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The Toronto Raptors made their first Finals, and won their first Finals game (118-109 over the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors, just to remind you). So how can they do that three more times?

Families who lost loved ones at the Barton jail painted 16 crosses as a memorial. Now someone is pretending to sell the crosses firewood — and offering extra money to see them burn.

Jenn Dahl says if she didn't have an abortion, she'd likely be dead now.

The Hamilton Golf and Country Club is hosting the RBC Canadian Open June 3-9. It's expected to cause road closures and service changes that may affect residents. Here's a rundown.

Zac Rinaldo will talk CBD at Hempfest, while the Innovations in the Science of Cannabis Conference is also running.

The thousands of Indigenous women and girls who were murdered or disappeared across the country in recent decades are victims of a “Canadian genocide,” says the final report of the national inquiry created to probe the ongoing tragedy.

Flags are flying at half staff on Hamilton public schools to mourn Chris Parkinson, a local trustee who founded the Hamilton Blue Dot environmental movement and a charity called Erich's Cupboard.

Toronto Raptors fans in Hamilton now have a dedicated place to cheer — FirstOntario Centre will host free viewing parties of games two and three of the NBA finals.

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The city will soon debate an urban Indigenous strategy two years in the making. But in the meantime, it had a flag-raising ceremony.

Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire that destroyed a barn in Flamborough overnight.

A 23-year-old man was fatally stabbed in central Hamilton early Friday while he was out celebrating the Toronto Raptors’ game one win of the NBA finals, police say.

In Hamilton all that water is making its presence known by overrunning and damaging popular trails along the lake and swamping parking lots near the harbour.

The city's LGBTQ advisory committee cited numerous reasons why it didn't want the city to fly the flags this year. But the mayor says it's important to other people, including the city's LGBTQ staff.

A Brantford student and his special education teacher are sharing a message of encouragement for the Toronto Raptors as they take on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Championships.

"I was a little bit frustrated with being angry on Facebook," says the event organizer, who's protesting, among other things, MPP Will Bouma speaking at an anti-abortion rally.

A former Hamilton cop who was convicted in a pay-for-protection scheme is now facing the prospect of an additional three years being tacked onto his sentence because he did not pay a fine.

Basketball fans in Canada witnessed history as Toronto's team made its first appearance at the NBA Finals.

For years, a question has haunted Sandy Shaw about one of the worst days of her life — why, when her 17-month-old sister was dying, did her parents rush her baby sister to hospital?

After her husband died, Pat Dunn couldn't afford to live alone. So she put the call out for a roommate on Facebook to other single senior women. Hundreds have responded.

As concerns around the impact of climate change continue to rise along with lake levels, some residents along Hamilton's Beach Strip are questioning what the future holds for their waterfront community.

A recent study from Montreal’s McGill University has found “striking” levels of a deadly blood cancer clustered in Ontario cities including Hamilton, Sarnia and Thunder Bay.

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A Hamilton man is facing several drug and driving charges after allegedly making an improper right turn on a red light, then tossing drugs out his window while being followed by a cop.

Philanthropists Charles and Margaret Juravinski plan to create a $100-million endowment fund to support health research at two hospitals and a university in Hamilton.

The Hamilton-Tiger Cats and Forge FC are teaming up with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and scoring a historic first in the process.

Indie-pop crooner Bahamas, Academy Award-winner Buffy Sainte-Marie and Canadian stage stalwarts Stars are headlining this year’s Supercrawl.

Authorities are warning visitors to Hamilton conservation areas to stay at least a body-length back from the edge of gorges or escarpment cliffs after a man slipped off the edge of Dundas Peak last week and fell to his death.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School was placed in a hold and secure Tuesday afternoon after officials received threats about a student with a gun and a bomb at the school.

Khelyse Crowe-Kasule was 8 when she was playing near a train, and the train began to move.

Portions of both Hamilton's main waterfront trails are closed due to flooding, erosion and debris tossed by waves and water levels officials expect to hit or exceed historic highs within the next few days.

Families who lost loved ones at jails across the province met outside the Barton jail for a rally Monday night, brought together by tragedy but united in a common goal — correcting corrections in Ontario.

The teens pushed the victim off his bike and police say several of them assaulted him before running away with his bike.

If the province wants the city to cut 4 four cent, mayor says, it'll likely mean cutting jobs and services.

It appears Hamilton may not get to celebrate the birth of any falcon chicks hatched atop the downtown Sheraton Hotel this year.

A Niagara Falls, Ont., man has been fined $15,000 after he was caught flying into Canada with a suitcase full of leeches.

Hundreds of Hamilton cyclists, from students to professional soccer players, rode their bikes to work Monday.

A national charity that works to save old buildings estimates that 9,000 religious spaces in Canada will be lost in the next decade, roughly a third of all faith-owned buildings in the country. Kendra Fry, a project lead with Faith and the Common Good, tells us what we lose when churches close.

Police say during the entire confrontation the woman's three children, all under eight-years-old, were with her. None of the kids were injured.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reversing this year's cuts to municipal funding, though future cuts will continue as planned. "We're a government that listens," Ford said.

Canadian pop act Walk off the Earth are paying tribute to their late bandmate Mike Taylor with a new track named in his memory.

Hamilton police have released the name of the man who was stabbed to death at a downtown apartment Saturday night. Police say the victim and accused were childhood friends.

A "sugar sweetened beverages levy" or what is more commonly known as a soda tax, is included in a list of Ontario caucus priorities obtained by CBC News.

Hamilton police say a man was allegedly stabbed to death Saturday night at an apartment downtown. The death marks the city's fourth homicide of the year.

The agreement to end steel and aluminum tariffs points to where the Trump administration's protectionism may head next - and it's not really a return to a North American free trade zone for steel and aluminum products.

Brantford's Wayne Etmanski has spent years living in the woods with white-tailed deer. His hope is to co-exist and befriend the herd.

The 24-year-old victim was sitting with a friend shortly before 11 p.m. when Hamilton police say he lost his balance while standing up and fell off the edge.

Halton Regional Police are seeking four men they say were involved in an early morning jewelry heist in Burlington, Ont.

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Hamilton police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down 25-year-old Odessa Wickland.