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The Hamilton Police Service is getting $308,081 from the province to amp up police work around gangs and human trafficking, said MPP Donna Skelly.

Paramedics were called to help more than 9,000 potentially positive COVID-19 cases in 2020.

Join our live interview Tuesday at noon with Mohawk director, producer and performer Santee Smith about her latest performance with National Arts Centre's Grand Acts of Theatre series.

Three Hamilton men were due in court Thursday after they were arrested in a downtown robbery investigation, police say.

The vacancy rate for rental units in Hamilton and Niagara were the same in 2020 as the year before. The average rent in Hamilton increased 5.4 per cent.

The accused is alleged to have stabbed 14-year-old Devan Selvey to death on Oct. 7, 2019 outside Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School.

A 36-year-old Hamilton woman has been charged with careless driving causing bodily harm in connection to a collision in late December at a downtown intersection, police say.

The head of a Stoney Creek dental group has joined the call by the Ontario Dental Association for early access to the COVID-19 vaccine for dentists and their staff.

Hamilton is being affected by the province's COVID-19 vaccine supply issues.

There are over 140,000 problems with Hamilton's sidewalks. They often last over 60 years, says a city director, but the industry standard is 20 years less.

The City of Hamilton reported another 70 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and three new deaths linked to the illness.

An idea that started as an activity for 100in1 Day in Hamilton has turned into a quirky permanent fixture in Hamilton — one that declares the rail trail an official singing cycle path.

The blow hasn't substantially diminished Hamilton's tree canopy size, but it isn't growing either.

Hamilton Police Service board has launched a confidential survey to allow residents a chance to vote on a new police chief.

Hamilton police have charged a 32-year-old Brampton woman with careless driving after they say she crashed her vehicle and her five-year-old daughter was seriously injured.

The union says its fight to spare the jobs of two drivers both dealing with complicated organ donations is going to arbitration, unless city council can step in.

A newly formed soccer club, which targets boys and girls in Niagara Region, has been forced to put all activities on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of its management say.

A group of people ticketed by Hamilton police last week included a family from Owen Sound that has been organizing anti-lockdown protests.

The City of Hamilton reported another 66 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and eight new deaths linked to the illness.

Const. Jerome Stewart with Hamilon police says at roughly 9 a.m. this morning, a Waterdown resident near Nelson Street and Victoria Street saw the kids walking around the wooded area behind their backyard.

If you're an artist with an idea for public art that would honour Neil Peart, his hometown would like to hear from you.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) has pledged to improve after a troubling equity audit in November showed its employees had concerns about discrimination, hiring and diversity, among other issues.

A literature review from Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board shows there isn't much data to show any benefits from police liaison officer programs.

The trial of two former Hamilton paramedics heard from its last witness on Tuesday. It will return to court in March for lawyers to make their final submissions in the judge-alone trial.

While the national weather agency says the lower city will see roughly five centimetres of snow, the Mountain may get 10 to 15 centimetres because of "an easterly flow over the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario, along with the higher terrain of the Niagara Escarpment."

Two people have died and two others are injured after a crash on the QEW near Burlington this morning that closed the westbound lanes of the highway.

City council and the Hamilton Farmers’ Market board are at loggerheads over a 75 per cent rent relief, which the board granted vendors in March.

Hamilton's medical officer of health Dr. Elizabeth Richardson says there are now 50 local outbreaks of COVID-19 in the city with the latest two added on Monday. This comes as 75 new cases of the virus were reported.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a police chase ended in a car crash that left a 44-year-old man seriously injured.

The group wants Canada to stop sending arms and vehicles to Saudi Arabia.

The full report, set up after the killing of a 14-year-old in Hamilton, shows bullying is a pervasive problem throughout the city's public schools and went unchecked many times at the public school board.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse of a female under the age of 16, Niagara police say.

Dr. Pat Croskerry says it seems the two paramedics on trial were led astray by unconscious biases that ultimately led to the death of Hamilton teenager Yosif Al-Hasnawi.

The collision happened on Dec. 22. Police didn't lay charges.

Fourteen-year-old Michela Luci stars as one of four foster teenagers who help their extraterrestrial friend save fantastical endlings — creatures who are the last of their kind.

Brantford police say someone found the suspected human remains in a field on Saturday.

Hamilton firefighters rescued several people from a downtown apartment fire, which the department says was started by careless smoking.

As of Sunday, there are three new outbreaks in Hamilton, including two retirement homes and another men's shelter.

Yassin Dabeh, 19, worked for a cleaning company at a long-term care home near London, Ont.

A new outbreak has been declared at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton on the sixth floor of its Satellite Health Facility.

The review panel set up following the death of Devan Selvey has delivered its final report to the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) Trustees.

Residents of St. Joseph’s Villa received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Friday as part of the city’s mobile vaccination clinic. This comes as the city today reports 71 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths linked to the virus.

The program teaches kids leadership skills. The money, police say, was raised through charity functions.

Niagara police say they're still investigating the circumstances of the crash.

HSR hopes COVID-19 lockdown restrictions will begin to soften between April and August. It also plans to launch an on-demand transit pilot program in September.

Niagara EMS announced Friday that it will add a second vehicle as it expands mobile integrated health services to support people who are struggling with mental health, addictions and homelessness.

It's been a stressful time for students, teachers and parents. CBC contributor, parenting expert and educator Joseph Wilson and Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board chair Dawn Danko are here to help. Parents, teachers and students, let us know what online learning has been like for you.

One month after its debut, Hamilton Police Service's acting chief says a new project to stop targeted retaliation between local gangs has led to 42 people being charged.

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new form of cultivated meat using a method they say promises more natural flavour and texture than other alternatives to traditional meat from animals.

In an appeal for a budget increase, Gordon Albini, treasurer of the Hamilton Farmers' Market board, described how the pandemic has bullied vendors in the market.