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Peter Corbière, a Niagara-on-the-Lake man at the centre of a 2018 CBC News investigation, was arrested on Thursday by Niagara police.

The last weekend of Winterfest, a visit from NHL legends and a giant bouncy castle festival in Ancaster are just some of the things to do during the long weekend.

There are no injuries and the fire marshal will investigate due to the magnitude of the blaze, but the cause of the fire doesn't appear to be suspicious at this time.

Most stores will be closed on Monday and transportation will operate on modified schedules.

The contaminant levels in Chedoke Creek are no worse than they were before 24 billion litres of sewage and stormwater spilled into the creek, a new report says. And dredging won't help.

Hamilton police have appointed an openly LGBTQ officer to work with the local queer and trans communities as part of an effort to build trust.

Firefighters in St. Catharines, Ont. have been told to turn down the heat on their steamy annual calendar or risk losing municipal backing for the fundraiser.

Adam Booth, 35, got his full acquittal on Dec. 11, 2019 — three years and a month after he was sentenced to 12 years in prison minus time served for charges including robbery and aggravated assault.

A former Hamilton undercover police officer faces a number of Police Services Act charges after he used "profane and insulting language" and contacted the friends and acquaintances of a city councillor, says a report from the Office Of Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD).

The Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (HCCI) is fighting back against the notion it violated privacy rules by sharing information gathered during a session involving students at Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School in 2018.

CN Rail and Via Rail are shutting down huge sections of their railway systems as Indigenous blockades continue to cripple the country's transportation network.

Hamilton city councillors have put off making a decision for another six months about clearing all of the city's sidewalks after winter storms, a move one councillor sees as a way to avoid dealing with the subject.

Police seized drugs including cocaine and methamphetamine following two separate investigations into a suspicious vehicle and a search of a home in Grimsby.

Freeman was reported missing from the Lynwood Charlton Centre in Flamborough in October 2017. He was found dead in a wooded area roughly 35 metres from the home on seven months later.

The Hamilton-Wentworth School Board's new bullying review panel begins its work this week. Two members of that panel take your questions and hear your comments on what we need to do to stop bullying in Hamilton schools.

The mother of a teenager who died in a crash on the Red Hill Valley Parkway is "heartbroken" no victims of collisions will be allowed to fully participate in an inquiry into the deadly road.

Wind chills as cold as -24 degrees will greet Hamilton commuters on Friday morning.

GreenMantra Technologies in Brantford is one of three companies that will get $1 million from the federal government to help reduce plastic waste from food packaging and construction.

Parents stood up, one by one, to voice their complaints about what their children have endured, venting months-worth of fears and tension before a crowd of about 90 at Westmount Secondary School.

Hundreds of students at a high school in Hamilton's lower city walked out of classes Wednesday to protest the school board pausing a mentorship program for black youth.

The inquiry into the Red Hill Valley Parkway (RHVP) has ruled applicants who were injured or lost loved ones in crashes on the deadly road will not be granted full participation rights.

Jayden Pitter, 20, is facing a long list of charges including discharging a firearm with intent and careless use of a firearm, according to investigators.

The 22-year-old passenger faces 11 charges including carrying a concealed weapon while the 20-year-old driver from Dundas faces five charges including possession of cocaine with the intent to sell.

The researchers merged two compounds — the newly-found corbomycin and the lesser-known complestatin — and found they’re able to kill bacteria like the MRSA superbug by catching them ‘in a cage.’

Ontario's four largest teachers unions say they will stage a joint one-day strike across the province on Feb. 21 if there's no breakthrough in contract talks with the Doug Ford government.

After Richard Magarin's friends gave notice to vacate a lot, the province killed Hamilton's LRT plans, prompting developers to look for tenants with deeper pockets — pushing artists like Magarin farther away from town.

More than 20,000 times last year cameras flashed at intersections across Hamilton, catching vehicles running red lights and at racking up more than a million dollars for the city.

Norfolk County's mayor says she was being humorous when she showed Ontario's minister of municipal affairs the photo. She was illustrating the tough budgetary decisions council would soon have to make. A local MPP says it was the wrong move.

Once CFL free agency began Tuesday at noon ET, Stampeders president/GM John Hufnagel was a man of his word as Calgary made three separate deals less than an hour into the process, including the re-signing of backup quarterback Montell Cozart.

Members of Environment Hamilton are raising the alarm after they captured a video showing several vehicles rushing through a red light Monday.

The Hamilton-Wentworth School Board's new bullying review panel begins its work this week. Two members of that panel take your questions and hear your comments on what we need to do to stop bullying in Hamilton schools.

Police say the man's vehicle ended up getting bogged down in about six feet of mud and it had to be towed out.

The ceremony members stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a wide circle, smudging, singing and beating their drums as candles burned around them to represent their prayers for the health of Chedoke Creek and Cootes Paradise.

The federal government is looking for more than a dozen pest control contractors across Ontario for potential inspection and treatment work after bedbugs were found in 31 of its office buildings in the last year.

City officials say Indwell's initiative is creative, but think the plans are premature as hopes of pro-LRT recommendations from the Hamilton Transportation Task Force remain.

Brantford police say the men wanted should be considered armed and dangerous. Two other people have already been arrested.

The footage is uplifting, but the family of Holly Ellsworth-Clark also says it shows her walking past one of the posters meant to bring her home — leading to more questions than answers.

People are being drawn to the Hamilton International Airport for its low-cost airlines and leisure flights. And despite media coverage on cancellations, the airport expects the numbers to continue climbing.

The city closed off the pedestrian bridge in December because of safety concerns and will begin repairs after the winter season.

The fiancée of a Niagara police officer shot by another police officer in 2018 says the incident was a misunderstanding that started with one officer having to use the washroom, and now the victim is being put on trial.

A Hamilton family whose holiday was held up by fears about the novel coronavirus is finally scheduled to sail Monday — just not to the destination they'd initially intended to visit.

Public elementary teachers will be on strike across Ontario this Tuesday while teachers at French schools in Ontario will strike on Thursday along with public high school teachers in Niagara.

The province's regional transit agency says it is working to determine the final cost to cancel Hamilton's light rail project and will make the figures public this spring.

One suspect is in custody and police are searching for another after investigators say a pellet gun was fired at a vehicle during a road rage incident.

The pair were discovered late Sunday at the base of a rocky cliff with "significant trauma" that would be "consistent with a fall," police say.

Owner Brian Jasson said he never intended for his store to become a landmark. It just seems to have happened that way.

Defensive back/kick returner Frankie Williams re-signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday after being named the CFL's most outstanding special-teams player in 2019.

Rosemarie Yerex compares life aboard the Diamond Princess to being locked in your bedroom for 14 straight days, with only books, puzzles and the occasional ambulance driving by to keep you occupied.

Transit service in Brantford has returned to normal after a fire broke out in the city's storage garage Saturday, damaging one bus beyond repair.

Police in southern Ontario say a man is dead and two others are injured after they were shot in a motel on Saturday morning.