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Difficulties hiring and retaining enough nurses and personal support workers for long-term care homes could mean the Ontario government may not meet its target for the amount of hands-on care residents receive, the minister responsible for the sector was warned.

As the Southwestern Ontario Black Entrepreneurship Network marks its first anniversary, CBC Hamilton spoke to three participants about their experiences. They are among the 150 businesses the network supports, based in cities such as Hamilton and Windsor.

Ontario says it will spend $1 billion toextend the life of the biggest hydroelectric dams in the province.

Ed Mizzi isn't holding back from buying a new electric vehicle because he's intimidated by all the fancy technology.The 70-year-old Hamilton resident says he's more concerned there wouldn't be enough charging stations along his 6,000-kilometre route to Alaska - a road trip he's done three times before.

The Ontario government says it isadding 300 weekly GO train trips to routes throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), a service expansion that Metrolinx is billing as the largest in more than a decade.

Coach Bobby Smyrniotis and captain Kyle Bekker have been a winning combination at Forge FC, with four Canadian Premier League titles to date.

How teens learn about navigating the online world varies, but a pair of digital media literacy programs aim to get more Canadian students scrutinizing their social feeds.

Chelsea Phillips is teaching a four-week basket-making class at the Kahnawa:ke Youth Center, as one of the many activities taking place throughout the community's annual Cultural Awareness Month.

CBC spoke with Canadians from across the country about what budget items they hope to see on Tuesday. Here's what we heard.

A citizen's group opposed to burying Canada's stockpile of spent nuclear fuel half a kilometre below a southwestern Ontario farm town is demanding a paper ballot in an upcoming referendum on whether it should welcome radioactive waste.

The number of students who are chronically absent at Hamilton's public and Catholic elementary schools has been on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The City of Hamilton is catching up on automatic property tax payments following the recent cyberattack on its systems. Now, residents are being told to make four payments in two months. For one Hamilton woman who recently lost her job, that's cause for alarm.

A new report released this month includes 40 recommendations aimed to improve the mental health of students at the University of Guelph.

Medical researchers are exploring why nutrition, physical activity and other changes that are good for our hearts also tend to boost the health of the brain.

Environment Canada is warning people in Hamilton, Burlington and the Niagara Region that Friday night will bring winds strong enough tobreak tree branches.

Restaurants on Garner Road say construction is starving them of customers and need the city's help to avoid closing down.

Housing Minister Sean Fraser has announced what he's calling an ambitious strategy to address Canada's housing crisis.

Hamilton's escarpment walls erode more quickly if they face southeast, but vegetation slows that process down. Those are two findings from recent McMaster University research into erosion along the formation, which seeks to better understand the phenomenon and help the city prevent damage from falling rocks.

Hamilton councillors opposed to building affordable housing on a city parking lot have in recent months pitched a 'leading-edge' alternative - reviving a decade-old plan to build 44 units on the same property as the Dominic Agostino Riverdale Community Centre and an elementary school. But whether it's possible is up for debate.

Treena MacSween remembers her dad, an immigrant from Jamaica, polishing his shoes every night and imparting wisdom onhis children. On Thursday, it was announced MacSween, a superintendent with the Hamilton Police Service, has been hired as London, Ont.'s third deputy chief.

Human remains have been found at a pier in Hamilton Harbour, police said on Wednesday.

Canada's top court says it won't hear arguments about the release of prison and parole documents concerning serial killer Paul Bernardo.

Environment Canada says much of southwestern Ontario, including Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Six Nations, and Haldimand-Norfolk are in for 25 to 50 millimetres of rain, and possibly more if there are thunderstorms.

As the Ontario government promised earlier in the day, an NDP private member'sbill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic passed second reading at the legislature Wednesday evening without a fight.

The Hamilton man who livestreamed himself unleashing a transphobic tirade and assaulting someone on a city bus in 2022 is a prime example of why Canada needs stronger legislation against cyberbullying and online hate, according to an expert and 2SLGBTQ+ advocates.

Break them down for the blue bin, drop them off to be recycled or donate them to be used for the next eclipse somewhere else in the world, says the Hamilton Conservation Authority.

Veteran cornerback Jamal Peters will suit up with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2024 following three seasons with the archrival Toronto Argonauts. Peters says his goals are to contend for the CFL's top defensive player honour and help Hamilton win its first Grey Cup since 1999.

Premier Doug Ford's government is releasing the province's latest housing plan, which includes expanded powers for post-secondary institutions and municipalities.

Samir Supermarket launched in 2005. Almost 20 years later, it has four locations and helps newcomers find their footing and get work. The newest location opened downtown recently, in time for Eid al-Fitr celebrations.

On a boat cruising near the Niagara Falls,309 people in yellow sun costumes overtop red rain ponchossmashed the previous record - hours before the total solar eclipse.

According to the president of Control Chem Canada, the worker who collapsed after inhaling fumes at awater treatment supplier in Burlington, Ont., last week, has died.

Veteran Canadian offensive lineman Chris Van Zeyl retired Saturday following a distinguished 15-year CFL career. Van Zeyl, 40, spent the last four seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2019, 2021-23), helping the squad make Grey Cup appearances in 2019 and 2021.

Ontario's Superior Court of Justice is now examining whether or not police officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man in crisis should have their names shielded from the public.

Semna Mathew was one of thousands who witnessed the once-in-a-lifetime eclipse in Hamilton and Niagara, among the best viewing areas in Canada. She had a very personal reason why the eclipse brought tears to her eyes.

A Hamilton public school board trustee says she'sbanned from participating in private board and committee meetings after refusing to delete a November social media post about being under investigation for other social media posts in support of Palestinians.

The man is facing charges for conspiracy to commit murder. Police say officers uncovered the evidence leading to the charges while investigating a separate shooting.

Millions of spectators turn their heads skyward for the total solar eclipse happening on Monday across Canada, the United States and Mexico.

People watching in the path of totality experienced night-like darkness and a temperature drop as the moon moved between the sun and Earth, blocking the star's light during the celestial spectacle, including in Hamilton and Niagara, a prime viewing area in Canada.

With the April 8 total solar eclipse just a day away - and huge numbers of people gearing up to see the historic event- Metrolinx says it has increased GO Transit service to help them get to and from primeviewing locations.

Police chiefs in Halton Region, Niagara Region and the City of Hamilton made more money last year than their counterparts in Toronto and at the Ontario Provincial Police, according to provincial financial disclosure documents.

The lawsuits launched by Ontario school boardsagainstthe social media giants could take years to litigate, involve dozens of experts, thousands of documents and cost lots and lots of money. And they may also encountersignificant legal challenges.

Will Monday's eclipse be fun or meaningful to you? At CBC Hamilton, our team will be out across Hamilton, including at McMaster University, Bayfront Park and Tim Hortons Field, and we want to share stories from across the region with the rest of the community. Share your plans with us here.

On the day of the total solar eclipse, Prof. Eric Seidlitz of Hamilton's McMaster University will not only be experiencing the celestial event of a lifetime, but also a birthday that he at one time was certain he'd never live to see.

Automatic property tax payments will soon resume for many Hamilton homeowners, but on a new withdrawal schedule that could take some bank accounts by surprise.

A 'chemical incident' at a water treatment supplier in Burlington, Ont., left a worker with life-threatening injuries on Thursday.

At the height of the pandemic, YWCA Hamilton staff were encountering women experiencing homelessness who were pregnant but going without prenatal care late into their pregnancy, or not at all.The non-profit started a small, low-barrier program to help in 2021 and are now looking to expand.

Doctors are warning about the risks of eye injuries as a result of this Monday's solar eclipse, while a study indicates an increase in traffic incidents during the same spectacular event in 2017. Here are some tips to stay safe.

When a total solar eclipse passes over upstate New York on April 8, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy will celebrate the once in a lifetime event as the anniversary of its founding.