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WARNING: This story contains disturbing details. A Niagara-area company has lost its bid to keep its licence to transfer corpses after a contractor stuffed an infant's remains into a cardboard box.

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Hamilton police will be in the area for the next 24 hours.

The HWCDSB and HWDSB have announced more school bus driver shortages as class starts next week. They expect to be about 15 drivers short.

The city's general issues committee will review a report on the city's entertainment venues. City staff are recommending a strategy that includes building a new arena downtown.

A group of four males were walking in Stoney Creek Thursday night when they were swarmed by a group of over 20 people. Two people were stabbed and sent to hospital.

Many students in Fort McMurray schools remained traumatized long after the massive wildfire forced almost 90,000 people from their homes three years ago.

The Education Quality and Accountability Office is working on a mandatory math test for new teachers as part of the Ontario government's "back to basics" approach to the subject.

The stickers show the amount of money the federal carbon tax adds to the price of a tank of gas, but says nothing about the rebates available to offset the cost.

Hamilton police are searching for a man in handcuffs after a hectic incident that saw a cube van ram a cruiser, causing heavy damage.

Avoid mosquito bites, the city advises.

The ultra-low-cost airline Swoop will reimburse the cost of tickets for hundreds of passengers after cancelling 7 flights through Wednesday due to a damaged plane.

Northbound and southbound lanes will be closed at different times throughout the night.

Karen Mason, board treasurer for the charity that helps those who have spent time behind bars, says the Salvation Army will give the men with a place to stay when the Bridge closes for four weeks.

The red 2008 Chevrolet Silverado was passing another vehicle at an "astonishing rate of speed," stated police in a media release.

The fire caused about $50,000 worth of damage.

Hamilton police are looking for information around a missing 64-year-old man, who may have ties to the Dundas area.

The Lighthouse Fish Market has become a community fixture over the last three decades, amidst extensive change on the gentrifying James Street N.,

A faith-based think tank wants to restore and lease Hamilton's Balfour House from the city. This has come as a surprise to a local councillor.

Mayor Fred Eisenberger says a meeting with community leaders representing groups affected by hate in Hamilton Wednesday raised "possible solutions and innovative ideas.

The Hamilton police arson unit is probing a fire at an abandoned house in Ancaster that investigators say has been targeted by trespassing, other arsons and even hate-related offences in the past.

A lengthy police chase ended in arrest early Wednesday, after a man drove the wrong way on a QEW exit ramp, crashed his car, stole someone's car keys and ran into the bushes, Halton police say.

A woman is in police custody and faces charges of aggravated assault, police say.

The committee's decisions came down to its mandate. Meeting with the mayor falls under the mandate, the committee determined, meeting with police does not.

The building in James North will provide 45 units of affordable housing for people with disabilities, and it will also house the Hughson Street Baptist Church.

The new public art will be in place by fall.

Hamilton school boards need to have a policy in place by the end of November for parents who want their kids to opt out of the sex ed curriculum. No problem, the boards say.

Not enough sports coverage is done with women and casual sports fans in mind, says the creators of the Gist. But they're trying to fix that.

The Labour Day Classic between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts is sold out — at least in terms of seats. Only a limited amount of standing room tickets is available.

The plaque is 24 inches by 48 inches "with a depiction of the Dieppe Veterans Memorial Park and a caption detailing the single bloodiest day for the Canadian military during WW2."

The body of a 48-year-old Hamilton boater has been found in Lake Erie. OPP units had searched the area for several days before recovering his body east of Featherstone Point.

Hamilton police will meet with LGBTQ community members and organizations on Thursday to listen to their concerns. Police say they want to move forward on re-establishing the lines of communication.

Halton Regional Police are seeking the public's help in identifying and locating a man who allegedly stabbed another man in Burlington who he met through an online dating app.

Hamilton's conservation authority wants the province to clarify what it's asking when it told authorities to "wind down" activities that fall outside of their core mandate.

Provincial police are investigating after they say several suspects armed with handguns robbed a legal marijuana farm, injuring a staff member in the process.

Hospice Niagara launched its 'Before I Die' project at the Pen Centre in St. Catharines over the weekend. People were invited to write their goals on four blackboards with chalk.

The Bridge provides a haven for men who spent times behind bars to transition from incarceration to the community, but its housing program is set to shut down Friday, leaving four men with nowhere to go.

John Wallace Findlay has been sentenced to two and a half years behind bars for breach of trust and fraud over $5,000 in connection to misappropriating money awarded to people and businesses as part of the Caledonia class action lawsuit.

The city of Hamilton is holding an online survey to better understand its residents' experiences of racism. The city plans to use the information for the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre project, which was put on hold in February.

Two Hamilton teenagers have been charged in the robbing of a liquor store in Hagersville. After investigating, police found the getaway car was stolen.

The third-party advertising group behind billboards promoting Maxime Bernier and his stance on immigration is now distancing itself from the message, saying it never signed off on the controversial campaign.

Peel Regional Police want to speak with two hikers who found the keys of Lovleen Dhawan at Websters Falls. Dhawan has been missing since Aug. 14.

It was a storybook ending Sunday afternoon in Saskatoon as the hometown Saskatchewan Rattlers made history by capturing the first-ever Canadian Elite Basketball League title.

The owner of billboards currently showcasing ads that seek to promote the People's Party of Canada's controversial stance on immigration reversed course on Sunday, saying the company would take the material down in response to "overwhelming" criticism.

Hamilton fire officials say careless smoking sparked a fire that caused an estimated $250,000 in damage to a home on Cloverdale Avenue Sunday.

Coworkers say Zoe was the light of Laura Grant's life. They want to continue supporting her the way her grandmother would have.

The move-in is a mammoth effort involving more than 3,900 students, 100 staff members and 1,250 volunteers.

Following a fight the victim returned to the emergency room where they were treated for serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, say police.

Emergency crews were called to the eastbound exit ramp at Upper James Street at 6:05 a.m. on Sunday, following reports of a collision.

A touchdown by David Watford powered the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 13-10 win over the B.C. Lions on Saturday.