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3/13/2010
Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left three people wounded, one of them critically.
It happened at a party shortly after 1 o'clock Saturday morning at 53 Dundurn Street South, between Main and King Streets, across from the Fortinos supermarket.
Police say three males were each shot once. One victim was treated at hospital and released. Another is listed in stable condition.
The third victim ---who was believed to have been shot in the head--- is in critical condition and isn't expected to survive.
According to police, two males, each armed with a handgun, fled the shooting scene.
Police investigators questioned party-goers and were expected to remain at the crime scene throughout the day.
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3/13/2010
Crews were still mopping up well into Saturday morning from an overnight fire at a waste recycling plant in Hamilton's industrial core.
Hamilton Fire was called to Thompson Waste Management on Strathearne Avenue North shortly after 9 o'clock Friday night.
The facility handles non-hazardous construction materials, such as plywood and drywall and the blaze sent thick smoke over the area.
The immediate area ---near Burlington Street East and Kennilworth Avenue North--- was evacuated and residents within a half-kilometre of the fire were told to keep their doors and windows closed.
Dozens of firefighters, supported by seven fire vehicles, tackled the fire.
There were no workers in the building at the time the fire broke out and no one was injured.
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3/12/2010
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 growth and ensure that it can treat all of the effluent that comes into the treatment facility. Mayor Eisenberger says that means no more worrying about flooded basements when he goes to bed at night during a heavy rainstorm.
The upgrades will also result in better water quality within Hamilton Harbour.
John Baird, Canada's Transport and Infrastructure Minister and Brad Duguid, Ontario's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure were among those involved in the announcement on Friday morning at the Parks Canada Discovery Centre.
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3/12/2010
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 the families and what they must be going through".
The Hamilton-Centre MP and provincial NDP leader also insists that our governments must seek job guarantees when providing "targetted investments" to private industry.
She stresses that massive corporate tax cuts are clearly not going to protect Ontario's manufacturing sector.
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3/12/2010
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 will continue to manage all Hamilton Bulldogs ticket sales, sponsorship sales and advertising.
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3/12/2010
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 former common-law husband of two years.
Fedun, a uniform patrol officer with the force for eight years, will appear in Milton court on April 23rd.
The 32-year old has been suspended from duty with pay.
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3/11/2010
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 that it is closing its plant on Sanford Avenue in Hamilton, as of July 2011.
The employees were informed during a meeting at 10 o'clock Thursday morning that production is being moved to Charlotte, North Carolina.
Plant Manager Brian Maragno says it was a "strategic decision" by Siemens, in order to be closer to its customer base.
The Hamilton plant produces 60 hertz gas turbines.
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3/12/2010
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 to recover from a major recession.
The agency noted that the gain in full-time jobs including 26,000 filled by men in the over-55 age group was partially offset by a loss of 39,000 part-time positions.
As a result, there was a net gain of 21,000 full- and part-time jobs in February.
Hamilton's jobless rate was 8.7% in February, down from a three month average of 8.9%.
Men aged 55 and over accounted for all of February's employment gain.
The agency said 46,000 of the jobs created in February came in the government, public service sector, although the private sector also posted gains.
The goods producing sector, which again posted large losses during last year's slump, also fared well as the troubled manufacturing industry picked up 17,000 workers, and natural resources rose 11,000.
Since July, Canada has added 159,000 new jobs, an impressive record considering the United States continues to shed ...
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3/11/2010
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.
But fire crews were able to bring it under control within a couple of hours and the residents were allowed back home around 6:30 last evening.
Nobody was hurt but damage will top 4-million dollars.
The fire marshall has been called in to investigate.
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3/12/2010
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 to city housing properties.
Bratina argues the information wasn't confidential.
He believes the residents had the right to see the information involving their own neighbourhood.
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