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This year Hamilton has seen many new candidates sign up for the task of running for office, giving the city the chance it deserves to have truly representational elected leadership, argues Rain Hye.

In Ward 8, on the west and central Hamilton Mountain, issues related to the housing crisis interplay with the issues facing those who attend Mohawk College.

Ward 7 incumbent Esther Pauls is up against political heavyweight Scott Duvall, who served as the Central Mountain councillor for almost 10 years.

Four challengers signed up to run against longtime incumbent Tom Jackson in the last four days of the registration period.

A campaign sign of mayoral candidate Andrea Horwath was found vandalized near Binbrook with "misogynistic" slurs and drawings, the third candidates' sign in two weeks that's been defaced in Hamilton.

Road safety, preventing overdevelopment and the environment are among the top issues in the area east of the Redhill, according to Ward 5 councillor candidates.

As light rail transit along King Street comes closer to becoming a reality, businesses In Ward 4 are increasingly worried about how they will survive during construction, according to several candidates running for the area’s council seat.

Halton Region police say they've arrested and charged a former school bus driver in a sexual assault investigation.

A coroner's inquest into the death of an Indigenous teen whose body was found near a group home in Hamilton will begin hearing closing arguments today.

Migrant workers who get "rescued" in anti-human trafficking raids in Canada may find themselves worse off, an advocate says. Syed Hussan spoke to CBC News after Mexico's consulate in Toronto said more than 60 Mexicans were picked up in two police raids in Ontario last month.

Some Conservative MPs are fuming over Doug Ford's comments supporting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, highlighting ongoing tensions between the federal party and the Ontario premier.

Significantly more Hamiltonians voted in advance polls this year compared to the last municipal election. According to the city, more than 31,000 people cast a ballot in advance polls, up from the 17,000 who voted in advance in 2018.

A flying wheel hit three cars on the Queen Elizabeth Way on Tuesday, leaving one man dead and closing a stretch of the highway for hours, police say.

A mayoral debate held Monday at Hamilton's McMaster University was part of the push by groups like the McMaster Student Union to get out the vote.

Reverting Main Street to two-way traffic, implementing safe-injection sites and what to do with the police budget are among some of the issues candidates for Ward 3 councillor are struggling to agree on.

Hamilton police are investigating after a campaign sign of a Ward 3 council candidate was vandalized, marking the second hate-related incident that has involved police this election campaign.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will expand so-called strong mayor powers to other large municipalities in a year.

Ontario Provincial Police in Norfolk County are investigating after a group of three students reportedly assaulted another student at a local high school.

The downtown ward is home to numerous renters and houseless residents, with encampments increasingly prominent in its parks and other green spaces over the past two years.

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton is getting three new planes, including one used in 1945. The planes are a Supermarine Spitfire, an Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck and a North American Sabre.

It turns out there's only one person who wants to replace Andrea Horwath as the Ontario NDP candidate for Hamilton Centre — prominent Hamilton activist Sarah Jama

A mortgage agent on ODSP and an accountant who lives in downtown Hamilton will try to unseat Ward 1 councillor Maureen Wilson, one of the city's more progressive elected officials.

Toronto police say they’ve made multiple arrests and laid hundreds of charges in a months-long fraud investigation. Police say four people were arrested this week in connection with moving company fraud in the area of Bellamy Road and Progress Avenue in Scarborough.

With 10 days until Hamilton's municipal election, some residents who opted to mail in their ballots have received them too late to submit by mail, and have had their privacy breached through an email error.

The stadium has been criticized for having poor visibility for people with visual impairments and barriers for people using mobility devices. It's out to change that — starting with a visit by Alex and Eileen Reynolds.

As part of municipal elections in Ontario (Oct. 24) and other provinces and territories over the coming weeks, school board trustees will be among officials chosen to serve their communities. But what does a trustee do? Here's more about their important role and why it's recommended to do your homework before voting.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats won their first road game this season and their first game in Calgary in 18 years in a 35-32 victory over the Stampeders on Friday.

Horwath says the city needs to build more transit to, among other things, help businesses on the outskirts attract workers.

Brandon Revenberg has quietly become a model of consistency with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Ontario education workers such as librarians, custodians and early childhood educators have agreed to mediation with the government in contract talks that have inched toward a strike.

One extremely cold day last winter was all it took to cause widespread damage to Bill Redelmeier's crops at an organic winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont..

Mayoral candidate Hermiz Ishaya says he’s hearing a lot about construction and housing while campaigning for the job.

Hamilton-based ArcelorMittal Dofasco has shared details of the next steps of an unprecedented move to stop using coal and reduce the amount of carbon involving in making steel.

Disillusionment with the power of local government and feeling unheard were some of the reasons these residents said they will not likely vote this municipal election.

Mayoral candidate Keanin Loomis visited CBC Hamilton ahead of the Oct. 24 municipal election to talk about the desire for change he’s trying to harness with his campaign.

Ontario is opening appointments for everyone aged 12 and over to receive an Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine starting next week. The expanded eligibility comes as Ontario reports a rise in COVID-19 test positivity.

International students are being billed four times what Canadians pay to attend college in Ontario, and tens of thousands of them are recruited to private career colleges in office buildings, often with no libraries or common spaces and limited student supports.

The City of Hamilton is asking Ontario's Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to extend the deadline to clean up the sewage in Chedoke Creek by a year because of demonstrations from representatives of the Haudenosaunee​​​​​​​ Development Institute.

A man was killed after colliding with a pick-up truck and being thrown from his 2003 Suzuki motorcycle.

High speed winds will be passing through the Hamilton and surrounding areas, with increased risks of damages and power outages. Environment Canada warns of wind speeds of 70 to 90km/h.

The $25,000 prizes recognize the best Canadian books of the year.

Canadian pro wrestlers will be among the performers this week in Toronto for U.S.-based All Elite Wrestling's international debut.

The pilot who was killed in March when his plane crashed in Brantford, Ont., the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says, hit a tree after flying "well below the nominal approach path" to the runway.

Just two weeks before Ontario's municipal election, Ward 14 councillor candidate Kojo Damptey had to pause his door-knocking and campaign efforts to clean off a racist sticker covering one of his ads on a Hamilton Mountain bus shelter.

Chad Silva found two homemade tapes in a donation to his record store that turned out to be a rare recording of a 1973 Neil Young concert at Hamilton's McMaster University. According to Young fan website, Sugar Mountain, it's the only recording of that concert that exists.

Community members gathered at Hamilton Good Shepherd's Mary Street location to enjoy a hot to-go turkey dinner.

Extreme weather continues to hit the global wine industry hard, but a growing number of wineries and vineyards in Ontario's Niagara region are finding ways to adapt to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Niagara Regional Police Services says it responded to a reported vehicle theft around 1:30 a.m. Witnesses said they saw two youth abandon a fire truck in the middle of the road.

Parents and advocates say the wait for autism supports has grown and staffing has shrunk, all while waiting on the province to whittle down its own wait list for funding, which they say is keeping kids from care.

A team of local doctors has released a report showing 10 deaths between Dec. 2021 and May 2022, eight of which were from overdoses and seven were living in shelters.