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Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government delivered its first budget Tuesday, promising a new era of leadership and a new economic foundation."

A man and woman, both 30, were charged with trafficking in persons, advertising another person's sexual services, extortion, forcible confinement and breach of probation, Niagara police say.

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne presented his first federal budget Tuesday and it includes big-ticket items to prop up an economy grappling with major economic disruptions but also cuts to the public service to get the fiscal house in order.

McMaster University professor Zeinab Hosseinidoust worked alongside associate professor Tohid Didar to create smart tablets that work with menstrual cups to make them more accessible and reduce the mess" that can come along with them.

The McMaster Marauders host the 2025 U Sports Women's Soccer Championship in Hamilton this week. CBC Sports will broadcast the games.

In September 2022, an adoption worker wrote down her concerns about the boy's apparent thinness, paleness and sunken cheeks, but no subsequent followup visit happened before he died at age 12 on Dec. 21 while under the care of a Burlington, Ont., couple.

New York Islanders defenceman Matthew Schaefer was named the NHL's rookie of the month for October on Saturday.

Edith Anderson Monture, a nurse from Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, has garnered yet another accolade nearly 30 years after her death thanks in part to her grandson.

The Calgary-based Cavalry FC have punched their ticket to a third consecutive Canadian Premier League final.

Some parts of the Lakeshore West GO train will be out of service for planned repair work until early Tuesday morning.

Part of the Headwaters Trail between Paddy Greene Road and Martin Road will be closed for the harvest. The other area, located between Governors Road, Weirs Lane and Binkley Road, does not have trail access.

Hamilton parents at a demonstration this week hope adding their voices to a chorus of opposition can help push the Ontario government to reverse its ban on speed cameras.

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 on Saturday in Toronto to win its second straight World Series.

Rohan Thompson was keeping a close eye on Melissa from St. Catharines, Ont., where he works as a temporary farm worker, as the Category 5 hurricane approached his homeland earlier this week.

Police were investigating a burglary at a home on Friday reported to belong to the Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander that happened while the NBA's reigning MVP was playing a game the night before.

The psychiatrist for a 12-year-old found dead in 2022 has testified at the weeks-long murder trial for two Burlington, Ont., women who were aiming to adopt him. If the family brought him to the emergency department, we wouldn't be going through this and the boy would be alive," Dr. Shelinderjit Dhaliwal told Superior Court in Milton.

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.