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7/28/2010
That thunderstorm that rolled through the area Wednesday afternoon was deadly.
A 68-year-old man was killed when he was hit by lighting on the mountain.
Witnesses say he was walking in a woodlot linked to the Bruce Trail between Scenic Drive and Sanatorium Road when he was struck.
Three passersby tried to revive him.
And although paramedics were on the scene within minutes, he was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
An autopsy will be done on his body today.
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7/28/2010
There’s yet another twist in Hamilton’s Pan Am stadium debate.
Athletics Canada CEO Joanne Mortimer has asked the 2015 host corporation to move the track and field events from Hamilton to Toronto.
Mortimer says Athletics Canada is concerned the track would be removed once the Pan Am Games are over to accommodate the Tiger-Cats.
The group believes moving the track and field events to Toronto would provide a greater legacy for the sport.
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7/29/2010
An Oshweken man is facing a long list of charges after a wild afternoon in Oakville.
Halton police say it started when a GMC Yukon Denali was stolen from a business complex on Winston Park Drive yesterday afternoon.
It drove away with two other stolen SUV's, a Cadillac Escalade and a Chevy Tahoe.
A nearby police officer spotted the stolen vehicles and followed them along the QEW to Third Line.
That's when the Cadillac ran a red light and crashed into a Ford Escape.
Two people in the Ford were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The suspect in the Cadillac fled on foot, but was found by the Canine Unit about an hour later, hiding under a car in a nearby parking lot.
21-year-old Eric Anthony Thomas is charged with theft over 5-thousand dollars, failing to stop for police, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
Police are still looking for the stolen GMC Yukon Denali and Chevy Tahoe.
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7/28/2010
Cody LeCompte is coming home.
An accommodation has been reached with the Cuban government which allows for the Simcoe teenager's return to Canada.
The accommodation required a bail payment of 2000 pesos and the acknowledgment that if at some future date Cuba would require LeCompte to return to address the accident in court he would do that.
Cody's uncle Cody, mother Danette will be boarding a flight to Canada early next week.
The 19-year-old LeCompte has been trapped at a Cuban resort for the last 13 weeks as police investigated a car crash.
The following is an excerpt from CHML talk show host Roy Green's blog, www.roygreenshow.com.
None of this would have happened had it not been for the dedicated efforts of thousands of Corus radio network listeners who tirelessly sent emails and faxes and made phone calls to their members of parliament, as well as the Prime Minister's Office.
Danette said, "without all of the people putting pressure on the government we would have been here for a year and I know that. I am overwhelmed by so many people who pitched in and cared even though you didn't know Cody and Danette LeCompte. Today has seen that caring ...
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7/28/2010
Hamilton Police have dismantled a one-thousand plant grow op inside a former industrial building in Hamilton, on Wentworth Street North.
The Ministry of Environment was inspecting barrels found on that site yesterday.
Reports say many of those barrels were marked as lubricants, sealants or sludge.
No arrests yet.
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