Glenn De Caire has taken over as Hamilton’s 34th police chief.

Car thieves are more likely to steal your lowly, nine-year-old Honda Civic than a high-end SUV.

On Dec. 31, The Spectator will name the city’s newsmaker of 2009. We would like you to help us choose that person. Send us your pick, along with a short description of why he or she is your choice.

A fired Hamilton bureaucrat is accusing city staff of misleading council and the public and misusing public funds.

(Dec 9, 2009) - It was a big party with a multicultural flair. English as a Second Language students from the St. Charles Adult Education Centres got together for a celebration of cultural music and dancing yesterday. Among the revellers was Jitka Walterova, from the Czech Republic, in costume as a 14th-century court jester.

A former city of Hamilton water and wastewater director has accused the city’s wastewater department officials of “misleading” councillors and the public about the high cost of expanding the wastewater treatment plant at Woodward Avenue, of allowing financial irregularities within the department, and of knowingly allowing residents in Flamborough to be exposed to lead in their drinking water.

So You Think You Can Dance Canada will arrive in Hamilton this Saturday (Dec. 12) as part of an 18-city, coast-to coast tour. The tour will bring the Top 10 finalists from the hit television show nationwide to showcase their unbelievable dance talents.

Hamilton police, with some help from the RCMP, have stepped up their RIDE program through December. While the special traffic lanes are run year-round, police traffic safety co-ordinator Const.

For as little as a dollar, students at Queensdale elementary could cross everyone off their Christmas list. From toys to crafts to baked goods, with some items costing as little as a nickel the young shoppers could get a lot of bang for the buck.

A big blast of winter is on its way this week, says Environment Canada. As much as 20 centimetres of snow could fall Wednesday, the national weather agency said in a special weather statement released Monday morning.

A former city of Hamilton water and wastewater director has accused the city’s wastewater department officials of “misleading” councillors and the public about the high cost of expanding the wastewater treatment plant at Woodward Avenue, of allowing financial irregularities within the department, and of knowingly allowing residents in Flamborough to be exposed to lead in their drinking water.

For the last eight years urban councillors have lamented what they are calling a “democratic” deficit in the city’s governance structure.

A revised $150,000 sports field marking program, approved by the public works committee this week, will mean more cost, added staff, and increase air pollution, says one politician.

Hamiltonians are expected to shell out over three million dollars in user fees because of the Liberal’s proposed harmonized sales tax set to take effect next year, say city finance officials.

Stoney Creek councillor Brad Clark says the leaked information about the possible new integrity commissioner to the media continues a culture of “bad behavior” within city government and should be investigated by the new integrity commissioner.

A former city of Hamilton water and wastewater director has accused the city’s wastewater department officials of “misleading” councillors and the public about the high cost of expanding the wastewater treatment plant at Woodward Avenue, of allowing financial irregularities within the department, and of knowingly allowing residents in Flamborough to be exposed to lead in their drinking water.

So You Think You Can Dance Canada will arrive in Hamilton this Saturday (Dec. 12) as part of an 18-city, coast-to coast tour. The tour will bring the Top 10 finalists from the hit television show nationwide to showcase their unbelievable dance talents.

Private dollars and competition for patients have prompted private U.S. medical centres such as Unasource to go the extra mile when it comes to atmosphere and extras.

Mr. Schulz’ letter of Nov. 20 was a little scattered and appeared to paint all Muslims with a broad brush, yet within his letter were some valid points with which I agree.

The following is a partial excerpt from a statement by Ward 9 councillor Brad Clark at the Nov. 25 Hamilton city council meeting. Today, we are once again faced with a challenge of interpreting the verbatim of a city resolution that has already been passed versus the intent.

How will business people remember 2009? As Christmas and the end of another year approach, we begin to see numerous year-in-review pieces from all kinds of media sources.

The Post’s popular community events calendar -Post It -publishes notices of free community events and meetings open to the general public that are organized by registered charitable or non-profit groups.

One person suffered minor burns in a Burlington house fire early Saturday morning. Burlington firefighters were called to a house on Hidden Valley Road, near Waterdown Road and Hwy. 403, just before 4 a. m. to find the building fully involved in a fire believed to have started in the basement.

Hey kids, if there’s a special question or gift wish you have for Santa, now is the time to put it on paper.

City council is being asked to approve a staff report that recommends building a $7.4-million soccer stadium at a site in north Burlington for the 2015 Pan American Games, instead of the previously proposed Sherwood Forest Park.

A former city of Hamilton water and wastewater director has accused the city’s wastewater department officials of “misleading” councillors and the public about the high cost of expanding the wastewater treatment plant at Woodward Avenue, of allowing financial irregularities within the department, and of knowingly allowing residents in Flamborough to be exposed to lead in their drinking water.

So You Think You Can Dance Canada will arrive in Hamilton this Saturday (Dec. 12) as part of an 18-city, coast-to coast tour. The tour will bring the Top 10 finalists from the hit television show nationwide to showcase their unbelievable dance talents.

Private dollars and competition for patients have prompted private U.S. medical centres such as Unasource to go the extra mile when it comes to atmosphere and extras.

Stoney Creek councillor Brad Clark says the leaked information about the possible new integrity commissioner to the media continues a culture of “bad behavior” within city government and should be investigated by the new integrity commissioner.

Hamiltonians are expected to shell out over three million dollars in user fees because of the Liberal’s proposed harmonized sales tax set to take effect next year, say city finance officials.

Have you ever experienced an act of ransom kindness? "What is that?" You may be asking to yourselves. Perhaps it would be helpful to first define the words "random" and "kindness." The dictionary defines random as "without a definite aim, direction, or method.[...]

The Good Lovelies were So Charming at Dunnville's Flyers Café Friday that an encore was a given. Dozens of eager listeners packed Flyers for an intimate performance by the touring band, comprised of the trio of Kerri Ough, Caroline Brooks and Sue Passmore.[...]

We wish to express our thanks to the friends of Mr. Justice David Marshall who attended visitation and funeral services last week. Your attendance, expressions of sympathy and the sharing of many stories about David gave us great comfort at a very difficult time.[...]

The Novice Dunnville Rivertown Flyers, played some excellent hockey late in the game but weren't able to overcome the goals against that were scored earlier in the game. Thorold went on for the eventual win in regulation 5 to 2.[...]

Haldimand County's insurance program consists of two major components; the self-insured program, funded through internal premiums which offset deductibles and other claims below the deductible levels; and the external program, funded through premiums paid to insurance companies.[...]

The federal government's position on climate change is damaging Canada's international status, says Mayor David Miller.

Winter's first storm hit the GTA today with snow turning to rain downtown.

Toronto's public board should save the final nine school pools slated to close, says a draft report.

There is a Grade 11 history class in Etobicoke that has been known to give its teacher Shelley Kyte nightmares just from planning some of the lessons.

Toronto's highly trained police officers rake in millions of dollars moonlighting as construction site guards, manhole watchers and doing other menial jobs that crossing guards or even pylons could do at a fraction of the cost, a Toronto Star investigation has found.

Glenn Howard improved to 5-0 at the Canadian curling trials with a 7-6 extra-end win over Kevin Koe on Wednesday in Edmonton.

Rookie Brandon Jennings scored 22 points as Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors 117-95 on Wednesday night.

Jason Blake scored with 4:05 remaining as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Wednesday night.

MPs in the House of Commons vote 253-37 in favour of a harmonized sales tax for Ontario and B.C.

Facebook has rolled out its promised changes to beef up privacy controls, allowing users to decide exactly who sees status updates, pictures and other content.