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Once finalists are selected, residents will be able to vote on a new name for the park. Then the favourites will be handed over to council for final approval.

The family of a 24-year-old Ottawa man who represented Canada at the 2015 Junior Pan American Games said police have recovered his body from Lake Ontario.

Post-secondary students are telling Elections Canada staff to do "as much as they can" to encourage students to cast ballots after the agency cancelled the Vote on Campus program for the 2021 federal election.

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh visited Hamilton on Tuesday to support local NDP candidate Malcolm Allen, who is running in a riding with a seat up for grabs.

The last time The Perennial Philosophy was seen at the HPL Terryberry branch, Bryan Adams' Please Forgive Me was at the top of the charts in Canada and Jean Chrétien had just been elected prime minister for the first time.

Standing in an Ancaster subdivision, the Liberal leader shared details of a three-point plan, including a "rent-to-own" program with $1 billion in new funding that the party says will "create a pathway for renters in five years or less."

The family of 24-year-old Steve Nkusi, a former competitive track athlete, fear the worst but are hoping police, who have been scanning the waters at Sunset Beach for the past three days, will soon provide answers.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau promised Tuesday a suite of new measures to help Canadians buy a home at a time when the red-hot housing market has made owning property seem like a distant dream for many young people.

Vaccination clinics at Tim Hortons Field, home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Forge FC, are being held Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET, and Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All Hamilton Tiger-Cat and Forge FC employees, event staff, ticketholders and media must provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter Tim Hortons Field, it was announced Monday.

What do you want to know about what school will look like this fall? CBC Hamilton's Conrad Collaco asks public school board chair chair Dawn Danko this Thursday at noon. She'll take your questions and respond to your comments.

Hamilton has entered an extended heat warning, with the possibility temperatures will continue to soar above 31 C into mid-week.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will run from Tuesday, August 24 to Sunday, September 5, 2021. Team Canada includes 128 athletes competing in 18 sports. Catch all the action on CBC.

Provincial police are investigating after a car crashed into a Dunnville home, causing extensive damage.

Internet speed tests conducted last year across Canada reveal the extent to which quality internet service remains a pipe dream for many, including residents of Winnipeg.

Kwame Awuah scored deep into second-half stoppage time to salvage a point for Forge FC in a 1-1 draw with HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League Sunday.

A search is underway for a man who went missing in the water at Sunset Beach in St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Police said.

A heat warning in effect for Hamilton is expected to remain in place until at least Wednesday, Environment Canada said.

A 20-year-old man — Cadence Beauparlant — has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the shooting of 17-year-old Myah Larmond last year, police said.

Ontario reported 722 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths on Sunday.

A motorcyclist was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a collision in Port Colborne Saturday afternoon, Niagara Regional Police said.

What looks to be Canada’s first literary festival to focus on Haudenosaunee writing and storytelling will be held on Aug. 25 and 26.

Are you ready to have the best garden on your block? Here's how: Ask an expert. Be part of our award-winning live chat with expert gardeners. Also listen to the call-in show with Ontario Today's Ed Lawrence. Call in by dialling 1-888-817-8995 on Monday.

The City of Hamilton is considering a policy to make two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all city employees.

Ontario reported 650 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the most on a single day since early June, while the number of patients being treated for COVID-related illnesses in critical care rose to 135.

Hamilton's medical officer of health said people are at increased risk of getting the West Nile virus from mosquitoes after a batch of them tested positive this week.

Hamilton Police Services raided a home looking for more than dozen guns but left empty-handed. The people in the home that night want answers. Legal experts say there needs to be more oversight on no-knock raids.

A Hamilton teenager was only 12 when she was pressured into sending revealing photos of herself. Experts say adults have to stop blaming the victims and pretending these incidents don't happen.

In the last election in 2019, the Communist Party got less than one per cent of the vote, according to Elections Canada. Although the party says Hamilton membership has increased four-fold, it remains one of a handful of alternative groups on the ballot box that run alongside the mainstream parties.

Ontario reported 531 further cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, and for a second straight day data on the number of patients being treated for COVID-related critical illnesses was not available.

Monica Chisar disappeared in 2018 and her remains were found late in 2019, and now a 40-year-old man faces murder and another charge after his arrest by the OPP and Hamilton police.

With a lagging vaccination rate and what appears to be the start of a fourth COVID-19 wave, Hamilton vaccine clinics are offering rewards and perks to people who get their shot.

A Hamilton man has been arrested after police say he promoted hatred against Muslim people online.

An exiled journalist and McMaster student say they're devastated for family members stuck in Afghanistan after the Taliban swept into Kabul.

A Toronto man has been arrested after police say he was connected to the takedown of a Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Hamilton.

It's common to have robust races in Hamilton and area. What's less common: five local MPs are retiring from office.

Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault is assuring Canadians that voting in the federal election will be safe despite Elections Canada's decision to not require the more than 250,000 polling officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Rev. Lourdy Dorismond wasn’t just watching the scenes from Haiti with horror these past few days — he was also desperately trying to contact his mom after the devastating earthquake.

The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is opening pop-up vaccine clinics as its vaccination rate lags behind the rest of the province.

Ontario announced new measures to combat the fourth wave of COVID-19, including mandatory vaccination policies in education and several health-care settings; booster shots for some and a pause on further loosening of restrictions.

One cancer doctor's message to Canadians: "Don’t delay. Get checked out." As Ontario and other provinces work through a surgical backlog, some patients are facing more aggressive surgeries and tougher choices than they might have a year ago.

In a city with few overtly gay businesses and bars, grassroots meetup groups are bringing the community together.

McMaster University and Mohawk College are requiring all students, faculty, staff and visitors who will be on campus or attending university facilities this fall to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

An organizer of the Hamilton Indigenous Unity rally that was followed by the John A. Macdonald statue in Gore Park being pulled down said it is just the "tip of the iceberg" toward Indigenous reconciliation.

Ontario reported 526 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, alongside no further deaths linked to the illness for a second straight day.

Sweetie came to Canada in March after she was hit by a car in Kentucky. Just a short while after the Great Pyrenees was rescued, she helped save someone else.

From how COVID-19 will impact the voting process to issues such as climate change and economic recovery, residents say they're going to be watching this shorter-than-usual campaign closely.

Ontario reported 511 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths on Sunday.

Damage is estimated to be in the "millions of dollars" following a three-alarm fire on Barton Street Saturday that had nearby residents sheltering in place and closing their windows to keep out the smoke, according to the Hamilton Fire Department.

Canadian voters will head to the polls on Sept. 20. Following a meeting with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau this morning, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon approved his request to dissolve Parliament, triggering the issuing of the election writs and formally beginning Canada's 44th federal election.