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.

The union representing nearly 2,900 teaching assistants (TA) and research assistants (RA) and McMaster University have "reached a tentative collective agreement," both parties said in respective statements Saturday.

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Hamilton's city council has dedicated $125,000 to emergency warming services for people living outdoors this winter following the end of a provincial grant. The decision comes as a request for more money from the province is declined and as a human rights report critiques the city's encampment response.

CBC News spent a day inside an Ontario hospital where the pediatric unit is regularly over-capacity and staff are bracing for at least a 20 per cent increase in adult admissions compared with a typical flu season.

Hundreds of thousands of Ontarians' information may have been compromised in a data breach of the province's vaccine management system.

For several weeks after being attacked by a dog while campaigning in this year's municipal election, St. Catharines city councillor Joe Kushner says he felt support from members of the community. Now thousands have signed a petition for the release of 'Rocky.'

For the past two weeks, Peter Khill has appeared calm and collected during his murder trial in Hamilton, but on Thursday he took deep breaths and looked exasperated as Crown prosecutors accused him of lying about the night he shot and killed Jon Styres.

Mike Morreale says the importance of the Brampton Honey Badgers' participation in the Basketball Champions League Americas is simple. "We need more basketball in the country," Morreale said.

A Hamilton family is planning a remembrance concert on Saturday for their daughter, who was struck by a GO train in July.

A recent report from the Ontario auditor general cited concerns ranging from a failure to track and analyze complaints, to a board of directors almost exclusively made up of industry representatives.

A large Green Tree Python was found, police say, slithering out of the jacket of a suspect in a break and enter investigation.

Hamilton police say they have made another arrest — this time a 42-year-old woman charged with accessory after the fact of murder — in connection with the death of 38-year-old Danielle Strauss.

Ontario has passed legislation that allows Toronto and Ottawa to enact certain bylaws even if a minority of councillors are in favour, capping off a whirlwind of widely criticized housing-related moves.

Peter Khill, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, took the stand on Wednesday and described to the jury his training as a reservist and the night that changed his life and ended Jon Styres's.

The World Health Organization has selected a Vancouver tech health company to distribute its latest guidance on the use of antibiotics.

Starting next week pharmacists in Ontario will be able to prescribe the antiviral drug Paxlovid as a treatment for COVID-19, the health minister said Thursday.

The Ontario NDP spent more on its 2022 election campaign than Doug Ford's victorious Progressive Conservatives, according to new financial statements from the parties.

Hamilton city council has agreed to ask the Ontario government to repeal parts of Bill 23, and to ask other Ontario municipalities to join it in speaking out about the legislation's impact on municipal budgets.

The union representing teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants (RAs) with McMaster University says "informal talks" have begun between the two parties about returning to the bargaining table, as a weeks-long strike continues.

Hamilton police have made another arrest — this time a 40-year-old woman — in connection to the death of 38-year-old Danielle Strauss.