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The Ontario government has officially removed environmental protection for approximately 2,995 hectares of Greenbelt land in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) despite widespread opposition across several sectors of society.

New research shows "unprecedented" evidence that about 13,000 years ago, a settlement of Paleo Indigenous people in the Hamilton area hunted and butchered either a mammoth or a mastodon. The discovery is consistent with the oral histories of the Haudenosaunee people.

Matthew Wilson was killed in 2021 after being hit while walking on a road in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The driver received a $500 fine and nine months probation earlier this month for a charge related to the incident.

A major winter storm is coming to Hamilton, Environment Canada says, starting Thursday and lasting until Christmas Day.

Angry passengers were made to wait at Hamilton International Airport for 36 hours to board a plane to Varadero, Cuba.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has found four officers with Hamilton and Halton police "legally justified" in shooting and killing a man who killed three individuals across the GTA in September.

Hamilton’s Police Services Board is asking the city for a $12-million increase to the police budget for 2023, up 6.71 per cent from what the city paid for policing in 2022.

A multiple-alarm fire left over $500,000 in damages in downtown Hamilton and brought in fire crews “from across the city,” said Hamilton fire chief Dave Cunliffe.

Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hit a baseline jumper as time expired, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 123-121 on Monday to ruin Damian Lillard's record-setting night.

Environment Canada is anticipating a flash freeze on Friday and heavy snowfall throughout the weekend. It suggests residents prepare for possible power outages.

Empowerment Squared, a Hamilton non-profit, held a screening of Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever at the Landmark Cinema in Jackson Square that brought together almost 120 parents and children.

The new, one-time grant is part of the province's $10-a-day deal with the government to create more spaces. Education Minister Stephen Lecce says it will help new and existing child-care operators offset initial costs of expanding or creating spaces

New court documents that include interview transcripts and search warrant requests are revealing why police investigators say they have reasonable grounds to accuse five world junior hockey players of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018.

With influenza sending Canadian children to hospital at rates far above normal for this time of year, there are calls for provincial health systems to be more transparent about pediatric flu deaths and the severity of communicable diseases because it can help people protect themselves and in this case, their kids.

Milan Borjan's reflex stop against the U.S. in January has earned the Canadian goalkeeper the Allstate Canadian National Teams Good Hands Award for save of the year.

Six Nations Public Works is currently conducting a survey “to confirm the need for transit and identify what’s important” when designing a service, it says.

As a country with a settler, colonial past and a complicated relationship with migrants, the issues that have unfolded in Qatar must give Canadians pause as we prepare to co-host our own World Cup in 2026, writes Sarah Adjekum.

A Hamilton jury has found Peter Khill not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of manslaughter after shooting and killing Jon Styres in 2016.

Two people have been found dead, police say, inside a home on Hamilton's East 32nd Street.

Shirley Love, an 80-year-old woman who went missing on Tuesday, has been found dead, Hamilton police say.

A St. Catharines, Ont., family thought their dreams of buying a home and moving to Newfoundland were crushed after UPS lost their $14,000 bank draft.

CBC Hamilton can revel some of what jurors didn't hear since they're sequestered while they reach a verdict.

"The world is running out of water," Makasa Looking Horse says, and if we don't take action soon, it will be too late.

Families making plans to gather for the holidays should consider getting vaccinated against influenza now, health experts say, as well stay up to date on other immunizations as part of their preparations.

Rocky the dog, a 170-pound American Alsatian who attacked a St. Catharines city councillor and had thousands of supporters, will be returned to his owners with a promise he will wear a muzzle and remain on leash when off property.

Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing of Barrie, Ont., took a commanding 6-1 win over father-daughter duo Jaelyn and Jim Cotter of Vernon, B.C., to highlight the opening round of Mixed Doubles Super Series season stop in Brantford, Ont, on Thursday.

Teaching and research assistants at McMaster University have ended their strike, after voting in support of a new collective agreement. Not all workers agreed with the deal, however.

An Ontario judge has granted a permanent injunction to Foxgate Developments, barring demonstrators from the site of a controversial subdivision project in Caledonia, Ont.

A woman who went missing on Tuesday has still not been found and Hamilton police are asking residents to check their properties. She was last seen near her residence on Mount Albion Road walking south toward Glendale Golf Course.

Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for the City of Hamilton with slippery conditions expected beginning early Thursday morning.

In closing arguments Wednesday, the defence said Peter Khill is a military-trained man who pulled the trigger because he was afraid to die. The Crown said Khill decided in a moment’s notice he would murder whoever startled him at his rural Hamilton home in 2016.

Hamilton police shut down a shop selling illegal magic mushrooms, one day after it opened on Main Street East, the service said. Police say they also arrested two people as a result.

Bailey, a mother of two girls, ages 2 and 4, was last seen at the Weir Street North home where she was staying with her boyfriend on New Year's Day.

The average monthly cost of renting a home in Canada surpassed $2,000 for the first time ever in November, according to a report released Wednesday. The data shows that Canadian renters are dishing out an average of $2,024 every month to keep a roof over their heads.

Ontario says some high-risk businesses must have opioid antidotes and training to use it by June. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the province will give out free naloxone kits and training to small businesses who qualify for the program.

An 87-year-old woman has been killed after a crash on Golf Links Road, police say.

Hamilton poet Eddie Lartey, winner of the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam, is now champion at the international Abya Yala Copa "América" de Poetry Slam competition held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Winter has only just arrived in northern Ontario, but so far the season is proving to be a deadly one on highways in the region, raising questions over provincial funding for northern infrastructure.

Local and urban Indigenous leaders want the City of Hamilton to listen to them in the wake of another sewage spill.

Extreme rainfall could cost municipalities in Ontario an additional $700 million a year to maintain stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, says the province's financial watchdog.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement in Hamilton, the County of Brant and Norfolk County ahead of a mix of strong winds and a bit of snow in some areas.

Anti-poverty advocates say a one-off federal payment of $500 for low-income renters will do little to help tenants who are struggling to make ends meet each month.

Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation is asking Ontario to repeal its new, controversial housing legislation and stop its proposed changes to the Greenbelt.

Jurors in the Peter Khill murder trial heard a forensic psychiatrist testify Monday that militray training can become someone’s 'automatic' response in a stressful situation.

A 23-year-old Hamilton man has been killed, police say, after a shooting Sunday night on Morris Ave.

Ontario's tourism industry is not expected to fully recover from the pandemic until 2025, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the industry say in a joint report, with recommendations including tax incentives, cannabis tourism and affordable housing to support staff recruitment.

Hamilton's yearly Santa 5K run brought over 500 runners in Santa suits to Hamilton Harbour. This year, the winner of the full 5K was Jessey the Elf, a year-round Christmas lover and runner.

McMaster Children's Hospital is opening a flu, COVID-19 and cold clinic for patients 17 years old and under. The clinic, along with pop-up flu shot clinics at Lime Ridge Mall and at other locations around the city, aim to relieve pressure on the emergency department at the pediatric hospital.

The nights are longer as the cold weather settles in, but that’s a good thing if you love to stargaze. And this week is a perfect time to turn your eyes to the skies. On Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, the most active meteor shower of the year peaks.

More than 1,200 people turned out Saturday night to commemorate what would have been the fifth birthday of a Hamilton girl killed by a GO train last July.