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The weather agency says icy precipitation is expected to begin falling Tuesday after midnight or Wednesday morning, building up to between one and four millimetres.

John Bacon, 57, is dead after a small airplane crashed near the Brantford Municipal Airport on Monday, Ontario Provincial Police say.

With changes to masking requirements in cities from Hamilton to Niagara, Monday morning prompted many people to make a decision: to mask or not to mask?

Hamilton city council has voted to scrap municipal bylaws requiring indoor masking and social distancing in public spaces, despite pleas from a minority on council who say the city’s most vulnerable residents will suffer unequally from the change.

McMaster University is asking older, immigrant adults for ideas on how to improve their transit experience. But the researchers say they need more people to share their experience.

The Ontario government is introducing legislation to provide police officers with more enforcement tools to respond to illegal blockades.

Firefighters found a main floor unit with "heavy smoke and flames lapping up from a window." Seven people — three adults and four children — were rescued, according to Fire Chief Dave Cunliffe.

Ontario has lifted its masking requirements in most indoor settings including in schools, restaurants, gyms and stores as the province reports 551 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday.

Hamilton’s public school board is moving forward with its plan to mandate masking indoors and on school buses until April 1 despite not getting the support it asked for from the province and local public health.

Ontario is reporting 551 hospitalizations as a result of COVID-19 on Sunday, down from 613 hospitalizations on Saturday and 615 on Friday.

The former volunteer treasurer of a Hamilton-based choir who bilked the group out of thousands has pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 and has agreed to slowly start paying them back.

Low income areas in Ontario have borne the brunt of COVID-19 in every single wave of the pandemic, the latest data from the province shows.

Hamilton police say three pedestrians and the driver of a stolen Toyota Prius are dead after the vehicle that was speeding down Main Street East early Saturday morning crashed and burst into flames.

Police are asking business owners and neighbouring residents to check their security cameras and dashcam footage between 1 and 2:15 a.m. Friday for any suspicious activity.

For Disney on Ice cast member Sarah Nolan, performing this week at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre is a full-circle moment, 12 years after she first auditioned for the show at the same venue.

A pair of 15-year-old boys face firearm-related charges after police seized cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine in a raid on an east-end home.

Thursday's high smashed the previous record for March 17, which was 16 C and set in 2003. It's also far above the seasonal average of 5 C, according to Environment Canada.

Hamilton city council will have a special meeting Monday to vote on whether to repeal its masking and physical distancing bylaws.

Ontario is scrapping most mask mandates on Monday, following many other parts of Canada. So what happens to mask makers and sellers, once a booming new pandemic business? "I've sewed enough for my lifetime," Sault Ste. Marie woman says.

The mother of a 24-year-old woman who died a day after going to a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital with back pain in December says she has "more questions than answers" in the wake of receiving separate reports by Niagara Health and EMS that she calls "inconsistent."

A strike at Ontario's 24 public colleges has been averted after both sides reached a last- minute agreement on Thursday night to enter binding interest arbitration.

Wyatt Raitt travelled from Ancaster, Ont., to the Ukraine-Poland border to try to bring the sister of a university friend to safety. Ten days later, while there's no sign of the siblings, he's helping feed people.

The Ontario NDP says it will not allow four-term MPP Paul Miller to run for the party in the upcoming election, citing "unacceptable" information uncovered during vetting.

For the second time in less than five years, faculty at Ontario colleges are set to strike.

St. Patrick's Day is off to a grey start with a fog advisory issued in Hamilton, Brant County and the Niagara region.

Ridership out of the proposed Niagara Region station is predicted to hit 325,000 annually by 2041, according to an initial business case (ICB) prepared by Metrolinx.

Hamilton's public school board will continue to enforce masking among students from Grade 4 to Grade 8 until April 1 — 14 days earlier than planned, but still 11 days after Ontario will have lifted its mask mandate.

A 71-year-old Hamilton babysitter was sentenced for seven years in prison on Thursday for sexually abusing three young girls.

Ontario's police watchdog has cleared two Hamilton police officers of any wrongdoing after they fractured a Toronto man's nose in November.

Environment Canada said Wednesday near zero visibility and areas of dense fog are likely in Burlington, Brant, Hamilton, Haldimand and Norfolk counties, and the Niagara region.

The charges against six activists arrested in connection to an encampment eviction at J.C. Beemer Park in November were withdrawn on Monday in a Hamilton court.

Two years after the province cancelled plans to sell a long-vacant historic building to Mohawk College, Hamilton heritage fans say they're still frustrated and waiting to hear something — anything — about Century Manor.

Two months after going public about his two-year wait for an new electric wheelchair, an Ontario man has more than he could have hoped for — three new electric wheelchairs, including one from a stranger across the country.

Hamilton police say they arrested a 32-year-old Hamilton man six weeks after a hit-and-run in the Glenview West neighbourhood that killed a man and his dog.

West Lincoln fire Chief Dennis Fisher said no humans were injured, but the loss of the barn and animals is estimated at $1.3 million.

Narina Jabari, who has been trying to bring her family from Ukraine to Burlington, Ont., says bureaucratic red tape and Ottawa's decision not to allow visa-free travel have left many who are trying to escape Ukraine essentially stranded.

Provincial police are asking the public for help investigating a homicide after the body of 56-year-old Ruth Ann Longboat of Six Nations was found in the Humber River in Toronto last week.

A Hamilton mother whose job as a hairstylist was on hold due to pandemic lockdowns is calling for changes to the federal parental leave program after she was excluded from collecting benefits due to not working enough hours.

Two Westmount Secondary School students are channelling their love for Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros to help raise funds for children with life threatening or chronic illness.

Niagara's 12 mayors, along with Regional Chair Jim Bradley, announced Monday that the municipal states of emergency are no longer necessary and will be lifted at 12:01 a.m. on March 15.

Hamilton residents donate to Ukrainian Airbnb hosts by booking stays at their places without having any plans to visit the country amid the Russian invasion.

Metrolinx will now reimburse the cost of local connections for people using PRESTO on 12 transit providers, including in Hamilton and Burlington.

As Ontario and the city prepare to relax COVID-19 measures in the coming weeks, about 42 per cent of those who broke local bylaws still haven't paid their fees.

Blue jerseys and hats filled the stands around the outdoor rink as hockey fans watched the Toronto Maple Leafs battle the Buffalo Sabres at Tim Hortons Field Sunday.

As we hit the two-year mark since the official start of the pandemic, there are calls for wider inquiries or a commission into what went wrong during the COVID-19 efforts in Ontario and Canada.

Vinnie Hinostroza had two goals and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 in the Heritage Classic outdoor game Sunday in Hamilton.

Hamilton Health Sciences, which runs the UCC, said the site will be open from noon to 7 p.m. Appointments are not required.

Ontario says there are currently 228 people in intensive care units provincewide as a result of COVID-19. That’s down by four people from 232 people on Saturday.

The Right to Read Inquiry Report from the Ontario Human Rights Commission calls for revamp of province's approach to early reading.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will play in the fourth outdoor showcase when they take the ice against the Buffalo Sabres at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton on Sunday.