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The leader of Ontario's Official Opposition called on the premier to reverse the cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) at a news conference on Monday.

The Ontario Review Board released its decision last week, ordering Laureano Bistoyong, 25, to remain in custody at the West 5th Campus's Forsensic Psychiatry Program.

A man is dead, police say, following a collision on Highway 8 near Cambridge, Ont.

Staff might start checking people's library cards before letting them into the Central branch, in an attempt to deter patrons from selling or using drugs inside, says CEO.

So far, the Niagara Regional Native Centre has supplied 150 pairs of skates, some new and some used. It's looking for 24 more pairs. More than 1,000 evacuees are staying in Niagara Falls at the moment.

Ontarians staying in Mexico are in disbelief after tensions between cartels and the military began to escalate Sunday morning. Ottawa is advising Canadians in Puerto Vallarta, where there is a shelter-in-place order in effect, to keep a low profile.

Hamilton police's hate crime unit says it is investigating an assault that took place downtown Saturday.

Survivor airs its 50th season Feb. 25, marking 25 years of one of the longest-running reality TV shows. And experts say its premiere - and the seasons that followed - changed the landscape of reality television.

CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter previews the last day of the Milano-Cortina Games, headlined by the men's hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States.

Hamilton college student Marcelle Slote says Ontario Student Assistance Program changes and Premier Doug Ford's basket-weaving comments feel like "a punch in the gut" and are "absolutely disrespectful." Slote, who is studying social work, says the funding cuts have left her wondering if she can afford to continue her education.

After working through motions from Hamilton councillors looking to add and subtract items from the city's proposal 2026 budget, homeowners are now looking at a 3.87 per cent tax increase.

Justin Smith, 29, died on the job at Ontario Shipyards earlier this year. The company CEO says Smith was a dedicated mentor and to honour him, he's working to set up a scholarship in his name.

Communities in southern Niagara Region and Norfolk County should expect high winds Friday, with gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour expected, Environment Canada says.

Nova Scotia's College of Social Workers has revoked the registration of a social worker after she was accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a youth while living in St. Catharines, Ont., and Greenwood, N.S.

A recently-retired Burlington, Ont., couple has become Olympics junkies." Bud and Mary Vallee are partway through a trip to Milan that has included attending several events, including the men's thrilling quarter-final hockey game that ended in an overtime win for Canada.

Sorossa Moude of Toronto pleaded guilty to mischief endangering life in association with a criminal organization leading up to the March 2020 death of Giorgio Barresi, who was shot multiple times in his Stoney Creek driveway.

A pedestrian on the Lincoln Alexander Parkway has died after being hit by a car on Thursday morning.

The driver, 29, has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and failure to stop after an accident resulting in death, say police.

A new partnership will see South Korean company Hanwha Ocean share resources and knowledge with Ontario Shipyards and a new shipbuilding learning hub for Mohawk College students.

McLachlan and Russell will perform a special tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Joni Mitchell.

Sometimes when Nikita Kokal scrolls through a dating app, she'll match with someone solely to ask if they used artificialintelligence to craft their profile. She sees it all the time, she says.

Changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program are forcing some to make tough choices about studying fields Ford has encouraged this week, like STEM, health care, tech and trades.

Conditions in the building have been deteriorating steadily since the fall, says resident Rose Hamilton. In the stairwells especially, she's seen it all - needles, pipes, blood, vomit, spilled food and drinks, garbage and the remnants of fires, many of which CBC Hamilton also encountered during a recent tour.

Hamilton police say they arrested and charged a 33-year-old Hamilton man with sexual assault, and there may be more victims.

Hamilton businesses can serve alcohol as early as 6 a.m. for the remainder of the winter Olympics. One bar owner says that's a big deal for Sunday's gold-medal men's hockey game.

The crash happened just after 7:30 p.m. on Wilson Street at the Highway 403 eastbound exit ramp. Hamilton police say.

Environment Canada continues a yellow-level freezing rain waring for Hamilton, Brantford and Burlington Wednesday afternoon.

The Ontario government is reminding municipal leaders that they cannot use their provincially granted "strong mayor powers" to challenge or limit police budgets. This comes two months after Sarnia's mayor vetoed his city's police budget request of $120 million for a new police headquarters.

A new palliative care team at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, which launched as a pilot last year, has found a way to bring its services to more people with life-threatening illnesses.

Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas did not qualify for the Olympic women's singles free program after finishing 25th in the short program on Tuesday.

A record number of awards, bursaries and scholarships were handed out Sunday night as the John C. Holland Awards marked its 30th anniversary.

As Ontario's education minister mulls eliminating the role of school board trustees provincewide, groups representing Ontario educators and students say the province is taking over boards to distract from its own chronic underfunding of public education. A spokesperson for the minister says the province is putting students first and will not hesitate to step in when school boards fail to stay on track.

Paramedics rushed three workers to hospital following a Monday morning collapse at a home construction site in Hamilton's Stoney Creek area.

A 25-year-old man is dead after being hit by a driver while walking near York Boulevard and Old Guelph Road on Monday night.

Hamilton and Brantford, Ont., are under a freezing rain warning for Wednesday along with much of southwestern Ontario. Environment Canada says snow may also be possible for some areas.

Canada, which was worse than the U.S. in every possible way in a 5-0 loss in the preliminary round, has 72 hours to find the belief that Thursday's women's hockey final will have a different result - that they can somehow beat an American team that's younger, faster, meaner, stronger.

During a two-week trial, Michael Castiglione denied he had purposefully shot and killed his acquaintance Jason Gallant, 50, saying it was an accident.

Ontario Liberals will choose their next leader this November, but the interim chief says the party must spend the next nine months doing the hard work of a broader rebuild after three consecutive electoral defeats.

Joe Ollmann has a new short story collection called The Woodchipper set in Hamilton. It deals with odd situations people find themselves in while on the job.

A 56-year-old Burlington man was arrested after allegedly making threats online to harm participants at a rally supporting protesters in Iran.

While Olympic athletes in prime physical shape flash across your screen, what's happening to your body? Dr. Peter Lin explores the science of watching sports on TV.

Life-long St. Catharines, Ont., resident Keaton Bruggeling - who is also a Hamilton Ticat player - is making his Olympic debut as part of Canada's four-man bobsleigh team at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games which, he says, was made possible thanks to family, friends and strangers.

CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter looks ahead to the key events on Sunday, including the Canadian men's hockey team's group-stage finale and moguls icon Mikael Kingsbury's shot at Canada's first gold of the Games.

Sales of wines made from grapes grown in Ontario have soared since the Doug Ford government directed the LCBO to pull U.S. booze from store shelves nearly a year ago, officials say.

As the John C. Holland Awards mark 30 years this weekend, one of its founding members says the event has played a crucial role in helping to amplify Black history in Hamilton.