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Two men have been arrested and a quantity of fentanyl and cocaine seized following an investigation into activities at a Tasker Street home in St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Police say.

Hamiltonians are heading out to the polls for today's provincial elections. Two voters say their found the process "smooth."

Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians will have to find a way to get around a section of Wentworth Street South for several hours on Thursday.

As a kicker and undrafted free agent, Canadian Michael Domagala is used to having to put his best foot forward with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

A Toronto man has spent some $3,000 to try and identify the remains of people buried at the Negro Burial Ground in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.

The federal government today reintroduced legislation to create a monthly benefit payment for working-age Canadians with disabilities.

With Ontarians hitting the polls today, the election will not only determine the province's next premier, but also the political fates of all the party leaders.

Hamilton police are investigating threats at Hillcrest Elementary School, St. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary School, Westdale Secondary School and Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School. A student was also seen with a pellet gun at Bennetto Elementary School on Wednesday.

Hamilton residents want to know who's leaving graphic anti-abortion flyers at their homes so they can urge them to stop delivering them, as other Canadian cities have worked to reduce harm from what's ending up in mailboxes.

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is set to launch a new $175 million hospital information system on Saturday, but people who were part of a hospital committee on equity, diversity and inclusion say the system is missing key data.

An incumbent, a university professor and the vice-chair of Hamilton’s police board are among those fighting to be MPP for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas.

A resident and a firefighter were hospitalized on Tuesday morning after a fire at a Mountain home.

The N'Amerind Friendship Centre in London, Ont., has unveiled its newest teaching tool: A vending machine that dispenses Indigenous stories to reunite kids with their language and culture.

Here's the situation: Ontario's election is days away and you want to vote but can't decide who to vote for. Here's our best material to help you make a decision.

Canada is extending pandemic restrictions for travellers crossing the country's border for at least for another month. That includes vaccine mandates, random COVID-19 tests and use of the ArriveCan app.

Andrea Horwath isn't guaranteeing that she will remain as NDP leader after Thursday's election, even if her party forms Official Opposition again.

Hamilton’s only blue riding is likely to stay with Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party, according to experts.

Hamilton’s four baby peregrine falcons looked “strong, healthy and feisty” after they were banded on Friday, according to a senior monitor with Hamilton Falconwatch.

The Criminal Lawyers' Association and Women In Canadian Criminal Defence jointly criticize the arrest of Toronto-based lawyer Caryma Sa'd near an Ontario Progressive Conservative campaign stop in Hamilton last week.

Deb Kohler, an American living in Hamilton, had never been to a political march before Sunday, when she stood beside strangers in Fort Erie, Ont., all gathered to remember the 10 people killed and the three people wounded when a white gunman opened fire at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo on May 14.

Ontarians vote for their next government on June 2 and CBC News will bring you all of the latest results as well as expert analysis across all of our platforms.

Hamilton Centre is a riding Ontario's New Democrats can safely expect to win with party leader Andrea Horwath serving as the incumbent. But, if the NDP don't have a successful election night, Horwath's days as party leader may be done.

Burlington Canal Lift Bridge maintenance will see alternating lane closures and one lane open in each direction Monday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Matt Thompson, of Hamilton, started lending his canoes to friends at the beginning of the pandemic during quarantine two years ago. Now, he lets those who want to explore Hamilton waters use them at no cost.

With just three full days left before the June 2 general election, Ontario's political parties are campaigning hard to shore-up support in key ridings. Here are eight races CBC News will be watching close this week and on election night.

An experienced incumbent, a French school teacher and a hockey club president are among those competing to represent Hamilton Mountain in Queen’s Park. Pundits say the NDP will likely hold the riding.

Hamilton and surrounding areas will be hit with the first heat event of the season, Environment Canada said Sunday, with temperatures expecting to reach near 30 C on Monday in many areas.

Ronnie Hawkins, the big, boisterous Southern rockabilly singer who called Canada home and helped mentor the first band from this country inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died.

For years Hamilton East—Stoney Creek has been a riding Ontario's New Democrats could safely expect to win, but a recent controversy and a slate of high-profile candidates may have put it in jeopardy for the party.

Wastewater surveillance has gone from niche science to mainstream public health tool over the course of the pandemic. But some experts caution that the data collected could lead to privacy concerns, especially because samples are often gathered from public sources. Wastewater tracking for COVID-19 could lead to privacy, ethics concerns, some scientists say

In 2005, the Ontario government unanimously passed legislation that called for the province to be fully accessible by 2025. It will fall to whichever party is elected as the next government on Thursday to meet that deadline.

Ontario is reporting 865 COVID-19 hospitalizations and 12 more deaths linked to the virus.

You may have figured a global pandemic that upended Ontario businesses, schools and health care for two years, infected millions and led to the deaths of 13,000 people would totally dominate the provincial election campaign. But you'd be wrong.

The Fraser Valley Bandits continued their perfect season-opening road trip after Thomas Kennedy delivered two clutch free throws in a 71-70 win over the Honey Badgers at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton on Friday night.

Residents in the Hamilton area say the environment is among their top Ontario election concerns, and they'd like to see politicians take more action to fight climate change. Here's what each party is doing to protect nature.

Hamilton police arrested and ticketed a Toronto-based lawyer for trespassing near a Progressive Conservative campaign stop on Thursday, but Caryma Sa'd says she was targeted for criticizing party leader Doug Ford.

Wilson is the latest musician to donate to the university. His collection includes photographs, paintings notes and annotated galley proofs of his memoir Beautiful Scars.

As part of CBC's Ontario election coverage, we are taking in-depth looks at the party platforms and promises on issues that matter most to you. In this edition, we look at what the four major parties are promising on rental housing and rent.

The COVID-19 pandemic cast a spotlight on long-term care and showed that private corporations should not be in the business of elder care, say three of Ontario's four major political parties, who pledge to remove for-profit care from the system.

Halton Regional Police say three men have been arrested after a weeklong drug trafficking investigation in Burlington, Ont.

Ontario is reporting 1,005 COVID-19 hospitalizations and 20 more deaths linked to the virus.

Police services across Ontario are facing growing calls for reform, yet the issue has been largely left off the political radar during the provincial election campaign, public safety experts said. That's a problem, says University of Ottawa criminologist Michael Kempa.

Workers with the City of Hamilton have been given four more months to provide proof of full vaccination.

Hamilton will host a FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers game on Canada Day — July 1 — when Team Canada will take on the Dominican Republic.

Hamilton police is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who allegedly sexually assaulted someone at the Flamboro Valley Camping Resort last weekend.

The Hamilton police hate-crime unit announced on Wednesday that they have arrested a 17-year-old male in relation to vandalizing a Pride crosswalk. Police say on May 13, a young male spray painted the newly installed Pride Crosswalk in the area of Keeywadin Street and Parkside Drive in Waterdown.

Residential school survivors, students and government officials including Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations Canada Marc Miller participated in a tree planting ceremony at the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., on Tuesday.

A 40-year-old man suffered only minor injuries when another man crashed a stolen SUV into a Crystal Beach, Fort Erie home on Saturday, Niagara Regional Police say.

PC Leader Doug Ford didn't show up for the trucking protests that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks. He has yet to visit the capital during this election. And he moved his only scheduled stop in Ottawa from Thursday to next Monday. His opponents are only too happy to point out his absence.