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Canadians are getting creative trying to cut the long waits for passports that have been dragging on for close to five months after a surge in post-pandemic travel demand overwhelmed the system.

The top-seeded Hamilton Honey Badgers captured their first Canadian Elite Basketball League title with a 90-88 victory over the expansion Scarborough Shooting Stars on Sunday in Ottawa.

Starting Monday, crews will begin overnight work to reduce Main Street from five lanes to four and will also add a bus lane, a pedestrian buffer on the south lane, and bump outs.

The Hamilton Mountain is getting a new family medicine clinic that is poised to serve roughly 3,600 patients, an addition that comes amid a Canadian shortage of family physicians.

Ottawa is making plans to expand the offerings of its ArriveCAN app even as criticism continues to mount over the mandatory data-entry process for travellers entering the country.

There's a fresh cohort of new educators eager to fill the gaps this coming school year, especially after many saw first-hand the last few years how much they're needed. However, some are facing obstacles — both new and pre-dating the pandemic — to getting stable work in classrooms.

With a number of Ontario emergency rooms forced to close this summer due to staffing crunches, one paramedic chief outside Ottawa says a more community-based approach to health care could help ease the pressure.

The City of Hamilton voted Friday in favour of no longer requiring current staff to provide proof of vaccination.

Hamilton's fire chief says "significant quantities of hand sanitizer" is keeping a large barn fire burning near Flamborough.

A union representing Ontario education workers is planning to talk about organizing strike votes at a meeting later this month, a move the education minister calls "needless escalation."

Two Hamilton city councillors cautioned local public health officials about how they presented new monkeypox data, saying it could stigmatize gay and bisexual men.

With a string of events coming up in Hamilton as the summer progresses, here's a guide to some things you could do this weekend.

Paige Poelman says she gets some surprised reactions when she tells people at the Canada Summer Games, now underway in the Niagara Region of Ontario, that she’s on the Yukon’s beach volleyball team.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the CEBL's championship weekend, which features four Ontario teams each battling for their first title.

After new reports of polio cases abroad, and virus samples in the wastewater of several other developed countries, Canada intends to start testing wastewater from a number of cities "as soon as possible," CBC News has learned.

Ontario is reporting 96 more deaths linked to COVID-19 over the past seven days, making this the deadliest week of the seventh wave so far.

The city's public works committee has unanimously voted to install security cameras in John Rebecca Park to try and address concerns about an encampment there.

The Hamilton Police Services Board is requesting the police service review all policies and procedures related to prisoner handling and use of force after an officer was accused of assaulting an Indigenous man during an arrest.

The victim in the latest homicide in Hamilton is Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis, police have confirmed following an autopsy.

Hamilton public health is warning residents to avoid all contact with water near Pier 4 in the city's harbour after discovering a toxin-producing blue-green algae.

Temporary emergency room closures and increased wait times have become increasingly common in Ontario as the province's health-care system grapples with staffing shortages.

More than four years after the launch of a class action lawsuit against a company that ran student travel excursions, an Ontario court has approved a settlement between the organization and former trip leaders who argued they were not paid as employees.

Alberta led the way on Wednesday, picking up four of its 13 total gold medals in the pool at the Canada Games.

Hamilton city councillors unanimously voted Wednesday to support a federal government initiative to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs.

Hamilton police say officers are searching for a "serial arsonist" after a man ignited fires at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses twice in two days.

ArtLotto, founded by painter Gabriel Baribeau, is reimagining the way art gets bought and sold while supporting both artists and community causes.

Police have arrested an 18-year-old from Mississauga after an April shooting on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls that killed a teenager and hurt two others.

Ontario is set to introduce legislation today to give large municipal leaders so-called strong mayor powers as a way to get housing built more quickly.

'Tip creep' is spreading to card payment machines way beyond restaurants, bars and hair salons - prompting questions over those companies' motives and calls for a rethink of Canada's tipping culture.

As emergency rooms in some parts of Canada reduce their hours due to staffing shortages, analysts warn the system is buckling. Data from Statistics Canada shows the rise in overtime among nurses predates the pandemic, and it has only gotten worse.

Two weeks after buying a home in Alberta, Vince and Ayşe Macdonald found themselves in Ancaster, Ont. — and the couple brought their tiny home with them. Their small abode was among those featured at the recent Tiny Home Show, where builders showcased the maximum benefits of minimalist living.

The City of Hamilton says commuters can continue to expect delays near the city's core on King Street East due to a road closure.

City council's general issues committee approved new initiatives aimed at tackling climate change, including the creation of a new climate-change office to oversee the city's efforts.

A 14-year-old is among a group of people charged after Niagara police seized guns and $122,000 worth of drugs on Monday.

A 23-year-old registered practical nurse is facing numerous assault charges after Niagara police say he 'deliberately' injured a toddler.

The union representing Hamilton transit workers is lambasting city council for its plans to follow through with its mandatory vaccine policy, despite a recent staff report that said it could cost between $2.7 million and $7.3 million.

More can be done to ease health system pressures in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford's throne speech acknowledged Tuesday, but no new solutions were offered to the problem that's led to temporary emergency room closures across the province.

Jaida Lee made history at the Canada Summer Games on Monday, becoming the first female to play in the male baseball competition since it began in 1967.

Hamilton police have charged a 41-year-old man with second-degree murder after guitarist Gord Lewis of the punk rock band Teenage Head was found dead Sunday.

Hamilton’s medical officer of health, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, has issued an extended heat warning as the city bakes under temperatures expected to feel like 40 C on Monday.

Masks won't be mandatory in schools this September, according to the Education Ministry.

Commuters should expect cancellations on GO and UP Express trains over the next two weeks as Metrolinx experiences staff shortages due to illness, the Crown agency says.

The union representing 2,200 GO Transit bus operators, station attendants, plant and fleet maintenance workers, transit safety officers, and office professionals says its members have voted 93 per cent in favour of going on strike if necessary.

Provincial politicians returned to Ontario's legislature Monday and re-elected Ted Arnott as Speaker, ahead of the government presenting a throne speech and reintroduced budget on Tuesday.

Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec have the most medals with four and Ontario has the most golds with four as competition in the 2022 Canada Summer Games got underway Sunday.

An encampment of people experiencing homelessness in downtown Hamilton has sparked tensions with businesses and residents in the neighbourhood.

Growing up, Lise Watson knew home ownership wasn’t for her. But she worries about housing affordability as the future of co-ops like her own seems uncertain.

Benoit Marion returned a blocked punt 24 yards for the go-ahead touchdown to rally the Toronto Argonauts to a wild 34-20 home win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday night.

Canadian Blood Services is urging donors to keep their appointments because it predicts it will fall short of supplies of certain types of blood products next week.

It's the first time the traditional Indigenous sport of box lacrosse has been played at the Canada Games since 1985. This year will also be the first year women have ever been able to play the sport at the competition, which kicks off Saturday.