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A 23-year-old man was fatally stabbed in central Hamilton early Friday while he was out celebrating the Toronto Raptors’ game one win of the NBA finals, police say.

In Hamilton all that water is making its presence known by overrunning and damaging popular trails along the lake and swamping parking lots near the harbour.

The city's LGBTQ advisory committee cited numerous reasons why it didn't want the city to fly the flags this year. But the mayor says it's important to other people, including the city's LGBTQ staff.

A Brantford student and his special education teacher are sharing a message of encouragement for the Toronto Raptors as they take on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Championships.

"I was a little bit frustrated with being angry on Facebook," says the event organizer, who's protesting, among other things, MPP Will Bouma speaking at an anti-abortion rally.

A former Hamilton cop who was convicted in a pay-for-protection scheme is now facing the prospect of an additional three years being tacked onto his sentence because he did not pay a fine.

Basketball fans in Canada witnessed history as Toronto's team made its first appearance at the NBA Finals.

For years, a question has haunted Sandy Shaw about one of the worst days of her life — why, when her 17-month-old sister was dying, did her parents rush her baby sister to hospital?

After her husband died, Pat Dunn couldn't afford to live alone. So she put the call out for a roommate on Facebook to other single senior women. Hundreds have responded.

As concerns around the impact of climate change continue to rise along with lake levels, some residents along Hamilton's Beach Strip are questioning what the future holds for their waterfront community.

A recent study from Montreal’s McGill University has found “striking” levels of a deadly blood cancer clustered in Ontario cities including Hamilton, Sarnia and Thunder Bay.

Are you ready to have the best garden on your block? Here's how: Ask an expert. Be part of our award-winning live chat with expert gardeners. Also listen to the call-in show with Ontario Today's Ed Lawrence. Call in by dialling 1-888-817-8995 on Monday.

A Hamilton man is facing several drug and driving charges after allegedly making an improper right turn on a red light, then tossing drugs out his window while being followed by a cop.

Philanthropists Charles and Margaret Juravinski plan to create a $100-million endowment fund to support health research at two hospitals and a university in Hamilton.

The Hamilton-Tiger Cats and Forge FC are teaming up with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and scoring a historic first in the process.

Indie-pop crooner Bahamas, Academy Award-winner Buffy Sainte-Marie and Canadian stage stalwarts Stars are headlining this year’s Supercrawl.

Authorities are warning visitors to Hamilton conservation areas to stay at least a body-length back from the edge of gorges or escarpment cliffs after a man slipped off the edge of Dundas Peak last week and fell to his death.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School was placed in a hold and secure Tuesday afternoon after officials received threats about a student with a gun and a bomb at the school.

Khelyse Crowe-Kasule was 8 when she was playing near a train, and the train began to move.

Portions of both Hamilton's main waterfront trails are closed due to flooding, erosion and debris tossed by waves and water levels officials expect to hit or exceed historic highs within the next few days.

Families who lost loved ones at jails across the province met outside the Barton jail for a rally Monday night, brought together by tragedy but united in a common goal — correcting corrections in Ontario.

The teens pushed the victim off his bike and police say several of them assaulted him before running away with his bike.

If the province wants the city to cut 4 four cent, mayor says, it'll likely mean cutting jobs and services.

It appears Hamilton may not get to celebrate the birth of any falcon chicks hatched atop the downtown Sheraton Hotel this year.

A Niagara Falls, Ont., man has been fined $15,000 after he was caught flying into Canada with a suitcase full of leeches.

Hundreds of Hamilton cyclists, from students to professional soccer players, rode their bikes to work Monday.

A national charity that works to save old buildings estimates that 9,000 religious spaces in Canada will be lost in the next decade, roughly a third of all faith-owned buildings in the country. Kendra Fry, a project lead with Faith and the Common Good, tells us what we lose when churches close.

Police say during the entire confrontation the woman's three children, all under eight-years-old, were with her. None of the kids were injured.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reversing this year's cuts to municipal funding, though future cuts will continue as planned. "We're a government that listens," Ford said.

Canadian pop act Walk off the Earth are paying tribute to their late bandmate Mike Taylor with a new track named in his memory.

Hamilton police have released the name of the man who was stabbed to death at a downtown apartment Saturday night. Police say the victim and accused were childhood friends.

A "sugar sweetened beverages levy" or what is more commonly known as a soda tax, is included in a list of Ontario caucus priorities obtained by CBC News.

Hamilton police say a man was allegedly stabbed to death Saturday night at an apartment downtown. The death marks the city's fourth homicide of the year.

The agreement to end steel and aluminum tariffs points to where the Trump administration's protectionism may head next - and it's not really a return to a North American free trade zone for steel and aluminum products.

Brantford's Wayne Etmanski has spent years living in the woods with white-tailed deer. His hope is to co-exist and befriend the herd.

The 24-year-old victim was sitting with a friend shortly before 11 p.m. when Hamilton police say he lost his balance while standing up and fell off the edge.

Halton Regional Police are seeking four men they say were involved in an early morning jewelry heist in Burlington, Ont.

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Hamilton police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down 25-year-old Odessa Wickland.

A 76-year-old pilot who died alongside his wife when their plane crashed near a runway at the Brantford Municipal Airport last November was flying without a valid pilot’s licence, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has found.

Marc Lemire is on leave, and the city is drilling down how much, if any, personal information he's accessed as a network analyst.

Welcome to a new edition of the CBC's classic news knowledge contest, the Front Page Challenge, where you compete with a CBC Hamilton reporter to name the mystery Hamilton newsmaker. Our first challenge takes place on Tuesday May 28, 2019 at noon live on this page and on Facebook.

The event will include an outdoor music festival and food served out of "shipping container infrastructure."

Are you ready to have the best garden on your block? Here's how: Ask an expert. Be part of our award-winning live chat with expert gardeners. Also listen to the call-in show with Ontario Today's Ed Lawrence. Call in by dialling 1-888-817-8995 on Monday.

A Niagara Falls man is facing child pornography charges following a police investigation into the alleged sexual exploitation of children.

Torstar Corp. says it will close the Hamilton Spectator's printing and mailroom operations this summer and look at selling the property.

Two veteran defence lawyers say the rate of overdoses at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre (HWDC) is so "outrageous" and "scary" it should be a factor for bail hearings.

The sister of an inmate who died at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre last year is walking from London, Ont. to Queen’s Park to raise awareness about she calls the “crisis in corrections” on both sides of the bars.

Three students at a Welland French Catholic school say they didn't want Sam Oosterhoff to visit after the Niagara West MPP took the stage at Queen's Park to speak against abortion.

The road is currently blocked in both directions for because of falling rocks and debris. The city says crews are investigating and clearing the road, but that effort was halted today because of the rain.