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Canadian kayak legend Adam van Koeverden, who recently was elected to a third term as a Member of Parliament, was named Secretary of State for Sport on Tuesdayin Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet.

Ontario's public hospitals are spending "exorbitant" amounts of money on for-profit staffing agencies. That's according to a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. CBC's Dale Manucdoc breaks down the data - and reaction to the new findings.

Scott Milanovich quickly removed any doubt regarding who will be the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' starting running back this season.

When couple Margaret de Jong and Calvin Graham got a city notice ordering them to leave their rail trail encampment last week, they say they had no choice but to retreat deeper into the forested side of the escarpment.

After Nabil El-Ahmed was killed on the job in Hamilton in April, his family launched a fundraiser in his name. They're honouring his legacy by supporting humanitarian causes and hoping to find ways to better protect workers like him.

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer is facing a judge-alone trial into a fatal shooting of a man in Chatham-Kent in July 2021. Const. Sean O'Rourke is charged with manslaughter. He has pleaded not guilty.

Two summers ago, Hamilton appeared to be a national leader in developing a bylaw to limit indoor air temperatures in rental units. Now, with the city offering no timeline for change, one tenant and advocate wonders how long he'll suffer the consequences" of inaction.

Whether Oklahoma City Thunder superstar guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has an off night or scores 50 points, the cool Canadian with the impeccable style sticks to the script. The NBA MVP candidate seems to be on his way to greatness.

Advocates are supporting a bill that would eliminate hospital parking fees across Ontario, introduced after Nova Scotia removed them earlier this month. But questions about enforcement, the impact on hospital funding and equity for those without vehicles should be addressed, a policy expert says.

Ontario's housing minister says he will introduce legislation this week to speed up new home construction, the Ford government's latest attempt to put the province on track to meet its goal of building 1.5 million homes.

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton is appealing for living donors to help meet growing demand for kidney transplants. The hospital carries out between 120 to 160 transplants each year, but only about 30 per cent of the kidneys are from living donors.

A gathering on Saturday, organized byFilipino groups at McMaster University, aims to honour the 11 people killed in Vancouver during a Lapu-Lapu Day event last month.

A farmer and entrepreneur in King City, Ont., is making a pitch to help Canada become less sufficient on vegetable imports; a fully automated greenhouse, controlled by AI.

More than retaliatory counter tariffs, an informal Canadian visitor boycott is hurting American border communities whose economies rely in part on Canadian visitors and cross-border supply chains. Tourism operators in Upstate New York are hoping special discounts can win them back.

James Street N., is closed from York Boulevard to Murray Street E., between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday as Art Crawl returns to downtown Hamilton.

In early May, the developer of a housing development in Burlington, Ont., cut down 425 trees in a single day, prompting concern and outrage from some neighbours who say they're losing important green space.

Ontario Provincial Police say a Hamilton man, 24, faces 19 charges related to importing illegal guns following a joint-investigation involving U.S. and Canadian law enforcement.

The community event starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday and will run at 14 Derby Street on the Hamilton Mountain until 1 p.m.

CBC Hamilton has spoken to four families since 2023 who say lawyer Victoria Bruyn didn't follow through on promises to help them navigate Canada's complicated, high-stakes immigration process, leaving them in limbo or facing deportation. Bruyn is currently listed as an adjudicator at Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board.

This the first year of the vacant unit tax, which will see the city impose a one per cent levy on a home's assessed value if no one was living there for more than half of 2024.

An Ontario company has signed a deal with Ports Toronto to run a marine hovercraft that will shuttle passengers from Toronto to Niagara in 30 minutes. Erika Portz, president and interim chief operating officer of Hoverlink Ontario Inc., breaks down the company's plans on Metro Morning.

International culinary star Matty Matheson is set to open a restaurant at the new Hamilton Arena, which is scheduledto open later this year, Oak View Group (OVG) has announced.

Hamilton hospital network says the new building will replace an aging Grimsby, Ont., facility.

Premier Doug Ford's government has given Ontario Power Generation the green light to start construction on Canada's first small modular reactor, a new nuclear technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant.

Researchers found that consumption of ultra-processed foods was linked with correlating levels of high blood pressure and cholesterol, and was not affected by an individual's age, size and level of activity.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the province must focus on accelerating infrastructure projects as it finds itself in a critical time" against U.S. tariffs.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones and Premier Doug Ford defended on Wednesday the province's approach to the ongoing measles outbreak as new infections increase sharply and criticism mounts.

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated one of his favourite talking points in his meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday, saying the Canada-U.S. border is an artificially drawn line."Historians say he's not exactly wrong, but the truth is more complicated.

Ontario's top court finds trial judge made a mistake when sentencing Arsenije Lojovic, with bipolar disorder, which made it harder for him to control his behaviour during the 2022 hit-and-run. Brott's family says they're 'disgusted' by the decision.

Restaurant Pearl Morissettein the Lincoln, Ont., neighbourhood of Jordan Station has won the top spot on Canada's Best 100 Restaurants List for 2025.

Measles cases in Ontario have increased by 140 this week, for a total of 1,383 cases, the province's top doctor said.

A 40-year-old Brantford man has been charged with second-degree murder after a residential fire left a49-year-old woman deadand three people injured, police said.

With all the noise of back-to-back provincial and federal election campaigns, you'd be forgiven for not hearing the cracking sounds coming from Ontario's fragile economy since January, even before U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs began to bite.

GFL Environmental has been charged with 10 violations under the Environmental Protection Act over its stinky dump in Stoney Creek.

Striking CHS workers are urging the Ford government to intervene, saying the province must ensure publicly funded agencies uphold fair labour practices and protect access for the Deaf community.

On Saturday, four peregrine chicks hatched in a nest on the 18th floor of the downtown Sheraton hotel.Soon, community members will monitor them as they learn to fly.

Ontario will head down to Washington to fight against a possible 100 per cent tariff on films coming into the U.S. that are not produced in the country, the province's minister of economic development said.

Maple syrup has become "an ideal and prime target" for fraud, a researcher inthe University of Guelph's department of food science has warned.

Curtis Sanderson's sister was struck and killed by a vehicle in 2002. It's a tragedy that hits him fresh on every Red Dress Day, a day in which he knows many Indigenous families mourn their own lost sisters and daughters.

After 11 people were killed at theLapu-Lapu Day event in Vancouverlast weekend, Filipinos across the countryare finding solace in one another, says Hamilton psychotherapist Joey Ruiz.

London Morning spoke with voting system expert Aleksander about why ballots are still being counted by hand in the federal election.

With more than 100 friendship centres across Canada, these community hubs have long served as safe and welcoming spaces for multigenerational urban Indigenous people - supporting their rights, well-being and cultural preservation. Today, this vital movement continues to grow and thrive.

A man has been been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting and forcibly confining a 14-year-old girl in Ajax over several days, Durham police say

The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck there indefinitely.

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man after three people were injured in a stabbingat adowntown mosque in Hamilton.

Hamilton police charged a 23-year-old man in the death of 2023 death of his girlfriend's baby girl.

Recent visitors to Halton health facilities may have been exposed to measles, health officials say as Ontario experiences most new measles cases since October.

Hamilton and Niagara residents have voted to send four new MPs to Ottawa to represent them: John-Paul Danko, Fred Davies, Ned Kuruc and Aslam Rana. Here's more about them.

The city's first outdoor shelter opened on Barton-Tiffany lands this spring and is now fully occupied. But councillors were caught off guard this week when learning construction costs were almost triple what was originally budgeted.