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A crowd of protesters set off fireworks and forcefully condemned police as they marched through Hamilton Saturday evening, after police arrested an LGTBQ person in relation to a violent confrontation at the Pride festival last weekend.

At least 50 people showed up for a peaceful anti-hatred demonstration outside Hamilton City Hall Saturday morning, separated from yellow vest protesters and Proud Boy members by a "safety zone" filled with police officers.

Jeremiah Masoli threw three TD passes and ran for another as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats earned a lopsided 64-14 road win over the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday afternoon.

Adding a trike to its stable of options is a great way to help older riders or those with balance issues feel confident when cycling, said Bike Share general manager Chelsea Cox.

A trainer at African Lion Safari suffered serious injuries Friday afternoon when he was attacked by an elephant.

Kelly Jay Fordham, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose 1971 hit Oh What a Feeling became the first song to reap the rewards of the Cancon era, has died at 77.

One of the men wanted on a first-degree charge for the stabbing death of Carel Douse has been arrested.

In the days after 9/11, Subhash Dighe's Hindu temple burned down in Hamilton, Ont. A multi-faith community rallied to rebuild it, including members of Javid Mirza's Muslim mosque, which had also been attacked. They both speak with Piya about how their experience informed their belief that Notre-Dame too should be rebuilt, and inspired a local fundraising effort to help.

Take one colour away from the wheel of life, says Allan Loft, and the rest won't survive.

The 24-year-old is charged with possession of cocaine, MDMA Psilocybin and Xanax for the purpose of trafficking as well as possession of the proceeds of a crime under $5,000.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is showing no signs of changing the direction of his government, despite demoting his finance minister barely two months after his first budget.

The ION light rail transit service will begin Friday morning after a ceremonial first run. The ION will be free for people to ride until Canada Day.

The New York Knicks picked RJ Barrett third overall in the NBA draft, kicking off a record-setting night for Canadian basketball.

Hamilton began developing its UIS aimed at building the city's relationship with Indigenous communities back in December 2016 in response to calls for action from Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Carrie Guerreiro knows firsthand about the need for the Wesley Day Centre. She drops by there often to hang out, or get a hot meal, or meet with a counsellor.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a massive cabinet shuffle Thursday, only days after marking the one-year anniversary of winning a majority government. Here's a look at all of the moves at a glance.

GO trains will only run once an hour on the Lakeshore West this weekend because Metrolinx is replacing some of the track.

Chief David Cunliffe says they're looking for a utility vehicle similar to a John Deere Gator, which would have a small water tank and hose line on the back and could be used to transport patients out of backwoods areas.

A Hamilton man is now facing several weapons charges after allegedly threatening his landlord with a gun.

It would appear Cannon Street is actually in better shape than the city originally thought.

Anderson Whitehead, an 11-year-old from Ontario, was moved to tears when he was reunited with Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price on stage in front of thousands Wednesday during the NHL awards gala in Las Vegas.

Hamilton is looking into the legal implications of banning undesirable groups from rallying in the city hall forecourt.

Hamilton Police chief Eric Girt says police officers stuck to the perimeter of Gage Park during this year's Pride festival at the request of event organizers.

Fifteen employees of the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN will lose their jobs as Ontario's government merges the provinces 20 regional health networks into one new, super-agency.

A group of Hamilton residents will hold a rally Saturday to protest the yellow vest demonstrations that happen outside city hall every weekend.

A former environmental commissioner of Ontario says that over the next decade there's an urgent need to spend a billion dollars to protect the Great Lakes. Gord Miller is part of a group that has recommended solutions to what they see as the key problems facing the lakes.

Two rock and roll icons are coming to Hamilton this year … sort of.

A community conversation for Hamilton's LGBTQ residents became a discussion about Hamilton police Tuesday, with some saying they should work on a better relationship and others telling a deputy chief in the audience to leave.

Less than a year after freezing driver and vehicle fees in Ontario, the Progressive Conservative government is considering raising them again, while bracing for a "negative reaction."

The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce is hosting the former first lady.

Hamilton police say they have arrested a Hamilton police officer and charged him with forging documents at work.

An OPP officer, who hit speeds in excess of 150 km/h while pursuing a robbery suspect who crashed into another vehicle, made "20 minutes of mistakes," according to the judge who he handed her a conditional sentence.

Hamilton councillors are instructing the city manager to investigate what can be done to stop protests by yellow vesters and other far-right groups in the city hall forecourt.

Hamilton's public school board is converting almost all of its high school sports fields into artificial turf in a bid to save money. But one environmentalist says it's a bad move.

A woman charged with accessory after the fact in the killing of three people from a Six Nations community will learn her fate Friday.

Representatives from the city and a new studio group have announced plans to build a massive film and TV hub on the Barton-Tiffany Lands in central Hamilton.

A plane flying from Montreal to Toronto experienced a hydraulic issue and had to make an emergency landing in Hamilton that caused several of its tires to pop.

Police are searching for three men after a wire, plumbing fixtures and thousands of dollars in tools were stolen during a break-in at the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre.

Provincial police in Norfolk County are warning residents about a bank text messaging scam that can be used to infect phones or steal personal information.

A group of protesters blocked both Burlington Street and access to a Shell terminal on Emerald Street North Monday.

A "healthy and happy" baby boy was born on the side of the QEW near Niagara Falls Monday morning with the help of paramedics and police.

A man who was shot multiple times at his home in Stoney Creek over the weekend has ties to organized crime, multiple sources have confirmed to CBC News.

The CFL suspended Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker Simoni Lawrence for two games Monday for hitting Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Zach Collaros in the head during the league's regular-season opener Thursday night.

Pride Hamilton says it believes a physical confrontation that broke out at the Hamilton Pride festival Saturday could have been prevented by police who took "far too long" to respond.

Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic Raptors fans packed the streets of Toronto in a mega-celebration today as the team's official NBA championship parade moved slowly through the downtown area, culminating in a victory rally in Nathan Phillips Square.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh summoned the legacy of Tommy Douglas — the father of universal health care in Canada — while unveiling his party's 2019 election platform, pitching voters on a plan to dramatically expand that system to cover mental, dental, eye and hearing.

Hamilton police are investigating after a man was shot multiple times in Stoney Creek overnight.

The NDP will be the first political party to unveil an election platform that promises to drastically expand Canada’s health care system to include, not just pharmacare, but mental, dental, eye and hearing coverage for all citizens.

Supporters of Hamilton's LGBTQ community are denouncing the actions of "vitriolic" protesters after a physical confrontation broke out between opposing groups at the Hamilton Pride festival at Gage Park on Saturday.

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