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The CFL is set to announce the host for the 2020 edition of the biggest game in Canadian football at 6:30 p.m. and Hamilton is on the shortlist.

About half of Canada's inmates were abused as children, suggests a study out of McMaster University that's in the March issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

Former Hamilton police officer Craig Ruthowsky, who a judge once said used his badge “as an ATM” in a pay for protection scheme with drug dealers, will stand trial on a new set of charges.

Developers who have bought up land along Hamilton's light-rail transit (LRT) line are holding off in fear that the $1-billion project won't happen.

Please, Norfolk County — don’t call police to report a raccoon on your front porch.

Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for Hamilton.

A Niagara humane society has completely run out of cats, which it attributes to more people spaying and neutering their animals. And a Hamilton shelter is running low as well.

The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa says what happened at McMaster had "nothing to do with the Chinese Embassy and Chinese Consulate General in Canada."

An 84-year-old Fort Erie man faces is facing abduction and sexual assault charges related to a pair of victims from 50 years ago.

The new Netflix series The Umbrella Academy was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton. And boy, is there a lot of Hamilton. Warning: This story contains minor spoilers for the show

Former Hamilton mortgage broker Dennis Khanna has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault on former clients.

Investigators say all of the alleged victims were women in their 20s. Police are continuing to investigate and more charges may be pending.

The Doug Ford government is overhauling police oversight in the province with new legislation that makes changes to the Special Investigations Unit, as well as the mechanism through which members of the public make complaints.

Payton Kellam Bush turned himself in at headquarters Tuesday morning, police say. He faces "several firearm charges."

The icy precipitation is predicted to start dropping on southwestern Ontario Wednesday afternoon, before switching to occasional rain and drizzle during the night as the temperature rises above the freezing mark.

HAZMAT crews were called to the Canada Post processing plant on Millen Road in Stoney Creek on Sunday evening.

Hamilton Police have identified a suspect in last Wednesday's road rage incident.

The Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton has issued a Cold Alert for the city starting tomorrow morning.

T.J. McGibbon plays young Vanya in the supernatural series that debuted Friday.

Hamilton police are investigating after an SUV crashed into a light pole near Gage Park and injured three people inside.

Expect winter to dump as much as 15 centimetres of snow on Hamilton today.

It's been just over a week since the city released a bombshell report from 2013 that raised concerns about friction levels on the deadly Red Hill Valley Parkway. But there are still plenty of questions to be answered.

Check out new music from Tim Moxam, Cat Clyde and Chad McCoy.

The city is advising of rolling closures in both lanes of the Red Hill Valley Parkway this weekend as work crews install new signs.

The Tiger-Cats will have to beat out the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders for the honour of hosting the big game.

A presentation by an activist who is critical of the Chinese government's treatment of Uighurs was disrupted at McMaster University this week, under a cloud of speculation that the Chinese government itself was involved.

A 60-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a multi-vehicle collision near Ingersoll — one of several collisions that closed the westbound lanes of Highway 401 on Wednesday afternoon.

A simple resurfacing of the RHVP might not be enough to cut down on crashes, according to a safety assessment, which suggests the city also consider the need for a high-friction surface.

Halton police say they were called to a home in Burlington on Thursday to dispose of a piece of "vintage military ammunition."

A former head of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) is suing the authority, saying he was fired in a bizarre twist of events that included secret meetings, anonymous Gmail accounts and being asked to choose between money and his reputation.

A man who had picked up his 11-year-old daughter to celebrate her birthday has been charged with first-degree murder after her body was found in his basement apartment following an Amber Alert, police in Brampton, Ont., said Friday.

Firefighters from across the city responded to the multiple-alarm fire around 5:40 p.m. and found flames burning in the roof near the exhaust for a boiler.

An Ontario court has dismissed an attempt by basic income recipients to get a judicial review of the program's cancellation — and it used a Red Hill Valley Parkway ruling to do it.

Prosecutors say a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre should not be allowed to take college classes on his own.

Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a federal offender who is wanted on a nationwide warrant for breaching the conditions of his statutory release.

The OPP and Six Nations Police have been investigating the deaths of Melissa Trudi Miller, 37, Alan Grant Porter, 33, and Michael Shane Jamieson, 32, since early November.

McMaster University has named Santee Smith, an artist, dancer and choreographer from Six Nations of the Grand River, its next chancellor.

Here's a look at some of the great things to do in and around Hamilton over Family Day weekend.

Hamilton police say a missing teen has been found.

A Hamilton man is facing multiple charges after police allegedly picked him up Wednesday evening on his way to sell drugs to several people.

Hamilton is side stepping its usual procurement rules to finish a long-awaited Waterdown bypass project about four months earlier.

The city will get an external review to see what led to a buried report about the safety of the Red Hill Valley Parkway. But what that review will look like remains to be seen.

Hamilton wants the province to clarify that $1 billion for light rail transit (LRT) is coming, and that the city won't be on the hook if the project goes over budget.

The data was collected from lanes along a four kilometre stretch between 2007 and 2014 as part of an evaluation of the stone used in the asphalt for potential use in future ministry projects.

A woman testifying at the sexual assault and fraud trial of a former Hamilton mortgage broker says Dennis Khanna forced himself on her when she was most vulnerable — crying over the recent death of her mother and the break up of her marriage.

Environment Canada says snow and strong wind gusts will reduce visibility Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Hamilton city council will debate making all its Red Hill Valley Parkway (RHVP) reports public tonight, and whether to launch an outside investigation into how a report remained hidden so long.

Hamilton police are trying to track down a man who investigators allege repeatedly shot at another car in a road rage incident on the 403 Wednesday morning.

A man, woman and child who were inside the home when the flames broke out managed to escape, according to the fire chief.

The Canadian Hockey League has lifted a ban on European goaltenders designed to give more opportunity to Canadian goalies. Matt Cullen of CBC Sports talks about what an NHL goalie coach told him about why that plan failed and why he thinks there aren't enough great Canadian goalies.