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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.

A Toronto man has survived a skydive plunge from high above the Hamilton airport on Thursday after his parachute became tangled, police say.

Ontario's police watchdog has cleared five officers involved in a shooting that killed a man at a Burlington gas station.

The department hopes to add 104 full-time firefighters and 145 volunteer firefighters over the next decade.

The broad political support greasing the wheels of C-101, Finance Minister Bill Morneau's new legislation to change Canada's trade safeguard rules, may obscure the calculated risk the Liberal government is taking with its strategy to protect the steel industry.

The library picks a 'Hamilton Reads' title each year to promote reading and a "shared community experience."

It's a fight that could change his life. Boxer Steve Rolls started his career in Chatham, Ont., but now he's gearing up to square off against a former world champion on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Tiger-Cats will celebrate 150 years of Hamilton football this year — starting at their preseason game Thursday night.

People in Gatineau, Que., aren't the only ones in Canada frustrated with the skunky stink from some cannabis grow operations.

Officials confirm they’re investigating allegations of racist comments after a tense soccer game on Tuesday between Calgary’s Cavalry Football Club and Hamilton’s Forge Football Club ended in a tie and a shoving match.

A Glanbrook man eradicated the posted speed limit on the Linc Thursday, police say, when he was clocked going 207 km/h in a 90 km/h zone.