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Hamiltonians head to the polls today after a speedy campaign, in the middle of a pandemic, that has seen four federal party leaders visit the city — some multiple times. Here's what you may have missed.

CBC Hamilton will have comprehensive coverage with real-time results, election night news and analysis about how the vote is unfolding — here's how to follow along.

It's a wide and varied slate of candidates in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, including a labour lawyer, an emergency department nurse, a former federal minister of labour and the executive assistant to Green Party leader Annamie Paul.

Niagara police say a St. Catharines, Ont., man was arrested in Newfoundland and Labrador after facing a Canada-wide warrant in relation to a custody dispute.

Both the Conservative and Liberal candidates say the riding is a tight race.

It has the densest population — 100,103 in just 30 square kilometres — and the lowest household income of the five Hamilton ridings. And the NDP will do its best Monday to keep its longtime riding of Hamilton Centre.

A labour lawyer, a city councillor, an entrepreneur, a steelworker and a former school board trustee are all vying to be member of parliament for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek — and which one wins is anyone's guess.

Climate change and housing emerged as some of the more prominent issues among voters who spoke with CBC Hamilton in the lead up to Monday's vote.

Investigators are looking for three male suspects in connection with Thursday’s double shooting and kidnapping in Hamilton that left a father badly injured, one of his sons dead and another son with gunshot injuries.

The trial of Const. Nathan Parker, who was shot by one of his fellow Niagara police officers in 2018, has stalled in a Hamilton court until next Wednesday over questions about improper access to evidence.

Flamborough-Glanbrook is the youngest and fastest growing riding in Hamilton.

Emergency crews were called to a collision involving a Ford Focus and Honda SUV at the Highway 5 and Woodhill Road around 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Police say a Cambridge man was pronounced dead at the scene.

We asked Hamilton Mountain federal election candidates what they'd do on day one. Here's what they said.

With parents busy working and young people learning online, activity levels for children dropped dramatically during the pandemic, say Canadian experts, who warn it will take more than just returning to in-person classes to get them back to pre-COVID-19 levels.

Hamilton police are searching for two men with "violent tendencies" they say escaped from the St. Joseph's Forensic Psychiatry Unit.

Members of Hamilton’s Pakistani community are trying to come to terms with Thursday’s incident in which Faqir Ali was "taken forcefully" from his home and later found in serious condition. The violent home invasion left one of his sons dead, another shot and police searching for suspects.

A politics expert from McMaster University says Maxime Bernier's appearance in Hamilton is part of a long-term strategy to legitimize the People's Party of Canada, but current poll data shows there isn't enough support to win local ridings.

Amid a provincial demand that colleges and universities update their sexual violence reporting policies, Western University in London, Ont., is launching a task force on student safety, as well as mandating in-person consent and violence prevention training for students and hiring new security guards.

The Buffalo Sabres are listed as the home team against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL's Heritage Classic, to be played at Tim Hortons Field, home of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, on March 13, the league announced Thursday.

An early-morning kidnapping of a Hamilton man during a violent home invasion left one of his sons dead and another son shot before the 63-year-old was found with serious injuries, police say.

Both the Liberal and NDP leaders have visited Hamilton in the final stretch of the campaign to try to drum up and secure Steeltown support.

Forge FC is the first club through to the semifinals of the 2021 Canadian Championship after defeating Valour FC 2-1 on Wednesday.

In the days after a confrontation between two Niagara police officers erupted into gunfire, the officer who pulled the trigger told Ontario's police watchdog he knew the man he shot was a "bully" with a "violent past," court was told Wednesday.

Sabir Hassen Omer of Hamilton has been identified as the 19-year-old who was shot and killed at a downtown Tim Hortons parking lot Tuesday afternoon, becoming the city's 13 homicide victim.

Hamilton hospitals say they have a “massive” demand for nurses, a pool of workers who are exhausted after being on the front line of four waves of COVID-19. They're now aggressively working on recruitment.

Provincial police are investigating the thefts of several federal election campaign signs in Dunnville.

Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan testified Tuesday it was "either me or him" when he fired at least 10 shots at his fellow Niagara Regional Police officer, Const. Nathan Parker, in November 2018.

Expectant parents in Norfolk County will now have to drive to Brantford to give birth, after Norfolk General Hospital shut down its labour and delivery ward on Monday.

Hamilton police are investigating a shooting death that happened at a downtown Tim Hortons parking lot Tuesday afternoon.

Staffers at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington are feeling disheartened, betrayed and undervalued in the face of anti-vaccination protests outside their building.

The board of health for Haldimand-Norfolk in Ontario has voted 8-1 to keep Dr. Matthew Strauss as the acting medical officer of health, despite his anti-lockdown comments, after it faced heavy criticism for hiring him and had looked for a way to overturn the decision.

The RBG encourages anyone who finds a turtle in an unsafe place on or near the RBG to let their biologists know about it.

The majority of hospital patients with COVID-19 are unvaccinated. Doctors say their families are disappointed they didn't get a shot.

Father Charles Coughlin, a Canadian priest-turned-radio-star, was one of the precursors to modern right-wing radio, commanding an audience in the tens of millions during the 1930s.

Crews were called to a building at 433 King Street East around 1:43 a.m. and found "heavy smoke and a well involved fire," chief Dave Cunliffe said.

The start of the 10-day trial of Const. Nathan Parker, a Niagara Region officer charged with assaulting a fellow officer who shot him 10 times, has been postponed until Tuesday due to a COVID-19 issue.

Paul Drakos was so moved by what happened to the people of Lytton, B.C., he made a plan to help and called in his friends and family for support.

Niagara police are investigating after a Liberal federal election candidate in St. Catharines, Ont., says his car was spray painted overnight Sunday while his family slept. "I will not be intimidated," Chris Bittle posted online.

Several student candidates are running in the federal election, juggling their studies with door-knocking, debating and trying to win a seat in Ottawa.

Showers and thunderstorms, associated with a cold front making its way through southwestern Ontario, are expected to bring significant rain starting Sunday night and continuing into Monday morning, says Environment Canada.

Hamilton's advance polling stations are being praised for their convenience but also being criticized for some pandemic-era oversights.

Hamilton police are investigating sexual assault allegations against one Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB) teacher after a social media post shared Thursday afternoon alleged assaults between 2003 and 2005 by someone who "continued to teach," the post said.

Ontario reported another 784 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. Of those cases, 602 are in individuals who have either not been fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.

A Niagara Region police officer who was shot by a fellow officer and later charged with assault with a weapon is scheduled to go on trial Monday in Hamilton.

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Ontario reported 857 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, 646 of which have presented in individuals who are either not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unclear.

Hamilton MPP’s proposal follows protests outside Joseph Brant Hospital that “included harmful messages, harassment and misinformation."

Halton Regional Police say they are looking for an 'armed and dangerous' suspect in a shooting Thursday evening in Burlington.

As a meeting where residents can weigh in on a rural Burlington quarry expansion approaches, a local councillor says he's received hundreds of emails from residents confused about the proposal — which many believe is for a park, not for a quarry, he says.

Strays, a spin-off series of the beloved Kim's Convenience, is premiering next week with Hamilton as the backdrop for its hilarity.