Starting 5:30 p.m. at Hamilton City Hall, family, friends and community members are set to honour Nabil Askafe, who was shot and killed at Jackson Square.

Hundreds gathered at the Day of Mourning monument outside Hamilton city hall Tuesday evening for the annual commemoration of people who were injured, became ill or died due to incidents at work. On Friday, labour groups will come together again for May Day, marking the struggles of workers around the world.

General Motors says it will spend $691 million on its St. Catharines Propulsion Plant to support production of itslatest V-8 engines for full-sized trucks and SUVs.

A minivan was turning into a driveway on Highway 20, just north of Pelham, Ont., when a motorcyclist collided with the vehicle, police say. The motorcyclist, a 30-year-old man from Port Colborne, Ont., died, and another was left with minor injuries after losing control of her motorcycle.

Hamilton police are calling on any witnesses with information that can help investigators locate the firearm involved in the fatal shooting that killed a teenage boy at Jackson Square mall to come forward.

The vacancy rate for new rental buildings in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area has hit a five-year high, a consulting firm says.

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says the province will be working closely with the federal government on a social media ban for kids under a certain age. He also says he is considering implementing a near-total ban of cellphones on school properties, with some medical exemptions.

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum did not win any of the $65,000 in cash prizes up for grabs in this year's Next Great Save contest, but it will still move ahead with plans to turn its founder's house into an archive.

Police say they responded to a waste transfer facility on Strathearne Avenue in the city's industrial sector at around 4:20 p.m. on Monday.

After she nearly died in a car crash, Sahar Monzavi-Bacon, 38, started thinking about how she was living her life. Soon after, she started making a list - 40 things to do before the end of her 40th year. And there's nothing more challenging, she says, than finally beating the Donkey Kong 64 video game.

The funeral for a 16-year-old Hamilton boy killed on the weekend took place at Hamilton Mountain Mosque Monday, with over 100 people attending. Abrar Mechmechia, a trauma counsellor supporting the teen's family, said the Syrian community is grieving alongside them.

A 56-year-old Norfolk County, Ont., resident was killed on Friday following a collision between two vehicles in the Wilsonville area, Ontario Provincial Police say.

Grant Avenue Studio was founded by legendary Canadian record producer and musician Daniel Lanois and partners in 1976, and has been helping make Canadian music history since then. Current owner Mike Bruce says the charm that brought Johnny Cash, Gordon Lightfoot and more to the studio lingers 50 years later.

It was another Friday evening for Melissa Best as she shopped at Jackson Square when she heard what she now knows were gunshots. Best was one of many people at the mall on Friday when 16-year-old Nabil Askafe was shot and killed. His funeral service is expected to be held Monday.

McMaster University graduate Catalina Costiuc studied how stress affected fish learning and memory at the Hamilton school's Aquatic Behavioural Ecology Laboratory. Her team found fish could memorize a task for at least 48 days, with stressed fish having better memory.

Research indicates that about one in five Canadians have high levels of Lipoprotein(a), putting them at greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. And yet, many people have no idea because there is no routine screening for Lp(a), which also has no symptoms. That's something experts have been wanting to change.

When he retired as an Air Canada pilot 10 years ago after a 38-year career flying passenger jets, Paul Eyles wasn't ready to just sit in a rocking chair and stare out the window. "I was looking for something meaningful to do," the Grimsby resident said. He quickly found that in the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) Niagara, where for most of the last decade he's been volunteering as a pilot on searches for missing people, downed planes and other critical searches.

Police have identified the 16-year-old boy who died in hospital after a shooting inside Jackson Square, a downtown Hamilton shopping mall, on Friday evening. A 14-year-old suspect is now in custody.

A company linked to the New York Islanders NHL team applied for three Hamilton-related trademarks ahead of the Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate moving to the city. The applications identify the trademarks as being for "entertainment in the nature of hockey games," fuelling speculation among fans that they are possible team names.

Niagara Health will move forward in a "careful and deliberate way" to implement recommendations arising out of the coroner's inquest into the death of Heather Winterstein at the St. Catharines hospital more than four years ago, says agency president and CEO Lynn Guerriero.

A 16-year-old boy has died in hospital after a shooting inside a downtown Hamilton shopping mall on Friday evening, police say.

People living in Fort Erie, Ont., say the town smells like chlorine." Officials say it's coming from a chemical spill at a plastics manufacturing plant in the area and the odour has crossed the boarder into the U.S..

The Trump administration is now offering Canadian and Mexican aluminum and steel companies immediate tariff relief if they commit to moving production to the United States in the future.

A judge's decision in the murder trial for Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney, who are accused in the 2022 death of a 12-year-old and alleged torture of his younger brother, will be handed down May 5 as part of proceedings that began in mid-September.

A year after an Ontario-funded homelessness and addictions recovery treatment (HART) hub was announced for Hamilton, the organization approved to run the centre has announced an opening date for a bed-based site.

The renovation of Hamilton's downtown arena brought Cardi B, Monster Jam and the Juno Awards to Hamilton, but locals say the packed entertainment lineup has also come with an unwelcome change: event parking prices. Some say they've been surprised by sudden increases and are finding it unaffordable to park downtown.

His retirement from HPS will be effective May 29, according to a news release.

Environment Hamilton is one of several public advocacy organizations, journalists and researchers across Ontario who are lamenting rules passed by the province on Thursday that will end the public's ability to request government ministers' documents through FOI.

A man is dead and a second is facing a murder charge following an "incident" on a trail in Brantford, Ont., police say.

Because the budget has yet to pass, specific guidance on the rebate is not yet available. To get an understanding of what we do know about it, CBC News spoke with real estate experts on how it could work and what it means for buyers.

The World Symposium on Choral Music is set for Macau, a special administrative region in China, from Aug. 23 to 28, and the Hamilton Children's Choir will be the only choir from North or South America to perform.

The jury in the Heather Winterstein inquest has found the Indigenous woman's death in a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital was from septic shock and accidental, with many of the 68 recommendations focusing on improving the care of Indigenous people. The family, which had sought a homicide finding, told CBC the outcome backs their view "biased and unfair treatment" played a role in Heather's death.

Local historian Robin McKee is marking 25 years of providing historic tours through the Hamilton Cemetery.

Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Oklahoma City guard from who is the reigning MVP and NBA Finals MVP, is the clutch player of the year award winner for this season, the league announced Tuesday.

The Ontario government has sold a $28.9-million private jet back to Bombardier, less than a week after its purchase spurred public outcry.

The St. Louis Cardinals MLB team from St. Louis, Mo., is opposing a trademark application the Hamilton Cardinals Canadian Baseball League team filed before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office in 2023. The American team says the Canadian team is taking advantage of its "reputation and goodwill." The Hamilton team says it disagrees and will continue using its name and logo this season.

The Sherman Cut - a roadway which connects the Sherman Access Road with the area of the Hamilton Mountain near Upper Sherman Avenue - will be fully closed from late April to early September for maintenance.

The Niagara-bound QEW Skyway Bridge is expected to be partially closed Tuesday and Wednesday to facilitate rehabilitation work, according to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO).

After a marathon inquest, a jury is deliberating on how Heather Winterstein died of sepsis after the 24-year-old Indigenous woman sought help at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital over two days, but collapsed in the emergency department on Dec. 10, 2021, while waiting to see a doctor.

A 'lengthy' closure was underway on Highway 6 in Hamilton following a collision between two transport trucks, Ontario Provincial Police said this afternoon.

A 58-year-old Hamilton woman missing since January was found dead in April, police say.

Prime Minister Mark Carney stunned some Canadian historians over the weekend when he released a pointed video message about the U.S. featuring a War of 1812 general who led the charge against the American invaders of that era.

The family of an Indigenous woman is urging an inquest jury examining her death in an Ontario hospital to rule it was a homicide due to biases, and errors made in her assessment and treatment. Heather Winterstein, 24, went to the St. Catharines hospital on Dec. 9, 2021, but a doctor ruled out infection, opted against doing bloodwork and attributed her symptoms to "social issues," the inquest heard. She returned the next day and died of sepsis after hours in the waiting room.

CBC News has learned from a senior government source that Marineland - the permanently closed theme park and zoo in Niagara Falls, Ont. - is requesting $10 million to $20 million in a federal loan to move up to 30 belugas and four dolphins to aquariums across the U.S.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) cleared an officer on Saturday for shooting Daniel Tronko during a 24-hour standoff with police in Welland, Ont., on Dec. 19 that had the neighbourhood under a shelter-in-place, nearby schools under lockdown and a local hospital under a hold-and-secure.

An April 16 search of an illegal Hamilton dispensary also turned up an illegal dog-breeding operation and 10 dogs, Hamilton police say.

Police said on Sunday a man was driving and a woman was the passenger of a motor vehicle when they crashed on Claremont Drive, a dead-end street off of West 5th Street near the Claremont Access and James Mountain Road.

As the warmer weather arrives, officials with the City of Hamilton say they're getting more complaints about illegal dumping of garbage and waste - and it's a widespread problem throughout the city.

Over six years since her son Devan was murdered outside his Hamilton high school, Shari-Ann Selvey says not enough has changed to protect kids. To raise awareness about issues including bullying and youth crime, Selvey is working with Hamilton filmmaker Tyrone Greenidge on a documentary about Devan.

Ontario is looking to sell the $28.9 million private jet that was recently purchased for Premier Doug Ford's use "as quickly as possible," following backlash days after the purchase was confirmed publicly.