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Maureen Cosyn Heath has been named as the new head of the Hamilton Street Railway. The new role follows years with the Southwestern Ontario Student Transportation Services and a decade at the London Transit Commission.
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by Bobby Hristova on (#5KBKM)
Hamilton's medical officer of health says public health is reserving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for youth aged 12 to 17 and says most people getting a shot this week can expect a Moderna dose.
by Bobby Hristova on (#5KBKN)
Public health units in Hamilton and Niagara in soluthern Ontario are getting creative to vaccinate people between ages 12 and 40.
by Bobby Hristova on (#5KB2T)
The Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) says a lack of provincial support for the Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia has reached an "unsafe point."
by CBC News on (#5KB2V)
A man who has been a member of the Norfolk County OPP auxiliary unit for five years is facing a list of charges, including sexual assault and possession of child pornography, according to provincial police.
by CBC News on (#5KAQM)
The statement warned thunderstorms with "frequent lightning" and "heavy downpours" were expected to roll through the Hamilton area on Monday morning. It ended around 8:30 a.m.
by CBC News on (#5KADE)
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.
by Dan Taekema on (#5KA72)
The statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in downtown Hamilton has been covered in fabric from head to toe and wrapped tightly with a red rope. Indigenous community members want it to be removed, but the city says it has no plans to take it down.
by Dan Taekema on (#5KA3W)
Animal rights activists around the globe gathered this weekend for memorials, vigils and demonstrations marking the death of Regan Russell.
by CBC News on (#5K9ZG)
Ontario reported 318 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down from 355 new cases on Saturday. The province is also reporting 12 additional deaths.
by CBC News on (#5K9TN)
Officers were called to the the area of Columbus Gate and Lexington Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Friday following reports of a shooting.
by Reina Cowan on (#5K8JS)
After a year of suffering under COVID-19, the first ever Hamilton Queer Film Festival will celebrate this year, a growing collection of films that aren’t about trauma.
by Desmond Brown on (#5K8G3)
Low-cost airline Swoop is on the rebound after being hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, head of commercial and finance Bert van der Stege said Friday.
by Pat Eaton-Robb on (#5K8EG)
A Connecticut aquarium plans to auction off the chance to name three of its five recently arrived beluga whales to raise money for their care and to offset the cost of transporting them from Canada.
by Christine Rankin on (#5K8B8)
Hamilton paramedics helped 48,412 people get to a hospital in 2020 — an average of 132 patients a day. Here's a look at other numbers throughout the year.
by CBC News on (#5K84Z)
A 45-year-old man has been arrested after another man was stabbed following a collision in St. Catharines Thursday evening, Niagara Regional Police Service says.
by Bobby Hristova on (#5K7WA)
Niagara police are investigating after a video appears to show a driver missing a stop sign and nearly hitting an 11-year-old on a bike.
by Christine Rankin on (#5K7KR)
A woman who grew up playing piano and accordion in Barbados and died after years of experiencing homelessness in Hamilton is at the heart of Denise Davy's new book, Her Name Was Margaret: Life and Death on the Streets.
by CBC News on (#5K6WP)
Being named a hot spot for the variant means Hamilton residents who received a first mRNA dose as of May 30 can book a second dose after a shorter wait.
by CBC News on (#5K6SK)
The Royal Botanical Gardens, which owns environmental protection areas and cultural gardens in southern Ontario, wants people to resist taking photos of turtles and sharing them on social media because it could endanger the population.
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CBC Radio One is presenting a special program for National Indigenous Peoples Day, called "We Walk Together." In this preview, host Sean Vanderklis speaks to instructors Deanne Hupfield from Temagami First Nation and Gloria Ranger from Neskantaga First Nation about the power of powwows.
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by CBC News on (#5K6NS)
The City of Hamilton says an employee has been fired and faces police charges following reports of a theft.
by Dan Taekema on (#5K62C)
For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding "travelling wall" bearing some 1,500 names of children like himself who were forced to attend the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont. Now, he's launched a fundraiser to make it a permanent monument.
by The Canadian Press on (#5K5V8)
CPL champion Forge FC has been drawn against El Salvador's CD FAS in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League.
by CBC News on (#5K5KB)
The Niagara Regional Police Service is offering up to $50,000 for information that would help solve the killing of two women in Fort Erie.
by CBC News on (#5K5BS)
The owner of Little Ray's Nature Centres, which previously said it may have to close its rescue zoos in Hamilton and Ottawa and relocate about 900 exotic animals due to COVID-19 restrictions, will keep operating after all.
by CBC News on (#5K5BT)
Hamilton police have identified the victim of a homicide at an east-end building as Patrick Chaddock, and charged a 47-year-old with second-degree murder.
by Colin Butler on (#5K6C8)
An anti-poverty group is calling a Toronto-based developer's plan to buy $1 billion worth of single-family homes and turn them into rental properties a "frightening" example of how even more people will be priced out of an increasingly expensive housing market.
by CBC News on (#5K51Z)
The Hamilton Low Water Response Team has declared a level one low water condition for the entire watershed and is urging people to reduce their water use by 10 per cent.
by Bobby Hristova on (#5K4VF)
Brantford police say they've charged someone with second-degree murder for the death of 37-year-old Shannon MacDougall.
by CBC News on (#5K4SG)
Hamilton police are offering a $50,000 cash reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest or conviction of whoever murdered Giorgio Barresi.
by Christine Rankin on (#5K4SH)
The city of Hamilton will take its first step in hammering out an agreement to take the $3.4-billion offer from the federal and provincial governments for a light-rail transit (LRT) system.
by CBC News on (#5K42Q)
Niagara Regional Police say two men are facing murder charges after a man was assaulted and later died.
by CBC News on (#5K40H)
Tina Moffat and hundreds of other families have signed a petition opposing new school bell times in Hamilton that would mean starting and leaving classes outside normal hours.
by CBC News on (#5K3XX)
The director of Hamilton's public school board says the province rejected its plea to return to in-person learning for the last week of this school year.
by Christine Rankin on (#5K3V4)
The city says running a light-rail transit (LRT) system in Hamilton would cost somewhere between $6.4 million to $16.5 million per year, depending on ridership changes and how many buses are removed.
by Dan Taekema on (#5K3M0)
Hamilton resident Jabril Abdalla, charged with murder in the shooting death of Angelo Musitano, has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of participating in a criminal organization and was sentenced to time served of 46 months.
by Bobby Hristova on (#5K3G9)
The child of a residential school survivor is upset with a Roman Catholic diocese's pastor in southern Ontario who threw away shoes left in front of his church because he thought they were a tripping hazard and too dirty.
by CBC News on (#5K3D5)
Provincial police have raided a licensed cannabis operation in St. Catharines, seizing thousands of plants worth more than $14 million.
by CBC News on (#5K3D6)
A Hamilton man is facing more than a dozen charges, including attempted murder, after being arrested in connection with a March shooting that left a woman injured, according to police.
by Adam Carter on (#5K3A6)
The provincial government is earmarking $10 million in funding over a three-year span to identify, investigate and commemorate residential school burial sites in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford announced at a Tuesday morning news conference.
by CBC News on (#5K2FJ)
McMaster University is going to run a $28.4 million hub and collaborate with automotive and aerospace giants to create electric, autonomous and energy-efficient technology.
by Christine Rankin on (#5K2D1)
Hamilton reported only 11 new COVID-19 cases on Monday as numbers continue to decline, but city modelling suggests that the delta variant has the potential to bump cases up again.
by Christine Rankin on (#5K2FK)
Liberal MP Bob Bratina has formally asked the parliamentary budget office to review the multi-billion dollar joint commitment from the federal and provincial governments to build light-rail transit (LRT) in Hamilton.
by Dan Taekema on (#5K1V7)
Oliver Karafa and Yun (Lucy) Lu Li flew to eastern Europe within 24 hours of a shooting in February in Stoney Creek, Ont., that left 39-year-old Tyler Pratt dead, according to investigators. The two were arrested June 12.
by Dan Taekema on (#5K1PC)
Emergency crews were called to 737 Barton St. East, Lottridge Street, at 6:46 p.m. Officers found a man who had been knocked out and was lying in the hallway of the building's second floor.
by CBC News on (#5K156)
Just 19 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hamilton on Sunday. That follows 33 which were reported on Saturday for a total of 52 more cases over the weekend.
by CBC News on (#5K13K)
A box of brightly-coloured chalk and some help from her neighbours is all Kimberly Garrod needed to turn the drab sidewalk in front of her Hamilton home into a rainbow.
by CBC News on (#5K0S2)
Ontario reported 530 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, up from 502 new infections on Saturday. The province is reporting an additional seven deaths.
by CBC News on (#5K0S3)
Homicide detectives began investigating after a man was found without vital signs near Mathewson Avenue and Dovercourt Road on June 9. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.