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The city will pitch in $128,000 in emergency funding to help two shelters for homeless women keep the doors open. But some lamented a system that makes it necessary.

The inquest, which called 19 witnesses over six days, was aimed at examining the death of Divers, who was shot and killed by police in 2016, in hopes of preventing similar incidents in the future.

Hamilton broke the record for the most snow on Remembrance Day and saw the coldest Nov. 12 on record. The Niagara region got hit even harder, with areas receiving around 25 cm of snowfall earlier this week.

The new chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River is Mark Hill. He was elected over the weekend and sworn in on Tuesday. He spoke with CBC Radio's Julianne Hazlewood.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has selected a child psychiatrist, a former COO of Hamilton Health Sciences and a past professor with expertise including anti-racism and social justice to lead a review of how it handles bullying.

The Ministry of Labour is investigating after a man was hit by a piece of falling construction material and died.

A public meeting for the RHVP inquiry will give the community a chance to hear from the Commissioner and ask questions about the multi-million dollar investigation.

Hamilton police say Daniel McDermott is wanted in relation to an incident over the weekend, where a man was shot in the face with a BB gun.

James Matheson was to face cross-examination from defence lawyers Wednesday about what he remembers — or doesn't remember — about the night Yosif Al-Hasnawi was shot.

Sgt. Scott Galbraith told the inquest police are not trained for a scenario where someone is in crisis and exhibiting signs they may be armed — even though they don't have a gun.

Jim Maginnis placed his family's lucky stuffed animal between two guns on the bomber for a photo opportunity — but when the Lancaster took a turn, Maginnis said, Bunny flew out and into the sky.

The number of times children access food banks in Hamilton rose by 10 per cent, according to Hamilton Food Share's recent report. It says the lack of affordable housing is contributing to this increase.

Niagara police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing poppy boxes from local business and hotels over Remembrance Day weekend.

James Matheson is giving testimony on day four of the Dale King second-degree murder trial, but he doesn't want to be there.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach Orlondo Steinauer knows full well what Trevor Harris did in the East Division semifinal but isn't going to spend the week focusing on the Edmonton Eskimos quarterback ahead of Sunday's East Final.

Wild pig sightings have been reported across Ontario thanks to a tip line from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, but one expert says simply monitoring them isn't enough. The province needs to act now or the pig population could explode.

Canadians at cenotaphs and monuments across the country are remembering and honouring those who took up arms — and in some cases paid the ultimate price — to defend this country and its way of life.

"Gusty" northeast winds will whip off Lake Ontario and, combined with the "higher terrain" of the Niagara Escarpment, mean some spots between Hamilton and northern Niagara could see enhanced snowfall up to 25 cm, according to Environment Canada.

Officers were called to a home near the corner of Cannon Street East and Wenworth Street North around 2 a.m. Saturday following reports of a shooting and found a 58-year-old man with injuries to his face.

Here's a look at Remembrance Day services and parades taking place in and around Hamilton.

The man whose adult tricycle was stolen, say police, is thanking the community for an outpouring of support. A GoFundMe has raised over $2,500 for him to buy a new one.

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario says it received the report Friday morning, kicking off a 17-day countdown before teachers can legally walk off the job.

The Haudenosaunee deer hunt in the Dundas Valley Conservation Area starts on Monday. It will run until Dec. 5.

In emotional testimony, George Catsoudas recalls telling Yosif Al-Hasnawi he'd been hit by a BB gun bullet. In reality, it was from a .22 calibre gun.

Const. Nicholas Cercone told the inquest he feels Divers "forced" him to shoot and, if he found himself in the same situation, said he would fire again.

Corbec Steel have announced a $40 million investment in Hamilton, which will see the Quebec-based company build its first plant in Ontario — and create approximately 100 local jobs.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver/returner Brandon Banks and Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo are the finalists for the CFL's most outstanding player award.

Ontario will conduct a multi-year study to assess the impacts of climate change, but critics say the work will take too long and likely won't be complete before the next election.

Ahmed Al-Hasnawi says his big brother was fast, strong and angry as he ran after his assailants, moments before he was shot in the abdomen and collapsed on the sidewalk, and died in hospital an hour later.

Police in Niagara Region say a 73-year-old doctor is facing sexual assault charges in separate incidents that involved a 16-year-old girl and a 39-year-old woman.

A Hamilton police officer says Tony Divers's wife, Madeleine Peternel, reported seeing him with a gun on the day he was fatally shot — directly contradicting what she would later tell the Special Investigation's Unit.

Niagara Parks Commission has determined exactly how far strong winds and rains shifted a historic iron scow at the top of the Canadian side of Niagara Falls last Thursday — which had been stuck in the same place for more than 100 years.

Record-setting receiver Brandon Banks topped the list of 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats placed on the East Division all-star squad Wednesday.

A lot of people in Hamilton had a thought or two about the idea that garbage pickup should be reduced to bi-weekly. We collected some of the posts to CBC Hamilton social media pages.

The second-degree murder trial for Dale Burningsky King, the accused in the shooting death of Good Samaritan Yosif Al-Hasnawi, began today.

According to Environment Canada, there's a 70 per cent chance Hamilton could see its first batch of snow Wednesday afternoon.

An early Wednesday morning car chase — that spanned several communities in Hamilton — started, police say, when the driver of a black pickup truck noticed a patrol car and attempted to evade officers.

The bike is described as a Schwinn Meridian Adult Comfort Trike and police say it was a Hamilton man's "sole method of transportation."

Saskatchewan defence attorneys are welcoming a Hamilton, Ont., superior court judge's decision to uphold a system that came under fire and was turfed following the 2018 Gerald Stanley trial.

Premier Doug Ford's beleaguered government will try to turn the page on its rocky past year Wednesday with a budget update that is expected to aim for a sunnier tone.

Hamilton city councillors will debate tomorrow whether to look at a new community hub devoted to queer, trans and racialized communities, similar to Toronto's 519 community centre.

A surveillance video from the night of Sept. 30 2016 shows the 36-year-old Hamilton man as he is confronted by a police officer with his gun drawn and moment of the fatal shooting.

Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that the provincial New Democrats — who he called "socialists" — had "destroyed" the city of Hamilton along with the former Liberal government "for years."

The third rail of Hamilton politics — whether household garbage pickup should be reduced to every two weeks — is coming back to city hall this month.

A house in Hamilton costs an average of $544,980 according to the latest report by the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington, compared to an average price of $499,598 in October of 2018.

A Toronto man and an Etobicoke man were arrested and charged with drug trafficking in Hamilton Monday, police say, after an officer discovered methamphetamine and cocaine in a vehicle during a traffic stop.

A 74-year-old man has been charged in the death of a 94-year-old woman in southwestern Ontario.

The first day of the inquest into the fatal police shooting of Tony Divers heard he was mentally unwell and spoke often of taking his own life.

Hamilton 100 wants to build new sports complexes, upgrade existing ones, and create affordable housing to get the 2030 Commonwealth Games. Its proposal goes before city council's general issues committee this week.

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced on Monday a countdown to strike action.