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Hamilton Spectator
25-04-2025
- Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton-area Today: Crash chaos on Linc Friday + A little upbeat news for you
G ood morning! It's April 25, here are the top stories today in the Hamilton area. The Linc was closed in both directions for the investigation and cleanup between Upper Gage and April showers promise May flowers. Today you have a 60 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon with the risk of a thunderstorm. Environment Canada says Friday's daytime high is 13 C. The overnight low will only drop to about 10 C, but showers will remain. There are no alerts. It's 11 C at 9 a.m. Sunrise is 6:22 a.m. and sunset Friday at 8:14 p.m. HAMILTON: CLEARED - 403 east and west bound lanes are closed at ramp at Linc, collision. All lanes closed. 7:15 a.m. Expect delays past Fiddlers, on Hwy 6 S, and supporting roads. Cleared: Collision on #HWY403HAMILTON Eastbound RAMP at LINCOLN M. ALEXANDER PARKWAY, Hamilton. All lanes closed. #ONHwys HAMILTON: Update: Westbound lanes are open, eastbound lanes remain closed. Linc closed in both directions for a collision. Westbound lanes closed from Upper Gage and eastbound lanes closed from Upper Wentworth. 6 a.m. 2025-04-25 07:44:35 COLLISION : #Hamilton LINC WEST BOUND RE-OPENED COMPLETELY #HamOnt Find the latest provincial road closures and traffic incidents via Ontario 511 . Closures in Hamilton are available on the Hamilton police incident feed . Traffic on Hamilton area Compass cameras Friday morning. GO UPDATE: Hamilton GO Centre 06:18 - Union Station 07:32 train will run express from Burlington GO to Union Station due to freight train traffic. Customers can board the next train scheduled to depart Burlington GO at 06:56. 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 . GUILTY: Verdicts handed down in murder of OPP officer Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry both found guilty of first-degree murder in Const. Greg Pierzchala's death And now the good news … Here's a tonic for your soul: Award-winning Spectator writer Jon Wells will pen Upbeat, a weekly column that offers exclusively positive news, serving as an antidote to the deluge of negative stories that can darken our days. Most Hamilton Conservative candidates skip televised election debates Ken Hewitt appeared on track to be the lone Conservative candidate participating in Cable 14 debates. Motherlode | Never forget that we're still connected I tell the people around me to focus not on the large, increasingly scary world out there, but to look to their own neighbourhoods and communities. Lights, camera, action in Jackson Square food court The production 'Pocket Mirror' spent two days shooting at Jackson Square. The 18-day shooting schedule wrapped up April 14. Simple foods for complicated times: Try this turkey burger recipe at home Editor's note: Norma Bidwell was The Spectator's beloved food columnist for more than half a century, signing off her popular Stoveline column in 2006 at the age of 91. With rising grocery costs and global turmoil, now seems a perfect time to revive her recipes for simple comfort foods for you to enjoy. What's there to do in Hamilton this weekend? Of course it's going to rain, Sunday is the Paris to Ancaster Bike Race. The weekend will bring rain, but events will go on. Subscribe to our newsletters for the latest local content .
Hamilton Spectator
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Lights, camera, action in Jackson Square food court
What do they do in a mall food court at night? Sometimes they make movies. Jackson Square opened its food court this month to the psychological drama 'Pocket Mirror.' The film follows the story of Maisie, who believes her cat has been replaced with a doppelganger. She hires a detective to determine the truth and finds out more about her life than she bargained for. Near Burger King in the empty food court at about midnight on April 9, Sofia Banzhaf acts in a scene where she talks to her private investigator, actor Dylan Roberts, who is off camera. The crew of 'Pocket Mirror' during a night shoot at Jackson Square this month. From left: writer-director Adrian Murray, producers Sennah Yee and Priscilla Galvez and first assistant director Matt Moreland. The film is a psychological drama about a woman who gets more than she bargained for when she hires a detective to investigate whether her cat was replaced with a doppelganger. Banzhaf was in Nicolas Cage's 2023 film 'Dream Scenario,' which shot in Burlington and was also in the TV show 'Bitten.' Roberts had a role in the Robin Williams' comedy 'Death to Smoochy' (2002), which was shot in Hamilton. About a dozen crew members mill around under the watchful eyes of two mall security guards. One crew member, first assistant director Matt Moreland, from Hamilton, stands out because he is wearing cow-print pants. Another scene is shot of Roberts talking to Banzhaf, who is off camera. During filming, producers Priscilla Galvez and Sennah Yee hear a sound that is not supposed to be there. They call one of the guards over and he says it is probably coming from a machine being used by a cleaner in a nearby hallway. The problem is solved and shooting continues. A break is called for, but all will be back at work at 1 a.m. Producer Sennah Yee looks through a monitor during the filming of 'Pocket Mirror.' Film scenes were shot in the deserted food court of Jackson Square around midnight on April 9. 'Pocket Mirror' is the brainchild of writer and director Adrian Murray, who won best director for his film 'Retrograde' at the 2023 Canadian Film Festival. That film was about a neurotic woman who persistently fights a traffic ticket she received while helping her new roommate move in. CBC Arts named Murray one of the 17 great Canadian directors to watch in 2017 after his first feature, a crime drama called 'Withdrawn.' Murray said 'Pocket Mirror' evolved from his thoughts about a man going to the police to tell them his dog wasn't his dog anymore. It morphed into the idea of a cat and he spent about eight months writing it. It is also based on feelings felt during the pandemic, his father losing his hearing and having memories of songs. 'I'm emphasizing what it's like to live in a world that's changing before our eyes and changing faster than we can keep up with,' Murray said. 'What's it like to be afraid of this new artificial world while simultaneously being comforted by it.' 'Pocket Mirror' is produced by Fantom Ogi Films, run by Galvez and Yee. Producers in their own right, their joint company is named for Galvez's pet dog and Yee's cat. The budget is $1.1 million and the production received funding from Telefilm last year. Vortex Media is the Canadian distributor, but the plan is to put the movie in film festivals to find an international distributor. The movie also features Maziyar Khatam as Maisie's boyfriend, Nima. The production spent two days shooting at Jackson Square during an 18-day shooting schedule and wrapped up April 14. Other locations included the Pearle Hotel and Spa in Burlington. This is the third feature for Murray and Yee (they are partners in film and life) and the second that involves Galvez. She was a producer on 'Retrograde.' 'That was really a great partnership, so we said 'Let's do it again,'' Galvez said. They were already feeling the pangs of postproduction blues. This was Moreland's first time working with this production team, though he had worked with Galvez. He has worked on more than 20 holiday movies and the Oscar-winning 'Women Talking.' Murray has garnered a reputation as a minimalist director — lots of long takes — and Moreland said that has been a first for him in filmmaking. He said the experience was 'really fun' and 'really interesting.'
