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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to a reported one-year deal, taking one of the top potential free-agent pivots off the market.

The national weather service says a system of "brief bursts of heavier snow" is advancing eastward across southwestern Ontario on Tuesday morning into the afternoon.

Police received information about "possible shots fired" shortly after midnight on the last day of the year. When officers arrived on scene, they said they "recovered evidence" that confirmed a shooting.

Most spots will be closed for New Year's Day and most businesses should be back to normal on Jan. 2, 2020.

John David was surprised to learn a five-minute phone call from the Golan Heights to his parents in Hamilton, Ont., cost a $20 in 1978 — a pricey expense for a Canadian Forces soldier with a monthly income of just over $300. So he sought a cheaper option.

There's still no word who will sit on a province task force to look at transportation in Hamilton.

Close out the decade and say hello to 2020. Here's a list of ways to make your last day of the year in Hamilton a great one.

The purported parking dispute took place on Boxing Day at the Outlet Collection on Taylor Road and the video documenting the incident has thousands of views.

The bus driver, the tourists, the chef, the hero, the metalhead, the city planner and the deer whisperer. Here's a look at eight of the most interesting people in Hamilton we met in 2018.

Karen Cumming, a long-time Hamilton journalist and health advocate, spoke to CBC News about how she hopes to create a community for families seeking long-term care.

Hamilton police are looking for a suspect in an early-morning hit and run where a pick-up truck hit a cyclist.

A driver on a Harley Davidson crashed into two seniors on the Mountain this weekend, and one of the seniors was killed.

A big chunk of Ontario remains under a series of Environment Canada's freezing rain warnings.

From stolen wheels to smuggled leeches, here's a look at some of the strangest illegal things that happened in Hamilton and the surrounding area over the past year.

Twin sisters Jesse and Dakota Brant are the owners of Sapling and Flint, a Six Nations-based business that designs, manufactures and sells jewelry influenced by their traditions and culture.

The Red Hill Valley Parkway Inquiry will hear from nine applicants wanting to participate in the multi-million dollar investigation into a buried safety report, including a group that says they spoke with the city several times about its results.

The art exhibit includes various works, like a multi-media video expressing the diverse and lived experiences of people with disabilities.

Hamilton police shared their list of the top 10 non-emergency calls taken by their communication operators in 2019.

While some Hamiltonians were cashing in on Boxing Day deals at the mall, hundreds of runners and walkers commandeered a few of the city's downtown streets for an almost 100-year-old race.

Canada's truck driver shortage will grow by half in less than a decade as the industry grapples with an aging workforce and difficulties recruiting young people and women.

Hamilton's Candace Miles and Kate Dion are the first-ever Canadian duet team to win gold at the Karaoke World Championships (KWC), which took place in Tokyo at the end of November.

Police say they received a 911 call from a person who had watched a video on the photo-sharing app of a male driver whose car was "stopped in a turn lane facing a green light" at the intersection of Bronte Street and Steeles Avenue.

After stopping to help with the Ebola crisis, a Hamilton-based charity is aiming to raise $2 million to build Liberia's first library since the civil war.

From a noseless cat's wild adventure to ducks waddling through school and a doe making itself at home, here's a look at some of the best animal stories from Hamilton over the past year.

Highlights include LRT, clean water and zero unemployment.

Hamilton Police's Division 20 Heat unit and its Bear units had two separate investigations until realizing their cases were connected.

Most services are closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, but transit will run with limited service.

They shivered in below-zero temperatures. Their mittened hands held signs for a message they said couldn't wait: the Crown attorney's office needs to appeal the not-guilty verdict for the person who shot Yosif Al-Hasnawi, and it needs to happen now.

Hamilton-based Chef Jack Middleton talks cooking plant-based meals for the holidays, and how it's more simple and delicious than you might think.

Hamilton has had a 62 per cent chance of a 'white Christmas' between 1955 and 2017 — this year likely won't be one of them.

Hamilton bylaw officials have issued two trespassing notices under a new bylaw aimed at discouraging yellow vest wearers and groups such as the Soldiers of Odin and Proud Boys.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are extending the contracts of offensive co-ordinator Tommy Condell and defensive co-ordinator/defensive backs coach Mark Washington.

Officers from the service's Child Abuse and Sexual Assault (CASA) unit and members of the Emergency Services Unit — including tactical and canine officers — worked with other investigators to arrest the man on Friday, Dec. 20.

Every house on Rio Lane in St. Catharines, Ont., is dressed up in lights for the Christmas season. It's a street tradition that's been going on for 40 years, with front lawns littered in holiday inflatables, homemade cutouts and thousands of lights.

Police and paramedics responded to a report of a shooting in the area of Oriole Crescent and Glengrove Avenue on Sunday just before 10 p.m.

The Hamilton branch of a global climate action group has claimed responsibility for dumping manure outside of Doug Ford's Etobicoke constituency office — a video of which went viral on social media Sunday.

Police originally charged Aristor with first-degree murder. The charge was dropped, but his claims of self-defence did not convince the jury, which found him guilty of second-degree murder.

A man has been charged with kidnapping and theft of a motor vehicle, police say, after he attempted to take a car and drive away with a passenger still inside.

Simply having a wonderful Christmastime becomes a lot more difficult if you're allergic to Christmas trees, poinsettias or even the cold. Dr. Samira Jeimy has some survival tips for the unlucky few who suffer through the holiday season.

They have been in power for 18 months, but the Ford government is still making things up as it goes along. And when it runs into turbulence, as it did this week in Hamilton, its favourite response is to pivot quickly to blaming the former Liberal government for its troubles.

Ontario's auditor general says she'll look at how reasonable the province's cost estimates were for Hamilton light-rail transit as part of an upcoming audit of Metrolinx.

A 10-year-old boy believes a guardian angel gave him the strength to keep his best friend's head above the surface after he fell into the frigid water of Hamilton Harbour.

Hamilton police say the canine unit helped locate cash and valuables in a false wall.

We've put together a list of activities sure to keep your holidays bright.

Snow and low visibility are expected for areas between Grimsby and Oakville, with total snowfall amounts of five to 10 cm possible.

Kim Jones and her son, Theo Risdale, made a gingerbread Death Star and surrounded it with X-wings, TIE fighters and Star Destroyers to celebrate the holidays and final trilogy of the Skywalker saga.

A top labourers' union that supported Hamilton light-rail transit (LRT) says it's doing its own studies to find out how much it would cost to build the system — and to change the mind of its old friend Doug Ford.

"Just one little pin," some chains and a lone brake line were connecting the truck to its load, according to provincial police.

Officers found drugs, fake money, weapons including a pellet handgun and pellet rifle, stolen IDs and ammo after pulling over the suspects.

A Brantford man has been charged with sex-related offences, police say, after officials in the United States alerted investigators he was allegedly luring a girl believed to be 14 years old.