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Seven-time JUNO award nominee Scott Helman is among the headliners for Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games’ 13 For 13 Cultural Festival.

A 24-year–old man has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a woman on Monday, Hamilton police say.

Supercrawl organizers on Thursday unveiled the musical lineup for this fall’s free festival weekend, taking place Sept. 9-11 along James Street North in downtown Hamilton.

Twenty-eight people have been arrested after a one-month investigation into criminal activity involving stolen vehicles and more, Hamilton police say.

McMaster University's biology greenhouse is expecting to see their stinky corpse flower 'Arthur' bloom over the weekend.

As Pride Hamilton gets ready for its first in-person celebration since 2019, some community members say the Hamilton Police Service should be doing more to build back the fractured relationship.

Considered a long shot at the beginning of the Canadian Hockey League championship due to a first-round loss in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs, the host Saint John Sea Dogs downed the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 in Wednesday's championship game.

Two men have been charged with second-degree murder, police say, in connection with the killing of Hamilton man Shane Grenier, the first homicide victim in the city in 2022.

The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and a local pickleball club were found to have violated the town's own noise by-law, resulting in a $1000 for each party and closure of the outdoor courts for two years.

On Thursday, Hamilton Public Health Services is hosting a pop-up vaccination clinic for monkeypox. The clinic will be operating by appointment only, from 9 am to 6 pm in the East End Public Health Clinic at 247 Centennial Pkwy. N.

St. Catharines city council has passed a motion to begin consulting with migrant workers on city initiatives that affect them, such as its upcoming Active Transportation Master Plan.

Nick Nurse was about to launch into his pitch to Canada's NBA players last summer in Las Vegas, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander interrupted him.

As St. Catharines, Ont., welcomes Cirque du Soleil's only production on ice, a local business has paid tribute to the show in their own sweet way — a doughnut by the same name.

The Ontario NDP named a longtime Toronto MPP as its interim leader and postponed its decision on setting a date for party members to choose a replacement for former leader Andrea Horwath.

Hamilton police are looking for a suspect in a violent sexual assault Monday that has left a woman in 'life-threatening' condition.

The head of Ontario’s pandemic expert science table says a subvariant of Omicron is expected to soon become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the province.

The city of St. Catharines is now a certified living wage employer, pledging to pay all direct and indirect employees a living wage by Dec. 2024.

Hamilton police are investigating three separate shootings that took place within the span of about an hour Monday night.

Jan Mysak scored 10:08 into overtime Monday as the Hamilton Bulldogs clinched a berth in Wednesday's Memorial Cup final with a 4-3 victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes at TD Station in Saint John, N.B.

Hamilton police have arrested a 50-year-old man for uttering threats and possessing or making an explosive for an unlawful purpose.

Arkells brought thousands of happy fans to Tim Hortons Field this past Saturday for The Rally, the second edition originally scheduled for June 2020.

While the Hamilton backdrop is important to cultivating the mood for Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy, production of the show during Season 2 had a significant economic impact in Ontario, according to the MPA-Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will have a very "aggressive" housing plan moving forward.

A section of the Lincoln Alexander Parkway was closed after commercial truck hit overpass at Upper Sherman Avenue causing debris to spread across the highway. Shortly after 6 p.m. the city said it was reopened.

Two years after Regan Russell was killed after a transport truck driver drove over her, Mark Powell is turning to civil court to try to get answers about his wife's death.

How student learning is measured is one element of the education system that's been upset by the pandemic. Students, parents and teachers alike worry about lost learning since March 2020, while education researchers decry Canada's lack of data showing where student learning is at — crucial information for targeting the supports needed to bridge pandemic gaps.

After a pandemic hiatus, Pride events returned to many cities around the world on Sunday.

The federal public safety minister said he wants people to celebrate Canada Day, but with protests planned for the upcoming holiday weekend in Ottawa, Marco Mendicino says he's hoping the mistakes of last winter won't be repeated.

Hundreds of thousands of people attended Sunday's Pride parade in downtown Toronto, marking the return of in-person festivities for the annual LGBTQ celebration.

Community members in Hamilton and Niagara regions say they worry about the impact in Canada and the U.S., following Friday's ruling that has the potential to claw back abortion access across the U.S.

Despite widespread harms against 2SLGBT people by many religions, some people from the community are pursuing faith on their own terms, reconciling with it and redefining what it means to be spiritual.

Willie Jefferson intercepted a Dane Evans' pass for a fourth-quarter touchdown in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' 26-12 win Friday over the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Mason McTavish scored twice and had an assist for the Hamilton Bulldogs in a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Memorial Cup on Friday.

The United Steelworkers Union says it will keep contacting and pressing Ontario’s labour minister until he agrees to a meeting to discuss the “deplorable health and safety situation at National Steel Car in Hamilton.”

In contrast to her faith community which she says made her feel ashamed for her body and sexual choices, Ann Marie Elpa found acceptance in the pro-choice movement.

Premier Doug Ford unveiled his slightly expanded new cabinet Friday, with several top posts unchanged and Sylvia Jones stepping into the role of minister of health, one of the province's most important files.

A man who was allegedly assaulted by a Hamilton police officer says he's lost trust in the police service after a recent interaction. The incident was captured on video.

Cayuga man and veteran Welby (Ike) Isaacs has been awarded the first USS Arizona Medal of Freedom in Hamilton. The Ontario city is home to the lab that rolled steel from one of the Pearl Harbor battleships that sank in 1941, helping to create the medals for a U.S. foundation.

As the Bombers prepare to host the winless Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-2) on Friday — the club they beat for back-to-back Grey Cup titles — the focus is on correcting mistakes on both sides of the ball.

Hamilton police are asking the public to help them find a Hamilton man who has been missing for a week.

Families Minister Karina Gould, the minister responsible for passport services, said Thursday the government is adding more staff on the ground to help triage hours-long lineups at many passport offices as tens of thousands of people look to get their hands on travel documents.

A new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says the country's housing stock would need to climb to over 22 million units by 2030 to achieve affordability for everyone living in Canada. That means 3.5 million more units than currently projected need to be built across the country.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say a 74-year-old man's body was found in Lake Erie on Wednesday.

Hamilton police say a 68-year-old woman is dead after a Wednesday morning fire at a Mountain apartment. There's also an estimated $200K worth of damage, according to the fire department.

Environment Canada and the office of Hamilton's medical officer of health have cancelled the heat warning that started on Tuesday.

The timing of your next COVID-19 vaccine may be more important than ever as highly contagious Omicron subvariants are on the rise in Canada and waning immunity from previous vaccination and infection threatens to fuel another surge.

If you've attended a Soaring Spirits powwow, you likely know Christine Cayuga's cooking. The powwow runs this weekend and while Christine can't be there this year, she can also be found running the Gage Park Diner on Main Street.

Councillor Terry Whitehead has been docked pay for a second time for allegations of bullying, this time for reportedly trying to intimidate the city clerk and the city’s the executive director of human resources.

As summer sets in, Hamilton-area teachers, families and education unions are raising concerns about hot classrooms.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to do more to fix what he calls an "unacceptable" state of affairs at the country's passport offices that have been overwhelmed in recent days as thousands of Canadians scramble to get their hands on the necessary documents before travelling abroad.