CBC | Edmonton News

Jessie Golem is hoping Humans of Basic Income will give participants a voice and help them share their story and combat stigma.

More than 1,000 medical trainees from Saudi Arabia have been told they can stay in their Canadian positions for a while longer, bringing relief to teaching hospitals and universities that have come to depend on them.

Stoney Creek sports complex Players Paradise has been sold to a marijuana producer in advance of pot legalization in Canada this fall.

Firefighters from five stations arrived at the barn early Monday morning to find it fully engulfed in flames.

The Tory Hill man was riding in a 2015 Nissan Rogue when he fell out near the intersection of North Shore Boulevard and Eagle Drive shortly after midnight Tuesday, police say.

Niagara regional police say they are investigating after a man died from a possible drowning on Sunday.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Hamilton on Tuesday.

Erinn Monture was diagnosed with ovarian cancer is 2015 and has created a cancer awareness and resource centre called, Edwadadrihwanokwa:k to help patients in other First Nations communities.

One of the men regained consciousness and was taken to hospital where he was treated for hypothermia. But a 50-year-old man from Germany was pronounced dead at hospital.

Sam Merulla says if he's reelected, he'll be aggressive in pushing to have a smelly composting facility moved right out of the east end. And the city, meanwhile, is looking for some easier options.

Eight teenagers are now facing charges in connection with a massive beating in Gage Park earlier this month, police announced Monday.

Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said two people were taken to hospital by ambulance, but are expected to survive.

A loonie can now buy you a can of beer in Ontario — that is, if you can find some.

The biker hit the deer and lost control of his motorcycle, according to police, who say the collision caused him to careen into oncoming traffic and crash into a Mercedes.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Hamilton on Monday.

A Niagara MPP is calling on the Ontario government to prevent sewage from flowing into the Niagara River after a water treatment facility in New York state released eight million gallons of wastewater and stormwater into the river earlier this week.

The Ontario government says it is working to identify "harmful gaps" in its prisons and policing systems and it will release "proposed solutions" in the coming months.

Check out brand new music from Donovan Woods, The Dill and Mawzy.

The city is urging residents to take precautions after confirming the first local human case of West Nile Virus.

Two Hamilton teenagers are now facing assault charges in connection with a brutal beating that happened in Gage Park last weekend.

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.

Just one year after its creation, the city is shutting down its “City of Music” website — marking the latest setback for Hamilton’s beleaguered music strategy.

An expert in teacher discipline is calling the Doug Ford government's plan to put up a website where students and parents can anonymously complain about teachers, "needlessly disruptive."

Hamilton police are trying to figure out who stole a statue of the Virgin Mary from a local Catholic school sometime this week.

Ontario’s provincial police watchdog announced Friday that it is now investigating a Hamilton police officer in connection with the death of 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi.

Local cannabis producers, among the 26 approved suppliers who will be providing pot products to the province's online store starting Oct. 17, have a message for Hamilton workers — "we need you."

Emergency crews rescued two people who fell off the Dundas peak Friday morning, Hamilton fire says.

An Ancaster real estate agent and property owner has been slapped with a $420,000 fine for the illegal clear-cutting of trees four years ago.

Provincial police say a Hamilton man is facing numerous charges related to a string of break and enters and thefts.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

Lirim Hajrullahu hit a 29-yard field goal on the game's final play to rally the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to an improbable 25-24 home win over the Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is suing the Ontario government in an attempt to stop what it calls "discriminatory" changes to the sex ed curriculum for elementary students.

The Canadian Country Music Association is promising that their new fan village will host, next month, the "biggest party in country music history."

Niagara police say they have charged a St. Catharines man with child porn offences after a raid at a home earlier this week.

The mother of a 14-year-old boy who was brutally beaten in Gage Park over the weekend was afraid the bullets that were fired into her townhouse complex overnight were meant as a "message" for her family.

Canada's Stewart Friesen has made big strides since adding full-time racing duties in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to his already busy calendar.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

It pays only slightly more than minimum wage, but Amazon is doing another round of hiring in Hamilton, and it will even help you get to work.

Halton Regional Police say a "child" has been rescued from a Burlington hotel and two people from Ajax Ont. face prostitution related charges.

The Ontario government has released an interim sex-ed curriculum for elementary school teachers to use this September — and Premier Doug Ford is suggesting there will be consequences if they don't adhere to it.

On Wednesday the hospital division of the Canadian Unions of Public Employees announced that they see a contradiction between the Ford government's campaign promises to both deal with the province's hospital bed shortage while cutting spending, and say they're concerned.

It looks like a scene ripped straight out of a horror movie — and it could be yours for just under half a million dollars.

In just a few weeks people in Ontario will be able to legally buy marijuana for the first time. Jay Rosenthal, co-founder and president of Business of Cannabis, a research and analysis group explains how the new system will work.

An Ontario university has stripped a former professor of an honorary title after he wrote social media posts about Indigenous people that the school described as inflammatory and vulgar.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

On Wednesday Hamilton will host its first annual Youth Fest, an event that aims to give youth a sense of belonging to the city.

Hamilton city councillors have been missing in action about 13 per cent of the time this term. But one city councillor says he hopes an electronic voting method will improve attendance.

Glen Grunwald, the former director of athletics and recreation at McMaster University, has accepted a new consulting role with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.

Environment Canada is warning of the possibility of dangerous thunderstorms in the Hamilton area Tuesday afternoon.

Niagara police say they have charged six cab companies in the region for running businesses without proper licences.