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Some 30 Canadian MPs, including NDP and Green leaders Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May, as well as four members of the governing Liberal caucus, have joined forces with counterparts in New Zealand and Australia in support of recognizing a Palestinian state.

Ontario will soon introduce legislation that aims to protect newcomers against fraud and exploitation as they navigate the immigration system, the province announced on Wednesday.

Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claimthat four leading potato companies - including two Canadian ones - have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen potato goods like fries, hash browns and tater tots over the last several years.

The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy - tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimesin modern Canadian history - says the justice system has let them down again by denying the victims' mothers the opportunity to deliver their victim statements in person at Paul Bernardo's upcoming parole hearing.

A 40-year-old woman is facing charges in the death of a toddler who was found without vital signs in a Niagara Falls, Ont., home last year.

Inflation may be cooling, but it still costs more to live in Ontario than it did last year, the Ontario Living Wage Network says.

An Ontario French public school board says a cyberattack that disrupted phone and internet services also resulted in a breach of personal information affecting all its students as well as current and former staff.

Ontario has tabled a bill that aims to shutter 10 supervised consumption sites the government deems are too close to schools and daycares.

Halton police say 40 people have reported paying a third party a total of $70K for non-existent tickets, while an Ontario mom says she's heard from nearly 160 people who bought what turned out to be fake tickets.

In February 2023, building inspectors flagged unsafe conditions at the now-collapsed buildings beside Hamilton's Gore Park and issued orders for the property owner to repair the deteriorating roof - a job that was never done.

For decades,coroner's inquests in Ontario took place in person. That all changed with COVID-19, and while some feel it's been a big advantage to go virtual - as will be the case when the Abdirahman Abdi inquest begins today - not everyone agrees.

Paul and Kai Salvini are volunteer pilots with the Canadian Wings of Rescue and are using their private plane to rescue a variety of animals across Canada.

Dr. Sarah Giles wants you to know she's sorry that patients are suffering because of staffing shortages in health care. But she's learned that working longer hours won't solve the problem. In fact, it could have led her to leave the profession altogether.

This past April, 47-year-old Colin Beaudry of Ottawa finally got his very own apartment after living on the street for a year. It's that stability that allowed him to get clean, and now he's eager to start giving back to the community that supported him.

Constructing buildings takes a lot of wood, metal, concrete and other valuable resources. Demolishing them generates a huge amount of waste and carbon emissions. But there's another way - what if they were "deconstructed" so the materials could be reused and recycled?

Less than a week after anti-immigrant demonstrators stood in the heart of downtown Hamilton, community leaders called for solidarity and denounced what they say is a rise in hate against newcomers.

A close friend of the man who was shot and killed by Hamilton police over the weekend says he was there for Erixon Kabera's last moments in hospital, and is now joining calls for a thorough investigation into his death.

Canada Post has shut down across the country because tens of thousands of postal workers are on strike over wages, working conditions and other issues.The closure will affect millions of Canadians and businesses nationwide before the busy holiday season. Here's what you need to know.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) says approximately 55,000 workers in its urban and rural bargaining units are on strike. Both the union and Canada Post say progress in negotiations has been slow, leaving businesses and consumers to fret as busy shopping and holiday periods loom.

The former Tivoli Theatre is in "terrible condition" and will be expensive to restore, but that doesn't mean it should be demolished, says a panel of heritage experts.

Make The Season Kind is a month of giving in support of Hamilton Food Share. Follow CBC Hamilton's coverage about food security, affordability and making the season a kinder one, starting in early December.

Hamilton council has defeated a motion that would have seen it join others in Ontario asking the province to override sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in order to ban encampments in parks and public spaces.

OPP previously said they were called to a Simcoe farm in September, 2021, after an incident involving a worker. Charges have been dropped three years after the farm worker died on the job.

The owner of two vacant buildings that collapsed onto a downtown Hamilton park Monday said previously it had put into place all safety measures recommended by engineers.

A superintendent with the Halton Catholic District School Board travelled to conferences around the world to attract international students, but the board won't say how many were directly recruited.

The coroner's inquest into the deaths of five men at the Niagara Detention Centre ended with the jury making 66 recommendations aimed at preventing future deaths. Changes include staffing nurses all day and more closely monitoring patients who have overdosed.

Hamilton's Santa Claus Parade will take place on the mountain this year, starting on Upper Sherman Road at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

The family of the man shot and killed by Hamilton police on Saturday has identified him asErixon Kabera- a father of three,known for his kindness and dedication to Hamilton's Rwandancommunity.

The union representing Canada Post workers said it will be in a legal strike position on Friday, exactly one year after talks on a new contract began. But the union is holding back on deciding whether a job action will take place immediately.

Hundreds of observers marked Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of D-Day during a downtown ceremony at the Gore Park cenotaph on Monday, recalling efforts by local soldiers who gave their lives on the battlefield.

Two buildings collapsed on Hamilton's Gore Park early Monday morning after being boarded up for over a decade. The fire department says no one was injured and the city has issued an emergency demolition order.

While people gather around the Gore Park Cenotaph in his hometown of Hamilton, Tyrell will be one of nine Canadians serving as a peacekeeper in the United Nations mission in South Sudan.

A building that was once among the grandest theatres in Hamilton has deteriorated beyond repair, is full of hazardous substances and must be demolished, says the developerwho owns it.

A 43-year-old man is dead after being shot by policeat a west-end Hamilton apartment building Saturday, in an incidentwhich also sent an officer to hospital,Ontario's police watchdog says.

Watch as Cavalry FC hosts the 2024 Canadian Premier League Final at ATCO Field.

Calgary's Cavalry FC can finally call itself Canadian Premier League champions. Playing in front of its hometown crowd, Cavalry FC dethroned the four-time champions Forge FC from Hamilton 2-1 Saturday in Calgary.

The president of Mohawk College says a drop in international student enrolment at the Hamilton institution is facing a projected $50 million deficit in the 2025-2026 school year. That's going to mean layoffs, he said.

Ontario's Minister of Education has announced she will audit discretionary spending of all school boards in the province after reports of expensive trips by board officials in recent months.

Lindley's Farm and Market in Hamilton will be "winding down" operations after 180 years of operations, including selling locally grown produce and offering activities to the community.

Bo Levi Mitchell is a CFL all-star for the third time. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback and East Division finalist for the CFL's outstanding player award was named to the 2024 all-star squad on Thursday.

Three weeks after the death of another beluga whale at Marineland, the Ontario government is speaking publicly about its ongoing investigation of the park, saying water troubles are under control after a recent investment.

Chair Rick Petrella and trustees Dan Dignard, Bill Chopp and Mark Watson of the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board were to Italy between July 8 and 15 to buy $100,000 in custom artwork for two new high schools. It's among trips by Ontario school boards that have come under scrutiny for the way public money is spent.

Workers in Ontario are owed tens of millions of dollars in unpaid wages that the provincial government has yet to collect from employers, according to internal government records obtained by CBC Toronto.

Bobby Smyrniotis, shut out in five previous nominations, finally has a Coach of the Year Award to go with his four Canadian Premier League titles.

NDP MPs Jenny Kwan and Matthew Green say the government needs to allow all temporary workers access to open work permits in an effort to stop them from being in abusive work environments.

The city said in a news release on Thursday that the Mayor's Task Force on Transparency, Access and Accountability - which is in charge of reviewing community concerns about openness at the city - is looking for your feedback.

The president of the Canadian Japanese Cultural Centre of Hamilton is Mitchell Akira Kawasaki - an Olympian, judo master, on-call mailman and recent recipient of an award from the Japanese government.

Here's how Hamilton and other cities in the areaare marking Remembrance Day this year.

Families are grappling with the consequences of growing gun violence in Hamilton and across the Greater Toronto Area this year.Several of the region's police forces have warned of an alarming rise in shootings since January.

City will wait for legal advice, staff report before voting early next year to avoid potential rights violations. While some people in the community argue Hamilton doesn't have enough shelter beds to justifiably remove encampments, others say they feel unsafe in their homes and unable to access parks.