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Hamilton, Burlington and multiple Niagara municipalities issued burn bans this month due to dry conditions. Following rain, several communities are lifting those.

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Ontario's education minister says the way schools are governed in the province is "outdated" and that, ashe pursues a review, he's opento eliminating elected trustees altogether.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

Sarah Nurse will start her first season with the still-unnamed Vancouver franchise in the Professional Women's Hockey League this fall - but she's already made her mark off the ice with a Barbie doll in her likeness.

The Hamilton Stadium turns 10 with a community celebration. A Latino festival takes over Gage Park. And acountry music festival in the east end.The summer in Hamilton is far from over. Here's a list of things to do in the area this weekend.

Advocates are warning that if a landlord tells you that you must paya brand new charge for your air conditioning unit, in some cases, it's not legal.

The City of Burlington warns commuters to expect delays this weekend, as the Ministry of Transportation is scheduled to close two lanes of the Niagara-bound QEW on the Skyway Bridge starting Friday night and continuing through Monday morning.

After a frenzied travel day, Canadian outfielder Owen Caissie made his major league debut for the visiting Chicago Cubs on Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

A 49-year-oldman has been arrested, Niagara police said, facingchild pornography charges following independent group report.

A 24-year-old Hamilton man has been charged with drunk driving and speeding, police say, after acrash last month that killed a 10-year-old girl and her 30-year-old mother.

A goal and an assist from Nana Ampomah helped Canadian Premier League side Forge FC open the Canadian Championship semifinals with a 2-2 draw against Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday.

Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have a tough challenge in trying to resume their winning ways when they travel to Saskatchewan for a game Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.

Created by Carmen Albano and Celeste Koon, Bumpadoo came out on YouTube and TVO online Aug. 8 and will be broadcast on TVO on Aug. 17.

The search for unmarked graves at the former Mohawk Institute residential school in Brantford, Ont., continues this summer despite funding cuts to the non-profit organization leading the search.

A total of 26 people are running for the council seat. Election Day is Sept. 22.

Several temporary road closures are happening throughout the rest of the month in Hamilton, the city said, as maintenance work and ongoing projects continue.

"Gladys Little's death is a tragedy," the Crown told the court last week. "It's had a devastating impact on her sons, grandchildren, friends and community at large."

Ontario failed to meet its legislated target for getting long-term care residents an average of four hours a day of direct care by March of this year, the government concedes, though it came quite close.

The province's police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot and killed by Ontario Provincial Police in Turkey Point on Tuesday afternoon.

Two men face second-degree murder charges in the July 27 shooting in Dundas, Ont., of Zachary Shuman, a 25-year-old single father of a three-year-old. One man was arrested in Dundas and the other, who's from Kitchener, was arrested in Toronto, Hamilton police said Tuesday.

Several cities and towns in the Niagara Region haveissued fire bans due to prolonged dry conditions. The ban comes after Natural Resources Canada deemed parts of the Niagara region in "extreme" risk of fires. Hamilton also issued one Tuesday.

A Hamilton entrepreneur was scrambling to get her five social mediaaccounts backafter Meta suddenly disabled themover three weeks ago for no apparent reason, putting her home cooking business on hold.

The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak tonight. Typically a treat for avid stargazers who look forward to the annual phenomenon, this year, smoke, clouds and a bright moon might impede the view.

The Ontario government will spend $7.7 million on mental health and wellness supports for survivors of the residential school system and their families.

Hamilton police suspended a longtime officer with pay after CBC Hamilton informed them he had re-shared extremist content on social media and posted that police and military should stage a coup.

Watching how Victoria Mboko sliced through the National Bank Open competition and took down four Grand Slam winners to her first WTA title, it's hard to imagine the 18-year-old Canadian was once nervous before tennis matches and easily flustered on the court.

One person is dead, police say, after an "incident" on Highway 403 in Brantford, Ont.