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Over the past three years, at least 38 hospitals with emergency rooms or urgent care centres in Ontario have experienced closures - about one in five of the province's 176 publicly funded facilities. Most are in rural areas.

An Ontario coroner's investigation has identified 220 additional deaths linked to Indian residential schools in the province - deaths that were previously unknown to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, which has documented 436 deaths in the province.

Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General is considering the merits of moving to a system in which prosecutors would screen criminal charges proposed by police before officers lay them, in order to help relieve the province's backlogged justice system.

Some residents whose homes were flooded after extremerainstormson July 15 and 16, 2024 can now apply for up to $250,000.

Work is expected to resume on Monday with the city aiming to have the shelter open by Dec. 20.

The coroner's inquest into the drug-related deaths of six inmates at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre heard testimony from Dr. Claire Bodkin about caring for people with addictions and preventing overdoses.

Hamilton's police board has recommended a 5.7 per cent, or approximately $12.25 million increase over last year for the 2025 budget.

Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) is scheduling hearings faster this year than it did last year, according to estimates shared with CBC Toronto this week.

A 22-year-old Hamilton man who was recently extradited from the U.S. to Canadahas been charged following a two-year investigation into sexual assaults - one on a trail in 2022 and another during a 2023 home invasion - after forensic evidence found a link between the two.

Marketplace visited 100 businesses undercover to find out who's asking for tips and where they end up. Data also shows employees across Canada have filed hundreds of complaints about "tip theft".

The Hamilton Cardinals have made a 'significant' addition to their lineup with the signing this week of the former MLB all-star Fernando Rodney for the 2025 season.

A Stoney Creek clinic that provides mental health services for people age 16 and over is closing and being consolidated with a psychiatry clinic in the Mountain, according to a St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton official, citing a 20 per cent decline in patients using East Region Mental Health Services.

The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation has been laying striking employees off as the labour action by more than 55,000 workers approaches the two-week mark.

Locke Street N., will be closed both ways at York Boulevard starting Nov. 28.

Mohawk College in Hamilton says it plans to lay off 200 to 400 workers and will start notifying affected administrative staff on Dec. 2. "The next several weeks will be a difficult time for everyone," the college's president said in a memo.

Ontario is eyeing three sites across the province for new electricity generation facilities, including the possibility of large-scale nuclear plants.

Const. Ben Tomiuck, a uniformed officer with Niagara Regional Police Service, was suspended with pay and released from custody this week.

Hamilton police say they have arrested 24 people as part of a street gang investigation that began in 2019 and stretched toToronto, Halton, Waterloo and Brantford.

The inquest forsix inmates at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre heard Tuesday that five of the men died overnight, one of several commonalitiesnoted in testimony by a corrections consultant. Photos released at the hearing also provide an emotional look at the six lives that were lost between 2017 and 2021.

The province's police watchdog is investigating after two Niagara police officers shot someone with an anti-riot weapon before arresting them under the Mental Health Act.

Three people were charged in relation to 2023 explosions at a hazardous waste management company that killed a worker, according to the Niagara Regional Police Service.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods is "like a family member stabbing you right in the heart."

Joe Zuger, a former player and general manager for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, had died. He was 84.

Toronto police have arrested a GTA woman who they allege scammed dozens of Taylor Swift fans out of nearly $70,000 by promising them tickets that never materialized.

The inquest into the drug-related deaths of six Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre inmates began Monday with the inquest lawyer saying each man was "loved and cherished," and family and friends of some of the men sharing their stories. The hearings will revisit 2018 recommendations to determine what's been done to implement them, the jury heard.

Killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo has again been denied parole and will stay behind bars.

The Ontario government has officially passed Bill 212 -a controversial piece of legislation that gives the province sweeping control over municipal bike lanes and lets construction of Highway 413 begin before Indigenous consultation or environmental assessment is complete.

The city was issued an order to comply last week by the ministry after the Ontario government received a complaintabout how work was being carried out at the Barton-Tiffany lands in Central Hamilton.

The City of Hamilton announced Monday morning how Ward 4 residents will be able to vote in their upcoming Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board trustee byelections.

A group of immigrants who arrived in Hamilton in the late 50s and early 60s have laid a strong foundation for Black people to retain their culture while contributing to the wider Canadian society.

Everything changed for Kia Nurse when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the 2021 WNBA playoffs. The basketball star from Hamilton was locked in as starter for a team in the semifinals. But in one bad fall three years ago and she was plunged into the depths of surgery and rehab.

Despite facing significant backlogs from the pandemic and a rising number of stayed and withdrawn charges, Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General has refused to track the reasons behind those outcomes as the province's auditor general recommended five years ago.

Niagara police have charged a 47-year-old St Catharines man following a double-shooting on Friday that left one man dead.

The city's plan will focus on reducingthe amount of pollution collected in stormwater that runs off fromparking lots, roads and driveways into sewers, creeks and rivers, and then into Cootes Paradise and Hamilton Harbour.

As the fallout over fallen buildings in Gore Park continues, city officials will be turning their attention to other deteriorating properties.

Some teachers say kids are just plain ruder these days, with a sharp increase in interruptions and outbursts in the classroom. New research from Brock University backs up those observations.

In August, city officials learned 11 phone lines were recording calls without informing members of the public. It took three months for officials to share this.

The Ontario government is looking to expand presumptive coverage for kidney and colorectal cancers forfirefighters, whose occupation puts them at a higher risk for the diseases.

Ontario's premier is set to hold a 10 a.m. ET news conference as new details about the government's controversial bike lane bill emerge, and the province appears to have struck a deal with Ottawa that will provide children more access to school food programs.

Most young people turn to social media with their questions, but end up getting an onslaught of bite-sized, dubiously reliable content. Students and experts alike say more extensive learning is needed to boost critical thinking skills and help them be savvier on social media.

A transit bus designated as a moving, overnight warming centre is unlikely to be on Hamilton streets this winter, after councillors voted unanimously Wednesday to replace the program with a 25-person overnight drop-in centre and additional permanent shelter beds.

A Taylor Swift ticket scam in southern Ontario left potentially hundreds of Swifties with broken hearts and empty wallets,and a legal expert says that type of fraud won't be curbed until Ticketmaster's North American monopoly over big-ticket events is broken.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wantsbilateral trade deals with the U.S. and Mexico "now" instead of in 2026, when the three countries review their North American trade agreement.

Blue Triton says it will close its water bottling plant in Aberfoyle, Ont., early next year. Local water advocates say the company's departure is a big step forward for water conservation in Wellington County.

Carbon emissions rose by one million tonnes in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area last year, according to a new report from a regional climate agency. "We're running out of time to hit our climate targets, especially for 2030," says

In an interview with CBC Hamilton,Lourenco Goncalves said U.S. steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs, the new owner of Stelco, plans to produce more coke in Ontario while also reducing emissions. He isn't worried about Donald Trump's tariff plan, he added.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday a suite of new measures meant to alleviatesome of the affordability pressures people have been experiencing in the post-COVID era - including a two-month GST holiday on some goods and services.

Some 30 Canadian MPs, including NDP and Green leaders Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May, as well as four members of the governing Liberal caucus, have joined forces with counterparts in New Zealand and Australia in support of recognizing a Palestinian state.

Ontario will soon introduce legislation that aims to protect newcomers against fraud and exploitation as they navigate the immigration system, the province announced on Wednesday.

Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claimthat four leading potato companies - including two Canadian ones - have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen potato goods like fries, hash browns and tater tots over the last several years.