CBC | Edmonton News

Emergency crews were called to Coreslab Structures, a precast concrete producer, just before 6:25 p.m. on Monday after reports of an industrial accident, according to police.

The eastbound lanes of the highway were closed near Aberdeen Avenue for much of Monday afternoon and evening, funnelling traffic into nearby streets.

The city wants to enforce its camping bylaw by dismantling tents. The local legal clinic wants the city to allow them.

A community group against a proposed warehouse development near the Grand River in Cambridge, Ont., is urging city council to halt the project after learning members of Six Nations of the Grand River may not have been properly consulted, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

Family members of Brock Beck, the son of former NHL player Barry Beck, sobbed in the gallery of a Hamilton courtroom Monday as the man who fatally stabbed the 20-year-old in a Binbrook road rage incident was sentenced to five years in prison.

Every summer, children forget some of what they learned during the previous school year, but now experts are warning that because of school closures and other disruptions during the pandemic, students will have a lot more lost learning to make up for.

A jury will begin deliberating Tuesday in the case of a Hamilton man charged with shooting his girlfriend 10 times during an outdoor argument at their east end home.

Ontario's chief coroner says "it's possible" unmarked graves linked to residential schools have been missed, and is setting up a team to review death investigations from past decades to see whether any should be reopened.

Hamilton police say a driver has been charged with stunt driving on the Red Hill Valley Parkway after they were clocked doing nearly 60 km/h over the posted speed limit.

The family of a Hamilton man who went missing in downtown Toronto in 2019 says a $25,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to his whereabouts.

Allergists across the country have safely inoculated most patients who come into their clinics, regardless of allergy history, says an Ontario doctor who's noticed an uptick in requests for allergy assessments after the government began implementing COVID-19 vaccine certificates last month.

Ontario's chief coroner is investigating the August 2020 discovery of a child's remains in an unmarked grave in Brantford, Ont., to determine if there's a connection to the former Mohawk Institute Residential School.

Hamilton police have arrested four men after linking a pair of recent homicides that killed 17-year-old Keden Bond and 19-year-old Sabir Hassen Omer.

Hamilton police says five more people have been arrested after a destructive, unsanctioned homecoming event near McMaster University two weeks ago.

A special weather statement from Environment Canada says Hamilton and much of southern Ontario could see between 20 and 40 mm of rain Friday.

A group of protesters have been occupying the Arrowdale Golf Course in Brantford, Ont., for days, with one man from Six Nations of the Grand River telling CBC Hamilton, "This is our land," as the city tries to sell a portion of it.

The city of Hamilton is extending its COVID-era rent bank after a recent rush of people struggling to pay their rent.

The DriveTest centre will open at 6080 McLeod Road on Oct. 18 and offer G2 and G road tests seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to the Ministry of Transportation.

Niagara police have charged a 24-year-old man for toppling and partially smashing a bust of abolitionist Harriet Tubman in St. Catharines, Ont.

Hamilton will host the 2023 Grey Cup game, two years after staging the upcoming 2021 contest at Tim Hortons Field.

The city of Hamilton will face off with five homeless people in court Monday for the ability to stop people from living in tents on public property.

For years, Jason Billingsley and his wife have attended the Bills home opener at Highmark Stadium, flying from Vancouver to Hamilton and then driving on to Buffalo, N.Y. That September tradition was derailed for two NFL seasons by COVID-19 restrictions limiting non-essential travel across the Canadian-American border.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial for Peter Khill, a Hamilton-area man who was initially acquitted in the 2016 shooting death of Jon Styres. After the decision was released Thursday, the family of Styres, who was from Six Nations of the Grand River, spoke to CBC.

Melanie Francis married an American during the pandemic. With news the U.S. plans to reopen its land border to fully vaccinated Canadians next month, she's looking forward to making up for lost time.

Hamilton city councillors say Alectra Utilities has blindsided them after the massive utility says it's too busy to continue delivering local water bills.

A Burlington man is facing multiple charges after allegedly defrauding eight victims of more than 600-thousand dollars.

While people were indulging in Thanksgiving dinner on the weekend, Andre Morgan of Hamilton was busy finishing the last of the 126 kilometres he ran over five days — sometimes overnight, and occasionally in the rain.

Three Hamilton-area restaurants have been charged for not enforcing vaccine passports according to the city website.

The vacant buildings will start being knocked down as soon as next month, pending permit approvals, according to the transit provider.

Niagara police are investigating after a bust of Harriet Tubman was toppled over in St. Catharines, Ont., smashing the face of the famed abolitionist.

Sandie Bellows, a Niagara regional councillor, died Sunday evening following a "brave battle with cancer," according to a statement from the Niagara Parks Commission.

Zellers returns as a pop-up inside an Ontario Hudson's Bay store, months after parent company HBC saw the discount department store's trademark removed from the government register.

Boris Bede's 51-yard field goal on the final play of the game capped a wild fourth quarter and earned the Toronto Argonauts a stirring 24-23 road win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Monday in Hamilton, Ont.

Good Shepherd provided hundreds of Thanksgiving meals to community members on Monday, in an annual tradition it said it was determined to continue in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pranysqa Mishra won the job of singing the Canadian national anthem at all seven Hamilton Tiger-Cats home games this series.

The lawyer for an Ontario man charged with falsely claiming to have committed terrorist acts as a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant says his client is relieved after the charge was withdrawn.

St. Joe's has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in its specialized unit for kidney disease after two patients tested positive for the illness.

Ontario reported another 535 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. Of the new case count, 388 cases have presented in people who are either not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unclear. In comparison, 147 cases occurred in people who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

People at Supercrawl's On The Bay edition were happy to be there, even with a different vibe than past years.

Hamilton police have arrested and charged a Woodstock, Ont., man with attempted murder in connection with the sexual assault of a woman in Hamilton's east end.

Hamilton police say a 25-year-old man is facing numerous charges after a deadly home invasion and abduction.

Looking for things to do this Thanksgiving long weekend? Here are some fun events going on in and around Hamilton from Friday until Monday.

The Ministry of Labour has issued an order against Nique, a downtown Hamilton restaurant refusing to enforce Ontario's vaccine passport.

"That means juice boxes and other things that I could do for the kids," says one mother. "It is a lot of money saved."

Hamilton police have arrested a 19-year-old man from Burlington in connection with what McMaster University said was a 'fake homecoming' event near the university's campus on Oct. 2.

Councillors last week voted against holding a byelection for the job, which someone will hold for a year.

Residents, landowners and cottage owners in the township of Fort Erie are advised not to move hemlock materials or any kind of firewood to prevent the further spread of hemlock woolly adelgid.

A 45-year-old Niagara Falls man has been charged after he allegedly spat on a police officer and kicked another.

A downtown Hamilton restaurant is up for sale just a week after its owner said he wouldn’t enforce Ontario’s proof of vaccination policy.

Food bank users in Hamilton are struggling significantly more than most low-income residents, according to a study by researchers at McMaster University.