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Investigators said the two men knew each other, but police are still working to better understand their relationship. The motive for the incident is still under investigation.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost the Grey Cup game in front of a hometown crowd, but the players and the people cheering them on managed to win over some rival fans.

A family from Shoal Lake 40 Ojibway First Nation is seeking answers about the death of 32-year-old Brent Sky just hours after he was discharged from the hospital in Kenora, Ont. Sky's parents spoke to CBC while sorting through photos and sharing stories about him.

Zach Collaros' 13-yard touchdown strike to Darvin Adams in overtime earned the Winnipeg Blue Bombers a thrilling 33-25 Grey Cup win over the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton on a windy Sunday night.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans went down in the second quarter of the Grey Cup on Sunday, being replaced by Jeremiah Masoli. Evans had completed four of nine passes for 24 yards and one interception.

A Hungarian court has ordered the extradition of a man police said fled Canada following a February homicide in Stoney Creek.

Chants of "Oskee Wee Wee" are echoing through Hamilton, the streets flooded with CFL jerseys and rival fans are taking part in some good-natured ribbing. It's Grey Cup Sunday.

With the Grey Cup between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers taking over Tim Hortons Field this Sunday, area residents can expect some traffic challenges around the stadium.

At the Tim Hortons Field concession stand, Will Kish sells fresh tacos, sliders and drinks. He notices that, at Hamilton Tiger-Cats games, very few of his customers are anywhere close to his age.

A letter from the City of Hamilton to Stipley residents says "parking will NOT be permitted on the front lawns of area homes," making the change the "talk of the neighbourhood" — unsurprising for an area where life revolves around the stadium.

Two of the suspects are facing charges of robbery with intent to steal and use of weapons. The third is facing five charges of robbery with intent to steal, use of weapons and failing to comply with release orders.

Niagara police are investigating the use of marine animals at Marineland after receiving a complaint from a member of the public.

A new library of assistive devices is launching in Hamilton, and organizers hope it will provide free access to wheelchairs, crutches, ankle braces and other items.

Sunday's Grey Cup game in Hamilton marks 50 years since the kids of Tiger-Cat superfan Eva Quildon landed in Canada after leaving Trinidad and Tobago.

She grew up playing with her dolls' hair, but now Lohifa Pogoson-Acker is designing the hair of some high-profile cats — the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who will play against Winnipeg Blue Bombers in this weekend's Grey Cup.

In a reversal of their roles from the last CFL title game, the Blue Bombers are the best team but the Tiger-Cats are the sentimental favourites for Sunday's rematch.

Brantford police have arrested two Brampton men after seizing $12 million worth of cocaine set to cross the U.S. border into Canada.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hosted the 1965 CFL championship against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and it took 19 years before the teams squared off again.

Dane Evans will start at quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Sunday's Grey Cup against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

An abandoned cemetery southeast of Hamilton which is the final resting place for at least a dozen Black settlers, including a niece of renowned anti-slavery icon Harriet Tubman, will soon be restored, thanks to some local volunteers and county councillors.

Mammoths didn’t die out until about 6,000 years ago — more recently than previously believed — as did the wild horses that once grazed the plains of North America, according to new findings out of McMaster University.

A volunteer with the Hamilton Encampment Support Network (HESN) told city councillors on Wednesday that the level of force used by Hamilton police at J.C. Beemer Park two weeks ago was unnecessarily high.

Waves of fans who are crossing provincial and international borders to watch the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup game on Sunday at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field.

The city has already racked up more than $11 million in costs, and that price tag is only expected to rise as the probe into the buried friction report continues.

A U.S. Coast Guard diver recovered a body from a submerged vehicle stuck in the rapids just metres from the brink of Niagara Falls on Wednesday.

A Nigerian medical student's illustration of a Black fetus in utero was shared by a McMaster University assistant professor from Hamilton and has gone viral. It's also led to questions about the lack of diversity in medical drawings.

The City of Burlington has licensed a new taxi service called Blue Line Taxi to address the gap in services left by the closure of Burlington Taxi in November.

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.