CBC | Edmonton News

Hamilton will have home-field advantage Sunday when it faces Winnipeg at a sold-out Tim Hortons Field. The Blue Bombers come in as defending champion after downing the Ticats 33-12 in the 2019 Grey Cup.

The city is launching a safety review and temporarily not allowing couples into shelters together after seeing a rise of domestic violence. But one doctor says turning all couples away is the wrong move, especially during the winter.

The CFL's Grey Cup arrived in Hamilton on Tuesday to much fanfare from Ticats fans, anxious to see their team beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Sunday's championship game.

There's lots going on in advance of the Canadian Football League’s biggest game of the year, featuring the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, in Hamilton on Sunday.

Human trials are set to begin early next year for two next-generation COVID-19 vaccines developed by scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, researchers said Tuesday.

Traditional foods, including those obtained from hunting, remain the healthier option for many First Nations communities, according to a recent decade-long study by Canadian researchers. The findings underscore the importance of events like the annual Short Hills provincial park deer hunt in Ontario that wraps up Saturday.

In looking at 392 intimate-partner homicide cases across Canada, several themes emerged that are reflected in some prominent local cases of recent years.

As city council works to review the routes that transport trucks take through Hamilton, Hamilton Health Sciences is asking it to consider moving heavy vehicles away from the area near Hamilton General Hospital, where a man on a mobility scooter died in October after being hit by a dump truck.

A Hamilton laboratory operated by Natural Resources Canada is helping mark the 80th anniversary of the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor in a project it says will bring its work "full circle."

Hamilton, Niagara, Brant, Burlington and Haldimand-Norfolk are still under a special weather statement. Environment Canada says those regions will see strong winds with gusts up to 80 kilometres per hour into Monday evening.

The 23-year-old was killed in April when the motorcycle he was driving was hit in Hagersville just after 9 p.m., according to police. Now two people have been charged, but the driver remains at large.

Hamilton public health data projects the city can spare more than 600 people from getting COVID-19 if current restrictions don't loosen up.

The fight broke out after Sunday's East Division final, which saw Hamilton advance to the Grey Cup.

The Ticats beat the Toronto Argonauts in a hard-fought game on Sunday that put their fans through a rollercoaster of emotions.

A CBC investigation found there were advance warning signs in more than a third of intimate-partner homicide cases it examined, something local agencies know too well.

A pair of new reports show that opioid-related deaths among First Nations people in the province increased 132 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic, and an Ontario regional chief says governments need to work with Indigenous communities to help fix the problem.

Victoria's Pacific FC knocked off defending champions Forge FC of Hamilton 1-0 in the CPL final Sunday for their first league title. Alessandro Hojabrpour scored the game's only goal in the 59th minute for the visitors at Tim Hortons Field.

Dane Evans ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a thrilling 27-19 road win over the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division final Sunday.

It's quiet, it's deadly, and it's half a kilometre from the Canadian border.

Toronto Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson was on the field Sunday morning in preparation for the 12:30 p.m. ET CFL East final against visiting Hamilton, a clear indication he successfully completed the CFL-imposed quarantine.

Hamilton has confirmed its first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in a resident who recently returned from travelling to South Africa.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement as it expects up to 40 mm of rain and wind gusts up to 90 km/h to blow through Hamilton, Niagara, Brant, Burlington and Haldimand-Norfolk starting Sunday night.

Canadian bantamweight (Gentleman) Josh Hill stopped Jared (Psycho) Scoggins with a one-punch knockout in the second round Friday at Bellator 272.

With the holiday season now in full swing, business owners like Funmise Oladeji, who recently opened Taste of Lagos in downtown Hamilton, are supporting each other, while reminding Hamiltonians to shop and dine locally.

Police have upgraded charges for two Hamilton men following a Dundas shooting that left a 22-year-old with a gunshot wound.

Before the pandemic, about one in seven women would experience postpartum depression or anxiety. An international study found that number has increased to one in three, leading to new local solutions.

Hamilton paramedics who respond to opioid overdose calls will soon not only administer naloxone but also distribute the life-saving medication.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will host the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the West Division final. Not only should the defending Grey Cup champions be well rested, but they were a perfect 7-0 this season at IG Field, having outscored opponents 196-62.

Shots are available by appointment — no walk-ins — and people only qualify if it's been at least six months since their last dose of the vaccine.

Five years after New Vision United Church announced it was embarking on a project to transform its auditorium into a 1,000-seat live music venue, renovators say the Hamilton landmark is aiming to host its first major event next September.

From the Gore Park ferris wheel rides, to holiday markets, to riding the RGB Express, here's what should be top of your list this weekend in the city.

Const. Tara Avila appeared to fight tears in Hamilton Superior Court on Thursday as she described discovering Holly Hamilton's body "covered in blood." It was the third day in the trial of Justin Dumpfrey, charged with second-degree murder.

Josh Hill, from Fonthill, Ont., started studying sports psychology and has started his own venture as a mental performance coach in his efforts to become an even better mixed martial artist.

Hamilton food banks say they are seeing record levels of people accessing their services. They highlight what caused the spike in demand, what some solutions are and how people can help. Part of CBC Hamilton's coverage as it kicks of the 2021 Sounds of the Season campaign.

A group of Black community leaders on Wednesday called for all charges against a number of youths, who were arrested by police last week, to be dropped. Images of the arrests were 'hauntingly too familiar,' some said.

Ontario's government is forking over $1.5 million to support Hamilton and the CFL in hosting the Grey Cup this month, and again in 2023.

A year-long pilot project, beginning Wednesday, will fund tampons and pads at 23 food banks and hot meal programs as well as restrooms at five recreation centres.

A trio of federal funding agencies have suspended payments supporting a high-profile McMaster University professor through the prestigious Canada 150 Research Chairs program after he was put on leave following an investigation.

Ontario's police watchdog is now investigating after a 24-year-old woman was reported to be seriously injured during her arrest by Hamilton police last week.

An annual list highlighting how many women have died at the hands of men in Ontario, shows a grim reality of increasing violence amid the pandemic.

The Toronto police officer who shot gunsmith Rodger Kotanko nearly a month ago won’t talk to Ontario’s police watchdog.

Police shared few details, but said earlier on Tuesday drivers could expect a "lengthy closure." By late afternoon, the lanes had re-opened.

Wards 1 and 2 are without a public school board trustee after Christine Bingham resigned from the role on Monday.

The touring three-day festival will stop at the Six Nations Sports and Cultural Memorial Centre on Jan. 3.

A winter weather advisory is in place for Niagara, Haldimand and Norfolk, warning "brief but intense snowfall" is expected to drop up to five centimetres on Tuesday morning.

Members of the Hamilton Encampment Support Network (HESN) and other advocates, who were arrested by police during protests last week, described their experience during a media conference Monday morning.

Ontario's chief medical officer of health says the province is investigating two potential cases of a new COVID-19 variant in Hamilton.

George Qua-Enoo recently moved to South Africa for work. Now, with concern spreading about the omicron variant of coronavirus and countries, including Canada, shutting down international flights, he's wondering when he will next be able to visit his kids.

Ontario is reviewing measures to protect residents in the wake of a newly discovered COVID-19 variant of concern in the province, chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said.

Brandon Banks and Don Jackson scored touchdowns as an opportunistic Hamilton Tiger-Cats squad defeated the Montreal Alouettes 23-12 in the East Division semifinal on a snowy Sunday afternoon.