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2/8/2010
An explosion at a power plant in Connecticut has taken the life of a Hamilton man.
36 year old Roy Rushton was among those killed, when the blast ripped apart the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown late Sunday morning.
Rushton was a journeyman mechanic and was supervising the installation of insulation at the construction site. He had left Hamilton for Connecticut just one week ago.
He leaves behind a wife and a young daughter.
At least five people were killed by the blast while a dozen more suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious.
Local fire investigators and federal authorities have started their investigation into what caused the explosion.
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2/8/2010
A class-action lawsuit will proceed on behalf of a group of Caledonia residents and businesses.
A Superior Court judge has approved the suit which relates to the 2006 native occupation of the former Douglas Creek Estates development site.
Businesses and residents will seek to prove that Ontario Provincial Police and the province broke laws when they failed to enforce court injunctions and allowed for the closure of portions of Highway Six and Argyle Street four years ago.
The allegations must still be proven in court. Hamilton lawyers John Findlay says the plaintiffs have been broken down into several groups, including residents living nearest the D-C-E, businesses on Highway Six, businesses on Argyle Street and contractors.
The case will further inflate the cost to taxpayers of the land dispute. It already tops 64 million dollars, not including what the province paid for the Douglas Creek Estates or the adjacent home of a couple that recently settled out-of-court ending their lawsuit against the province.
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2/8/2010
David Braley is the owner of another CFL team.
Braley says a deal was reached over the weekend to buy the Toronto Argonauts.
Today, lawyers are drawing up papers to complete the transaction.
Braley, who already owns the BC Lions, wouldn't discuss the terms of the transaction
After the lawyers draw up the papers, the CFL's board of governors will be asked to approve the sale.
That will be a formality.
Braley, who once owned the Tiger-Cats, says every measure will be taken to preserve the integrity of the league now that he will control 25 per cent of the franchises.
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2/8/2010
The Hamilton District School Board's Director of Education wants all students to feel welcome and included.
John Malloy says that it the rationale behind the 2009 Student Equity Inventory.
Close to 16 hundred students in grades ten and eleven have completed the survey, which gauges their feelings of being accepted based on everything from gender and academic achievement to cultural and religious background and sexual orientation.
It's estimated that close to one-third of students have been victims of bullying due to one of those factors.
Milloy hopes they can use the results to "reduce barriers to success" within their diverse student population. The results will be presented to school board trustees next month..
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2/8/2010
There's been a huge spike in local housing starts.
Officials at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation say Hamilton, Burlington and Grimsby recorded 458 new home starts in January, thanks mainly to a pair of high-rise developments.
One of them is a condominium project in Burlington. The other, a rental apartment building on Hamilton mountain.
The 458 starts this January, compares to 75 during the same month last year.
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