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The Inuk singer-songwriter from Arviat, Nunavut, was honoured on Wednesday by musicians and industry professionals at a symposium in Six Nations of the Grand River near Hamilton.

Niagara-on-the-Lake's town council plans to voluntarily reduce the number of seats it has ahead of this year's municipal election, saying it's aware Premier Doug Ford thinks there are far too many elected officials in Niagara's 12 cities and towns and its regional government.

One person is dead and another is in hospital after a morning fire on the fourth floor of a residential building near Fennell and Upper Kenilworth avenues, Hamilton police said Thursday.

A list of this year's Easter-themed events and activities to do in Niagara Region.

A program by the non-profit Honouring Indigenous Peoples is helping to foster truth and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people - through a youth gathering.

Premier Doug Ford's government tables its eighth budget Thursday, as Ontario's economy faces global economic volatility and heightened levels of unemployment at home. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is due to deliver the spending plan in the legislature at 4 p.m. ET.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his health minister said Wednesday they will not reverse course on their decision to shutter more supervised drug consumption sites, after a letter from six former Toronto mayors urged them to do so.

They came for cuts and in some cases, left with "a different energy." Some 420 young people, in fact, benefited from a marathon session of free haircuts and styling for young people with textured hair on Saturday, at the second annual Excel in Style event at Bernie Custis Secondary School.

Ontario Provincial Police officers closed the ramp from westbound Highway 403 to southbound Highway 6 for most of Wednesday due to a tractor trailer crashing and rolling onto its side. By evening the closure had ended, according to the Ministry of Transportation.

Porter Airlines is expanding service from Hamilton with a new route to Montreal's revamped South Shore airport and Ottawa International Airport starting June 22.

CBC News is announcing an expansion of our local news service in Hamilton, in the form of a live audio morning show, available on HD radio and other digital platforms, and a weekly podcast to be added to the existing digital news offered by the station.

Hamilton plans Sunday parking enforcement and higher fines as part of a broader push to improve safety and boost revenue.

In advance of the Junos, we asked a handful of local creative folks to share their favourite cafes, restaurants, bars or social spaces, live music venues and other hidden gems. Here's what they told us - and where to find them.

The Hamilton Community Peregrine Project (HCPP) is gearing up for the 2026 nesting season, according to the lead monitor at Hamilton Falconwatch - the community group that monitors the birds.

Ontario is running out of time to beef up rules that would crack down on negligent and misbehaving municipal politicians ahead of the next civic election, some experts and opposition critics warn.

Canada's Victoria Mboko was ousted by Czechia's Karolina Muchova deep into a WTA 1000 tournament for a second time this year.

With the Juno Awards in Hamilton this week, the city is bubbling with music-related events but for some within the local music scene, there's also uncertainty about what happens next.

The City of Hamilton says it remains committed to improving wastewater and stormwater systems after being slapped with a $600,000 fine for sewage leaking into the Hamilton Harbour for 26 years.

This week, the Juno Awards touch down at Hamilton's TD Coliseum, the newly renovated arena that's been attracting A-list entertainers like Paul McCartney, Twice, and Cardi B to the city since it opened last fall. But just footsteps away, the city's central library has been struggling to manage the daily influx of people experiencing addiction and homelessness, who use the library as a shelter of sorts. Justin Chandler of CBC Hamilton and musician Kojo Easy" Damptey discuss this tale of two Hamiltons, and whether it's possible to reconcile the city's ambitions to be an international entertainment destination with its street-level struggles.Plus, Peaky Blinders is back,but this time as a film adaptation. Film critic Hannah Flint joins Elamin Abdelmahmoud to explain why this movie adaptation of the British crime drama is worth your time, even though she didn't like the original.

Six years after the Ontario government made e-learning a mandatory requirement for a high school diploma, students don't appear to be taking online school to diversify their course selection as the province had intended, according to a CBC News analysis of provincial enrolment data.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cellphone records took centre stage as the provincial legislature resumed sitting Monday for the first time since December, with the opposition accusing the premier of having something to hide.

Six people, including a baby, were taken to a southern Ontario hospital on Sunday after an SUV slammed into a GO Transit bus.

Politicians return to Queen's Park Monday for a shortened spring session, as Premier Doug Ford's government is set to unveil its eight budget in just days. The legislature returns a month later than usual after the Progressive Conservatives delayed the resumption of the session.

Hamilton hosts the Junos on Sunday, and the musical awards show is bringing tourists, musicians, concerts and a ton of themed events to the city this week.

Ontario's legislature is set to resume sitting Monday after a 14-week break that ended in a veritable deluge of news, partial proposals and headline-grabbing musings from Premier Doug Ford and his government.

A Juno nomination is putting a children's music project with London, Ont. connections on a national stage.

To earn the title of master sake sommelier, Yoshi Takaoka says it's not just about knowledge, "we need to demonstrate how to serve the sake perfectly." Takaoka, a sushi bar manager in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is Canada's first master sake sommelier.

Canada's Victoria Mboko is off to the third round of women's singles at the Miami Open. The No. 10 seed from Burlington, Ont., defeated Russian Anastasia Zakharova 6-1, 7-5 on Saturday.

With its emergency shelter beds frequently running at 50 per cent over capacity and demand so great that it's forced to refer some women escaping domestic violence elsewhere, Gillian's Place in St. Catharines will soon be able to offer a broader range of services to more victims of gender-based violence.

A Canadian border guard at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge in Niagara-on-the-Lake and a transport truck driver both face criminal charges, police say, after a truck containing millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and tobacco entered the country.

Hamilton's Matthew Schaefer, who lost his mother, Jennifer, to cancer in 2024 and broke down in tears on an emotional draft night, is off to a record setting start in his first year in the National Hockey League.

A Hamilton staffing firm has been fined $100,000 for providing false records and obstructing an employment standards officer during an inspection, according to the Ontario Ministry of Labour.

The Ontario government is planning to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, according to a news release. The move comes years after the province scrapped part of an anti-scalping law in 2019.

Ontario will not have a policy in place to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners by April 1, as ordered by the federal government, leaving some patients paying out of pocket for primary care. It comes years after the health minister called on Canada for more support.

The Falls Manor motel in Niagara Falls, Ont., will be converted to 39 transitional homes for women and gender-diverse people. As part of the transitional program, set to be up and running in about a year, the motel's restaurant will be used as hands-on work experience for participants.

The first-degree murder trial for a Burlington, Ont., couple who'd been trying to adopt two brothers, including a 12-year-old who died in 2022 after he was found emaciated and without vital signs, is now in its seventh month. Here's what to know as closing arguments in the Brandy Cooney-Becky Hamber case are set to begin Monday in Milton.

Hamilton is set to be home to an American Hockey League team again. The NHL's New York Islanders plan to move their feeder team in Bridgeport, Conn., to the Ontario city, pending approval by the AHL.

A man was found dead inside a house on Elm Street in Niagara Falls after it caught fire on Wednesday night, police say.

Mico and Sofia Camara will also take the stage in Hamilton.

A 36-year-old St. Catharines, Ont., man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a man he allegedly assaulted died, Niagara Regional Police said in a news release Wednesday.

Could access to elected officials become more rare in Niagara if the number of municipal councillors or regional government is reduced? That's what Dave Siegel, a retired Brock University political science professor, wonders, as amalgamation continues to be discussed.

The province's police watchdog has cleared a Niagara police officer who shot and killed a man, Anthony Deschepper, who had been accused of murdering a woman and abducting a child last October.

A Hamilton man who was on the run the past nine years was arrested in Mexico in connection with two mob-related killings and faces at least two murder counts. Daniel Tomassetti, 35, was arrested in August 2025, police told CBC Hamilton, and efforts are underway to facilitate his extradition to Canada."

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he still wants amalgamations in the Niagara Region despite not meeting hispreviously stated threshold for moving forward, though his office later poured some cold water on the idea.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this Saturday, the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre will hold a symposium with speakers including an American journalist who reports on extremism and an organizer of a group that's developed a model to identify early warning signs of radicalization.

A Washington, D.C., lobbying firm says it is seeking a presidential pardon for Canadian crypto fugitive Andean Medjedovic, documents filed with the U.S. Department of Justice show.

Advocates fear the looming closure of the Niagara Region's sole safe drug consumption site, in St. Catharines, Ont., will result in a spike in overdose deaths and cases of blood-borne infections such as hepatitis C and HIV.

Scarlett Gillespie, known as Jelena Vermilion, is a community activist, organizer and the executive director of the Sex Workers' Action Program (SWAP) Hamilton.

Interval House of Hamilton, an organization that supports women and children who have been victims of abuse, is one of 18 groups across Canada selected to receive a combined $2 million for gender-based violence prevention programs.