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A man is in hospital with serious injuries after trying to extinguish a fire in the basement of east Mountain home.

Hydro One has taken legal action against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council, after what it says were repeated attempts to block work on a transmission line project between Niagara and Hamilton.

The city has cancelled a heat warning it issued on Friday, and although it'll still be hot today, it won't be quite so humid.

Hamilton's utility boxes are getting an artistic facelift — and the city wants your help choosing the designs.

Larry Reynolds and Lynn VanEvery were husband and wife who were shot on their property early Thursday morning

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City faces high humidity into Saturday.

A man shown on violent video from a Hamilton Pride festival appearing to hit people in the face with a helmet is out on bail.

Hamilton’s police services board has decided to explore the costs and benefits of doing an independent review of the events around Pride, during a meeting Thursday that was shut down amidst heated protests from several people in the gallery.

The city of Hamilton issues a heat warning for Friday as the temperature is forecasted to be in the mid-30s with a humidex of at least 40

A man and woman have been killed, Brantford police say, after a shooting Thursday morning.

It's a seemingly endless cycle of addiction, incarceration and overdoses that causes both mother and daughter to suffer. Every day it pushes their love to the limit and lurking behind every fight is the fear that death is the only way it will end.

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, which will premiere at TIFF in September, tells the story of the Canadian musician's early life and the formation of "one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music."

The 58-year old from Mississauga was charged with Luring, Invitation to Sexual Touching, and Making Sexually Explicit Material Available to Children.

One person has been killed, police say, and another sent to hospital with serious injuries after a collision early Wednesday evening on Highway 6 north of Hamilton.

Provincial police say two people have been charged after allegedly stealing an ATM from a local gas station in Norfolk County.

Hamilton's police services board will discuss today whether to ask for an independent investigation into police response to violence at Hamilton Pride, and there are still many questions to be answered by it.

The church voted narrowly against recognizing same-sex marriage, but did pass a document that allows each diocese to individually decide whether or not to recognize it.

A Hamilton doctor was stabbed multiple times in an east Mountain medical clinic Wednesday.

The Six Nations elected council has filed an injunction against demonstrators who have blocked access to their administration building for more than seven weeks.

The Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (HCCI) is holding a "vote pop up" next week to urge more people to vote in the fall federal election.

Environment Canada says it may rain up to 40 mm on Wednesday morning.

Before flying to Washington to climb the steps of Congress and testify to a crowd of aviation experts and lawmakers this week, Paul Njoroge spent a desolate weekend packing away toys his children would never play with again.

A Hamilton man will appear in court Wednesday morning to face charges of theft, possession of stolen property, and parole violation.

Ontario Provincial Police are reporting six people were taken to hospital Tuesday night after a "violent collision" in Norfolk County. It happened shortly after 9 p.m. at Brantford Roard and Burford Delhi Townline Road.

Hamilton's police services board will vote Thursday whether to move toward an independent investigation of how police responded at the Pride festival, and the chief says he's open to it.

A Hamilton anarchist whose incarceration was a flashpoint of anger for some in the LGBTQ community has been released.

A speech pathologist with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has filed a harassment charge against the board after an anti-Semitic comment toward her went unacknowledged.

An arbitrator ruled Tuesday in favour of the CFL's original two-game suspension handed Simoni Lawrence, a week following the Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker's meeting with the arbitrator after appealing the ban the CFL levied against him last month.

Hamilton police have arrested the second of three suspects wanted in connection to the stabbing death of Carel Douse.

The purse belonged to a 73-year-old woman who set it by her walker while she played bingo.

A 22-year old driver was taken to the Hamilton General Hospital after rolling a tractor trailer full of dish soap.

A 30-year-old man visiting from the United States has died, Hamilton police say, after drowning in a backyard pool.

An 18-year-old Hamilton man was driving his black, Volkswagen Jetta on a city street early Monday morning, police say, at more than double the speed limit.

Hamilton's mayor and his two special advisors will have another private meeting with LGBTQ residents again — but this time, he's inviting the chief of police.

Ontario's top court has upheld a decision allowing a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre to eventually take college classes on his own.

The number of employee complaints about harassment, bullying and discrimination have doubled at Hamilton city hall in the past six years, but the city says that's because it's been training people on how to point out such things.

The city has launched a hotline to encourage people to report fraud and waste when they see it.

The Halton Regional Police and a coroner are investigating the cause of death.

One firefighter was injured while fighting a fire that killed a cat. Six people living in the home were unharmed.

The abrupt cancellation of 30 Swoop flights is the latest incident to spark numerous customer complaints. New regulations rolling out, Monday promise to make life easier for disgruntled travellers — but the new rules also face a court challenge.

Debbie Wooldridge has lived in Hamilton for 62 years, but lately, she says, it hasn't felt much like home.

Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 327 yards and two touchdowns as the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 36-19 on Saturday.

Three boys pushed a woman's car close to 7 km — still wearing their swim trunks from an evening dip — and rolled into a Welland driveway about two-and-a-half hours later.

Social workers from Brant Family and Children's Services (BFACS) and their supporters rallied in front of their office Friday after their executive director was placed on leave.

It's also unclear whether there will be any sort of statement from the city once it's over, despite officials acknowledging the public interest in the situation.

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The anti-Pride protester Christopher Vanderweide, known on social media as "helmet guy," will appear in Hamilton court for a bail hearing next week.

The list of rules may have been aimed at hate-related protests, but a spokesperson for demonstrators camped outside said they see it as "just one more example of the city and police hand in hand criminalizing dissent."

Police were called to York Boulevard and MacNab Street just before 11 p.m.