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Provincial police say they're investigating after they say someone poured urine into a Norfolk County home.

One of the city's biggest developers says he has a $200-million plan to redevelop Hamilton's downtown entertainment facilities, and build two new office buildings to boot. And unlike a recent proposal to put an arena at Lime Ridge Mall, there's no public money involved.

An Ontario Provincial Police officer suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic on a highway in Hamilton on Tuesday.

The seven-year-old Hamilton boy who was shot multiple times when someone fired at his house is still recovering in hospital.

The family of Holly Ellsworth-Clark had to become investigators overnight, in an unfamiliar town, looking for their child and not knowing where to start.

Elementary students in Hamilton will be out of school due to strikes for two days in a row next Thursday and Friday, Jan. 6 and Jan. 7, while Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board teachers are also at the picket line next Tuesday, Feb. 4.

A team of researchers from the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences recently published a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which suggests eating one egg a day is OK.

A patient who was under quarantine at the St. Catharines hospital does not have the new strain of coronovirus, according to Ontario's Ministry of Health.

Bell Canada plans to bring direct fibre network connections to more than 200,000 homes and business throughout the city which will allow users to access data speeds up to 1.5 gigabits per second — "the fastest home internet speeds in Canada."

Claire Calnan, executive director of the Hamilton Fringe, says some exhibits are more political this year.

The Ontario NDP is extending condolences to the party leader after the death of her mother.

One of the biggest battles between the city and its 550 HSR drivers is being resolved — the city has put out a tender for 42 stand-alone washrooms at the end of bus routes.

A fight broke out at a plaza near Pannabaker Drive and Garner Road West in Ancaster involving students about 20 students from St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School.

A Port Dover woman was changing at home earlier this month when she noticed a drone that appeared to be recording hovering at her bedroom window, according to provincial police.

It will be likely be the end of 2020 before a verdict is reached in the trial of Steven Snively and Christopher Marchant.

A total of 472 dwelling units went up in the city last year, according to officials and a builder who point to affordability and quality of life as part of what set Welland apart.

Hamilton Health Sciences has begun screening for the new coronavirus at all of its sites and is warning patients the process may add to delays at its "already busy hospitals."

Stelco Holdings Inc. says Alan Kestenbaum will return as the company's chief executive.

Emergency crews were called to a rural property overnight after a "suspicious" fire broke out on a site officials say Netflix has used for filming.

Four men are facing charges after a string of alleged robberies in Milton and Burlington

A 33-year-old Hamilton man who was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle was arrested Saturday, provincial police say, after OnStar remotely stopped it, allowing officers to take him into custody.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) is warning parents and caregivers to prepare for a one-day walkout that will close public elementary schools in the city on Friday.

Health officials say the risk of an outbreak of the coronavirus in Canada remains low, but they expect more cases.

A 34-year-old man is believed to have detonated a "commercial grade pyrotechnic" inside a Niagara Falls house, according to police.

Hamilton's Vice and Drug unit had search warrants for a home in Hamilton and another in Stoney Creek.

Hamilton transit riders will get more frequent service on the Mountain this year, but only if city council approves a steep 9.6 per cent budget increase.

Hamilton police want the community to band together, councillors want officers to create a task force and the mayor wants to 'ban the damn guns.'

A seven-year-old boy who is in hospital recovering from gunshot wounds was an "unintended victim" of a targeted shooting that took place at his home in the city's east end, Hamilton police say

The ice and snow on the roads may worsen a heavy downpour expected tonight, according to Environment Canada.

A new study from McMaster University shows that scurvy, a disease brought on by severe vitamin C deficiency, is alive and well in Hamilton.

A seven-year-old boy was rushed hospital after being shot at a residence in Hamilton's east end Thursday night, officials say.

Norfolk County has just named its fourth CAO since last January, the latest in a year of massive turnover that includes staff firings, retirements and a higher than usual number of vacancies in the county of 65,000 people.

A union rep, a retired journalist and a former Liberal MP are among the members of a new Hamilton transportation task force that will decide how to spend $1 billion.

Hamilton's Forge FC has sold star midfielder Tristan Borges, the leading scorer and MVP of the Canadian Premier League, to Belgian club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Police are using the incident as a reminder for residents to protect their personal information and help stop scammers.

Two "out of towners" are facing charges, police say, after a silver Dodge Challenger was seen cruising down Barton Street East with a handgun hanging out the window.

HWDSB says all after-school sports and extracurriculars are cancelled until further notice and elementary students won't be receiving report cards this term.

It took two years and hours of debate, but the area around Hamilton's Hunter Street GO station will finally get three more blocks of bike lanes.

Brock University students are sifting through sand for plastic waste to show that the issue of waste plastics isn't just one in distant oceans.

Amid the teacher job actions, there's been a lot of misleading and false information coming from both the province and teachers and their unions. Here are some of the more common claims that have caused confusion.

The province still hasn't announced who is on the task force, which will make a recommendation in February.

Hopes of finding Holly Ellsworth-Clark stay alive as hundreds of people surveyed streets in Hamilton Wednesday evening to find the missing 27-year-old.

Staff at Hamilton General Hospital are working under increasing demands to deliver care, while the site continues to work overcapacity.

Emergency crews were called to a farm on Smithville Road in Canborough around 2:24 p.m. Tuesday and found the barn fully-engulfed in flames, according to provincial police.

The good news: only 3.4% totally agreed that "transit is for those less fortunate than me," and drivers would be willing to try HSR if it was reliable and fast, and protected them from the elements.

It's now the norm for hospitals to run over capacity — and Hamilton and Niagara general hospitals land among the top five most frequently overfilled sites in the province.

Overcrowding has become so common in Ontario hospitals that patient beds are routinely placed in hallways and conference rooms, research by CBC News reveals.

Halton police say the body of a missing woman, 22, was found encased in ice in a Burlington creek on Tuesday.

Hamilton police responded on Monday to a call reporting the sound of gunshots near Glen Castle Drive and Mount Albion Road by Greenhill Avenue.

Along Wentworth Street North, King Street East and Wilson Street drivers in cars, vans and transport trucks honked their horns in noisy support of Hamilton's striking teachers. Teachers at 35 Catholic schools were on strike Tuesday as part of province-wide protests.