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Norfolk police are warning seniors not to fall for a scam where the person says he’s with Western Union and wants to access their computer.

A 25-year-old man has been charged with child luring and a number of other offences after an investigation involving Canadian and American authorities.

Arkells, Bahamas, NAV are now confirmed to perform at the biggest night in Canadian music. There will also be a special video performance by Shawn Mendes, who is on tour in Europe.

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says it approved and issued a license for The Niagara Herbalist, which would be on Lakeshore Road in St. Catharines.

More than 40 young people showed up at the Hamilton Public Library on Wednesday to discus what life is like for Hamilton millennials — and how to improve it.

Anybody from age 14-25 can compete in RBC Training Ground at Brock University this Saturday for the chance to get noticed by top sporting coaches.

Two men and a woman have been charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of three Six Nations residents. Melissa Trudi Miller, Alan Grant Porter and Michael Shane Jamieson were found dead near London, Ont., last year.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will today visit Iqaluit to deliver a long-awaited apology on behalf of the federal government for the widespread mistreatment of Inuit during the tuberculosis epidemics of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

Burlington city council is freezing downtown development for at least a year as it works out a plan to curb a sudden burst of development. But local developers say this is politically motivated and a waste of tax dollars.

A new virtual reality experience that transports people back to 1943 for a harrowing bombing mission aboard a Lancaster is making its North American debut at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum this weekend.

The Ontario Society for the Protection of Animals says it won't investigate suspected cases of animal cruelty any more. Kendra Coulter, chair of the Labour Studies department at Brock University, explains what this means for the care of abused animals in Ontario.

Trevor Copp and Jeff Fox are teaching people, from survivors of abuse to same-sex couples to people who just want to dance, how to share the lead.

A speeding 28-year-old driver tried to escape police early Wednesday — and officers say they had to box in his car and break a window to make the arrest.

Canadian Doug Putman, 34, is making a big bet on the return of the retail music industry in Canada and now abroad. The president of Sunrise Records recently purchased 100 HMV stores in the U.K. after the music chain filed for bankruptcy protection.

More than 900 children bent over checkers boards on Tuesday — strategy in brain, candy in hand— unofficially breaking a Guinness world record for the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board

A recent surge in shooting incidents in Hamilton is connected to the rise of the deadly opioid fentanyl, according to officers from a new police task force that’s investigating gun violence and drug trafficking in the city.

Hate-related criminal activity decreased in Hamilton last year, but police stats show there were more incidents directed at people who were black or Jewish.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrapped his public agenda and returned to Ottawa Tuesday for high-level discussions to plot next steps in the ongoing SNC-Lavalin controversy — steps that may include Trudeau making some display of contrition over how officials in his office conducted themselves.

Just a few days after an ugly, racist incident at a semi-pro hockey game in Quebec, Matt Cullen of CBC Sports spoke with Karl Subban, father of NHL players P.K. and Malcolm Subban, as well as Elijah Roberts of the Niagara Ice Dogs about racism in the Ontario Hockey League.

A high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police officer who was fired Monday alleges it is reprisal for waging a legal battle over the appointment of a friend of the premier's as commissioner.

Police found blue-tinted fentanyl and arrested two people for drug trafficking in a Niagara Falls home, police say.

A team of five women and one man have designed Hamilton's new YWCA, which will house dozens of affordable housing units for women and their families.

A 28-year-old Hamilton man is facing a hit and run charge after allegedly hitting someone with his van and then taking off, police say.

There have been 14 shooting incidents in the city already in 2019.

A city plan to sink $50 million into affordable housing has just sprang forth its first major project — a community hub that includes a school, a rec centre and 44 new units for seniors.

Bundle up, Hamilton. There's a cold weather alert in effect Monday night into Tuesday, said the city's medical officer of health.

Hamilton steelworker unions are planning a protest against Liberal MP Bob Bratina, who they say shouted "F--k the steelworkers" and "F--k those Stelco pensioners" near the end of a tense meeting last Tuesday.

McMaster University researchers have developed a motion-powered, fireproof sensor they say can be used to track firefighters and others who work in high-risk situations.

A male has serious injuries and the SIU has launched an investigation, after a stabbing at a Niagara Falls home on Sunday.

In March 1966, the Ontario Studebaker plant that had become the sole producer of the now-classic cars shut down.

Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton say they have discovered how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, a finding they say could help combat the growing problem.

A Hamilton cafe owner says she's been overwhelmed by community support, after somebody smashed their door and stole the cash register overnight.

Police are investigating a daylight shooting at a Hamilton home on Saturday.

Someone committed fraud at a Hamilton-area PC nomination meeting, police say. But we'll likely never know who.

Check out new music from Big Wreck, Alex Whorms and Charlotte Cornfield.

A 13-year-old was driving an SUV when it crashed through a fence onto Highway 403 in Oakville, Ont., on Saturday morning, smashing head-on into the median and leaving all three in the car injured.

Father-daughter duo John and Libby Beeden touched dry land Friday for the first time in months, having completed a rowing trip across the Atlantic Ocean.

We've had a wild winter — Ice Monsters on the shore of Lake Erie, plus a relentless cycle of cold, freezing rain and heavy snow. Don't blame Environment Canada's Dave Phillips. He's just the messenger. He looks back at this winter and tells us when it might end.

The city has been ordered to pay a former undercover police officer $20,000 to cover court costs and as a deterrent against further delays in a lawsuit against the Hamilton Police Services Board and former chief Glenn De Caire.

A new police task force aimed at curbing gun violence made a sweeping west-end drug bust this week.

Police have arrested a teenager they say was driving a car stolen from a Stoney Creek driveway two days earlier.

It's being called Ontario's biggest health system reform in 50 years. But what will the new system actually look like for patients?

Hamilton city council will deliberate this year whether people living in the suburbs should pay higher taxes for transit, although one councillor says it would cause an Ancaster revolt.

The city is looking at what it will cost to clear Hamilton sidewalks on select private property. But some councillors fear making that change will create unrealistic expectations.

Council announced it was requesting additional support from police along the deadly parkway three weeks ago, but it's still not clear what that will look like.

A former Hamilton mortgage broker who was convicted on sexual assault charges walked out of a courtroom Thursday with a suspended sentence, probation, and an order to complete 80 hours of community service.

Brantford Power has issued a warning to customers to look out for a phone scam they say is targeting businesses in the area.

Hamilton city council has reversed a decision to leave the door open for an energy-from-waste proposal that would see Hamilton "super heat" material from local blue boxes.

A Hamilton steelworkers union is demanding an apology after it says Liberal MP Bob Bratina shouted obscenities at some steelworkers and kicked them out of his office.

The owners of Esther the Wonder Pig say they have signed on with a major Hollywood production company to produce a film based on their beloved 285-kilogram porker.