
Samantha Beattie
Samantha Beattie is a reporter for CBC Hamilton. She has also worked for CBC Toronto and as a Senior Reporter at HuffPost Canada. Before that, she dived into local politics as a Toronto Star reporter covering city hall.
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Hamilton's Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway will be closed all weekend for maintenance
The Linc closures will extend from Golf Links and Mohawk Roads to the Red Hill Valley Parkway.
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Hamilton-born artist-turned-fighter to represent Canada at Muay Thai world championship
If, as a kid, Fehn Foss knew she'd one day be fighting in a world Muay Thai championship, she says she wouldn't have believed it.
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Hamilton man charged with sexual assault, as police say he may have contacted victims through dating sites
Bryan Hayward, 36, was charged last Friday with sexual assault, administering a noxious substance, voyeurism, distributing intimate images, assault with a weapon and possessing drugs.
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Hamilton public health warns of possible measles exposures at restaurant, concert hall
A person who doesn't live in Hamilton but visited was later confirmed to have the measles, said public health in a statement Thursday.
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Kaitlyn Braun sentencing delayed as judge and lawyers discuss jail time for woman who faked pregnancies
Kaitlyn Braun, 26, could face five years in prison, as requested by both the Crown and defence, after pleading guilty in January.
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Hamilton water operators go on strike demanding better pay from the city
Union says 54 workers have walked off the job after they failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the City of Hamilton by Tuesday night.
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'Where do you want us to go?' People living along Hamilton's rail trail hide as city says they must leave
When couple Margaret de Jong and Calvin Graham got a city notice ordering them to leave their rail trail encampment last week, they say they had no choice but to retreat deeper into the forested side of the escarpment.
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CBC INVESTIGATES
Ukrainian couple paid lawyer $3K to help them stay in Canada but say she 'disappeared.' It's not the 1st time
CBC Hamilton has spoken to four families since 2023 who say lawyer Victoria Bruyn didn’t follow through on promises to help them navigate Canada’s complicated, high-stakes immigration process, leaving them in limbo or facing deportation. Bruyn is currently listed as an adjudicator at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board.
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Forgot to declare if you're living in your Hamilton home? City extends deadline for vacant unit tax
This the first year of the vacant unit tax, which will see the city impose a one per cent levy on a home's assessed value if no one was living there for more than half of 2024.
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Sentence reduced for driver who hit and killed Hamilton conductor Boris Brott
Ontario's top court finds trial judge made a mistake when sentencing Arsenije Lojovic, with bipolar disorder, which made it harder for him to control his behaviour during the 2022 hit-and-run. Brott's family says they're 'disgusted' by the decision.
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