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Hamilton Spectator
12-05-2025
- Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton-area Today: Lack of parking is key criticism of brow park + Lower-city students missing ‘full school experience' without field
G ood morning! It's May 12, here are the top stories today in the Hamilton area. Expect some sunny weather to start the week. Environment Canada is forecasting a high of 25 C at the airport weather station. There are no alerts. Find the latest provincial road closures and traffic incidents via Ontario 511 . Closures in Hamilton are available on the Hamilton police incident feed . Taking transit today? Find the latest GO Transit service updates here . The latest information on local bus services are available here: Hamilton , Burlington and Oakville . Dog walkers, neigbhours and park regulars alike have few positive words for newly redesigned Sam Lawrence Park. Too few parking spots and strangely placed benches are some of the gripes on the first phase of a two-phase update. Students at Bernie Custis are leading the way in destigmatizing mental health with a rubber-duck scavenger hunt that has spread to other schools across the city. The activity is meant to encourage, spark conversations and build community. Hamilton's public school board is again trying to address a long-standing problem: a large, lower-city school with no sports field. When Bernie Custis opened in 2019, in one of the most economically disadvantaged areas of town, it was the only high school in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board without a real field. In a matter of nine minutes, a 15-year-old Hamilton boy drew a loaded gun three times, including firing at a group of strangers who were trying to record his behaviour near Lime Ridge Mall last year. Alessandro Giammichele repeatedly claimed he was a former member of the Italian military special forces. He said he owned a Ferrari — and got a Ferrari jacket from the owner of the company. Murder trial hears about Google Translate terms while man accused of killing Marko Bakir was in the Dominican Republic. Subscribe to our newsletters for the latest local content .
Hamilton Spectator
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton-area Today: A scream that can't be unheard + Voters get ready, election day is here
G ood morning! It's April 28, here are the top stories today in the Hamilton area. Happy election day! Expect more sun today. Environment Canada is forecasting a high of 19 C at the airport weather station. There are no alerts. Find the latest provincial road closures and traffic incidents via Ontario 511 . Closures in Hamilton are available on the Hamilton police incident feed . Taking transit today? Find the latest GO Transit service updates here . The latest information on local bus services are available here: Hamilton , Burlington and Oakville . Election day is here and Hamilton Spectator is your home for results and live coverage. Voting begins at 9:30 a.m. in Ontario — check here for important voting day information — and ends at 9:30 p.m. when local results will start rolling out. Find articles about local issues and candidates on our federal election page . Hours after Marko Bakir was gunned down in his driveway, friends accused Alessandro Giammichele — nicknamed Gino — of being behind the killing. Giammichele has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Spectator columnist Susan Clairmont was likely the only journalist who, entirely by chance, saw the complete, untouched video of Greg Pierzchala's murder. What I heard was the most horrific evidence I've experienced in more than 30 years as a journalist, she writes. One Hamilton hospital nurse worked 24 hours straight. Another worked the equivalent of nearly 63 hours a week for an entire year. Three nurses worked so many hours that it added up to more than one and a half full-time jobs each. Joanna Frketich reports on the increasing amount of excessive overtime logged at Hamilton's understaffed hospitals. Longtime fans of Port Dover's Friday the 13th motorcycle rally pine for the days when motorcycles lined the town's main drag. But, considering safety risks, Norfolk' top cop has rejected having bikes and pedestrians mix. Subscribe to our newsletters for the latest local content .
