Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show wows again - The Spec
WEB5 days ago · Nearly 40,000 visitors attended the three-day show on September 10, 11 and 12 to see the latest agriculture innovations and equipment technology at Ontario’s largest outdoor farm event.
Tips for shopping for Medicare Advantage plans - The Spec
WEB5 days ago · People eligible for the federal government’s Medicare program will have from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 to sign up for 2025 Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run versions of the program. They ...
Our obsession with convenience is harming us and our planet
WEB5 days ago · The stickiness of the internet and social media is mainly due to our obsession with convenience. The digital world offers an unimaginably massive and convoluted buffet of conveniences. 24-7-365 ...
Truth and reconciliation: Hamilton to explore city holiday - The Spec
WEB5 days ago · Council has backed Mayor Andrea Horwath’s motion calling for a staff report into a potential city statutory holiday to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation starting with Sept. 30 ...
LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave
WEB5 days ago · Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 19, 2024. St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet ...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 6-12 - The Spec
WEB3 days ago · Oct. 6: Actor Britt Ekland is 82. Singer-guitarist Thomas McClary (The Commodores) is 75. Singer Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon is 73. Guitarist David Hidalgo of Los Lobos is 70. Actor Elisabeth ...
Police board approves request to hire 16 special constables
WEB5 days ago · In its first six months, pilot project diverted approximately 2,172 hours of police work to special constables, freeing up officers to respond to other urgent calls.
Let’s hope Susan B. Anthony doesn’t turn over in her grave - The …
WEB5 days ago · Susan B. Anthony, left, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton sit on the porch of the Anthony house in Rochester, N.Y., in this undated file photo. The two 19th-century women were deeply involved in gaining ...
A journey of healing, learning and rediscovery - The Spec
WEB5 days ago · ‘I am deeply grateful for the opportunity my education has given me, the people who have believed in me, and this second chance at life’, writes Stone Rose Rivers.
New beginnings for five families - The Spec
WEB5 days ago · Stephanie McCue and her daughters, 11-year-old Sophie Little and 4-year-old Georgia Copeland, are one of five families receiving keys to their new row house built by Hamilton’s Habitat for Humanity.