Bobby Hristova
@bobbyhristova
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A prominent developer and key figure in the Ford government's controversial Greenbelt land swap purchased a Hamilton property a month before Ontario announced its plans to open the protected farmland up for residential development.
#HamOnt
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Sonia Hill, who identifies as Mohawk from Six Nations of the Grand River and is a McMaster University sociology teaching assistant, says the pro-Wet’suwet’en blockade on CN rails between Aldershot and Hamilton will continue “indefinitely.”
#HamOnt
#WetsuwetenSolidarity
#BurlOnt
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NEW: Toronto lawyer
@CarymaRules
says she's "vindicated" after the trespassing charge related to the
@fordnation
rally in Hamilton this past May was withdrawn.
#HamOnt
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NEW: Suspended police officers have cost taxpayers in Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and Brantford roughly $14.8 million since 2013, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News.
Hamilton officers accounted for $8.89 million of that.
1/7
#HamOnt
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NEW:
@SarahJama_
has been acclaimed as the Ontario NDP candidate for Hamilton Centre.
Jama, a prominent activist and community organizer in
#HamOnt
, previously said she wants to raise ODSP rates and work toward a guaranteed basic income.
#onpoli
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NEW: Disability activist
@SarahJama_
intends to seek the nomination as the Ontario NDP candidate for Hamilton Centre.
She spoke with me this morning about her vision and how she will bring "peaceful disruption" to the party.
#HamOnt
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NEW: Questions about
@CarymaRules
’s arrest at a Doug Ford campaign stop at the Hamilton airport in May continue to swirl amid new details that show the role OPP and the
#HamOnt
airport played.
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NEW: Hamilton's Ward 14 candidate
@KojoForWard14
(
@EasyThePianoMan
) said he plans to call for recount after losing by 79 votes.
#HamOnt
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Dear ‘established’ journalists,
Stop telling reporters in j-school the industry is dying and they’ll never find a good-paying job in a newsroom.
1) It’s not true
2) It’s not helpful
3) It’s already been said
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NEW:
@SarahJama_
says she will table motions at Queen's Park that would boost Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates.
The first hearing on her censure at Queen's Park will also be next week.
#HamOnt
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NEW: Using court documents and inspection records, we're able to paint a picture of how how someone with no training — a fake nurse — was able to work at three different long-term care homes and administer medication to residents.
#HamOnt
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NEW: HWDSB
@sabreina_dahab
is facing an ultimatum — delete a November social media post about being under investigation for other social media posts in support of Palestinians or be barred from all private board and committee meetings.
#HamOnt
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"They had an opportunity, city council. We knew this was going to happen one day, sooner or later. Here we are,"
@Jordan_Carrier
told
@CBCHamilton
's
@eva_sita
.
Hundreds marched to Gore Park in downtown
#HamOnt
and took down the Sir John A. Macdonald statue on Saturday afternoon.
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The Ontario government says it will not revisit its controversial decision to expand Hamilton's urban boundary to include land owned by well-connected developers | Another scoop by
@Samantha_KB
for
@CBCHamilton
#HamOnt
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I had a Grade 1 teacher named Ms. Bagel who wasn’t my biggest fan and once told me, “Bobby, you’ll never find a job where they pay you to talk to people all day.”
I haven’t broke the news to her yet.
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BREAKING:
@DrThomasStewart
has resigned from the Health Coordination Table, the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, and the LTC Incident Management System Table after news from
@CBCHamilton
of his vacation in the Dominican Republic.
#COVID19
#HamOnt
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UPDATE:
@NiagRegPolice
have charged Patricia Zammit, 51, of Hamilton with assault and uttering threats.
@CBCHamilton
#HamOnt
#Hamilton
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I'm grateful to be a finalist for
@RTDNA_Canada
's Emerging Journalist Award.
It's an honour to know my reporting on policing for
@CBCHamilton
set me apart from the 50 applicants.
The winner will be named on Oct. 20 — and win or lose, I'll keep digging.
#cdnmedia
#rtdna
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NEW: I’m excited to share this story, which has been in the works for a while.
For as long as I’ve been in
#HamOnt
, I and many of our readers have wondered how much unused land is there in Hamilton.
We’re now closer to that answer, thanks to an interactive map I built.
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THREAD: A judge has ruled Hamilton Police Service (HPS) violated a woman's Charter rights with "cavalier disregard" after smashing their way into her downtown apartment home to look for drugs.
1/6
#HamOnt
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Hamilton city council’s decision to reject affordable housing to save 27 parking spots made national news on Saturday.
#HamOnt
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LGBTQ students say they lived in fear while attending Redeemer University because of a rule that says only people in heterosexual marriages can have sex and be intimate.
It took months of investigation, but here’s the full story.
#HamOnt
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NEW: Controversial Haldimand-Norfolk medical officer of health
@strauss_matt
is suing
@queensu
and
@DrStephenArcher
, saying he was forced to resign from his position at Queen's because of defamatory statements made about him.
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“It made me not like school.”
Alex told me teachers have misgendered and deadnamed them every day since coming out more than a year ago — but the ones who do it over and over again seemingly face no consequences.
#HamOnt
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NEW: Her door was vandalized with a homophobic slur. Here's why she didn't call Hamilton police
#HamOnt
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I’m grateful to announce I’ve started full-time at the
@nationalpost
as a reporter and web producer for
@TheGrowthOp
.
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The Confederate flag spotted at a Binbrook home appears to be down now.
#HamOnt
The CONFEDERATE FLAG IS DOWN!!
Thank you
@HamiltonARRC
@HCCI1
@HamiltonJustice
@antihateca
, Rabbi Hillel Lavery-Yisraeli
@TheSpec
@CHCHNews
@CBCNews
@globalnews
@CTVNews
@HamiltonsMayor
@HamiltonPolice
and the Biggest thank you to the community of
#binbrook
in Hamilton/1
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NEW: Hamilton is reviewing its contracts and funding of Redeemer University after a trans student died by suicide at the school late last year.
Bekett Noble, 34, died in November 2022.
They were known for their advocacy on campus for LGBTQ+ students.
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The best news I’ve received all week: my grandparents just got vaccinated! ☺️
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@UofT
So the GTA campuses are closed but UTSG, the most populated campus with lots of students from the GTA, is open...
I don’t even care about missing my midterm — I just want answers.
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NEW: Former Toronto police board chair
@AlokMukherjee45
and former Hamilton police board member
@jmulkewich
have serious questions about the police board complaint against
@CameronKroetsch
.
Mukherjee thinks the
#HamOnt
police board needs to be reviewed.
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Journalism should be accessible to everyone who needs it. It should also serve the community it covers.
That's why
@CBCHamilton
has translated this story about Imam Kamal Gurgi in Arabic.
It's the first time our newsroom has ever done this.
#HamOnt
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NEW: The West Harbour GO station in
#HamOnt
will get all-day train service to Union Station in Toronto starting Saturday, Aug. 7.
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NEW: A woman says she faced anti-Black racism as a patient at Hamilton General Hospital — where she worked for 20 years
#HamOnt
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NEW: The Hamilton man who livestreamed himself unleashing a transphobic tirade and assaulting someone on an city bus in 2022 received a roughly seven-and-a-half month jail sentence on Thursday morning — longer than what Crown attorneys asked for.
#HamOnt
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A new Black and African studies course at
@McMasterU
is poised to be a stepping stone to a new program.
I spoke to Kojo Damptey (
@EasyThePianoMan
) who will be teaching the class this September.
#HamOnt
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A group of at least 50 people are outside the Hamilton Convention Centre ahead of tonight’s encampment protocol community meeting.
#HamOnt
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NEW: Data from Ontario's rental housing tribunal analyzed by CBC News shows landlords of 275 properties in Hamilton and nearby areas applied to raise rents above provincial guidelines from 2017 to 2022.
The story includes an interactive map.
#HamOnt
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I'm grateful to announce I've joined
@CBCHamilton
as a reporter and editor.
I can't wait to move to
#HamOnt
in two weeks and get to work.
The team is already a crew of juggernaut journalists and I am thrilled to follow their lead and bring impactful stories to light.
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NEW:
@YWCA_Hamilton
has a midwifery clinic for pregnant women experiencing homelessness.
Here's all you need to know about the clinic, why it's needed and how it's one small solution to a complicated issue.
#HamOnt
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“Respecting the living has a lot to do with respecting the dead as well.”
After seeing years of no one do anything, James Russell is now putting faces and names to the people buried in unmarked graves at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Negro Burial Ground.
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We won’t be hearing from Minister Caroline Mulroney — she just left the building.
#HamOnt
#HamiltonLRT
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NEW: The Ministry of Labour is investigating
@Nique_Hamilton
after someone lodged a complaint on Monday.
#HamOnt
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"This brings Indigenous stories and Indigenous ideas to the forefront and that's what we need right now."
Kyle Joedicke, a 29-year-old Haudenosaunee artist, is breathing Indigenous life into
#HamOnt
, one mural at a time.
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NEW:
@ClaOntario
and
@WICCD_Canada
condemn
@HamiltonPolice
and
@fordnation
after
@CarymaRules
' arrest on Thursday at a Ford campaign stop.
#HamOnt
police also "clarified" its version of events.
#onpoli
#elxn43
#election
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NEW: Almost a year after Hamilton city councillors voted to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs, CBC Hamilton has learned city officials still haven't submitted that request for exemption to Health Canada.
#HamOnt
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Legal experts like
@CassDeMelo
and
@3mendous
still have questions and concerns with Caryma’s arrest, the Trespass to Property Act and if there was a a potential human rights violation.
You can read about all this and more below.
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#HappyFathersDay
to all the single mothers out there.
My mom raised me on her own and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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TL;DR - After a long meeting,
@HWDSB
trustees passed a motion to implement an indoor masking policy that has no restrictions for those who want to opt out.
The policy can be renewed in January.
#HamOnt
I'm live-tweeting the
@HWDSB
meeting where we may see trustees vote to impose a mask mandate.
You can follow along live here.
If you don't want to stay up late, don't worry — I'll have a story up on
@CBCHamilton
's website tomorrow.
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NEW:
#HamOnt
's baby peregrine falcons — Auchmar, Balfour, Dundurn and Wynnstay — all flew for the first time this weekend.
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I’m humbled to see this story win gold at the
@DPAwards
.
I’m grateful to the families who shared their stories and experiences with me.
Also, thanks to
@eva_sita
, Marlene Habib and
@SteveSilcox
for your help.
#DPA22
#cdnmedia
#hamont
We are thrilled to announce that "The long wait" wins gold in the
#DPA22
Best Feature Article (Short) category. Congratulations to
@cbchamilton
and
@bobbyhristova
!
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Vanessa Amos died on Thursday, but questions are still swirling about their death, including why they were reportedly discharged from hospital the same day they died.
A vigil is planned for Amos at Bathurst and Bloor streets for 7 p.m. tonight.
#HamOnt
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I just got my fourth vaccine shot against COVID-19.
It was fast and painless.
I’m still going to wear a mask and physical distance, but it feels great to know if I do get infected, my chances of hospitalization or death are low.
#HamOnt
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Former grade 4 and 5 students from St. Luke’s Catholic Elementary School reunited after 20 years to open their “millennium boxes” made right before 2000.
Their teacher, Julie Petis Parco, still remembers their names.
#HamOnt
#Hamilton
@CBCHamilton
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Canada wins 2-0!
The crowd is going wild, a few people took off their shirts.
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I’m thrilled to announce I’ve joined the
@nationalpost
.
I’m also incredibly fortunate to keep working with 680News.
This success is the product of my mentors, family, friends, supporters and critics — I hope I can make you proud and tell a good story or two.
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Instead, talk about:
- Marketing yourself as a journalist when job hunting
- What newsrooms are focusing on now
- How to maximize internships
- The best news orgs to work for
- Practical tips for finding/developing stories
- What skills will be the most valuable in the future
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NEW: Councillor
@CameronKroetsch
is calling the Hamilton police board's budget committee "undemocratic."
The committee is supposed to meet a minimum of four times but has only met once. 1/4
#HamOnt
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NEW: Inmates at the Barton Jail in
#HamOnt
started a hunger strike today amid constant lockdowns and a lack of time for fresh air, according to an advocate group.
A lawyer told me she's struggling to contact inmates because of all the lockdowns.
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In a rare move, Hamilton council has sent back the police service's proposed $213 million budget for further review as elected officials attempt to trim the 2024 tax levy |
@Samantha_KB
#HamOnt
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NEW: Tensions between Hamilton police board chair Pat Mandy &
@CameronKroetsch
flared Thursday over comments Kroetsch made about the police’s proposed budget.
She addressed his comments, then told him he could only respond to her in-camera.
#HamOnt
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Researchers at
@McMasterU
are hoping to create a
#COVID19
test that anyone can apply to themselves from home.
The results could appear in just 20 minutes.
#HamOnt
#coronavirus
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NEW:
@SarahJama_
,
@CameronKroetsch
and
@sabreina_dahab
are calling on the province to find a way to help use the vacant Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School site, rather than bulldoze it.
#HamOnt
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NEW:
@HWDSB
trustees made racist comments and silenced former student trustee
@AhonaMehdi
: report
#HamOnt
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NEW: Smooshi the walrus and her calf, Koyuk, are leaving Marineland in Niagara Falls for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates, according to
@walruswhisperer
, who raised concerns about their health and safety years ago.
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NEW:
@HamiltonPolice
is being silent about an officer who allegedly donated $100 to the convoy against COVID-19 measures.
#HamOnt
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.
@HamiltonPolice
say they arrested and ticketed a woman who was blocking a road as part of a protest outside of a
@fordnation
rally in
#HamOnt
But
@CarymaRules
&
@Hamilton_350
— the group that organized the protest — say that's not true.
#onpoli
#elxn43
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I don’t know who made this art near our
@CBCHamilton
office, but it is stellar.
#HamOnt
#BlackLivesMatter
#Graffiti
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NEW: A beluga whale and a bottlenose dolphin have died at Marineland, according to Ontario's Ministry of the Solicitor General.
The deaths come two months after Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada, died in the park.
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It's an honour to win an
@RTDNA_Canada
award for breaking news coverage.
This was a true
@CBCHamilton
team effort.
#SmallButMighty
#HamOnt
#cdnmedia
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BREAKING:
@DrThomasStewart
is no longer CEO of Niagara Health after a 'regrettable' Dominican holiday.
#HamOnt
#Niagara
#COVID19
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NEW:
@HWDSB
is once again calling for mandatory masking as
@Alex__Johnstone
says some absent teaching positions in
#HamOnt
are being filled by teaching students.
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Someone told me on Thursday
@Nique_Hamilton
wouldn't ask for proof-of-vaccination to eat in the restaurant.
I soon found Facebook groups and websites saying dozens of
#HamOnt
businesses had the same approach.
I called them all. Here's what they said:
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NEW:
@OntarioNDP
and
@OntarioGreens
tell
@CBCHamilton
they want the Ford government to take action after my investigation that raised concerns about the province's animal welfare services (PAWS).
#onpoli
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27
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Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
said the government will build 328 homes across southern Ontario including 95 in
#HamOnt
.
He said it’ll be passive housing, which means they’ll be energy efficient and affordable properties for tenants.
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BREAKING: Dr. Tom Stewart, the CEO of St. Joseph's Health System and Niagara Health, has ended a vacation that started in mid-December and included a trip to the Dominican Republic.
#HamOnt
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Unlike other Ontario cities, the
#HamOnt
community seems pretty engaged on Twitter.
If you’re migrating to another social media platform, I’d love to hear where you’ll be.
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NEW:
@HamHealthSci
is taking down its field hospital, which never saw a single patient.
#HamOnt
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I’m officially a
@centennialjourn
graduate!
@TJDoyle
,
@loughtred
,
@maryvallis
,
@brodiefenlon
,
@ebessner
,
@EditorEric
,
@wolfewylie
,
@sportsnag
and others are the reason I’m here today.
I can’t wait to express my gratitude through my career as a journalist and storyteller.
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NEW: Research from
@CPEPgroup
shows the number one cause of police deaths across Canada are car crashes — not guns.
The research also shows the death rate of police officers was far higher in past decades compared to now.
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45
The
@CFSnowbirds
cut through gloomy, grey Sunday skies as they zoomed over
#HamOnt
.
The Snowbirds left behind streaks in the air as they flew toward London, Ont., for
#OpInspiration
.
#CFSnowbirds
#Hamilton
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Today I've eaten nothing but chocolate chunk cookies and so far I have no regrets.
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I’m having such a good day. If you’re reading this, I hope you are too.
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I don’t know why I feel the need to tweet this, but I love my life.
It’s a privilege and I’m grateful for it every day.
If you’re reading this and you’ve been going through a slump, keep pushing.
I promise the pay off is coming and it will all be worth it ☺️
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Councillor Nrinder Nann (
@NrinderWard3
) says her office received voicemails from a local
#HamOnt
man who said he would buy a machete, handcuffs, zip ties, call hate groups and arrest Black people in a container.
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As 2023 ends, I want to thank everyone who has engaged with the stories & journalism from myself and my team.
Whether you appreciate my work or hate it, I appreciate your opinion & dialogue.
While I always try my best to offer something valuable, you fuel me to keep going. 1/2
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Between the start of the pandemic and December, 87 people died after COVID-19 infected them.
A month later, the deaths nearly doubled to 142.
As of Friday, there are 336 lives lost.
Here’s why deaths nearly quadrupled in 3 months in Niagara.
#COVID19
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NEW:
@HamiltonPolice
are investigating a 'white lives matter' sticker on a
@KojoForWard14
campaign ad as a hate crime.
It also appears the sticker is part of a broader racist, white supremacy propaganda movement in
#HamOnt
and nearby areas.
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