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Police say the body of a swimmer who has been missing in Lake Erie for almost three days has been recovered.

Niagara Regional Police Service is searching for a loose Ball Python in Beamsville

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board has released its plan for a staggered start to the school year.

A coffin, grim reaper and roughly 85 animal rights activists arrived in front of Flamborough-Glanbrook MPP Donna Skelly's office on Saturday to honour the life of Regan Russell and protest a controversial bill by hosting a mock funeral.

A 44-year-old Hamilton man has died after crashing into a hydro pole on Friday afternoon.

Officers say a 21-year-old Brantford man died in the crash, but called the Special Investigations Unit to investigate

Dustin Johnson is 21 shots worse to par than he was a week ago and still looks to be the player to beat.

A'ja Wilson had 20 points, seven rebounds and five blocks, Dearica Hamby added 17 points and 10 rebounds, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the New York Liberty 80-63 on Saturday to clinch a playoff spot.

The theatre wrote on Facebook that it acknowledges having "a system that perpetuates barriers of access to Black, Indigenous and People of Colour."

Brantford city council has approved the sale of a nine-hole course, but residents are still protesting and pursuing a judicial review into how the decision came to be.

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has changed its reopening schedule as classes are poised to reopen in the first week September.

A man is facing drug and gun charges following a Hamilton police investigation that seized cocaine and pills.

An order limiting the number of quarantining migrant workers in Norfolk County to three per bunkhouse is back in place following a decision from an Ontario court.

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Dr. Kathy Georgiades, pediatric psychologist with the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences and Dr. Martha Fulford, infectious diseases specialist at McMaster Children’s Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences offer advice on getting kids back to school.

Peter Szick almost passed away from diabetes when he was 22 months. Now, he wants to make sure things are as safe as possible when he and his friends go back to school.

Police are reminding residents of the dangers of taking medication that wasn't prescribed to them following a pharmacy break-in that netted an estimated $50,000 worth of drugs.

Canadian National Railway Co. has awarded a contract for 1,150 grain cars to National Steel Car Ltd. in Hamilton.

Thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible for Haldimand-Norfolk, Niagara and Brant County during the afternoon and into Saturday morning, according to Environment Canada.

As Labour Day approaches, close your eyes and picture the typical union member in Canada. If you conjured an image of a man wearing a hard hat or working in a factory, you missed the mark.

Students becoming infected by COVID-19 in schools is inevitable according to the city's medical officer of health, but that shouldn't be considered a failure.

Thousands of Hamilton students are behind on vaccinations because of COVID-19, according to public health officials who hope hiring more nurses will help them catch up on the backlog.

An employee at each grocery store has tested positive according to an online COVID-19 database.

Hamilton's Catholic school board is planning to spend at least $3.5 million to cut elementary class sizes and hire teachers to help students physically distance because of COVID-19.

Halton police say they arrested two people last night in a stolen Mercedes that had hit a parked cruiser and an officer with an open car door.

Environment Canada is warning residents in Hamilton, Niagara and Brant County that conditions are favourable for strong winds, nickel-sized hail and heavy rain.

A study from a top labourers' union says the LRT project would cost around $3.4 to $3.6 billion to build.

Ishwar K. Puri, Dean of Engineering and a professor at McMaster University says the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing universities to reimagine higher education. He offers a blueprint on how lessons learned during COVID will shape the future for students.

Seven-time Canadian Football League all-star Tommy Joe Coffey has died, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have confirmed. He was 83. Coffey won two Grey Cups with Hamilton in 1967 and '72 and also played for the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts.

Provincial police in Haldimand County are reminding residents to always wear a life jacket following a "close call" for four young people who drifted out into Lake Erie and struggled to get back to shore.

Six Nations elementary school students will use online learning during September and October as classes reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Supercrawl will host five concerts on top of the York Boulevard parking garage at the end of September.

Ontario has revealed its plan to manage potential COVID-19 outbreaks in schools, which describes scenarios in which select students will be sent home and entire schools shut down as a result of positive cases.

According to the Haudenosaunee worldview, all issues regarding land fall on the responsibility of women. It’s why a group of Haudenosaunee women from Six Nations of the Grand River are opposing the use of injunctions against their community members who have been occupying a housing development outside Caledonia, Ont., since July 19.

At some universities around Ontario, COVID has become part of the curriculum, with schools teaching pandemic-themed courses in health, law, politics, art and economics.

Shaw Festival has announced that that it will put on outdoor musical performances a month after it decided to cancel most of its 2020 season.

There are 63 active cases in Hamilton as of Tuesday morning, compared to just 14 tallied at the end of July.

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board gave local media a tour of one of its newer schools on the mountain, Shannen Koostachin Elementary, on Tuesday.

An injunction that calls for Indigenous demonstrators to leave a residential development just outside Caledonia, Ont. has been ordered to continue.

Join our Facebook Live Thursday at noon with Dr. Kathy Georgiades, pediatric psychologist with the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences and Dr. Martha Fulford, infectious diseases specialist at McMaster Children’s Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences.

Hamilton’s public school board has extended the deadline for parents to register children for in-person or virtual learning as its Parent Portal continues to frustrate families.

Police say the suspect promised to pay back double what they borrowed.

All students at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board will be required to wear a mask in school.

Up to 20 per cent of students in Hamilton's public school board could register for online learning. That's roughly 10,000 students or close to one in five kids at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board.

There are 973 total cases in Hamilton, which is up one since yesterday.

A 31-year-old man is facing charges, Hamilton police say, following an incident where a girl under the age of 16 was sexually assaulted then given money.

Hamilton-Wentworth Public District School Board trustees approve a revised school reopening plan that includes a staggered start to the year and spending up to roughly $9 million in reserve funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hamilton police say an 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with an incident where a shotgun was fired into the ceiling of a short-term rental on Aberdeen Avenue.

Brantford police say they've arrested a 23-year-old after he was found driving a golf cart on the Wayne Gretzky Parkway with an open container of alcohol.