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Byron Rawson shot himself three months after returning from war. He is simply buried as "Byron." On Saturday, he'll get a full military commemoration, including a flyover by a war plane.

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The Ontario Hockey League season kicked off Wednesday night. The Hamilton Bulldogs look to defend their title starting Friday. Matt Cullen from CBC Sports lets us know what to expect this season including why the league is concerned about the video game Fortnite.

Another Norfolk County computer owner has been scammed for thousands of dollars after someone called to say their system had a virus.

The winds is expected to pick up Friday afternoon and into the early evening with even higher winds possible and thunderstorms, according to a special weather statement from the weather authority.

Ranked fifth in the world with an increasing roster of stars, Canada's women's national basketball team is ready to play with the sports' powerhouses.

Kpop band BTS will play three concerts in Hamilton. Every one is sold out. Every hotel as far as Stoney Creek is booked. Fans came from as far as Mexico.

The winds is expected to pick up Friday afternoon and into the early evening with even higher winds possible and thunderstorms, according to a special weather statement from the weather authority.

Hamilton's mayoral incumbent has promised millions in new investment in Waterdown if he's reelected in October — just two days after talk that Waterdown should be part of Burlington.

Candidates pledged to fight for cheaper units and tenant rights Wednesday in an election debate focused on keeping downtown an affordable place to live.

Cambridge Coun. Nicholas Ermeta says he's 'extending an open invitation' to residents in Flamborough to join Cambridge as one big city.

A cyclist is in hospital in serious condition after crashing into a wall while trying to avoid a pedestrian in central Hamilton, police say.

Power lines and pieces of debris littered the QEW near Stoney Creek Thursday morning, after a crash involving a car and a transport truck, police say.

An 85-year-old man has been killed in Burlington after an early morning two-car crash.

A Hamilton man has been arrested and charged, police say, with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of mobster Angelo Musitano and Mila Barberi of Toronto.​ Police are also searching for two more Hamilton men and have issued a Canada-wide warrant.

Provincial police say they're looking for a woman who allegedly defecated on a sidewalk in Simcoe.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

An Ontario correctional officer who works at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, a jail with one of the highest rates of inmate deaths in Canada, has triggered a wave of anger. That's after he described his job as a 'babysitter of criminal delinquents and socially inept adults' on social media.

The city is still grappling with toxic algae at Hamilton's Pier 4 beach that causes nausea, skin rashes and fever.

Hamilton police are making special preparations and studying strategies used by U.S. services ahead of an expected flood of fans for international boy band sensation BTS.

A traffic stop and short foot chase Monday morning led Hamilton police to seize more than a dozen firearms.

A man who was meeting an “unknown male” in a central Hamilton alleyway last week is now in critical condition after a vicious beating, police say.

While standing in a checkout aisle at a grocery store on Sunday a 41-year-old woman, Niagara police say, was sexually assaulted.

Some local environmentalists are fuming over a new Niagara conservation authority plan to build a zip line attraction on sensitive land in Binbrook.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

CBC Hamilton's panel examines the realities of being a creator in Hamilton, and talks about what's working, and what isn't.

A candidate for city council in Burlington is decrying “dirty politics” after some of her lawn signs were stolen or damaged on Friday night.

The University of Waterloo's engineering program is downgrading marks from certain Ontario high schools. Bill Tucker, an assistant professor of education at Western University and a former school superintendent, explains why it's happening and what students can do to make sure they're ready for university.

Burlington's mayor is asking the province to make Waterdown part of Burlington.

Albert Iavarone, a real estate agent who police say had connections to organized crime, was shot and killed around 10 p.m. on Thursday in what's being described as a "targeted attack."

A new report says flooding concerns around the Red Hill Valley Parkway have materialized, with the highway already withstanding one 100-year storm and more likely on the way.

Premier Doug Ford and opposition leader Andrea Horwath made remarks at the 101st International Plowing Match in Chatham-Kent Tuesday afternoon, promising the expansion of natural gas for rural communities in Ontario.

One of Hamilton's newest high schools will be named for Bernie Custis, a local sports legend, longtime educator and the first black quarterback to play for professional football team in North American.

Police say they're investigating a shooting at a licensed medicinal cannabis grow operation in rural Niagara Falls.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

Eight Hamilton and Niagara-region high schools are on a list created by the University of Waterloo's engineering faculty that downgrades the marks of applicants from those schools.

Hamilton will soon ban residents from putting grass clippings and yard waste in their green bins as part of an ongoing effort to reduce smelly compost.

Five people were seriously injured in the crash, including a three-week-old who police say is in critical condition.

Investigators believe there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to call them.

The city is passing a new law that restaurants with drive-thru windows have to provide waste containers for people in their cars to throw out their garbage.

Three-time Olympian and Canadian amateur boxing champion Mike Strange is taking on the El Camino trail in Spain to raise funds for childhood cancer research.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

An Ontario college is offering what some might see as a pretty cool credential — a one-year certificate in growing pot. But the class comes with hard work.

A mounted Hamilton police officer rode his horse through a crowd at a McMaster University homecoming party in the city's Westdale area Saturday afternoon, knocking one woman to the ground and walking over her.

Three children were rushed to a paediatric trauma centre Saturday afternoon, police say, after a "violent" multi-vehicle crash in Glanbrook.

Albert Iavarone's death marks the second time in less than two years that the silence and sense of security in a quiet, Hamilton-area neighbourhood has been shattered by the fatal shooting of a man police believe had links to organized crime.

Esther the Wonder Pig —​ the beloved 285-kilogram (630-pound) celebrity in Campbelllville, Ont. ​—​ has beat cancer after vets removed four tumours from her mammary glands.

Hamilton police say two students were sent to hospital with non-critical injuries after a suspect sprayed an aerosol​ irritant during a party near McMaster University on Friday night.

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