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Isaiah Wooden Sr. is back with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The American receiver/returner re-signed with the CFL club on Monday after joining the Cleveland Browns in the off-season.

For decades, airports across Canada conducted firefighter training exercises that included the use of foams containing PFAS, often dubbed "forever chemicals." The impact of that contamination has people living near the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., airport fearing for future generations.

Arrr you in the market for a gently used pirate ship, or perhaps an entire fleet? This might be your lucky day.

Niagara Regional Police plan to take the lead on a new Neighbourhood Watch program and say they hope to convince residents to report tips directly to officers instead of only posting allegations of criminal activity on social media.

Victoria's drivers are the first in Canada to get a union contract with Uber, but advocates say there's no guarantee it will pave the way for the broader unionization of ride-hailing workers across the country.

Former federal cabinet member Navdeep Bains has entered the Ontario Liberal leadership race. Bains worked as a science and industry minister in Justin Trudeau's government before leaving politics in 2021.

In a joint action by OPSEU about 4,000 support workers are on strike or locked out across Ontario demanding better pay. Among them are about 130 child and youth mental health workers in Hamilton who say their organization, which serves 2,300 clients, is struggling to keep people on.

The Permanent People's Tribunal will examine evidence regarding Canada's responsibility for the residential schools system and the human rights violations associated with it.

A 75-year-old driver has died following a two-vehicle crash in Norfolk County on Sunday, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say.

Mulroney was elected in 2018 as part of Premier Doug Ford's first government and has served in a number of cabinet portfolios, including her current roles as Treasury Board president and francophone minister. In a letter Monday announcing her decision, she cited a desire to start a new chapter.

The opening of the new 160-bed Pleasant Manor long-term care home in Virgil, Ont., is welcome news to Sandra Beatty. She lives just minutes away and can now easily visit her elderly mom, who has vascular dementia. Niagara-on-the-Lake now has 39 long-term care beds more than it did before Upper Canada Lodge closed in 2024.

Niagara Catholic District School Board's director of education is moving to the much larger Toronto District School Board, where the province last year stripped its board of directors of much of its powers due to what it called financial problems at that board.The Niagara Catholic board said on Friday that education director Camillo Cipriano has resigned after six years. His last day will be June 5.

Philes Ongori can run like the wind, but not just when she's blasting past the competition at marathons. Her life has been moving at a blistering pace for the better part of three years, since she and her husband moved to Canada as asylum seekers, leaving their children behind in Kenya.

A meeting this week hosted by Hamilton police in the wake of two teens killed in separate shootings started out as a look at youth safety in the downtown core, but quickly devolved into issues around open drug use, homelessness and safety perception.

Hamilton police say investigators have concluded their search of a downtown home connected to the 2022 disappearance of Emily Bailey, saying they've collected evidence.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats' first exhibition game comes at a good time for head coach Scott Milanovich. The Ticats host the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday afternoon at Hamilton Stadium in the first pre-season contest for both clubs. It comes almost two weeks after CFL teams opened their training camps.

On Thursday, the NDP announced it had appointed Hamilton's Matthew Green for a three-month stint as the party's interim national director. He told CBC Hamilton about his vision for guiding the party's rebuild.

The PWHL filled its final two expansion team general manager openings with three-time U.S. Olympian Meghan Duggan taking over in Hamilton, and Troy Ryan leaving the Toronto Sceptres to take on the dual role of coach and GM in San Jose.

A Fort Erie, Ont., racetrack that has employed town locals for generations fears there won't be any prize money if Ontario's $35 million funding continues to stall. A thoroughbred registry says the delay has also impacted local horse breeders, who are moving their businesses to the U.S.

After two months, the Hamilton Central library branch is no longer restricting entry to people with library cards or special passes. The pilot was intended to prevent drug use in the space, and the library has said it will present its findings to its board on June 18.

Top seed Victoria Mboko cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow Canadian Leylah Fernandez in quarterfinal action Thursday at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament in France.

Burloak Drive will be closed between May 22 and June 1 from Harvester Road to Prince William Drive. The closure is due to ongoing work by provincial transit agency Metrolinx to raise GO train tracks off of street level.

Hamilton's incoming American Hockey League (AHL) team will be called the Hammers. The name and the team's logo were announced Thursday at TD Coliseum, where they'll begin playing in October. In March, the AHL's board of governors approved the Bridgeport Islanders' relocation from Connecticut to the Ontario city.

Between April 17 and 19, visitors to White Chapel Memorial Gardens noticed vases placed at grave sites were missing, Hamilton Police Service said in a news release Wednesday. They said they have charged a man in the thefts of about 40 bronze vases.

Police said on Wednesday that they began the investigation on May 8 of an alleged sexual assault of a young person who was taking a driving lesson.

As police search a Hamilton home for Emily Bailey or any evidence surrounding her disappearance, her grief-stricken family hopes for an end to their never-ending feelings of loss. Bailey, a mother of two, was last seen on Jan. 1, 2022.

If all goes as planned for YWCA Hamilton, up to 60 single women and 24 women-led families will have a home near Barton and Ottawa streets by the end of 2027. After at least two years of advocacy, the organization has secured $35 million in federal funding to build a supportive housing project for women, gender-diverse people and survivors of domestic violence.

The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal will be in Montreal May 25-29 to investigate human rights violations related to missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.

Twelve black bears at Marineland are on the move to their new home at a sanctuary in the United States more than 2,000kilometres away as the park slowly winds down its operations.

There's a "heavy police presence" in the area of Stinson Street in Hamilton as investigators search a home Wednesday, connected with a woman's disappearance in 2022. Neighbours speak to CBC Hamilton about their feelings regarding the latest turn of events in the case.

Special Olympics Canada says Frank Hayden, whose research in the 1960s spearheaded the creation of the Special Olympics globally, has died.

Megan Dyck was overwhelmed after she endured chemotherapy, radiation treatment and brachytherapy that damaged some of her internal organs and then was told she had just a few months to live. But the Niagara-on-the-Lake teen says Wellspring Niagara, a regional cancer support centre, "gave me a place where I could actually let my guard down."

Those warnings, along with severe thunderstorm warnings, have since been lifted across southwestern Ontario, and it remains to be seen whether a tornado actually touched down.

A 40-year-old man faces a murder charge after police found a woman dead in a St. Catharines home Friday, police said.

Hamilton police are looking for a driver who they say hit and seriously injured an eight-year-old girl in Stoney Creek on Monday.

Niagara police say they have charged a second person in an investigation into allegations of mental health counsellors restraining a child in Welland, Ont.

Seven months after the death of the last known Second World War veteran from a Hamilton-based regiment, a celebration of life ceremony was held in his honour on Saturday.

In an effort to better understand the Lake Ontario shoreline, three conservation authorities are teaming up and asking residents what they value about the waterfront.

Environment Canada has issued a yellow-level heat warning for Hamilton, Niagara, Brantford and Burlington, with the first heat event of the season beginning Monday afternoon. It's expected to continue into Tuesday night.

Some Black community organizations say a delay in receiving provincial funding has left them in a state of financial uncertainty leading to layoffs and program closures. The province has denied any delays or changes to how the program is being run.

When Mary Ann Edwards decided it was time to launch a brand new cancer fundraising run in Niagara with a simple but powerful philosophy that every dollar raised remained in the region, there were more than a few folks ready to write the idea off as a fool's errand.

Hamilton, Ont., native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Sunday for the second consecutive year. He became the 18th player to win at least two MVP awards and the 14th to win them in back-to-back fashion.

Canada's public health agency confirmed a positive case of hantavirus in a Canadian isolating in British Columbia after leaving the cruise ship affected by a deadly outbreak.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach Scott Milanovich says the team won't sign a running back who can run and catch if he can't also protect the team's quarterbacks.

Ontario has lowered the screening age for colon cancer to 45 years old from 50. But patients and advocates say with the rising number of cases in young people, the age should be even lower.

Work on the $1.56-billion Asahi Kasei battery separator plant in Port Colborne, Ont., is proceeding despite Honda Canada's announcement it has indefinitely suspended its $15-billion electric vehicle (EV) investment plans due to changing business conditions.

The man was killed in the early morning of Jan. 16 at a home in Brantford. According to SIU Director Joseph Martino's report, the man was holding a woman hostage at knife point when the officers shot him.

Porter Airlines is continuing to expanding its presence in Hamilton, adding new nonstop service to Winnipeg and St. John's this week.

A 22-year-old Grimsby, Ont., mental health worker faces an assault charge following a Niagara Regional Police Service investigation into allegations of someone restraining a child in Welland, Ont.

Sentencing for a couple found guilty of murdering a 12-year-old and confining and assaulting his younger brother while they were in their care over a number of years will be held July 3 in Milton, Ont. The Superior Court judge released his decisions in the Brandy Cooney-Becky Hamber case earlier this month.