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A surveillance video from the night of Sept. 30 2016 shows the 36-year-old Hamilton man as he is confronted by a police officer with his gun drawn and moment of the fatal shooting.

Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that the provincial New Democrats — who he called "socialists" — had "destroyed" the city of Hamilton along with the former Liberal government "for years."

The third rail of Hamilton politics — whether household garbage pickup should be reduced to every two weeks — is coming back to city hall this month.

A house in Hamilton costs an average of $544,980 according to the latest report by the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington, compared to an average price of $499,598 in October of 2018.

A Toronto man and an Etobicoke man were arrested and charged with drug trafficking in Hamilton Monday, police say, after an officer discovered methamphetamine and cocaine in a vehicle during a traffic stop.

A 74-year-old man has been charged in the death of a 94-year-old woman in southwestern Ontario.

The first day of the inquest into the fatal police shooting of Tony Divers heard he was mentally unwell and spoke often of taking his own life.

Hamilton 100 wants to build new sports complexes, upgrade existing ones, and create affordable housing to get the 2030 Commonwealth Games. Its proposal goes before city council's general issues committee this week.

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced on Monday a countdown to strike action.

When Ontario Hockey League stars become National Hockey League stars they are usually quick to thank their parents, coaches and teammates. But there's a team of heroes, OHL contributor Paige Martin says, behind the heroes who don't often get thanked in public.

Council passed the motion at an Oct. 22 meeting, which called for local agencies, school staff, parents, police and "all interested organizations" to work together and jointly address all forms of bulling in the community — including violence.

According to Hamilton police, the suspect was found dead in his hotel room. The SIU is investigating.

A 56-year-old Hamilton man has been charged with possession of child pornography after security staff at his workplace reported him to police.

A Hamilton judge has ruled that new changes to the jury selection process violate the charter rights of an Indigenous man charged in the shooting death of Good Samaritan Yosif Al-Hasnawi.

A man and woman are dead and police are searching for a suspect that's considered armed and dangerous after a "targeted" shooting in Hamilton.

Six Nations Polytechnic's president, Rebecca Jamieson, said the program will help students participate in industry-related internships and prepare them for a career in the tech sector.

Niagara police say a 17-year-old boy is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Welland that sent three other people to hospital.

Lirim Hajrullahu's 40-yard yard field goal with two seconds remaining earned the Hamilton Tiger-Cats a 21-18 home win over the Toronto Argonauts in the regular-season finale for both teams Saturday night.

David Choiniere scored in the 94th minute as Forge FC claimed the inaugural Canadian Premier League championship with a 1-0 win over Cavalry FC on Saturday.

Strong winds and rains during Thursday night's storm have moved the historic iron scow at the top of Canada's Horseshoe Falls, which had been stuck in the same place for more than 100 years — and now, it's closer to the edge.

Hamilton police are planning to have a number of measures to reach out to the LGBTQ community, including reviving an old advisory group that's been dormant for years. But some say there's still a long way to go.

City crews in Port Colborne are working to restore power, clear debris from roads and manage flooding Friday after a storm surge brought heavy rain and high winds overnight Thursday.

Hamilton police say an Ancaster man has been charged with assault for fighting another driver to the ground after their cars collided on the Linc.

To accommodate the athletes, all downbound lanes of the Red Hill Valley Parkway will be closed between the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway and Barton Street for the morning of Nov. 3, the city announced in a release Friday.

A new study from mcMaster University in Hamilton suggests intense, heart-pumping workouts can improve memory in older adults.

Rockton Elementary School's Beverly campus and Spring Valley Elementary School are both closed Friday due to a power outage, Hamilton-Wentworth Disctrict School Board announced in a release.

Members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have voted overwhelmingly in support of a possible strike.

A London woman was fired from her part-time job at McDonald's shortly after she reported overhearing other staff members using the N-word on the job to her general manager.

Miranda Finlayson says she see's the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's move to set up an anti-bullying review panel as too little too late, but she's willing to give school officials a chance.

Ryan Diodati became Hamilton's new deputy police chief Thursday with a 10-year-old note in his pocket.

It may be a 'glorified hobby' but S.N.I.P.E., a First Nations paranormal investigation team, spends its time hunting for ghosts and spirits on the Six Nations reserve — and beyond.

Two men are facing multiple drug trafficking charges, Niagara police say, after they tried to flee from officers, damaging two police vehicles in the process.

The wind is expected to die down a bit overnight, but westerly gusts between 70 and 80 km/h are forecast into Friday morning before continuing to ease off throughout the day.

Shari-Ann Selvey says in the moments before her son Devan's death she tried again and again to pull him to safety. The 14-year-old was stabbed to death outside his Hamilton high school on Oct. 7.

Charlie Taaffe, who twice was the CFL's coach of the year with the Montreal Alouettes, has died. He was 69.

It was a party worthy of a historic labour activist, one of the last remaining Stelco workers involved in the great strike of 1946.

A stretch of Highway 8 in Dundas has reopened after it was closed in early October for erosion repairs, which came after a partial collapse of the road due to heavy rainfall.

For the next month Justice Herman Wilton-Seigel will accept applications from any person or group who can help fulfill the inquiry's mandate or have "substantial and direct interest" in the investigation into how a damning friction testing report stayed buried for six years.

Hamilton is under a flood watch after Environment Canada said 30 to 50 mm are possible between Wednesday and Friday, with the heaviest downpour happening Thursday afternoon, just in time for Halloween.

New data from a survey about the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre (HARRC) shows 79 per cent of respondents have experienced or witnessed racism in the past year, most commonly in public places.

Darryl Firsten will soon be the new owner of the largest parcel of land in the heart of downtown Hamilton, which covers approximately 3.5 acres of land — he's got some big ideas for the future of the Hamilton City Centre.

Staff at a newspaper on the Six Nations of the Grand River lost part of their newsroom and a number of their work computers in a fire, but that didn't stop them from getting the latest issue of the paper to the printers on time.

A 21-year-old Scarborough man is charged with obstructing a peace officer, three counts of failing to comply with bail conditions, four firearm charges and possession of a weapon contrary to a court order.

Questions remain about who will be on the bullying review panel, what the board is doing to combat bullying now and whether the family of Devan Bracci-Selvey will be involved in any way.

More than one-third of Canadians voted strategically in last week's federal election to stop another party from winning, a new poll suggests.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said he was "tired" after his regular-season debut with the Thunder, an understandable outcome considering the whirlwind summer that saw the promising guard shipped off to Oklahoma City as part of the series of moves that brought superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George home to Los Angeles.

Year two of Canada's experiment with legal cannabis has begun, at least in Ontario and Quebec, with layoffs. More than 300 jobs have been lost. Jesse Staniforth, editor of Weedweek Canada, explains why the industry is off to a rough start in Ontario.

The Safe on 6 campaign will see "saturated patrols" along the busy highway that runs from Tobermory to Port Dover, according to Sgt. Kerry Schmidt.

The review, which is estimated to cost $100,000 - $150,000, will focus on four areas around bullying — prevention, intervention, reporting and responding.

Hamilton police have arrested a teenager with no fixed address in a shooting at a lower-city Tim Horton's last month.