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Investigators say two men entered eight gas bars and two variety stores between Dec. 12 and 15, confronted employees and demanded cash while flashing a firearm.

Hamilton police are investigating the fires as arson. Meanwhile, the owner of a towing company says he's worried other trucks will get torched.

A warrant has been issued for a Burlington man sought in connection with alleged fraud related to the city's municipal election.

Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney was the one who called the press conference to announce the province's decision, but she was a no-show after things quickly went off the rails.

The panel charged with reviewing how the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board handles bullying will host at least 20 sessions with students, parents and staff starting in the new year.

Ontario cancelled $1 billion in funding for Hamilton's LRT system on Monday, killing it amid a chaotic afternoon that included a hastily cancelled news conference, city councillors facing down police and Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney leaving the city with a police escort.

Damir Ivankovic, who was the principal at Ryerson Middle School, has been charged with two more counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference and assault for alleged incidents involving female students during the 2017-2018 school year.

Investigators say they found evidence shots had been fired, but no injuries have been reported.

The utility issued a statement saying it had carried out a "thorough investigation" and found "no breach of customer information has occurred and Alectra has met all of its applicable privacy obligations."

Matt Campbell, the lone Canadian in the field, lost his first-round match to England's Mark (The Gladiator) McGeeney on Saturday at the William Hill World Darts Championship in London.

Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg, a multi-service Indigenous organization in Hamilton, has launched a free Anishinaabemowin language app for people to learn.

Extreme wet weather and melting snow caused the wastewater treatment plant to reach capacity, the city says. It entered "bypass mode" for the second time this month.

A 33-year-old woman from Port Colborne is dead and six people injured in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3 early on Saturday, OPP said.

When people type the names of Pamela Markland's kids into Google, they get two words: "raid victims." Now, the Hamilton mom wants a new word to show up: "victor."

After a series of high profile firings and resignations in the NHL, hockey culture appears to be changing. Former and current OHL players tell the CBC's OHL contributor Paige Martin, that it's change for the better.

A first-degree murder charge against the 18-year-old accused in the stabbing death of Hamilton high school student Devan Selvey has been withdrawn, and he's instead facing assault charges, while the accused's younger brother remains charged with murder.

Hamilton's second annual collision report shows that most collisions happen during the day and in clear weather. The same goes for fatal crashes.

Niagara police say officers were called to the area of Welland Avenue and Clark Street around 6 a.m. Wednesday and found a 14-month-old dog dead.

Niagara IceDogs goaltender Tucker Tynan says he's "looking forward" to returning from a scary injury he sustained Thursday night during an Ontario Hockey League game against the London Knights.

The lawyer investigating police conduct at a Hamilton Pride festival in June says he will potentially talk to hundreds of officers and LGBTQ people for a report due next year.

Hamilton city council will debate next year whether to make its animal adoption service permanent, but only after one councillor urged them to remember that it's "about the damn animals."

The teen was arrested for allegedly uttering threats and carrying a concealed weapon, according to a police spokesperson. The school is the same place where Devan Selvey was fatally stabbed on Oct. 7.

The 22-month-old girl who was seriously injured in a knife attack on the Mountain has returned home and is expected to make a full recovery.

Yosif Al-Hasnawi's mother has filed a $1.5-million lawsuit against Hamilton paramedics, police, St. Joseph's Healthcare and others over the shooting death of her son.

After an international search, McMaster's board of governors and senate have approved of David Farrar as the university's newest president.

Officers were called to the corner of Cannon Street East and Kensington Avenue North just before midnight Wednesday after reports shots had been fired.

After a year-long investigation, Niagara regional police have arrested five people after seizing $685,000 worth of fentanyl, crystal meth, and cocaine.

Matt Campbell is expecting a wild scene when he takes centre stage this weekend at the William Hill World Darts Championship in London, England.

Gus Alexandropoulos knew there was a risk the growing hordes of rock climbers flocking to his new outdoor climbing space might harm the environment, but was still disappointed by how quickly they did so.

Four of Ontario's biggest education unions are launching court challenges to legislation introduced by the province's Progressive Conservative government that caps public sector wage increases.

Hamilton city council will stop searching for a whistleblower who went public with a massive spill of toxic material into Chedoke Creek.

The Ontario government wants more people to consider co-owning a home in the face of what it calls a provincial housing crisis.

Hamilton is scrambling to get more information on a potential data breach that revealed customers' names, addresses and roll numbers for their water bills.

Hamilton city council has reached a "compromise" that will see it setting up the newly revamped anti-racism resource centre, but racialized community members will form a panel to guide it.

A group of Indigenous women will hold a quiet ceremony this month for Hamilton city councillors to apologize directly to the water.

The event included an open mic session where attendees shared their experiences and a survey aimed at identifying "hotspots" for bullying in the community.

The men, who police say are all in their 20s, tied up one of the store's employees in the back room before taking several cell phones, tablets and an "undisclosed" amount of cash.

Michael Abraham had never attended a city hall meeting until last Thursday — but so far, he says, he's not impressed.

A Hamilton advocate for LGBTQ rights says she's feeling cautious optimism about new terms of reference that will be used to investigate police conduct at a June Pride festival.

Investigators say the woman was getting off the bus near the corner of Queenston Road and Woodman Drive South around 7 p.m. on Dec. 5 when someone grabbed her bag and ran off.

Laura Babcock's parents have spent months trying to have their murdered daughter officially declared dead. Now, the province has made changes would allow for that to happen.

Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) announced they will go ahead with a second one-day school strike Wednesday since no deal has been reached between the union and the government.

Niagara Regional Police say a woman injured in Welland last week died of her injuries yesterday.

Violence in schools is increasing, says a local teachers' union, and "our members are getting hurt."

An Environics survey on race relations in Canada has found that 20 per cent of those surveyed said they have experienced some form of racial discrimination.

Hamilton is investigating a new tax on empty homes to discourage speculators it says are driving up the cost of housing.

Hamilton police have identified the victim of the city's 13th homicide of the year, and say they are satisfied that the shooting was 'deliberate.'

Hamilton police have arrested four people who they say were involved in exporting stolen vehicles out of Canada.

The circumstances that allowed an Indigenous teenager to take his own life metres from his group home and go undiscovered for months can only be remedied by an inquest from the Ontario coroner, according to a request from the boy's loved ones.

Police west of Toronto say they've arrested a 41-year-old man after he allegedly brandished a fake handgun at a driver during a road rage incident.