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Nearly 200 Palestinians have managed to escape Gaza and obtain approval to travel to Canada - but they had to pay thousands of dollars to smuggle themselves into Egypt. That avenue is now closed off, due to the military campaign Israel launched in Rafah this week.

As the little library community marks a week dedicated to celebrating their work, several caretakers of independent, free outdoor libraries in Hamilton say their book boxes have brought them closer to their neighbours and encouraged a love of reading.

Nearly a year after east Mountainresidents began complaining about the "stink"wafting from a nearbyGFL landfill, the province has ordered the waste management companyto fix the problem - within 2 years.

The Ontario government has appealed a judge's decision to strike down as unconstitutional parts of an agriculture law that made it illegal to get a job on a farm under false pretences to expose conditions inside.

In the final months of Attila Csanyi's life, staff at his lodging home had called police at least three times to report him for breaking the rules in an effort to get him kicked out, a Hamilton police officer said at the inquest into Csanyi's 2020 death.

A geomagnetic storm brought colourful auroras overnight in southern Canada, the northern United States and parts of Europe. It could also cause some disruptions to communications over the weekend.

The encampments at Canadian schools follow months of protest marches, petitions, sit-ins and hunger strikes by pro-Palestinian activists. Some say the movement is stronger than it has ever been.

Jim and Sue Waddington, now in their 80s, have whitewater canoed, portaged and trekked around the country to track down the places that inspired the famous artists. A new documentary, narrated by their granddaughter, explores some of those trips.

At least 21 people died while experiencing homelessness in Hamilton between June and November 2023, newly released data from the Hamilton Homeless Mortality Data Project shows. And since the group started collecting data in 2021, at least 91 people in the city have died while unhoused, it said.

Niagara Region is seeing a rise in the number of human trafficking charges laid, according to local police data obtained by CBC Hamilton.

Bo Levi Mitchell created a stir Wednesday at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' rookie camp.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will add Canadian Football Hall of Famers Mike Walker and Bernie Custis to the team's Wall of Honour this season.

On its sixth day, the inquest into Attila Csanyi's death heard about the City of Hamilton's role in pairing people with residential care facilities (RCFs) and overseeing those homes. Csanyi lived in an RCF in downtown Hamilton from about November 2019 to March 2020 when he was evicted.

Canada's recruitment of international students has tilted strongly toward filling spots in business programs, while doing little to meet the demand for workers in health care and the skilled trades, according to a CBC News analysis of federal data.

Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA's Most Valuable Player, topping Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the voting.

About 60 drivers, mechanics and technicians with Waste Management in the Hamilton-Niagara area are on strike, protesting forced overtime and what they say is alack of work-life balance.

Testimony on Tuesday from Attila Csanyi's social worker contradicted what a residential care facility staff member said last week during an inquest into Csanyi's death.

Car-free efforts in major Canadian cities are part of a global push that's reconsidering city design to reduce congestion and pollution.

Canadians routinely wait hours on the phone and in person when dealing with Passport Canada, and it's left some people fed up with the quality of customer service.

Two men found sleeping in a vehicle in St. Catharines, Ont., have been arrested as part of an investigation into thefts from LCBO stores across the province. Police say more than $300,000 worth of product was taken.

Artworks by Kapwani Kiwanga, Joyce Joumaa and Stephanie Comilang trace the trade routes and migration patterns that have shaped the present.

The Tuesday game marked the fourth year in a row that Forge and Montreal have clashed in Cup play.

Data obtained by CBC Hamilton shows 90,444 different licence plates account for the 143,134 tickets, which means there were some repeat offenders - including one licence plate that received 103 parking tickets.

The high-profile case of aBrantford, Ont., woman who was rearrested while servinghouse arrest for faking pregnancies and duping doulasmay be an extreme and "unique" case, but scams targeting workers in the field are more common than people may think, say doula organizations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped in Hamilton on Friday to talk about housing measures announced in the recent federal budget, thenweighed in on how his government has supported the city's efforts to deal with the affordable housing crisis and the growing campus protests across Canada in response to the Israel-Hamas war.

Michael LaCombe, 54, will instead serve 12 months of house arrest followed by 12 months of probation. He resigned from the Hamilton Police Service after a judge found him guilty of two counts of sexual assault against a woman whom he was mentoring to become a police officer.

A group of students have set up tents and banners on campus in Hamilton, joining the handful of other pro-Palestinian protestscalling for schools to cut ties with Israelas its warin Gaza continues.

The Speaker of Ontario's legislature is allowing politicians, staff and visitors to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, loosening what had amounted to a ban on the scarf, while maintaining a prohibition inside the legislative chamber.

The government has had to cancel at least $246 million in debts for thousands of Canadians it initially claimed had received pandemic benefits for which they weren't eligible.

Indigenous communities across southwestern Ontario held events to mark Red Dress Day, also known as the national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people, observed every year on May 5.

Niagara police say a 33-year-old man is facingtwo second degree murder charges after a man and woman were found dead in St. Catharines.

Hamilton-based poet Karessa McQueen won the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam competition in April. She got back into poetry last year after a long break and won with a final, deeply personal poem about domestic violence.

Canadian Kia Nurse had nine points in 19 minutes of action as the Los Angeles Sparks opened their WNBA pre-season schedule with a 84-79 win over the Seattle Storm on Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

Downtown Hamilton's James Street North will be closed to traffic for four Art Crawl nights this year, the first on May 10, allowing pedestrians to take over the roadway between York Boulevard and Murray Street.

All drivers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area who are pulled over by Ontario Provincial Police highway safety officers will now be asked to provide a breathsampleas part of a new enforcement policy taking aim at drinking and driving.

Hamilton Public Health is warning local residents about the possibility of measles exposure after four members of the same household have been confirmed to have cases of the virus.

Metrolinx says it's temporarily adjusting GO Train service between Hamilton and Burlington, Ont., as part of an ongoing construction project.

Cesar Correa Cordoba's passion project for many years has been his animals and other creatures made from natural materials. His sculptures will be accessible as part ofthe Doors Open festival in Hamilton at the Cotton Factory, which is also celebrating 10 years.

On this, its third day, the inquest heard Attila Csanyi was evicted from the Hamilton care facility he lived in for threats and acts of violence, but that the incidents were not always documented or reported. It also heard Csanyi was kicked out without his landlord having followed the proper procedures.

The Niagara police homicide unit is investigating, police say, after a manand a woman were found dead at a home in St. Catharines.

New figures show Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions jumped for a second straight year, following a pandemic-induced plunge, and have risen back to the level they were before Premier Doug Ford's government came to power.

Progressive Conservative candidate Zee Hamidwon the hotly contested provincial byelection in Milton Thursday, handing Premier Doug Ford a victory over new Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie.

There have been recent, unconfirmed reports of hammerhead worms in the Hamilton area. Experts say a few species of invasive worms are on the move in Ontario and if you see them, you should capture and report them.

Two unions areworking with the Occupational Cancer Research Centre to follow up on previous research on whether Canadian border employees have a higher cancerrisk due to exposure to environmentalpollutants- a longtime concern of many workers.

For Premier Doug Ford, there's more at stake in Thursday's provincial byelection in Milton than just one seat at Queen's Park.

Starting when they were six years old, twin brothers Attila and Richard Csanyi survived "horrendous" physical, sexual and emotional abuse in a Toronto foster home - experiences that would impact them for the rest of their lives, Richard told the inquest into his brother's death.

Tenant Esther Stam has been fighting for month to have her building rid of bedbugs but says she's been met with resistance from her landlord, property manager and public health inspectors. 'I keep getting treated like I'm the problem,' Stam says.

A Brantford,Ont., woman sentenced in February to house arrest forfakingpregnancies, harassmentand fraudulently seekingthe services of numerous doulas is in custody and facing new charges, Hamilton police say.

When someone experiences homelessness, their life span is roughly cut in half, according to an expert witness who spoke during Day 1 of the inquest into Attila Csanyi's death.

Seven Dancers Coalition, a non-profit based out of Akwesasne, on the border between Ontario, Quebec and New York state, organized an exchange of ribbon skirts between different Indigenous-run women groups and organizations.