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Police from Hamilton and the Halton Region worked together to arrest a man who they say used a firearm to rob five convenience stores.

One of the world's fastest-growing airlines is spreading its wings to Canada this fall as Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA enters the country's increasingly crowded travel market.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is expected to be a top pick in the first round of the NBA draft.

Imagine being told never to speak the language you were first taught. That's what Wikwemikong First Nation's Rita Corbiere was told when she went to residential school. Since then, the 83-year-old Corbiere has laboured tirelessly to ensure an integral part of her culture isn’t lost.

It's possible for the city to convert Main Street to two-way traffic east of Wellington Street, says a new Hamilton plan meant to guide transportation decisions. But converting Main west of Wellington is too complicated to try right now.

Hamilton police are looking to add 26 more rifles capable of stopping criminals wearing body armour.

Police were called to the Jackson Square Mall doors near King Street and Summers Lane around 11 a.m. by a person who claimed they saw a young woman try to steal the child and flee.

Hamilton police are continuing to investigate a fatal hit and run that took the life of Troy Armstrong, 20 years ago on June 20.

An Ancaster city councillor says a local school board has declared war by wanting to sever 4.5 hectares of green space off the town's public high school.

Hamilton police are warning local businesses to be on the lookout for fraudsters posing as CEO's in need of fast cash.

Hamilton police say 38-year-old Jason Murray turned himself in to Sarnia police early Wednesday morning, one week after he went missing from St. Joe's West 5th mental health campus.

Bird-watchers in Hamilton say one of four baby peregrine falcons born at the city's Sheraton hotel last month has died.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

Elizabeth Fleming isn't allowed to have the house she wants yet. But standing outside Hamilton's city council chambers, she already knows what she wants it to look like.

Hamilton police say a 40-year-old man was transported to hospital with unknown injuries from a construction site in Waterdown.

WestJet's discount airline Swoop took to the air on its maiden flight from Hamilton Wednesday, arriving on time in Abbotsford, B.C., at 7:42 a.m. PT.

A Hamilton man charged with second-degree murder says he was relying on his military training to "neutralize a threat" when he loaded a shotgun, ran outside and gunned down the man trying to steal his truck.

Hamilton police say 38-year-old Jason Murray has been arrested after he disappeared last Wednesday from St. Joe's West 5th mental health campus.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

Dellen Millard's lawyer has dropped an application to have a lengthy video statement his client made to police ruled inadmissible at Millard's first-degree murder trial in the death of his father, Wayne.

The late student leader Shannen Koostachin from Attawapiskat might be tickled to learn that students themselves will decide whether her name will adorn a new school in Hamilton. Koostachin's name is one of the possibilities, and the number one recommendation from the naming advisory committee to the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board.

Jon Styres could have been bent double or even on the ground when he was shot by Peter Khill from just metres away, a forensic pathologist testified Monday.

The man in the prisoner's box cries for 20 minutes straight, but few in the courtroom seem to feel bad for him.

On Sunday, Gage Park played host to Hamilton's Pride event. Here's a snapshot of the day.

Hamilton police say two cars were involved in a street race before becoming involved in a multi-collision crash that killed a 25-year-old Hamilton woman.

Environment Canada has issued a serve thunderstorm warning for Hamilton.

A 26-year-old St Catharines woman is in critical condition after an incident at Arrowhead Provincial Park, in Huntsvile.

Tenille Howell, 13, went face-to-face on Sunday with a small group of 'street evangelists' who told her, she says, that she is "going to go to hell." The teen was at the Pride event in Hamilton's Gage Park that got underway around 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

Hamilton police say they have charged one of their own with six counts of sexual assault.

Documents submitted at Dellen Millard's first-degree murder trial show there is a one in five quadrillion chance that the DNA found on the handle of the gun that killed Millard's father, Wayne, belongs to anyone else but Dellen Millard himself.

The city of Hamilton has issued a heat warning. Environment Canada also warns that possible high levels of air pollution are expected Sunday.

The Calgary Stampeders started slow and finished strong in a 28-14 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday.

Reid Coolsaet overcame his struggles in last year's Toronto Waterfront 10K with a first-place performance at Saturday's third annual event, while fellow distance runner Sasha Gollish extended her winning streak.

Hamilton has half as many brownfield sites as it did in 2008, but it still has the equivalent of 160 football fields still sitting vacant.

Johnny Manziel's possible debut injects hype into Saturday's CFL season-opener for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Calgary Stampeders.

Hamilton city councillors will vote next week whether to spend $7 million to transform some Mountain park space into "Winter Wonderland" — complete with professionally designed tobogganing hills.

A tornado touched down in Waterford and Jarvis this week, uprooting trees and blowing shingles off buildings.

A Hamilton man has died after his motorcycle collided with a cargo van Thursday.

Police have charged a second Ancaster youth with breaking into and stealing from a church there and smashing the windows.

Police in Hamilton are searching for a pair suspects wanted in connection with two armed convenience store robberies.

Police have seized guns, drugs and a steel palm tree from a Grimsby home as part of a major drug bust.

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Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

Dellen Millard's lawyer attempted to discredit the testimony of a crucial Crown witness Friday, at Millard's first-degree murder trial in the death of his father, Wayne.

Last week two security guards in Hamilton were attacked by two teen boys. A security company says it was their guards and they're seeing an increase in attacks.

Crews will start vacuuming toxic coal tar from Hamilton Harbour next month as the next phase begins in the cleanup of the notorious Randle Reef spill.

A blood stain pattern expert testified Thursday that the spatter found on Peter Khill's truck indicates Jon Styres was within 4-5 feet of the truck when he was struck with "great impact" by the shotgun blasts that killed him.

Hamilton police are investigating after a multi-vehicle crash Wednesday took place on Queenston Road at Delena Avenue, claiming the life of a 25-year-old Hamilton woman.

Waterfront Shores on Pier 8 will be home to 1,292 condos, retail space, public parks and a promenade.