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Hamilton women coaches hope the new change in Canada Soccer leadership will mean a better chance at achieving gender and pay equity in coaching and leagues.

In 2008, during his second season as a migrant farm worker in Ontario's Niagara Region, Jeleel Stewart had a life-changing accident. Fifteen years later and now back in Jamaica, he told CBC Hamilton he's still waiting for proper compensation.

Five poodle puppies were found on the side of the road in Niagara Falls, Ont., and were given to the Niagara SPCA, which hopes to find them a new home soon.

Serial killer Dellen Millard has been found guilty of assault causing bodily harm in connection with a stabbing at the prison where he's serving three murder convictions.

The City of Hamilton and Hamilton Police Service will remove TikTok from their devices, mirroring moves from the federal government and some provinces.

A comedy show set to be staged in Hamilton on Wednesday will feature three drag queens who, according to the plot, were hired to perform at a private function they later discovered was a fundraising event for a conservative politician.

A portion of the Keddy Access Trail will close intermittently starting Monday, the City of Hamilton says.

After back-to-back election disasters, party members are acutely aware of how crucial the next campaign will be to their party’s political survival.

Hybrid grape varieties offer growers greater resiliency against cold and disease, but with the industry reluctant to abandon traditional varieties, researchers are exploring new options.

McGarry served as minister of natural resources and transportation minister under former premier Kathleen Wynne, before being elected as mayor of Cambridge in 2018.

The byelection for the next MPP to represent Hamilton Centre is fast approaching — advanced polling runs March 8 to 10, and election day is on March 16.

St. Catharines, Ont., is hosting a community meeting Wednesday to answer questions about an explosion and fire at an industrial plant that killed a worker in January.

Recent reports have warned that local candidate nomination meetings could be vulnerable to foreign interference. But experts say there might not be an easy way to tighten the rules that govern those races.

Party members gathered at their annual general meeting in Hamilton voted overwhelmingly to use a one-member-one-vote system as the party seeks renewal and recovery from two consecutive electoral disasters.

A Niagara Falls regional councillor says it isn't a conflict of interest to act as a spokesperson for the developer behind a collapsed condo in Welland and a condo with repair issues with Niagara Falls.

Asylum seekers who arrived in Canada via Roxham Road, looking for a life in Quebec, have been moved along almost as soon as they get there. The cities they are ending up in are struggling to help thousands of newcomers — and asking for more federal support.

Commissions across the country are in the process of making both big and small changes to ridings — changes which could have consequences both for the quality of representation Canadians receive and the outcome of future elections.

Canada's national vaccination advisory body is calling for high-risk individuals to get another COVID-19 booster shot, starting this spring.

The developer behind a collapsed luxury condo project in Welland, Ont., is facing a lawsuit from residents in another condo in Niagara Falls who say their building is riddled with issues.

Police officers in St. Catharines, Ont., arrested a fourth suspect Thursday following an armed kidnapping and ensuing manhunt in nearby Wainfleet Township on Tuesday.

Hamilton already has enough space to build 87,600 homes within its urban boundaries — close to double its provincial target — without needing to open up the Greenbelt or expand into prime farmland, says a new report.

Ontario Liberals are gathering this weekend for another attempt at party renewal following a second consecutive disastrous election result, and one of the main items on the agenda is setting the stage for a leadership race.

At this weekend's Tokyo Marathon, Cam Levins of Black Creek, B.C., will attempt to lower his Canadian men's marathon record and automatically qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

It’s not always possible for consumers to find out if palm oil, which has been linked to deforestation and other environmental abuses, is in their products, and current labelling laws do not require companies to disclose that information to consumers looking to avoid it.

Monarchists in Canada say they're troubled by the fact that the federal government hasn’t said yet how the country will celebrate King Charles's coronation — a historic event for the head of state that is just two months away.

Canada Soccer says terms of an interim agreement with the women's national team mirror a similar deal with the men's national team, including per-game incentives and results-based compensation.

Ontario is extending a tuition freeze for public colleges and universities for a third year and forming an expert panel to "improve the financial sustainability" of the post-secondary education sector.

Days after the Canadian government issued a ban of TikTok on employee devices, some TikTokers in Ontario say they are worried — not about their data being misused, they say, but of a possible loss of the app itself.

A winter storm watch is in effect for the City of Hamilton, Niagara Region and the County of Brant, with heavy snow expected to start Friday afternoon.

A Hamilton filmmaker is shining a spotlight on the opioid and homelessness crises in Ontario.

The downbound lanes of the Claremont Access have been closed between Hunter Street and Upper James Street, the City of Hamilton announced Wednesday.

More family doctors in Ontario could begin caring for their patients in teams — alongside nurses, social workers and other health professionals — as a result of the new federal-provincial funding deal.

The regional council voted almost unanimously to make the three separate declarations to help address the crises facing the area and ask for federal and provincial support.

Premier Doug Ford's government will on Thursday propose changes to the laws governing approval of mining projects in Ontario, CBC News has learned.

Smooshi the walrus and her calf, Koyuk, are leaving Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates, according to an activist who raised concerns about their health and safety years ago.

Niagara police are searching for a suspect involved in an armed kidnapping in the Township of Wainfleet early on Tuesday evening. Residents were shelter in place Tuesday night but police say they believe 'there is no continued threat to public safety.'

The City of Hamilton, Niagara Regional Police Service and Mohawk College are some of the Ontario institutions reviewing how they use TikTok after security concerns prompted Ottawa to start removing and blocking the video-sharing platform from all federal government devices.

A 91-year-old man has died following a two-vehicle collision in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Regional Police Service said.

The public health units are asking the government to boost their overall funding by $145 million so they can meet provincially mandated standards, handle inflationary costs, and catch up on services backlogged due to the pandemic.

Jelani Smith, the former professional footballer who has been head of soccer operations at Forge FC — a Canadian professional soccer club based in Hamilton — since 2019, talks about what it's like being Black in Canadian soccer.

Ontario's most significant attempt to improve fraud enforcement in recent years was launching the Serious Fraud Office in 2018. In its investigative series, The Cost of Fraud, CBC Toronto looks at how expanding the office's model might help address the drop-off in fraud cases through the system.

A panel of top civil servants has concluded that attempts to interfere with the 2021 federal election did not affect the results, according to a report released Tuesday. But the report also says Ottawa should consider changing the rules to allow the panel to alert Canadians to "potential" impacts on election integrity.

Without police support, the city's bylaw officers are no longer doing any noise enforcement after 1 a.m. on weekends, says a report to council.

Toronto's Pearson Airport will be placing a "hard limit" on the number of flights arriving or departing during peak times ahead of March Break and the upcoming summer travel season.

If you love poetry, watch for these books coming out in the first half of 2023.

Soupfest is returning to an in-person gathering on Tuesday, with 15 vendors serving more than a combined 2,000 litres of soup. A $20 ticket gets you four bowls — and supports Living Rock Ministries' youth programs.

Ontario courts have ordered fraudsters to pay nearly half a billion dollars in restitution to victims since 2010. In the investigative series, The Cost of Fraud, CBC Toronto breaks down how even the few fraud victims whose cases lead to a conviction face an uphill battle recovering money they've lost.

Nick Bontis has resigned as president of Canada Soccer, acknowledging change is needed to achieve labour peace with the Canadian men's and women's teams.

Niagara police say a Stoney Creek woman has been charged with murder and attempted murder after ramming a vehicle off the road Sunday evening.

A Hamilton police constable ​​charged with discreditable conduct, deceit, and insubordination for his alleged drug use, ties to drug dealers and role in supplying drugs made an appearance under the Police Services Act on Monday morning.