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3/19/2010
An HSR driver has been charged in connection with the recent death of a pedestrian.
63 year old Clara Langmead suffered head injuries when she was struck by a city bus, while crossing James Street on the night of February.24th.
She died in hospital from her injuries, two days later.
Police investigators now confirm that Langmead was within the crosswalk when she was hit by the bus.
The driver, Doris Baglole, will appear in court on May.6th on a charge of careless driving.
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3/19/2010
The search continues for a pair of second degree murder suspects.
23-year-old Tyrone Chambers and 21-year-old Joshua Warner remain on the lam, almost one full week after 18 year old Brandon Musgrave was gunned down at a Dundurn Street house party.
Sergaent Terri-Lynn Collings, the Hamilton Police media relations officer, believes that someone out there needs to "do the right thing".
She stresses that investigators believe that there are people in the community "who know where these people are". In all likelihood, she suggests "there are people who are harbouring these two individuals as well".
One of the accused, Joshua Warner, made a brief court appearance on drug charges on Monday but was released until another date. The official arrest warrant was issued just a few hours later.
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3/19/2010
Hamilton police have arrested three people allegedly involved in a 1.2-million dollar fraud ring.
Police have been investigating reports of mortgage and loan frauds in the Hamilton area for the past two years.
Investigators say the fraudulent acts involved stolen identification and fake employment and income documents.
38-year old Allan Mohammed has been charged with participating in a crime organization, laundering proceeds of crime and seven counts of fraud over 5-thousand dollars.
Two Hamilton women, 44 and 52-years of age, are charged with uttering forged documents, personation and fraud over 5-thousand dollars.
Police say the investigation is continuing and believe there may be more victims.
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3/19/2010
The city's latest home invasion is not considered a random attack.
Hamilton Police are investigating after four men, two of them armed with handguns, forced their way into an apartment within a complex on Herkimer Street near Caroline on Thursday night.
They demanded money from the woman who lived there, before fleeing the building with some of her clothing and other personal property. The victim was not harmed.
Police are looking for four males between the ages of 17-and-20, but again stress that the robbery appears to have been "targetted".
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3/19/2010
There's more opposition to the west harbour as the site for Hamilton's proposed Pan Am Stadium.
The latest to speak out are the Tiger-Cats major partner and senior advisor.
They've told the Spectator, the site near Bay and Barton suffers from access and visibility problems.
The telecommunications company Primus is the Ticats game-day official presenter and a candidate for the naming rights at the stadium.
CEO Andy Day says those rights are tied directly to how many people can view the stadium's exterior on a daily basis.
The head of property developer Osmington Inc. says he's advised the Ticats that the west harbour site is limited because it won't attract a substantial fee for naming rights.
He suggests the Lafarge slag operation on Windermere Road offers much more visibility due to its exposure to the QEW.
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3/19/2010
A 15-year-old Georgetown boy has now undergone surgery at Hamilton General following Wednesday's crash on the QEW at Fruitland.
At last report he was still in critical condition.
Police have said the boy was injured when the SUV he was passenger in was struck by a car that made a sudden lane change.
The collision is still under investigation.
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3/19/2010
City officials in Burlington are opposing plans for GO Transit to use vacant land for a large parking lot at the Appleby station.
The city's senior planner says a surface parking expansion is not efficient use of the land.
He would prefer GO build a parking structure that would include employment uses.
But GO says that would cost ten times as much, and at this point, it is continuing with its plans to begin construction of the surface parking lot this summer.
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3/18/2010
CAW President Ken Lewenza wants common sense to prevail.
He's led a rally, which involved a few hundred people, in front of the east Hamilton Siemen's plant on Thursday afternoon.
It's a plant that will close on 550 workers when production is moved to North Carolina next year.
Lewenza insists that protest rallies are an effective way to get employees engaged, at a time when many are feeling "defeated".
The Canadian Auto Workers president also insists that Siemens must "justify this closure", 18 months after voicing "optimism" about the Hamilton plant's future.
Lewneza is also asking the Premier to work to overturn the decision by using "the power of government". He feels it's time for industries to sign job guarantees when bidding on government contracts.
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3/18/2010
Police services from surrounding areas are now involved in the search for 2 murder suspects in Hamilton.
23-year-old Tyrone Chambers and 21-year-old Joshua Warner are wanted in the shooting death of 18-year old Brandon Musgrave.
He was shot at a house party on Dundurn last Saturday.
Hamilton police say they will not launch a special investigation into how Warner slipped through their fingers.
Chief Glenn De Caire has refused to comment publicly on how the suspect appeared on drug possession and breach of probation charges and was allowed to leave court on Monday without any officers noticing he was wanted for murder.
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3/18/2010
As many as 345 people will be involved in a search this weekend for a missing Hamilton man.
They have signed up for the search on Saturday for 28 year old Paul Michael Foster.
He hasn't been seen since January.
His friends have been using Facebook to give details of the search.
They're hoping to find his missing truck that could give clues as to his whereabouts.
Those taking part will meet at Dundurn Castle at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning.
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