Tim Hortons, Starbucks recycling claims may be garbage: Top Stories
Here are some of the top stories from Hamilton and beyond
A CBC Marketplace investigation reveals that many paper cups collected by Starbucks and Tim Hortons for recycling are sent to landfill instead. And, Justin Bieber got mad with fans in Norway so he left a show after just one song. These are just a couple of our top stories worth your time today.
Local
The people who want to take Barton St. back after acts of violence
A crowd of more than 50 people,marched in a biting autumn wind on Barton Street on Thursday, pausing every few hundred metres to commemorate story after story of violence, death and missing persons.
The crowd included councillors Matthew Green and Jason Farr, Tiger-Cats players David Caldwell and Brandon Banks, four Hamilton Police officers, a handful of high-schoolers and community workers and neighbours.
It's one thing to read and hear about the stories as they happen, said Coun. Matthew Green. But to put them all together in one afternoon's walk brings a new depth of meaning.
'Unjustifiable': Human Rights Commission slams Hamilton police chief's carding approach
The head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission said Hamilton Police Chief Glenn De Caire's description of his policing approach on street checks and carding is "a textbook description of racial profiling."
"Hamilton police chief Glenn De Caire's position on carding and street checks contains a fundamental and significant error," writes Ruth Goba, interim chief commissioner at the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Elsewhere
Tim Hortons, Starbucks recycling claims may be garbage
Canada's largest coffee chains are misleading customers about what happens to cups collected in their in-store recycling bins.
A CBC Marketplace investigation reveals that many paper cups collected by some Toronto Starbucks and Tim Hortons for recycling are sent to landfill, not to a recycling plant as many may believe.
Justin Bieber apologizes after giving Oslo fans 1-and-done concert
Justin Bieber, who made a triumphant return to the European stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Milan on Sunday, abruptly cancelled his concert in Oslo on Thursday night after performing just one song.
The Stratford, Ont., singer, who found fame at 13 and went on to become a global pop phenomenon, scooped five prizes in Milan, including Best Male and Biggest Fans, and next month is to release his first album in three years, during which bad behavior offstage risked damaging his family-friendly teen heartthrob image.