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Housing Minister Sean Fraser has announced what he's calling an ambitious strategy to address Canada's housing crisis.

Hamilton's escarpment walls erode more quickly if they face southeast, but vegetation slows that process down. Those are two findings from recent McMaster University research into erosion along the formation, which seeks to better understand the phenomenon and help the city prevent damage from falling rocks.

Hamilton councillors opposed to building affordable housing on a city parking lot have in recent months pitched a 'leading-edge' alternative - reviving a decade-old plan to build 44 units on the same property as the Dominic Agostino Riverdale Community Centre and an elementary school. But whether it's possible is up for debate.

Treena MacSween remembers her dad, an immigrant from Jamaica, polishing his shoes every night and imparting wisdom onhis children. On Thursday, it was announced MacSween, a superintendent with the Hamilton Police Service, has been hired as London, Ont.'s third deputy chief.

Human remains have been found at a pier in Hamilton Harbour, police said on Wednesday.

Canada's top court says it won't hear arguments about the release of prison and parole documents concerning serial killer Paul Bernardo.

Environment Canada says much of southwestern Ontario, including Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Six Nations, and Haldimand-Norfolk are in for 25 to 50 millimetres of rain, and possibly more if there are thunderstorms.

As the Ontario government promised earlier in the day, an NDP private member'sbill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic passed second reading at the legislature Wednesday evening without a fight.

The Hamilton man who livestreamed himself unleashing a transphobic tirade and assaulting someone on a city bus in 2022 is a prime example of why Canada needs stronger legislation against cyberbullying and online hate, according to an expert and 2SLGBTQ+ advocates.

Break them down for the blue bin, drop them off to be recycled or donate them to be used for the next eclipse somewhere else in the world, says the Hamilton Conservation Authority.

Veteran cornerback Jamal Peters will suit up with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2024 following three seasons with the archrival Toronto Argonauts. Peters says his goals are to contend for the CFL's top defensive player honour and help Hamilton win its first Grey Cup since 1999.

Premier Doug Ford's government is releasing the province's latest housing plan, which includes expanded powers for post-secondary institutions and municipalities.

Samir Supermarket launched in 2005. Almost 20 years later, it has four locations and helps newcomers find their footing and get work. The newest location opened downtown recently, in time for Eid al-Fitr celebrations.

On a boat cruising near the Niagara Falls,309 people in yellow sun costumes overtop red rain ponchossmashed the previous record - hours before the total solar eclipse.

According to the president of Control Chem Canada, the worker who collapsed after inhaling fumes at awater treatment supplier in Burlington, Ont., last week, has died.

Veteran Canadian offensive lineman Chris Van Zeyl retired Saturday following a distinguished 15-year CFL career. Van Zeyl, 40, spent the last four seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2019, 2021-23), helping the squad make Grey Cup appearances in 2019 and 2021.

Ontario's Superior Court of Justice is now examining whether or not police officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man in crisis should have their names shielded from the public.

Semna Mathew was one of thousands who witnessed the once-in-a-lifetime eclipse in Hamilton and Niagara, among the best viewing areas in Canada. She had a very personal reason why the eclipse brought tears to her eyes.

A Hamilton public school board trustee says she'sbanned from participating in private board and committee meetings after refusing to delete a November social media post about being under investigation for other social media posts in support of Palestinians.

The man is facing charges for conspiracy to commit murder. Police say officers uncovered the evidence leading to the charges while investigating a separate shooting.

Millions of spectators turn their heads skyward for the total solar eclipse happening on Monday across Canada, the United States and Mexico.

People watching in the path of totality experienced night-like darkness and a temperature drop as the moon moved between the sun and Earth, blocking the star's light during the celestial spectacle, including in Hamilton and Niagara, a prime viewing area in Canada.

With the April 8 total solar eclipse just a day away - and huge numbers of people gearing up to see the historic event- Metrolinx says it has increased GO Transit service to help them get to and from primeviewing locations.

Police chiefs in Halton Region, Niagara Region and the City of Hamilton made more money last year than their counterparts in Toronto and at the Ontario Provincial Police, according to provincial financial disclosure documents.

The lawsuits launched by Ontario school boardsagainstthe social media giants could take years to litigate, involve dozens of experts, thousands of documents and cost lots and lots of money. And they may also encountersignificant legal challenges.

Will Monday's eclipse be fun or meaningful to you? At CBC Hamilton, our team will be out across Hamilton, including at McMaster University, Bayfront Park and Tim Hortons Field, and we want to share stories from across the region with the rest of the community. Share your plans with us here.

On the day of the total solar eclipse, Prof. Eric Seidlitz of Hamilton's McMaster University will not only be experiencing the celestial event of a lifetime, but also a birthday that he at one time was certain he'd never live to see.

Automatic property tax payments will soon resume for many Hamilton homeowners, but on a new withdrawal schedule that could take some bank accounts by surprise.

A 'chemical incident' at a water treatment supplier in Burlington, Ont., left a worker with life-threatening injuries on Thursday.

At the height of the pandemic, YWCA Hamilton staff were encountering women experiencing homelessness who were pregnant but going without prenatal care late into their pregnancy, or not at all.The non-profit started a small, low-barrier program to help in 2021 and are now looking to expand.

Doctors are warning about the risks of eye injuries as a result of this Monday's solar eclipse, while a study indicates an increase in traffic incidents during the same spectacular event in 2017. Here are some tips to stay safe.

When a total solar eclipse passes over upstate New York on April 8, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy will celebrate the once in a lifetime event as the anniversary of its founding.

CBC News is your destination for comprehensive coverage of the total solar eclipse in Canada.

The Hamilton man who livestreamed himself unleashing a transphobic tirade and assaulting someone on a city bus in 2022 received a roughly seven-and-a-half month sentence on Thursday morning -longer than what Crown attorneys asked for.

A body that washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario in 1992 has been identified as a Buffalo man who is believed to have died going over Niagara Falls.

A Jamaican widow is calling for change following the death of her husband - years after he was injured at his workplace in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Hamilton police have identified a manfound dead near Pier 4 on Tuesday and say his death is 'suspicious.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $15-billion top-up to the federal government's Apartment Construction Loan Program and says the government plans to leverage the soon-to-be $55-billion program to encourage provincial and territorial partnerships to boost the number of rental units across Canada.

Environment Canada put out special weather statements for Hamilton, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines and Burlington, Ont., early Wednesday morning.

A volunteer committee made up of current and former Hamilton Police Service members says it will no longer support YWCA Hamilton with a fundraiser that has raised over $130,000 since 2021. The committee says the decision was made following theYWCA's Women of Distinction Awards,in which an honouree criticized police during a speech.

Police stopped the driver of a pickup truck for speeding westbound on the Queen Elizabeth Way near Burloak Drive inBurlington, Ont., on Jan. 29. Minutes later, the truck sped away and crashed, killing one passenger, Ontario's police watchdog says.

In a sentencing decision on Tuesday, the judge said the victim sustained 'profound' injuries including fractures to her face andjaw, a brain bleed, abrasions to both eyes and lacerations to her tongue and lip.

Hamilton, Niagara, Burlington and Brant County should expect an early spring storm, Environment Canada says.

From the discovery of helium to Einstein, solar eclipses are more than a jaw-dropping spectacle.

The City of Hamilton is extending some of the respite spaces for people experiencing homelessness into the fall.

A cross-Canada shortage of teachers is hitting a crisis level, experts warn, and while some COVID-era stopgap measures are being reintroduced, they saymore sustainable solutions are needed.

The federal government says it will spend $1 billion over five years to implement a national school food program.