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Hamilton city councillors unanimously passed a new bylaw designed to prevent the mayhem seen at last year's "fake homecoming" event near McMaster University which saw numerous people arrested and a car get flipped over.

The regional coroner says the inquest into the death of Devon Freeman — an Indigenous teenager whose body was found just metres from a group home months after he was reported missing — will begin on Sept. 26.

Two members of the St. Catharines anti-racism advisory committee have resigned, citing city council's "consistent lack of support."

Brantford's chief of police is investigating how his officers could have raided the wrong home while carrying out a drug trafficking investigation.

Here's what mayoral candidates have put out publicly so far to get votes on Oct. 24.

Canadian Individual Slam Poetry champion Eddie Lartey delivers a spoken word performance from CBC Hamilton's office during Supercrawl.

Keris Hope Hill of Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., makes her acting debut in Rosie. It premiered in front of a sold-out crowd at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday and screens again Wednesday.

Ontario will not declare Monday a public holiday for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral next week, Premier Doug Ford's office confirmed Tuesday.

York Boulevard remains open but the Hamilton Cemetery is expected to stay closed Tuesday as Ontario’s police watchdog investigates events that led to the death of a gunman in the cemetery on Monday afternoon, after a police officer and a man were shot dead.

Visual artist Kiera Boult, one of the performers at the 2022 Supercrawl festival, describes her project, Hamilton's My Lady, which explores her complicated relationship with the city.

The developer behind controversial efforts to build a subdivision in Caledonia, Ont., was back in court Monday, trying to get a permanent injunction against demonstrators from Six Nations who have been on the site for over two years.

The falls will glisten royal blue every night during Queen Elizabeth II’s official mourning period until Sept. 19.

A gunman shot and killed a Toronto police officer at close range at a Mississauga, Ont., restaurant Monday afternoon in what police described as an unprovoked "ambush."

There’s little question that money plays a big role in political campaigns. But how much does it cost to win a municipal election? That depends on whether you’re an incumbent or a challenger, says a Hamilton researcher.

Adults in Ontario can begin booking a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster dose on Monday, the province says. Spots opened for everyone as of 8 a.m. ET, though appointments for especially vulnerable people will be prioritized until September 26 before widening to all residents 18 and older.

The first week of college and university in Canada has passed, but thousands of international students were not at orientation or in classrooms because they are still waiting on study permits.

Supercrawl came back in full swing this weekend, for the first time in person since 2019, and Hamilton showed up.

A woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car Friday night. According to police, the woman was crossing Mohawk Road East neat East 45th Street on Friday night when a car struck her.

At 11:19 p.m. on Friday, a tweet from GO’s Lakeshore West Train account said, “We have received a report of a person struck by a train west of Exhibition GO." Passengers say they were stuck on that train for hours with no communication from GO Transit.

At the age of 87, Gladys Sibley's biggest regret in life, as she faces her final years, is that she isn't spending this time with people who love her.

With crowds filling James Street North late into Friday evening, Supercrawl is officially back in Hamilton this weekend.

Hamilton police say a 22-year-old man has been arrested after a break-in at a home in the Westdale neighbourhood, in an incident they're investigating as a hate crime.

Nearly 20 years after her attempt to become the first female leader of the federal Liberal party, Sheila Copps has thrown her support behind Andrea Horwath in Horwath's bid to become the first woman elected mayor in Hamilton.

Hamilton police are trying to identify the man they say wrote multiple anti-Semitic messages around the city's core this week.

Hamilton’s Indigenous community is hosting a candlelight vigil Sunday in the wake of mass stabbings in James Smith Cree Nation and nearby Weldon, Sask., that killed 10 people and hurt 18 others.

Supercrawl is back after a three-year break for COVID, and this year's festival is jam packed with live music, art performances, vendors, kids activities and fun.

There are 45 days, or 1,079 hours, until Oct. 24 — the day Hamiltonians cast their ballots and decide who their mayor, councillors and school board trustees will be for the next four years. Here's your one-stop-shop for voting this year.

Indigenous organizations in Manitoba are sending condolences to the Royal Family after the death of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, but some in the community remain conflicted over the Crown's colonial history of abuses against First Nations, Métis and Inuit people.

Indigenous scholar Allan Downey tells the story of Indigenous ironworkers from the Haudenosaunee community of Kahnawake in Quebec and how they helped build New York’s skyline. Downey calls it a resurgent history, aimed at reviving Indigenous culture, traditions and governance.

Justin Vovk, a PhD candidate in early modern history at McMaster University who specializes in royals history, said mass media made Queen Elizabeth's reign unique and will also impact her funeral.

Queen Elizabeth, Canada's head of state and the longest-reigning British monarch, has died. She was 96.

The City of Hamilton is alerting downtown drivers, commuters and road users to plan routes around Supercrawl this weekend from Thursday to Monday.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating an early Thursday morning arrest, where a Hamilton police officer fired his gun at an armed suspect.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after "sexually propositioning high-school aged females" at Aldershot High School, police say.

The Haudenosaunee Development Institute is asking the city of Hamilton to submit an application and pay a $3,000 to $5,000 fee for the group to review all public works projects moving forward. The city says it can't do that, but will consider monitors for dredging Chedoke Creek.

Residents and local ACORN chapters held a rally on Wednesday to launch its Beat the Heat campaign, where the group outlined four demands to the city in order to make summers more bearable for residents as temperatures get higher.

The K-pop, hip-hop girl group BLACKPINK will be performing at Hamilton's First Ontario Centre Nov. 6 and 7 as part of their Born Pink album tour.

A charity under the United Steelworkers union is sending $15,000 in emergency aid to humanitarian efforts in Pakistan as the country continues to deal recover from massive flooding. The union represents ArcelorMittal, CN and other companies.

Four years after CHAR Technologies opened its demonstration pyrolysis plant in London, Ont., it's expanding and moving the operation to the Niagara Region. The facility cooks wood waste in a kiln in an oxygen-free process that allows conversion to a fossil coal replacement and renewable natural gas. "What's really important right now is to stay away from fossil fuels when possible," one researcher says.

Ontario's minister of health has told the province's nursing college to go ahead with regulatory changes that could get thousands more internationally trained nurses into practice more quickly.

Some parents in Hamilton have conflicted feelings about going back to school now that restrictions have loosened up significantly.

Discount airline Swoop says its winter schedule is expanding, allowing travellers to fly from Hamilton to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic or from Hamilton to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The elected council of Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., is sending condolences to James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan after mass stabbings on the weekend that left 10 people dead and 18 injured.

Hamilton police say there was no foul play involved in the death of a three-year-old girl near the Binbrook Conservation Area on Saturday.

Hamilton police say a 38-year-old man has been arrested after two sexual assaults on Chegwin Trail near McMaster University.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the shooting death of a 52-year-old man on Sunday afternoon by officers in Port Colborne, Ont.

Parents of students returning to school this week are struggling to afford supplies, food, clothing, and to pay bills due to inflation. Many local organizations are ramping up backpack programs to help families in need.

Brandon Banks scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to earn the Toronto Argonauts a 28-8 Labour Day victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on a misty Monday afternoon.

Union leaders praised the newest generation of Canadians to enter the workforce on Labour Day Monday, saying the youthful cohort's priorities — combined with changing standards ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic — are doing much to revitalize the country's labour movement.

Rent-to-own advocates say this model of home financing allows people with limited or damaged credit who can’t qualify for a traditional mortgage to work toward ownership. But others caution that it is untested and has some pitfalls.