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Although some of the highlights of Premier Doug Ford's first provincial budget have already been revealed, Thursday's fiscal plan from the Ontario PC government will still contain some surprises.

The city will pay about $6,500 this year to cover Hamilton's various Easter egg hunts, although some say it sets a bad precedent for community groups using local parks.

Six signs, showcasing what the area has to offer and the neighbourhood's new slogan "Welcome to the North End, the neighbourhood by the bay," have started going up.

Emergency calls for opioid overdoses in Hamilton surged to their highest levels on record last month, new numbers show.

Mayor Fred Eisenberger says more details about the nomination process and selection committee will be announced in the weeks to come.

A Glanbrook man is facing stunt driving charges after allegedly doubling the speed limit in Binbrook early Wednesday.

Amelia Arlen, a Grade 12 student at Westmount Secondary School, learned how to develop her political voice and turn her concerns into activism.

Several changes to HSR bus routes were announced Tuesday, which the city says were implemented to “build a more modern HSR service that improves the customer experience.”

High profile Hamilton lawyer John Wallace Findlay has been stripped of his licence to practice law and ordered to pay back over $1.8 million in misappropriated funds meant for the plaintiffs of a Caledonia class action lawsuit.

Natshon Defreitas was pronounced dead in hospital following the shooting, which police say happened at an empty office building on Beach Road around 4 a.m. on Sept. 23.

The city will slap steep fines on motorists this year for clogging streets and driveways around Spencer Gorge and Webster Falls.

"Mighty Maeve," the five-year-old who was pinned under a runaway car in Hagersville, Ont. is continuing to recover, but has lost part of her arm and leg, along with the sight in her left eye.

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The SIU report describes bloody sheets on a hospital bed along with bloody clothing on the floor. It also features a photo of the scene and a large knife found in the hospital hallway.

Just a day after thousands of teachers in Ontario and their supporters protested major cuts to education, the government of Premier Doug Ford had another announcement. Tailgate parties will be legal soon in the province.

Police say it's a "common myth" that seeing a raccoon walking around when the sun is up means the animal is automatically sick or has rabies. While the animals tend to be most active at night, they can also come out during the day if they're woken up or searching for food.

One of the men suspected in the shooting death of a member of the Hells Angels has had the charge he faced in the case upgraded to first-degree murder.

Hamilton police are investigating after a 15-year-old Sherwood Secondary School student was allegedly grabbed and then punched in the face on the east Mountain Friday morning.

A former Brant County councillor and member of the police board has been charged with sexual assault against teens in Hamilton, and police believe there may be more victims.

Despite medical evidence in favour of vaccinations, the Ontario Medical Association says more and more parents doubt the science because of misinformation online. Now they're beginning a campaign to correct common myths about vaccines.

A Hamilton teen was rushed to hospital with serious injuries Sunday night after a shooting on the Mountain — marking the 17th shooting incident in the city already this year.

A 19-year-old man suddenly found himself stopping mid-getaway, police say, after OnStar remotely shut down the SUV he allegedly stole near Gage Park on Sunday.

Deanna Allain, 18, knew that she would be walking away with an experience after attending the Daughters of the Vote conference in Ottawa, but didn't expect to get involved in the political events that unfolded this week.

Just a couple weeks ago Angela Case from Welland Ont. stood outside of the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, alongside others who have lost loved ones while incarcerated. On Sunday, she held a rally outside of the Niagara Detention Centre for her son, Jordan, who died in December.

"Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility in some locations," states the warning, adding the fog is expected to burn off sometime later in the day.

Police are looking for help identifying the suspect in an assault at a bar in St. Catharines on St. Patrick's Day.

The man Hamilton police were looking for, thought to be posing as a police officer in the K-9 Unit turned out to be an RCMP officer on duty.

Hamilton police are looking for a man who was posing as a police officer in the K-9 Unit on Thursday in Mount Hope.

Brantford police say a man is dead after being assaulted and they're investigating the incident as a homicide.

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A CBC Hamilton reporter has taken home a top award for digital news gathering for his coverage of the trial of a man acquitted of fatally shooting an Indigenous man he thought was stealing his truck.

"We want to make sure that our voices are heard. We want to make sure students know that we are fighting for them and that we care about them," said Kristen Smyth, who teaches high school drama and ESL in Kitchener, Ont.

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The Ontario Cannabis Store says its products are priced to compete with the black market but critics say legal prices will have to drop if they want to bring in more customers.

Police say the puppies are in an "advanced state of decomposition" so it's difficult to tell what breed they are, but they appear to be newborns and it's clear their rear legs are tied together with rope or twine.

The aggregate price of a home in the city increased by 6.3 per cent during the first quarter of 2019, jumping to $561,237, according to a new survey from Royal LePage.

The 44-year-old was arrested on March 14 after provincial police responded to a call about shoplifting at a department store in Simcoe.

Emergency crews were called to the Canadian Gypsum Corporation Plant on Third Line around 2:44 p.m. Thursday after reports of a workplace accident.

As the Ford government prepares to table its first budget next Thursday, it's getting a wide range of suggestions for how to reduce its $13.5 billion deficit.

Hamilton has been found partially liable for a 2007 crash that seriously injured four children after the city's attempt to overturn a lower court's decision was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada.

A report that will be reviewed by the board's Finance and Facilities Committee Thursday evening recommends the decrease, which includes 80 high school teachers and 23 educational assistants.

Winter just won't leave.

Hundreds of Hamilton students have walked out of class in protest of changes changes expected to come to the education system.

Students in Brant County with outdated immunization records will be suspended, officials say, from school until their records are updated.

The federal government has announced $12.7 million in funding for shoreline rehabilitation in Hamilton, to help rebuild after extreme storms battered the edge of the harbour in recent years.

Four people have been taken to hospital, police say, with one suffering life-threatening injuries after a three vehicle crash on Hwy. 6.

Senior government sources have told The Canadian Press that teachers would be required to pass the test in order to continue teaching.

Market demand - not gentrification - has led to the decline of strip clubs in Hamilton.

Some Ontario school boards have written to the education minister with concerns that planned increases to class sizes will mean they can offer fewer elective courses, such as in the arts and skilled trades.

Students from over two-dozen schools in Hamilton and surrounding regions are set to walk out of the classroom Thursday to protest provincial changes to education.