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3/12/2010 City gets $200-million for Wastewater Treatment Plant It's been called Hamilton's number one priority. The federal and provincial governments have each committed 100 million dollars towards upgrading the Woodward Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant. The City of Hamilton will pay the other 256 million. The expansion must be completed by 2016 and will allow the city to handle future ... Full Story
3/12/2010 Horwath weighs in on Siemens closure Ontario's NDP leader believes that Siemens employees in Hamilton have been treated with "disrespect". Andrea Horwath met on Friday morning outside of the Sanford Avenue plant with some of the 550 workers who have been told that they'll be losing their jobs. Horwath adds that she feels "very badly for ... Full Story
3/12/2010 Bulldogs staying at Copps Good news for Bulldogs fans. The AHL team is staying in Hamilton. Team officials held a news conference before Friday night's home game against Grand Rapids. The team has announced a new three year lease agreement with Copps Coliseum and a new management contract with HECFI. Under the agreement, HECFI ... Full Story
3/12/2010 Halton cop facing charges Police in Burlington have laid several charges against one of their female officers in a domestic violence case. Halton police say Melanie Fedun is charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement and three counts of assault. Police say the charges are the result of alleged incidents involving the accused and her ... Full Story
3/12/2010 Slain OPP officer laid to rest today Police officers from across Ontario, Canada and even the U.S. are expected to turn out in droves today as a show of support at the funeral for an Ontario provincial police officers. Constable Vu Pham was shot and killed Monday after pulling over a pickup truck on a rural southwestern ... Full Story
3/11/2010 CAW plans to fight Siemens plant closure The CAW is promising to fight the closure of the Siemens plant in Hamilton throwing more than 500 people out of work. CAW president Ken Lewenza says the company has high praise for the work done at the plant but that didn't help the employees keep their jobs. Siemens confirms ... Full Story
3/12/2010 National and local jobless rates decline Canada's recovering economy continued to churn out new jobs last month, adding 60,000 full-time positions mostly in the public sector and many filled by men aged 55 or more. It's the February unemployment rate of 8.2% was the lowest reported by Statistics Canada since last April, before the country began ... Full Story
3/11/2010 Rothsay fire damage tops $4-million Investigators are looking for the cause of a fire at the Rothsay rendering plant in Greensville. Investigators say it broke out at around 4:30 yesterday afternoon in a 100 gallon tank containing animal fat and bone meal. Heavy smoke forced the evacuation of half a dozen residents along Highway 5.... Full Story
3/12/2010 Bratina resigns from City Housing board Councillor Bob Bratina has resigned from the board of City Housing Hamilton. He says he's resigned because his concerns for City Housing residents and surrounding neighborhoods came ahead of Board concerns about image and revenue. This follows some concerns from Board members that Bratina had released information about police calls ... Full Story
3/12/2010 Armed robbers storm local pharmacy Hamilton police are searching for two men following an armed robbery at a local pharmacy. One of the suspects had a handgun when they stormed San Pharmacy on Garth Street at around 9 last night. They forced the clerk to open the safe and then grabbed some cash and drugs ... Full Story

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