street East fire.
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