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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.

A McMaster University researcher says it's time to stop asking if Canada can make its buses electric, and start asking how. According to a study he co-authored, the country could make every bus in Canada electric for a reasonable" cost and with a trivial" impact on power generation.

Social media is full of pictures and videos submitted by members of the public showcasing the icy scene at Niagara Falls. Now, a fantastic frozen falls photo or video could net you $5,000, thanks to a contest by Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls Tourism and the City of Niagara Falls.

Niagara police say investigators determined a Tuesday tent fire that killed a 53-year-old man was a homicide.

Mishka Social Services is continuing its yearly tradition of helping Muslim families by giving out hundreds of food baskets in Hamilton and Niagara in partnership with Muslim Hands Canada.

Elected officials considered a scathing auditor general report this week, asking for accountability after staff spent $5.1 million more than the $2.8 million approved for the shelter project.

The province announced billions in new funding for Ontario's colleges and universities Thursday, along with the end of a years-long tuition freeze and changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program grant structure.

A man in Welland has been charged with fraud, Niagara police say, after he allegedly defrauded a vulnerable elderly" resident of the City of Welland.

A lack of required track screws was at the root of the derailment near Toronto's Union Station that caused long-lasting disruptions to GO service earlier this month,Metrolinx's CEO said in a board meeting Thursday.

The traditional Friday the 13th biker rally comes to Port Dover, Ont., this week. There will not be road closures, as officials expect a lower turnout than in the summer, but police will be present.

Grand Erie Public Health has issued a cold alert for Brantford-Brant and Haldimand-Norfolk, warning that very cold weather" is expected starting Thursday.

Welland Hospital's long-term care unit is expected to close by June as the outdated facility no longer meets safety and accessibility standards, Niagara Health says. One family says they understand the decision but have not secured a new home for a resident they care for.

Ritesh Kumar was ready to open his coffee shop, Christopher's Cafe, and rent out the apartment units upstairs. But then he got a bill from Enbridge Gas Inc. for $56,589.

Valentine's Day, Family Day and Ramadan are fast approaching. With that time of year here, there are lots of activities in Hamilton for families to enjoy - from markets and dance parties to the end of Winterfest.

The woman was crossing the intersection of Barton Street East and Kenilworth Avenue North at about 11:30 a.m. ET on Monday.

Sandra Muse Isaacs, who self-identifies as Eastern Cherokee, has been teaching Indigenous literature at the University of Windsor since 2018. But Tribal Alliance Against Frauds says it has found no evidence she has any Indigenous ancestry.

Niagara regional police say the fire occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning at Mountain Locks Park.

On Monday, at about 7 p.m., Brantford police officers say they were called to a motel on Colborne Street at Locks Road where they found a man dead.

Parents whose children have Type 1 diabetes are urging the Ministry of Education to create a provincewide standard of care for diabetes in schools, so it doesn't vary from classroom to classroom, school to school, or board to board.

Police are looking for two people after a man died following a shooting in the parking lot of a Burlington, Ont., shopping mall on Monday night.

Some residents say Canada's largest steelmaker is emitting dangerous pollutants" at levels far above Ontario's local air-quality regulation and violating sections of the Environmental Protection Act.

There are also plans for community programming and events at the venue, in collaboration with Gilgeous- Alexander's charitable organization, says the Oak View Group.

Jimmy Lai's niece in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., says her uncle's 20-year sentence came as "heartbreaking" news for her family, especially her mother, Lai's twin sister.

Dozens of people gathered Monday at Woodland Cemetery at the Hamilton-Burlington border, for the burial of Sebastian Halmagean, a Hamilton soldier who died in Latvia last month.

Wind chills are expected to be near -35 in Hamilton, Brantford, Burlington and Niagara Region Monday, warns Environment Canada.

Awakened Voices Narratives is a two-hour live performance celebrating hidden Black figures who have shaped Canadian history. It takes place at the St. Catharines, Ont., church, where abolitionist Harriet Tubman worshipped.

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city's dissent.

Canadian figure skater and McMaster University student Madeline Schizas was granted an extension on her sociology assignment one day after going viral with her request on Instagram.

All residential property owners are required to let the city know if their home was occupied or vacant in 2025, the city says. The deadline is April 15.