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Renters, cyclists and environmentalists are expressing frustration with the Ontario government's latest omnibus bill, legislation to speed up new home construction that also introduces potential changes to residential tenancy rules, bike lanes and municipal planning.

During Halloween season, Talk Death - a group founded by two Hamiltonians which aims to make people more comfortable around death and dying - has been organizing scavenger hunts in cemeteries across Canada and the U.S. in order to try and demystify them.

A Hamilton man who killed his dad with a crossbow in 2024 will face life in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Ontario's transportation minister says speed cameras across the province are set to be removed in two weeks, after Premier Doug Ford's government passed legislation Thursday to ban them.

This Halloween, a Hamilton family will join others in serving trick-or-treaters from the curb in an effort to make the experience more accessible.It's part of a growing movement called Treat Accessibly, spearheaded by another Ontario family.

With back-to-back leadoff home runs to start things off and a pitching performance for the ages from a rookie starter in their 6-1 Game 5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Toronto Blue Jays are one victory away from their first title in 32 years. They'll have the chance to clinch back in Toronto for Game 6 on Friday.

More than 24 hours after Hurricane Melissa pummelled Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, Chris Garwood was still trying to make contact with his mother and a sibling who live in St. Elizabeth parish.

Hamilton police say they're investigating a hate crime in the Meadowlands neighbourhood. On Saturday night, a 20-year-old woman was walking near Golf Links Road and Neville Drive when people drove up to her, used anti-Black, racist slurs and assaulted her, police said in a news release Tuesday.

Police were looking for a 27-year-old suspect who they said was armed and dangerous. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon.

Eight days before his death, L.L. was checked by his family doctor in Burlington, Ont. The 12-year-old weighed less than he did when he was six years old and had stopped growing, but the doctor didn't send him to hospital.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has begun hearing a potentially precedent-setting legal battle between Canada and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation about the alleged systemic underfunding of on-reserve schooling in Ontario.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is proposing to limit debate and avoid public input on three pieces of legislation, including one that would end the province's speed camera program.

A 32-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a vulnerable young person," Hamilton police said.

Many Toronto Blue Jays fans didn't get much sleep Monday night - but Game 3 of the World Series still probably feels like a bad dream.

The return to office last week by thousands of Ontario public servants has been "disrespectful," piecemeal" and filled with unnecessary confusion," say the workers' unions, who point out some ministries and agencies still don't have enough space to meet Premier Doug Ford's order.

Marc Liegghio has been money in the bank this season for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He ended the regular season connecting on all seven field goals he tried, just one shy of the club record as Hamilton clinched first in the East Division title with a win over Ottawa on Friday night.

In late August, the Hamilton-Burlington SPCA was facing a two-month waitlist for people urgently needing pet food because there was no dedicated vehicle available for deliveries. Now, thanks to local donors, they have three.

A 27-year-old Brampton, Ont., man is wanted by Niagara regional police in connection with the homicide of a woman in Lincoln, Ont.

The away victory at Hamilton Stadium in the CPL's championship semifinal means Atletico will play a winner-take-all match on home soil on Nov. 9. Forge FC can still qualify if they win next weekend's contender semifinal.

A 12-year-old boy and his younger brother had remained in the care of Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber for over five years when the elder one was found emaciated, soaking wet and unresponsive in the women's Burlington, Ont., home.

The CPL's evolving rivalry swells again Sunday in Hamilton with a berth in the league final on the line.

Carlos Delgado is the all-time Toronto Blue Jays leader in most offensive categories. He's the Blue Jay GOAT. Here's what he says about the Jays chances in the World Series, how to handle Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and more.

The trial for two Burlington, Ont., women charged in the death of a 12-year-old boy in their care heard this week from several people involved in treating his and his younger brother's mental health.

An Ontario school trustee who the province's education minister sought to fire through legislation has now resigned.

Niagara police say the discovery of a woman's body with "traumatic injuries" in Charles Daley Park in Lincoln, Ont., this week is now considered a homicide.

The Toronto Blue Jays advance to the World Series for the first time in 32 years. Baseball fans in St. Catharines remember a time when they had their own minor league Blue Jays squad in the mid-1980s through part of the 1990s.

A woman has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder after she was found with a man who allegedly killed another woman in Brampton, Ont., and prompted an Amber Alert this week.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have identified a man found dead in a wooded area near Highway 6 in Haldimand County.

People in Hamilton and Niagara will have expanded GO Transit service and more convenient access to GO rail service when the new Confederation GO station officially opens on Monday, Metrolinx says.

Niagara Falls will shine blue this weekend in support of the Toronto Blue Jays after the team advanced to the World Series for the first time in 32 years.

The union representing part-time support staff at Ontario's colleges says it's in a position to strike after 64 per cent of workers voted in favour of strike action if necessary. The union says it will meet with the colleges' representatives first, in November, December and January.

Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats can clinch first in the East Division. Hamilton (10-7) hosts the Ottawa Redblacks (4-13) on Friday night. The Ticats would secure home field for the East Division final Nov. 8 with a victory.

CBC News has heard from dozens of passengers who says Via Rail's pricing is affecting how they travel. The problem isn't necessarily that ticket prices have increased across the board, they say, but that Via's dynamic pricing model and often inflexible options leave many commuters with no option but to pay more.

The trial for two Burlington women charged with murder heard from Ontario's deputy chief forensic pathologist, who conducted an autopsy on the 12-year-old boy who died in 2022, as proceedings continued in Milton court.

A 35-year-old man from St. Catharines, Ont., is dead, police said, after crossing over into the opposite lanes of Highway 406.

Some Palestinians and people with connections to Gaza in the Hamilton region are doubting whether the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will hold while trying to remain hopeful that it could.

The Nova Scotia government has given its approval to granting a lease for more than 80 hectares of land and water on the province's Eastern Shore to a group that wants to create North America's first whale sanctuary.

The man, 38, died after an "interaction" with officers early Wednesday, Niagara police say. The man was shot multiple times by an officer, and the SIU is investigating, according to a spokesperson for the province's police watchdog.

The body was found in Charles Daley Park in Lincoln, Ont., at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Niagara police say.

A coroner's inquest into the death of a man while in custody at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre (HWDC) has ended with several recommendations for both the centre and Ontario's Ministry of the Solicitor General.

Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber were trying to adopt the boy and his brother in Burlington, Ont. Now, with their trial underway in Milton, they're charged with first-degree murder, abuse, assault with a weapon and confinement.

Police say they responded to a call of a sudden death on Oct. 14 and found the body of a 22-year-old woman in a parking lot at the back of a building.

The Toronto Blue Jays staged a dramatic, late-game comeback to beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, allowing Canada's only Major League Baseball team to return to the World Series for the first time in more than 30 years.

CBC's visual investigations unit uncovers the location of an MMA tournament held by the white nationalist men's group Second Sons over Labour Day weekend in the small town of Caledonia, Ont.

Education Minister Paul Calandra tabled a bill Monday with the sole purpose of firing one school board trustee.

The boy and his brother were despised, deprived and abused" by prospective adoptive parents in their Burlington, Ont., home, the Crown tells the two women's murder trial that began last month in Milton.

Ontario's Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to come up with a three-year plan to balance their budgets, and service cuts and bed closures do not appear to be off the table for extreme cases.

One man has been arrested after an ambulance was set on fire on Sunday morning.

Ontario's legislature returns today for what some experts say will be a short, but packed session, as economic storm clouds swirl over the province and questions linger about a multi-billion dollar skills fund.