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The Toronto Raptors have another shot at making history tonight by being the first Canadian team to win the NBA championship.

Newly-released police use of force statistics show that while Hamilton officers drew their guns more in 2018, total use of force incidents remained right around average — and police officers occasionally had to deal with people wielding swords.

It's been over a year, but Zach Collaros hasn't forgotten being traded by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The governing body for soccer in Canada has opened an investigation into allegations that racist comments were made during a skirmish at the end of a game between Calgary's Cavalry Football Club and Hamilton's Forge Football Club last week.

When David Chung's father died unexpectedly, the Grade 10 student suddenly had a whole new world of financial responsibilities. Now he's helping other teens learn about money management.

Autopsy results have revealed a 21-year-old man who died in a crash last Sunday morning in Flamborough was electrocuted by a downed wire after getting out of his car.

When swastikas and racist slurs were scrawled across the schoolyard at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary over the weekend a group of Dundas women didn't hesitate to take action.

The Raptors aren't the only Canadian basketball team you can watch on television — as CBC Sports announced this week it will start live streaming games from the Canadian Elite Basketball League.

The Mealshare program launched this week in Hamilton — meaning 11 local restaurants will now donate to youth charities each time you order certain items.

A series of "targeted" and "politically motivated" cuts to legal clinics across Ontario are the provincial government's way of making sure its agenda can't be challenged, says the head of the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic.

Your friendly, neighbourhood, Ontario-run cannabis store could have a new, and expanded menu. Pot brownies, cannabis tea, cannabis chocolate and much more are on the way but, one expert says, not until 2020.

Provincial police have charged a 19-year-old driver after a vehicle narrowly missed colliding head-on with a cruiser.

In 1969 Niagara's American Falls were "turned off" so engineers could study the effects of rock falls on the flow of the water.

Poverty levels both in Hamilton and across the province have been dropping for the last two decades, according to a new report from the Social Planning and Research Council.

The Wesley Day Centre — a community hub for people experiencing homelessness and precarious housing that has been running in Hamilton for over 20 years — is closing its doors this summer.

The benefits of physical activity on heart health show up as early as preschool, says a new study out of McMaster University.

Hamilton police are investigating hateful graffiti targeting black and Jewish people that has appeared in a Dundas park and schoolyard in recent weeks.

Hamilton's public school board says it will no longer offer 173 courses planned for next year because of provincial class size changes, budget cuts and declining enrolment.

After a body was recovered from the water near Princess Point on Tuesday, police say they do not think the death was suspicious.

An Ancaster man has been fined $6,250 for running a slaughterhouse without a licence, the province announced Tuesday.

The northbound lanes of the Red Hill Valley Parkway (RHVP) are set to reopen Wednesday following weeks of resurfacing work.

The Ontario government wants gas station operators to display its mandatory anti-carbon tax stickers by the end of the summer or face potential Provincial Offences Act charges.

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 next challenge takes place on Thursday June 13, 2019 at noon live on this page and on Facebook.

Police were called around 6:30 p.m. Monday after workers said they recognized the man from an incident two days before at a different store where he managed to cash a fraudulent cheque.

In celebration of the way Canadians are rallying behind the Raptors, the CFL has decided to move up the kickoff time for the Ticats home opener from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Jeremiah Masoli has a tough act to follow this season. His own. Masoli is coming off a career '18 campaign with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Monday's Game 5 against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors, a game the Raptors hoped would be their last of this season, turned out to be a back-and-forth slugfest that came down to the final shot.

The NBA Finals are headed back to Oakland after the Toronto Raptors failed in their first opportunity to clinch the championship. The Golden State Warriors won Game 5 106-105 on Monday in Toronto to trim the Raptors's series lead to 3-2.

Animal welfare advocates are celebrating after the House of Commons voted Monday to ban keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity — in a move with long-term consequences for Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont.

The cuts are being felt by cultural organizations across the province, big and small.

Bob Wilson's daughter Linda Moss says doctors and the coroner told her his primary cause of death, at a palliative-care facility in Burlington, Ont., on the weekend, was a bedsore infection that got into his bones and blood.

Tonight could be historic. Here's where you can find viewing parties in the Hamilton-Burlington area.

The fire that burned rubber mats and wooden pallets sent a massive cloud of black smoke billowing into the sky.

A Hamilton man brought a flare gun late Saturday night to a Tim Hortons, police say, and threatened customers.

Many Ontario cemeteries are in a serious state of disrepair, with leaning, loose and broken tombstones littering the sites. But only a few folks can tackle the problem.

Rory McIlroy pulled away from the field with a 9-under 61 in the final round to win the RBC Canadian Open.

Police are asking people to stay away from the fire and reminding people not to move or drive around barricades.

Officers were called to Woodhill Road between the 4th Concession and Highway 5 Sunday morning after reports of the crash. The road is currently closed in that area.

Rory McIlroy fired a 6-under 64 on Saturday to share a three-way lead after three rounds at the RBC Canadian Open. Webb Simpson shot a 3-under 67 and Matt Kuchar had a 1-under 69 to join McIlroy at 13 under overall.

It's been a rough final series for some Canadian musicians, with back-to-back renditions of O Canada during NBA games drawing mixed reactions online.

Check out new music from Cat Clyde, Mawzy, and Warez.

Hamilton's downtown office vacancy rate declined one per cent last year, while storefront vacancy stayed relatively stable, according to a new city survey. Meanwhile, the city found a 1.2 per cent increase in downtown jobs last year.

Some of the Hamilton’s biggest summer festivals say they have been blindsided after discovering they will not receive funding from the province this year through the Celebrate Ontario grant.

There were big delays on the QEW Friday afternoon near Eastport Drive and the Burlington Skyway, after a truck lost control, police say.

Public health is warning that whooping cough cases are rising in Hamilton, and reminding people to make sure they are up to date on their vaccines.

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Somebody broke into Eastgate Square before the mall opened Friday morning and stole from both Fine Touch Jewellers and Bentley, Hamilton police say.

The recently-discovered remains of a Royal Hamilton Light Infantry soldier who died in the Second World War have been laid to rest in their rightful place.

A Toronto woman faces several charges, including assault, after allegedly spitting on a bus passenger in Hamilton Thursday evening.

After initial reports that someone was throwing kittens out a moving car on the QEW, police say it now appears the animals were actually hiding in the engine compartment and fell out while driving.