- Michael Kras
- 11 Jan 2024
Hamilton ranked among top 10 safest cities in Canada
A new national ranking has put Hamilton on the list of the top 10 safest cities in Canada. The ranking comes from Money.ca’s survey of the Canadian Crime Index, calculating the number of crime...
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- Michael Kras
- 11 Sep 2023
Zellers pop-up coming to Lime Ridge Mall in Hamilton
Hamilton is finally getting its own Zellers pop-up. Over the past year, the nostalgic Canadian department store chain has been making a modified comeback in the form of pop-ups a mini shops housed w...
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- Michael Kras
- 20 Jun 2023
Budget airline Swoop is shutting down
Discount flights are about to become more scarce as WestJet announces plans to end their budget airline Swoop. A release on June 9th explains that WestJet will wind down Swoop at the end of its publ...
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- Michael Kras
- 23 Mar 2023
Zellers sees its grand reopening including diner food truck
Today’s the day: Canada’s nostalgic shopping brand Zellers is seeing its grand reopening, with stores opening within Hudson’s Bay locations all over Ontario. On Thursday, March 23rd, Zellers h...
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- Michael Kras
- 23 Mar 2023
Canada’s federal minimum wage is increasing April 1st
The federal minimum wage in Canada is getting a bit of a boost beginning April 1st, 2023. According to a release from the Government of Canada, the federal minimum wage is set to increase from $15.5...
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- Michael Kras
- 24 Jan 2023
Justin Trudeau visited Hamilton soup spot The Burnt Tongue
If you were eating lunch at Locke Street soup spot The Burnt Tongue in Hamilton on Monday afternoon, you might’ve had an unexpected run-in with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. That’s because Trud...
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- Michael Kras
- 21 Dec 2022
Single-use plastics officially banned in Canada
Canada’s ban on harmful single-use plastics has officially gone into effect. As of December 20th, 2022, the federal government has banned the manufacturing and import of select single-use plastic it...
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- Michael Kras
- 08 Nov 2022
BeaverTails opens a location in Burlington
An iconic Canadian treat has landed in Burlington. BeaverTails, originally founded in 1978 in Ottawa, is best known for its fried dough pastry, hand-stretched to resemble a beaver’s tail and loaded ...
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- Michael Kras
- 14 Oct 2022
ArcelorMittal Dofasco breaks ground on $1.8 billion project to reduce CO2 emissions
It was a big day for Hamilton’s steelmaking plant ArcelorMittal Dofasco on Thursday as the company officially broken ground on a $1.8 billion decarbonisation project that will dramatically reduce th...
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- Michael Kras
- 23 Aug 2022
Hamilton awarded $4M in federal dollars to help prevent youth gun violence
The City of Hamilton is receiving $4 million from the federal government to help combat gun and gang violence in the city. It’s part of the Government of Canada’s $250 million Building Safer Commu...
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