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The officer who arrested Peter Khill testified Tuesday at the Hamilton man's murder trial that Khill seemed to offer an explanation about why he used a shotgun to blow a hole into Jon Styres's chest — because Khill was a soldier following his training, and felt he needed to defend himself against the Six Nations of the Grand River man.

Hamilton police say officers have arrested two teenagers in connection to the death of 38-year-old Danielle Strauss.

Expect strong winds all across Hamilton on Wednesday, starting in the afternoon. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the city.

The Ford government plans to appeal an Ontario court decision striking down a law that limited wage increases for public sector workers, more commonly known as Bill 124.

FIFA opened a disciplinary case against Croatia on Tuesday because of its fans' taunts aimed at Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan, who has Serbian family ties, during the teams' World Cup game.

The trial of Peter Khill began Monday in Hamilton. Khill is accused of shooting 29-year-old Jonathan Styres dead early in the morning of Feb. 4, 2016.

The Honey Badgers are leaving Hamilton, permanently, the Canadian Elite Basketball League says, for Brampton, Ont., after being forced out of First Ontario Centre for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Ontario passed a housing bill Monday intended to spur development. Critics, however, say it will lead to higher property taxes, weaken conservation authority powers and not actually make homes more affordable.

A fire at a downtown Hamilton building near midnight on Mon. Nov. 28 sent a woman to hospital and caused about $300,000 in damages.

The City of Hamilton says it estimates 337 million litres of sewage — roughly 135 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of sewage — leaked into the harbour since 1996.

Ontario Provincial Police in Brantford, Ont., are investigating a homicide at a Salt Springs Church Road home.

Food banks started in Canada in the early 1980s as a temporary response to the recession. Over 40 years later, they're more important than ever, with a new report by Feed Ontario saying the number of people seeking help and the number of visits are only rising.

A person has died after a suspicious car fire in Burlington early Sunday morning, Halton police say.

The level of hate directed at the LGBTQ community in the U.S. has reached a point where it poses a security threat to Canadians, says a former senior-ranking Canadian intelligence official.

That the Canadians have a "do-or-die" game to play Sunday is testament enough to their collective refinement. That they're talking credibly about winning it feels almost surreal.

Lawyers screened potential jurors on Friday for possible racial biases and what, if anything, they already knew about the high-profile Hamilton murder trial of Peter Khill.

Approximately 20 members of Hamilton’s Ghanaian community sang, danced and cheered Ghana on as they played Portugal in their World Cup game on Thursday.

The Hamilton Public Library held its second Drag Storytime on Thursday. More than 100 children and adults showed up to listen, and a large group of community members came out to defend the event after hearing there would be some protesting it.

An early-morning fire at August 8 sushi restaurant on Upper James on Friday has left damage totalling more than $1 million, according to Hamilton Fire Department.

Holiday season is around the corner, and with that brings the local holiday market circuit. From a market in St. Catharines that features BIPOC vendors to a night market in Ohsweken, here’s a few to have on your radar this year.

Parents and health-care experts are speaking out after learning a round-the clock online pediatric service that's helped keep sick children out of overflowing Ontario hospitals will no longer be free starting Dec. 1.

CBC Marketplace looked at men’s and women’s jeans from some of Canada’s popular brands to see if the waist size that’s labelled matches up with the actual waist measurement. Only a couple did, and experts say this is likely by design to get consumers to buy the product.

Ontario's minister of the environment, conservation and parks said he's ordered Hamilton to audit its entire sewage infrastructure and create a remediation plan after the city revealed it just discovered sewage has been leaking into the harbourfront for the past 26 years.

The sentencing hearing of Haudenosaunee activist Skyler Williams was back in court Thursday morning, after Justice Gethin Edward said he was "trying to find the truth" when it comes to the land Williams says he has been defending.

A 67-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested by York Region police for sexual assault against children in Richmond Hill, Ont. police say.

The mayor of Burlington, Ont., says municipal employees will have to wear masks for the next six weeks amid rising illnesses among staff and in the wider community.

Less than a day after announcing the discovery of a 26-year sewage leak into Hamilton's harbour, city staff say a faulty drawing may be to blame.

Hamilton’s new council held a special General Issues Committee meeting on Wednesday, most of which was spent on a bus touring the various wards and hearing from councillors about their priorities.

Ontario has asked thousands of family health-care workers to work evenings and weekends to help ease the burden on overwhelmed children's hospitals.

Jon Styres's family members and friends gasped as an Ontario Superior Court justice declared a mistrial in the case of Peter Khill, who faces second-degree murder after shooting Styres to death in 2016.

Canada put on a show in its return to the World Cup after a 36-year absence but failed to convert its chances in a valiant 1-0 loss to Belgium on Wednesday.

The new Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) trustees came short of imposing a mask mandate in their first meeting on Monday evening but they passed a motion to ask students and staff to mask in all public school board buildings.

The City of Hamilton says it has discovered sewage has been leaking into the Hamilton Harbour since 1996 because of a hole in a combined sewage pipe in the industrial sector.

Coach John Herdman announced all of Canada's significant injury concerns have worked themselves out as Alphonso Davies, Stephen Eustaquio, and Milan Borjan will all play against Belgium on Wednesday.

Ward 4 residents are about to get a new councillor after 22 years being represented by Sam Merulla. After being sworn in Wednesday, not only did Tammy Hwang officially become the new voice of the ward, she also became the city's first East Asian councillor.

A meteor about one meter in diameter landed in pieces in Lake Ontario near Grimsby on the weekend, causing a fireball seen across southern Ontario. Experts are asking residents who find any dark, heavy, magnetic, melted-looking rocks to consider donating them for further study.

When labour disputes arise, there is a term often relied upon to articulate a level of honesty within offers, positions and negotiations — it’s the call from all sides to operate in “good faith.” But can that happen when crucial parts of workers' realities are omitted, asks Ameil J. Joseph.

Ontario Provincial Police has charged a 64-year-old bus driver with careless driving after five-year-old boy was dragged down the road near Brantford, Ont., earlier this month.

A Brantford, Ont., family has filed a complaint with the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) after local police raided the wrong home in September.

A coalition of groups including environmentalists, labour unions, farmers, housing advocates and more has issued a statement slamming the Ontario government’s plans to open up sections of protected Greenbelt land for housing development.

The renowned gunsmith who died in a police raid just over a year ago "was the author of his own misfortune," the Toronto Police Services Board says in a recently filed statement of defence.

CUPE Local 3906, the union that represents teaching assistants and research assistants at McMaster University, said their members will be on strike as of 7 a.m. Monday after collective bargaining attempts fell through Friday.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says it has reached a tentative deal with the Ontario government to avert a strike after labour negotiations over the weekend.

A two-year-old child is in critical condition while an adult was seriously injured in a house fire on Hamilton Mountain Friday night, Hamilton paramedics say.

Canada coach John Herdman had a bleak medical update Saturday with goalkeeper Milan Borjan and midfielder Stephen Eustaquio joining star Alphonso Davies as question marks for the World Cup opener against No. 2 Belgium.

If the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the province don't agree on a deal by 5 p.m. Sunday, about 55,000 workers will walk off the job on Monday.

Residents of western New York state were digging out Saturday morning from a dangerous lake-effect snowstorm that had dropped more than 1.8 metres of snow in some areas and caused several deaths.

Niagara police say they are are looking for suspects involved in the theft of 44 golf carts from a Lincoln, Ont. golf course on the night of Nov. 14.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local representing teaching and research assistants (TAs and RAs) and McMaster University are expected to be back at the bargaining table Friday afternoon. If they can't make a deal, the workers could strike Monday.

GO Transit bus operators and other employees have ratified a deal reached between the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 — which represents them — and Metrolinx, the union said Friday.