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After more than a decade of work, Hamiltonian Leo Nupolu Johnson is preparing for the opening of a library and learning centre in his home country of Liberia.

A program in Pikangikum First Nation, a community 700 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., has been teaching kids everything they need to know about bikes - from riding, to bicycle safety, to repairs, to building trails.

An anti-racism advocate says an independent process" - not Hamilton Police Service (HPS) - should pick who sits on a community advisory panel set to inform the police service's new race-based data strategy.

Retired tight end Luke Willson played parts of eight seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Seattle Seahawks and one season for his "hometown" Detroit Lions. That was 2018, when they finished 6-10, in a season he doesn't look back on fondly. The Lions play the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in the NFC Championship game.

More than a year after police in India named Fenil Patel as a suspect in the human smuggling case of a family that froze to death at the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba, an investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate has found him living freely in a suburb just outside Toronto.

Canada'sShai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunderedged perennial all-star starter Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors for the final West backcourt spot in this year'sNBA all-star game.

The Niagara Catholic District School Boardhas found the trustee who comparedthe Pride flag to the Nazi flag violated the board's code of conduct.

The provincial agency regulating gaming in Ontario has fined the owner ofFallsview Casino and Resort in Niagara Falls, Ont., for allegedly failing to minimize the risk of money laundering.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco's general manager of the environmentsays the company has learned from the 'failure' that sent a red plume of iron oxideinto the air in October.

Premier Doug Ford's government faces a sharp reduction in what has been a lucrative source of funding for Ontario's colleges and universities, now that Ottawa plans to slash the number of international students allowed into Canada.

Students living in McMaster University's residence on 10 Bay Street in downtown Hamilton will have to move into nearby hotels from Feb. 4 to Feb. 9 as the school tries to address lingering water issues in the building.

People who own a home that's vacant in 2024 will pay one per cent more on their property tax bill in 2025, say city staff.

The survey opened on Sunday and ends on Jan. 28. The 10 winning names will be revealed next week.

The city says it has notified the Ontario's privacy commissioner of the breach and contacted the individualsimpacted.

Environment Canada has placed the City of Hamilton under a fog advisory.

A Hamilton councillor's recent experience witnessing a baby born in an encampment demonstrates the 'unacceptable' housing crisis residents face and 'eye opening' situations paramedics and police officers are currently responding to, he says.

Universities and colleges across Ontario are concerned about the federal government's plan to reduce the number of international students granted permission to study in Canada.

In the roughly three months following Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel, police reported half as many antisemitic occurrences and the same number of anti-Muslim occurrences as in all of 2022.

SamanthaDoxtator,a member of the Oneida nation,will present Indigenous Astronomy as told by the Haudenosauneeat the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in February.

Find out more about how this strategy will improve inclusion and representation of Indigenous Peoples.

Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Haldimand County, Norfolk County and Niagara Region.

Hamilton's police chief and police board chair made their pitch for $213,422,645 in taxpayer dollars on Monday, telling city councillors the 10.24 per cent increase over last year's budget is needed to keep policing in Hamilton at its current level of service.

The man convicted of killing four members of a Muslim family and leaving a fifth orphaned and injured in 2021 told a packed London, Ont., courtroom Tuesday that he's sorry. Relatives of the Afzaals firmly rejected the apology at his sentencing hearing, which also heard legal arguments on the issue of whether the truck attack was terrorism.

After years of documented problems with some private post-secondary institutions accused of exploiting international students, the federal government announced it will cap the number of student permits for the next two years. Now, B.C. and Ontario are promising to rein in "bad actors."

Charges are related to actions in November when demonstrations blocked access to L3Harris, which develops surveillance and targeting systems.

With the stated goal of targeting institutional "bad actors" - and amid concern about the impact growing numbers of international students are having on the housing market - Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Monday that the federal government will cap the number for student permits over the next two years.

Canada's medical schools are admitting only 167 more doctors for mandatory postgraduate training than they did 10 years ago, even as the population has increased by about five million people.

A bust of Lincoln Alexander, Canada's first Black member of Parliamentand aformer lieutenant governor of Ontario, was unveiled at Queen's Park on Sunday.

Three snowmobiles were involved in the collision, whichhappened around 10:50 p.m. Saturday near the village of Courtland, just east of Tillsonburg, OPP said.

For years, peanuts and tree nuts have been considered off-limits in school snacks and lunches as a key precaution to protect those with life-threatening allergies. However, as one Canadian school lifts that restriction, is the tide beginning to turn away from specific food bans?

A recently published paper from a group of McMaster researchers says schools "systematically exclude" students with disabilities - and taking action to remove those barriers would benefit patients across the country.

Rohan Jayasekera has become a well-known, if surprising fixture of the city's dance scene. That's in part because of his high-energy solo dance style and because he's not who a lot of people expect to see breaking it down.

A new registry of delinquent Ontariotenants -and some unscrupulous landlords -is gaining traction among landlords and legal experts.

This year Gaylord Powless from Six Nations of the Grand River, along with other prominent Indigenous athletes, is being inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame.

Nerene Virgin, a former actor, journalist, anti-racismadvocate and educator, has died in Burlington, Ont., at 77. She played the beloved role of Jodie on the TVO show Today's Special and her broadcasting career included working at CBC in the 1990s. There will be a celebration of life in Junein Hamilton at the church where her great uncle, John C. Holland,was a pastor.

As frigid temperatures continue to grip parts of Ontario, the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton has issued a cold weather alert effective Friday night.

After nearly a year and a half of work, a beaded map of the Haldimand Tract is on display alongside other Haudenosaunee works at the McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton.

Matty Matheson, restaurateur and chef-turned-actor and executive producer of the Emmy-winning dramedy The Bear, talked to CBC's Q about his Emmy acceptance speech, the kiss that interrupted it - and his enduring love for commercial kitchens.

There's "no consistent association" between police funding and crime rates across the country, according to a published study by University of Toronto researchers.

Counties and municipalities across southwestern Ontario will receive a combined $2 million this year to help them manage risks posed by old and inactive oil and gas wells.

As the federal government reportedly considers reducingthe number of international students coming into Canada, McMaster University's president says a cap would mean "a loss" for the institution.

After more than a year of work and multiple drafts, city staff presented their latest version of the bylaw to councillors on Wednesday, who voted unanimously in support. 'I can't think of a better love letter to our neighbours who rent to affirm the fact you matter and you're valued as Hamiltonians,' Coun. Nrinder Nann says.

Amid a surge in auto thefts in Ontario, some insurance companies are now pushing owners of highly targeted vehicles to install tracking devices.

Ontario is preparing for the next step in its expansion of private clinics that can offer publicly funded tests and procedures.

Part of the Sucro Can refinery's operations will be above the contaminated Randle Reef, which will be capped before the plant opens.

It might seem like yourtypical wedding, withthe exchange of vows, a few speeches, cake and interruptions from a drunken relative. Hamilton residents are all invited but, in this case, none will know the loved-up couple.

An Ontario woman who faked pregnancies and fraudulentlysoughtthe help of numerous doulas tells her sentencing hearing she's fully accountable forher "regrettable decisions" and bears a "strong sense of shame." Kaitlyn Braun, 25, spoke after victims detailed the psychological and financial burdens they're still carrying.

Windsor, Ont.-born photographer Brandon Broderickdrives tens of thousands of kilometres each year,crisscrossing the backwoods of British Columbia and capturing photos of beautiful, but elusive, wild animals. All of that hard work has paid off, as he was named Canadian Geographic's Photographer of the Year for 2023.

After years of advocacy and debate in council chambers, Hamilton is moving toward adopting a new board of health model, intended to make that body more responsive to community needs.

An extreme cold warning is in effect for Hamilton, with wind chills values of -30 expected Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.