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An announcement by Hamilton Police Service that it's working to establish a Hate Crime Case Review Team in response to hate-motivated crimes in the city, is being cautiously welcomed by a community advocate, while an anti-racism expert said police are taking the wrong approach.

Veteran offensive tackle Chris Van Zeyl of the Hamilton Ticats still loves the grind of training camp. But at age 37 and preparing for his 14th CFL season, the Font Hill, Ont., native says it won't be his body that tells him when it's time to walk away from football. "It will be my heart," he said.

Baitul Kareem Mosque in Cambridge, Ont., is facing extensive damages worth tens of thousands of dollars, including stolen property, as a result of vandalism, according to a statement by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada.

Hamilton resident Ann Konkel turned 106 on Wednesday, and wants 106 birthday cards to celebrate. She say she's already 'grateful' for everything her family and the community have done for her.

Brantford police have arrested a woman after reports that a memorial commemorating Indigenous children who died at residential schools was damaged by fire.

WARNING: This story contains details some may find distressing. Members of Hamilton's Downtown Mosque are "gravely concerned" for the family of Imam Kamal Gurgi, as police investigate what they believe is a hate crime against a Muslim woman and her adult daughter. A Cambridge, Ont., man faces charges.

A 14-year-old person suffered life-altering injuries after their dirt bike collided with a tree in Norfolk County, Ontario Provincial Police said.

Meet two ultra-endurance athletes who just smashed the fastest known times on some titanic-sized trails around Ontario.

A 38-year-old man from Burlington, Ont., died from a reported drowning while paddle boarding in Port Elgin on Monday.

A 40-year-old man was arrested by Hamilton police Tuesday in what is being investigated as a hate crime after a Muslim mother and her daughter faced slurs and threats to their lives.

Halton region's 911 communications centre was bombarded with calls from a young boy in Burlington, Ont., who was given a deactivated cellphone to play with, police said, adding that no such devices are appropriate toys.

The 168-year-old building that was once the Welland House Hotel in St. Catharines, Ont., has been destroyed by a fire. According to a heritage expert, the building, which was close to being deemed a historic site, was where Black people who escaped slavery in the U.S. found work.

Two more people have died as a COVID-19 outbreak persists at The Village of Tansley Woods long-term care home in Burlington.

A Toronto woman who police said fled to Hungary following the shooting death of a 39-year-old man in February in Stoney Creek, Ont., has been returned to Canada, while her co-accused continues to fight extradition.

When Ernie Morgan's mother died last summer, he was upset that he couldn't have a larger funeral attended by all her friends and family. Morgan and other funeral home directors believe the pandemic will spur widespread adoption of technology in the industry.

There are five new cases of COVID-19 amid an outbreak at a long-term care home in Dundas.

A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle collision Monday night, Hamilton police said.

Three violation tickets were issued Sunday night following the European Championship game, Hamilton police said.

Over four hours, someone set fire to numerous items that had been left at the former residential school site in Brantford, Ont., to commemorate child victims of the system.

The COVID-19 outbreak that started in the hair salon at St. Joseph’s Villa in Dundas is now being considered a facility-wide outbreak.

The North End pollinator garden sits partially on a road allowance that was permanently closed by Hamilton city council on Friday, paving the way for developers of the Jamesville affordable housing site to include the plot in their plans.

By now, Markhor, a three-year-old Nile monitor, has probably found a burrow near a water source in a place without too much foot traffic, says Paul “Little Ray” Goulet.

The Hamilton Trans Health Coalition has released a survey to improve the care trans people receive from family doctors, nurses and other primary health-care providers.

After 21-year-old Jake Borisenko died of an accidental overdose, at a time when opioid use in Ontario's Niagara region has hit record levels, his father created a website and is developing an app to help other young people avoid danger.

CFL training camps finally opened Saturday and Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans found it very difficult to sleep Friday night.

A firefighter was injured while battling an early-morning fire, Hamilton Fire Department said.

Another summer with the border closed to non-essential travel, Whirlpool Jet Boats owner John Kinney says, could mean be a disaster for him and his business. That's not an argument for opening the border that has the region's medical officer of health convinced.

Italy fans filled a blocked-off stretch of James Street North after their team beat England in a shootout in the final of Euro 2020 Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London.

A second resident has died at The Village of Tansley Woods long-term care home in Burlington but the number of staff who have two vaccines doses has jumped in the past week.

Gender equality advocates and labour experts say legislation going into effect later this summer will likely work to reduce the pay gap between women and men in some Canadian workplaces.

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A group of medical students in Ontario is helping those entering the field with low socio-economic status waive application fees.

A Hamilton home-care nurse is alleging systemic discrimination at the hands of her employer after she says the organization failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted by a patient.

Ward 3 Coun. Nrinder Nann brought forward the motion and urged council colleagues to "remove the daily experiences of pain and harm and trauma" that the statue causes to Indigenous community members.

Ontario is moving to Step 3 of its reopening plan next Friday, five days earlier than planned, allowing for larger indoor and outdoor gatherings, the province said Friday.

Emergency crews were called to Old Mohawk Road around 9 p.m. on April 25 after the teen was hit by a 2008 Honda, police say. She was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Hamilton police are trying to find the owners of several items, which were recovered during the execution of a search warrant on June 30.

The corporation owns buildings at 120 Charles Street, 61 Hurst Place and 115-121 Park Street South pleaded guilty to contravening the fire code.

Before packing their bags, fully vaccinated travellers should note there are still rules in place that could affect their trips.

Despite receiving 1,002 correspondences calling for the Sir John A Macdonald statue to be removed from downtown Hamilton, city councillors decided it will stay right where it is.

Five duffle bags stuffed with more than 100 kilograms of suspected cocaine were seized from a commercial truck that crossed into Canada at Fort Erie last month, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Data on the City of Hamilton's website tracking COVID-19 cases and other virus-related statistics showed 15 new cases and –1 death.

Elected officials in St. Catharines, Ont., and more than 100 Catholic educators and school staff in Niagara call on Pope Francis to apologize after unmarked graves were detected at former residential school sites in B.C. and Saskatchewan.

Ontario Provincial Police say it will cost roughly $1.4 million to repair the damage from a large barn fire in Haldimand County.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Burlington, Brant county, Hamilton, Haldimand and Norfolk counties, and Niagara as it expects between 30 and 50 mm of rain to drench the areas on Thursday.

The medical officer of health in Ontario's Niagara region says he wants the U.S.-Canada border to stay closed until the fall, even as local business leaders and politicians call for the opposite to support the area's tourism-reliant economy.

Owners and operators of high-rise apartment and condominium buildings in Hamilton will now be required to follow certain cleanliness measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

A team of researchers from McMaster University has mapped out how certain COVID-19 vaccines can trigger a rare but sometimes fatal blood clotting reaction in some recipients.

The City of Hamilton’s public works committee has deferred a request to sell a piece of North End land that hosts a community-built pollinator garden to Friday’s city council meeting.