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To celebrate the Road to the Junos and Juno Awards coming to Hamilton this year, CBC Hamilton has teamed up with CBC Music to bring you the chance to win exciting live music tickets.To enter, tell us about a memorable Hamilton music moment.

Ontario appears set to push ahead with a ban on declawing cats and debarking and ear cropping dogs, a move animal welfare advocates say is years overdue and doesn't go far enough.

Provincial police is urging Simcoe, Ont., residents to shelter-in-place while officers respond to an active incident involving potentially armed suspects.

Hamilton's auditor general found the city's outdoor shelter project suffered from a lack of accountability measures, inadequate oversight and a failure to understand and manage risks.

Summit Sisters, a group of female roofers from across Canada, were in Jamaica this week helping repair roofs and other damage done to housing from a hurricane last year.

The Montreal apartment where some of the steamiest moments in Heated Rivalry happen isn't a Montreal apartment at all. It's the home of Hamilton bridal makeup artist Monika Rejnowicz.

Environment Canada issued a yellow alert Friday morning for Niagara Falls and warned of high winds across the region and in Hamilton, Brantford and Burlington.

Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., who has starred on the track for years and ran to his first Canadian cross-country title in November, will lead the national team at his fourth world championship on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla.

Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are observing people with multiple sclerosis as they exercise while they play Tetris to see if it helps them deal with their symptoms.

The Chicago Cubs added Edward Cabrera to their starting rotation on Wednesday, acquiring the right-hander in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Three prospects are headed to Florida, including Owen Caissie, from Burlington, Ont.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, among the CFL's top teams last season, have earned the distinction of being its best franchiseoff the field.

Hamilton police arrested a man on Friday in relation to a double stabbing at Dufferin subway station earlier in the week.

A Niagara couple with ties to the gymnastics and cheerleading communities faces charges in a sexual assault investigation involving three victims, police say.

Following an inquest into the death of a Niagara man killed by police, a jury has recommended better support for family members, witnesses and officers involved in fatalities.

A McMaster University philosophy professor says the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro puts Venezuelans in a "very dangerous" political situation, while another Venezuelan in Hamilton says she sees the move as a chance for positive change.

The City of St. Catharines kicked off its 150th birthday celebrations with a flag raising event and announced a milestone logo and list of events for the months leading to its anniversary date.

Brantford police say she was parked outside a local business on Saturday and arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle by drugs.

Hamilton residents can now put used toothpaste tubes and black plastic containers in the blue box, thanks to Ontario's new "unified material list" that came into effect on Thursday.

Pat Gallagher, a retired Stelco worker and volunteer historical interpreter, has been leading free guided tours of the cemetery with his daughter since 2020 and spoke with CBC Hamilton about some of the people of note buried there.

Hamilton police say they've received 25 reports of distraction thefts since November.

A new online portal meant to streamline access to Ontario's court system is leaving some lawyers grappling with unpredictable delays and facing new hurdles in managing their cases, they say months after the platform's initial rollout.

As part of a series of concerts scheduled around the city in the lead up to the Juno Awards, Rollie Pemberton is excited to hype up Hamilton as a really great music city," and debut some new tunes.

Ontario's Golden Horseshoe will see several hours of freezing rain on Tuesday, Environment Canada says.

As the world, including Canada, tries to make sense of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, some Hamilton demonstrators are denouncing the military intervention. It was one of many demonstrations in about a dozen Canadian cities in recent days.

Ontario's mandate for government employees to return to office five days a week has kicked in starting Monday, much to the dismay of unions and public service workers.

Trish Abello and Logan Rathbone are still soaking up" the excitement of a new addition to their family - baby Meadow, who was born at 1:44 a.m. on New Year's Day, almost two weeks early.

In 2023 and 2024, about 28 per cent of households in the Niagara Region are food insecure, according to Public Health Ontario's most recent data. It's an issue local food banks and a business in Welland, Ont., are trying to combat.

Ontario's finance minister says nothing short of full removal of tariffs will bring U.S. booze back to LCBO shelves, doubling-down on a trade irritant that has continued to frustrate President Donald Trump's administration.

Niagara author Lindsay Davies says the complaint that Ontario is a boring province when it comes to outdoor adventures is just plain wrong. She says her new book, which explores 36 trails, proves the point.

Hannah Bilka and Anna Wilgren scored in the shootout to lift the Seattle Torrent to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Sceptres on Saturday afternoon in Hamilton.

A planned hotel in picturesque Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., has drawn the ire of some local residents who say they're concerned about the impact of the project and how the developer and town have been handling it.

The iconic puddle that was once an almost permanent attraction - or obstruction - at a downtown Tim Hortons parking lot hasn't appeared for months, as observed by CBC Hamilton.

Ontario's two main opposition parties will try to turn the page on what was a difficult year, with one rebuilding after an underwhelming leadership vote result and another searching for a new person to take the party helm.

When Zahra Khozema first started going to the gym in university, it made her feel powerful and beautiful. The guilt and stress came later.

The coming year will see some changes to existing tax measures, the abandonment of others and some help for personal support workers. But overall changes to the taxes individuals pay will be minor in 2026.

The voluntary grocery code of conduct for grocers, suppliers, wholesalers and primary producers in Canada is set to fully roll out on Thursday.

Cole DeLargie-Campbell is a 38-year-old living in Hamilton. They were diagnosed with a rare, grade three meningioma and given six to 12 months to live.

Weather conditions are expected to deteriorate Wednesday evening, prompting the medical officer of health for the City of Hamilton to issue a cold weather alert effective overnight.

An orange-crowned warbler was spotted during Hamilton's annual Christmas bird survey, a rarity" for birdwatchers, organizers say.

A law mandating new requirements for job postings by companies of over 25 people will go into effect starting Jan. 1, 2026 in Ontario.

Changes to the Ontario Fire Code coming in the new year will require carbon monoxide alarms on every level of a home in a bid to better protect people from the deadly, odorless gas.

With more than $15,000 raised for local food banks so far this month, Wednesday is the final day to donate in the annual CBC campaign.

After a fire at the old St. Catharines Standard building in December, former reporters and photographers of the longstanding newspaper gathered at the site before its demolition.

From pregnant women living cold tents to young people no longer needing to couch surf, the province's homelessness and addiction recovery treatment (HART) hubs are filling with people looking for change.

Here are a few of the ways Canadians tried to put more power behind their purchase and travel choices in 2025 - and how those decisions may have impacted the U.S. economy.

After tragedy struck their team, the Toronto Dingos turned to a simple weekly tradition - sharing video life updates - creating a culture of connection that experts say highlights why friendship matters more than ever.

A year after the City of Hamilton cancelled its overnight warming bus, it is funding a new all-night warming centre at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church on James Street S.

Police said around 9 p.m. the lanes had fully reopened after a single-vehicle collision involving a transport truck closed part of the highway Monday morning.

Strong southwesterly and northwesterly wind gusts of 80 to 90 km/h were forecast for Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford and Niagara on Monday.