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Ontario's housing minister says he is open to changing a billion-dollar fund designed to reward municipalities building new homes, but critics say even the tweaks he's contemplating won't get shovels in the ground.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc had a "constructive [and] lengthy" meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington on Tuesday morning, the minister's office said.

Back on Track by the Y, launched in Hamilton in 2022 to help students aged 12 to 17 who have been suspended or are at risk of suspension, is now expanding to East Hamilton.

An SUV driver was attempting a left turn at Dundas Street and Kerns Road when he collided with a motorcyclist, Halton police say.

The Zakery Rogers inquest determined he died of the heart condition myocarditis in 2021 after collapsing in his cell, and his sister Kylee feels the finding is some form of vindication for her brother and family. But she also says people in jail deserve better, and hopes the jury's recommendations will lead to changes.

To ease them into the school year - and to help foster a love of reading -CBC Books has pulled togethera list of some of our favourite new books for kids, tweens and teens.

Police responded at about 11 p.m. Sunday to reports of collision on Niagara Street and Roger Drive.

Victoria Mboko's U.S. Open debut ended early with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in a women's first-round singles match Monday in New York City.

The Niagara River Lions are once again kings of the Canadian Elite Basketball League jungle.

In just 12 magical days in Montreal earlier this month, Victoria Mboko went from a promising young player on the rise to a champion at the WTA 1000 level - in her home country, no less. On Monday, she makes her debut at the U.S. Open.

For many Canadians, there's been little hope of home ownership in some of the country's biggest housing markets.But that narrative appears to be shifting, at least in places such as Vancouver, Toronto and surrounding areas, as prices remain relatively low and interest rates seem to hold steady.

Around 5 p.m., paramedics were called to the intersection of Maple and Grosvenoravenues near Gage Park and Upper Ottawa St.

Many people are making a conscious choice to spend their dollars on products that will last them a lifetime. But those kinds of items are getting harder to find, and experts say companies are deliberately making products that will need to be replaced, all in the name of profit.

The Basadinaa Experience shares stories of cultural and historical significance from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River - the traditional lands of both groups overlapwith the sprawling conservation area.

It took David Hartwick 19 days of riding - plus one day of rest - to get from Kitchener, Ont., to Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. and back. He stopped in many Canadian cities on the way.

The number of people actively homeless" is at 2,029, or a 25 per cent increase approximately from the city's previous number of 1,600 reported in March.

An Ontario family is calling on the provincial government to introduce legislation that would set maximum emergency room wait times for children after their teenage son died following an eight-hour wait for a doctor in a hospital last year.

Our expert guests answer your questions about returning to the office after working from home. Also, what do you want to know about helping your child be ready for post-secondary education?

A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls, N.Y., with 54 people aboard crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring dozens, authorities said.

Oak View Group says it's hiring over 600 part-time workers for jobs at TD Coliseum when it opens this fall. The U.S.-based company is holding a job fair on Wednesday and Thursday.

Canada will remove all tariffs on goods from the United States that are covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement by Sept. 1, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Friday.

Looking for something fun to do in the Hamilton, Burlington or Niagara areas this weekend, Aug. 22 to 24? Here's a list of events to choose from.

"Out of an abundance of caution," health officials are recommending all children at a Brantford, Ont., daycare get treated for rabies exposure after two people handled a dead bat that tested positive for the virus.

Ontario's economy has recently started to feel the impact of American tariffs, losing nearly 40,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2025, according to a new report from the province's financial watchdog.

Hamilton, Burlington and multiple Niagara municipalities issued burn bans this month due to dry conditions. Following rain, several communities are lifting those. Meanwhile, bans in St. Catharines,Grimsby andNiagara-on-the-Lake continue.

At the end of the month, Hamilton Street Railway will increase service on multiple bus routes in Hamilton, with many getting twice as many buses in the morning. Bus fare will also increase.

More than one million people in Ontario have a criminal record. For many, the record causes barriers when it comes to finding meaningful work. An organization known for advocating for the betterment of those who've been previously incarcerated or have a record, has put forward new recommendations that could help ease their transition into the workforce.

Burlington Historical Society member Alan Harrington has had a lifelong interest in the Studebaker car. The last of that company's vehicles was made in Hamilton on March 17, 1966. Harrington recently saw that car at a museum in South Bend, Ind., and says it shows car-making is part of Canada's heritage.

Ontario's education minister says the way schools are governed in the province is "outdated" and that, ashe pursues a review, he's opento eliminating elected trustees altogether.

"I look forward to getting a phone call from him because he has my number," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said of Lourenco Goncalves, president-CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, Stelco's owner. "I'm going to blast him," Ford said in the wake of U.S. announcing more tariffs.

The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it is hiking steel and aluminum tariffs on more than 400 products including wind turbines, mobile cranes, appliances, bulldozers and other heavy equipment, along with railcars, motorcycles, marine engines, furniture and hundreds of other products.

Phasmophobia is a four-person co-operative horror video game where players, using ghost-hunting equipment, must investigate a haunted location to figure out what type of ghost they're dealing with. One of its newer locations has a Hamilton postal code written on some letters, sparking curiosity from local players.

Since Luke Johnson died in a hospice in Brantford, Ont., in 2024, his family has been determined to help build a facility closer to their Port Dover community to help others access end-of-life care.

Hamilton police have set up a command post in Millgrove as they continue their search for John Edwards - a Dundas man who has been missing for more than two months.

The city said in a news release on Tuesday EEEis transmitted through "a virus that is typically found in wild birds," but people or horses bitten by an infected mosquito can also get the disease.

A tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants, both the airline and theCanadian Union of Public Employees announced Tuesday. Details of the deal include proposed pay increases and at least 60 minutes of ground pay before each flight.

Ontario comedian Ben Stager makes videos highlighting landmarks 'no one is brave enough' to call a landmark yet.

Creative Minds Daycare in Brantford, Ont., reopened Monday after it closed for several days following the discovery of a rabid bat inside.

The first human case of West Nile virus this season has been confirmed in Hamilton, public health says.

Four-time Olympian Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada's Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September.

A network of Ontario civil society groups is calling on the province to develop an extreme-heat awareness program to better address the dangers of sweltering temperatures.

Municipal leaders from across the province are gathering in downtown Ottawa for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference - and the incivilityfacing politicians is one of the pressing topicson this year's agenda.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says finishing second in the last provincial election wasn't good enough, and that she isn't taking anything for granted ahead of a mandatory leadership review at next month's party convention.

Alea Reid and Petra Matar of DPAI Architecture have won To the Loo!, Toronto's public washroom design challenge, with their concept Mycomorph. Inspired by mushrooms, the modular pods are designed to be safe, inclusive and sustainable and feature green roofs to collect rainwater.

The Roughriders cruised to a 29-9 victory over Hamilton on Saturday, bringing their season record to 8-1.

The Ontario Veterinary College's new programming -called forensic veterinary sciences -aims to give students the knowledge and confidence to detect and report animal abuse and neglect.

Over a year and a half after Dylan Isaacs, a member of the Cayuga Nation, was shot and killed in Miami, his friends and family are keeping his dream alive through the second annual Dylan Isaacs Memorial Basketball Tournament in Six Nations of the Grand River.

A Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation councillor says things are going smoothly as thousands return to the northern Manitoba First Nation, nearly two weeks after it was evacuated because of wildfires.

A bat found at Creative Minds Daycare in Brantford, Ont., has tested positive for rabies, resulting in temporary closure of the facility that cares for about 145 children as public health investigates.

A 17-year member of the Hamilton Police Service has been charged, police said, in connection with two domestic incidents in 2022 and 2023.