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Strong winds and rains during Thursday night's storm have moved the historic iron scow at the top of Canada's Horseshoe Falls, which had been stuck in the same place for more than 100 years — and now, it's closer to the edge.

Hamilton police are planning to have a number of measures to reach out to the LGBTQ community, including reviving an old advisory group that's been dormant for years. But some say there's still a long way to go.

City crews in Port Colborne are working to restore power, clear debris from roads and manage flooding Friday after a storm surge brought heavy rain and high winds overnight Thursday.

Hamilton police say an Ancaster man has been charged with assault for fighting another driver to the ground after their cars collided on the Linc.

To accommodate the athletes, all downbound lanes of the Red Hill Valley Parkway will be closed between the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway and Barton Street for the morning of Nov. 3, the city announced in a release Friday.

A new study from mcMaster University in Hamilton suggests intense, heart-pumping workouts can improve memory in older adults.

Rockton Elementary School's Beverly campus and Spring Valley Elementary School are both closed Friday due to a power outage, Hamilton-Wentworth Disctrict School Board announced in a release.

Members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have voted overwhelmingly in support of a possible strike.

A London woman was fired from her part-time job at McDonald's shortly after she reported overhearing other staff members using the N-word on the job to her general manager.

Miranda Finlayson says she see's the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's move to set up an anti-bullying review panel as too little too late, but she's willing to give school officials a chance.

Ryan Diodati became Hamilton's new deputy police chief Thursday with a 10-year-old note in his pocket.

It may be a 'glorified hobby' but S.N.I.P.E., a First Nations paranormal investigation team, spends its time hunting for ghosts and spirits on the Six Nations reserve — and beyond.

Two men are facing multiple drug trafficking charges, Niagara police say, after they tried to flee from officers, damaging two police vehicles in the process.

The wind is expected to die down a bit overnight, but westerly gusts between 70 and 80 km/h are forecast into Friday morning before continuing to ease off throughout the day.

Shari-Ann Selvey says in the moments before her son Devan's death she tried again and again to pull him to safety. The 14-year-old was stabbed to death outside his Hamilton high school on Oct. 7.

Charlie Taaffe, who twice was the CFL's coach of the year with the Montreal Alouettes, has died. He was 69.

It was a party worthy of a historic labour activist, one of the last remaining Stelco workers involved in the great strike of 1946.

A stretch of Highway 8 in Dundas has reopened after it was closed in early October for erosion repairs, which came after a partial collapse of the road due to heavy rainfall.

For the next month Justice Herman Wilton-Seigel will accept applications from any person or group who can help fulfill the inquiry's mandate or have "substantial and direct interest" in the investigation into how a damning friction testing report stayed buried for six years.

Hamilton is under a flood watch after Environment Canada said 30 to 50 mm are possible between Wednesday and Friday, with the heaviest downpour happening Thursday afternoon, just in time for Halloween.

New data from a survey about the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre (HARRC) shows 79 per cent of respondents have experienced or witnessed racism in the past year, most commonly in public places.

Darryl Firsten will soon be the new owner of the largest parcel of land in the heart of downtown Hamilton, which covers approximately 3.5 acres of land — he's got some big ideas for the future of the Hamilton City Centre.

Staff at a newspaper on the Six Nations of the Grand River lost part of their newsroom and a number of their work computers in a fire, but that didn't stop them from getting the latest issue of the paper to the printers on time.

A 21-year-old Scarborough man is charged with obstructing a peace officer, three counts of failing to comply with bail conditions, four firearm charges and possession of a weapon contrary to a court order.

Questions remain about who will be on the bullying review panel, what the board is doing to combat bullying now and whether the family of Devan Bracci-Selvey will be involved in any way.

More than one-third of Canadians voted strategically in last week's federal election to stop another party from winning, a new poll suggests.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said he was "tired" after his regular-season debut with the Thunder, an understandable outcome considering the whirlwind summer that saw the promising guard shipped off to Oklahoma City as part of the series of moves that brought superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George home to Los Angeles.

Year two of Canada's experiment with legal cannabis has begun, at least in Ontario and Quebec, with layoffs. More than 300 jobs have been lost. Jesse Staniforth, editor of Weedweek Canada, explains why the industry is off to a rough start in Ontario.

The Safe on 6 campaign will see "saturated patrols" along the busy highway that runs from Tobermory to Port Dover, according to Sgt. Kerry Schmidt.

The review, which is estimated to cost $100,000 - $150,000, will focus on four areas around bullying — prevention, intervention, reporting and responding.

Hamilton police have arrested a teenager with no fixed address in a shooting at a lower-city Tim Horton's last month.

Police are investigating after someone walking a dog along Hamilton's industrial area found a human pelvic bone.

The city is looking for people to attend a session about the future of the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre (HARRC), but one organization says it's time to make the centre independent.

The Ontario Science Centre is warning newsletter subscribers of a data breach in which someone made a copy of emails and names without authorization.

The RCMP have arrested and charged two women from Hamilton — a 50-year-old and a 44-year-old — for importing cocaine into the country, which police say was smuggled in a shipment of bags containing spices.

Police have arrested a second suspect in relation to a stabbing at the West Lounge Café this month.

A 19-year-old Etobicoke man was stabbed Sunday at a house in Westdale, in what police have described as a "targeted" retaliatory attack.

Two drivers were charged over the weekend for stunt driving on Nikola Tesla Boulevard and police say both were going more than 50 km/h over the posted limit.

Parents and children say an elementary school in Six Nations, located southwest of Hamilton, has been plagued by bullying for several years, but neither the school's administration nor the federal bureaucrat who oversees the school have done enough to address it.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) will consider a recommendation Monday that three "respected" community members lead a panel focused on bullying following the fatal stabbing of a student outside his high school.

Leg 1 of the Canadian Premier League Finals was low on goals, but very high on drama and entertainment value.

Quarterback Dane Evans threw four touchdowns on 379 yards to lead the CFL-leading Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 38-26 victory over the hometown Montreal Alouettes on Saturday.

Hamilton's Forge FC soccer team will face off against Cavalry FC at Tim Hortons Field Saturday in the first game of the Canadian Premier League championship series.

Leader of Ontario's official opposition and MPP for Hamilton Centre, Andrea Horwath, has called on the province's ombudsman to investigate the planned closure of Hamilton's forensic pathology unit.

A 13-year-old and 15-year-old suffered minor injuries, police say, after a "consensual fight" using weapons.

CannTrust Holdings Inc. shares fell Friday after the cannabis company said it is laying off as many as 140 people — roughly one quarter of its workforce — while it works to regain its federal licences to sell and produce pot.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, where a student was stabbed to death earlier this month, is one of dozens of boards that repeatedly failed to report accurate violence statistics to the Ministry of Education, CBC finds.

The Claremont and Jolley Cut mountain accesses both up and down were closed Thursday afternoon for a police investigation into a death. Police say Jolly Cut has been reopened.

Mondelēz Canada, the candy-manufacturing company home to Sour Patch Kids and Fuzzy Peaches, announced Wednesday they're investing an additional $40 million into their Hamilton factory.

A man wanted for murder after a shooting outside a pool hall in Hamilton has fled the country for Ethiopia and police say it happened just 36 hours after the victim was shot dead.