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The requirements are among several included in a proposed heritage conservation easement" at Philpott Memorial Church and has the support of the congregation as it attempts to sell and move to a more affordable location.

There are now 2.5 million people in Ontario who don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Thursday. That's an increase of more than 160,000 people since the last count was released six months ago.

Tow truck drivers who cannot get certified under new provincial legislation in Ontario due to having a criminal record say that the impact it has on their livelihoods is significant.

After a particularly wet and rain-drenched week, it's time to enjoy a sunny, summer weekend. Thankfully there are several festivities inthe city that await.

The two sides in the ongoing LCBO workers' strike seem to be at an impasse. Here is some key information and context about what's behind the stalemate, and what's at stake moving forward.

Farm workers are also 35 times more likely than the rest of the population to die of heat exposure, according to letter from advocacy group Justice For Migrant Workers

While Toronto FC suffered another setback Wednesday, substitute Prince Owusu tossed the slumping Major League Soccer side a timely lifeline in their game against Hamilton.

Here's a breakdown of how the LCBO currently turns its $2.5-billion annual profit, and how things are expected to change with the Ford government's reforms.

One of two Hamilton public elementary schools offering Mohawk language classes has suspended the program for this fall as the board conducts a review that will include looking at how it recruits instructors. Now, returning students who were learning the Indigenous language must change schools or switch to studying French in September.

After six years as mayor of Brantford, Kevin Davis announced he's resigning by the end of this month to join Ontario'sLicence Appeal Tribunal (LAT). In a statement on Facebook, Davis says his new appointment is"a once-in-a-career opportunity" that allows him to return to his roots as a lawyer.

Hamilton police have arrested and charged a Brampton resident in connectionto the shooting death of Hamilton man Tito Kelly last year. Police announced theyhave chargedDonte Smith, 36 with manslaughter.Smith remains in custody with a bail hearing scheduled for July 11.

Eugenia (Jenny) Da Silva of Brantford, Ont., left her job at a funeral home in Woodstock last week and went missing for days. Police said late Wednesday the 44-year-old has been found safe, with no foul play concerns, and is now home after a relentless search by family and friends.

Environment Canada has ended the tornado watch it issued earlier on Wednesday for the Niagara Falls andWelland area. By late afternoon, only a rainfall warning remained.

Blue-green algae, recently detected at Hamilton's Pier 4 beach, produces toxins that can cause skin irritation, sore throats, swollen eyes and lips, fever, nausea and vomiting and diarrhea.

The six-week interval between the two legs of the Canadian Championship semifinalbetween Toronto FC and Hamilton's Forge FC is something that Toronto coach John Herdman doesn't mind at all.

Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning forHamilton,Brantford, Burlington and the Niagara region.

Hamilton's poetry hotline project was put together by Monday Press, a group of writers and creatives who approached local poets to contribute their work. Callers are asked to enter a number between one and 99, which will then play a recording of the poem being performed by its author.

In 1999, Paula Schnurr and Patti Moore were part of a group in Toronto that ran to set a Guinness World Record for the fastest time in which 100 women ran a one-mile relay.That record stood for 24 years until an American team beat it by five minutes last year. On Sunday, 100 women in Hamilton won it back, they say.

The union representing Ontario liquor store workers has ramped up pressure in a five-day-old strike, with no talks planned to hammer out a deal.

Environment Canada has issued an updated rainfall warning covering much of southern Ontariodue to the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. It warns of rainfall totals of 40 to 60 mm in Hamilton, starting late Tuesday or Wednesday.

Nine confirmed cases of listeriosis have been reported in Ontario as part of an ongoing investigation linked to recalled plant-based refrigerated beverages, health officials say.

A Brantford man has been charged with murder, police say, in the city's first homicide since 2022.

Advocates had asked for a representative for First Nations, Inuit and Metis people in the city. Six councillors opposed exploring the idea, saying council shouldn't have appointed members.

Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara Region will have lots to cheer about when the Paris Olympics kick off July 26. From high-profile athletes to local stars, the area is well-represented in this year's games.Here are some of the local Olympians headed overseas.

The rapper-turned-singer performs Monday in the Niagara Region, raising funds for the Heather Winterstein Foundation. It's his Canadian debut, and proceeds will support Indigenous youth programming that addresses mental health, addictions and human trafficking.

The Ontario government rolled out an online tool Monday to help consumers find outlets to buy beer, wine, cider and spirits, whilesome 9,000 LCBO workers remain off the job in a strike that shows no signs of ending.

After B.C. won over a struggling Hamilton on Sunday night, the Ticats have now lost five straight to start a season - for the first time since 2017 when they dropped to 0-8.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Hamilton, Burlington and St. Catharines starting Monday and continuing into Tuesday.

One tenant's home of 14 years is listed for sale for close to $600K. If it sells, she says there's a good chance she'll become homeless and worries her neighbours will, too.

Get in the car and travel to some of the finest southwestern Ontario cities, towns and villages named after their bigger European counterparts. There are quite a few, including Vienna, Copenhagen,Brussels and Paris.

A team of McMaster University students in Hamilton is eagerly preparing for an expedition to Iceland, where they'll camp out by a series of underground lava tubes they plan to map with a drone.

Hartman, who was born in Brantford, will be honoured with a large tribute on the city's performing arts centre. The city is now taking artists' design submissions.

A former Grand Erie District School Board teacher is accused of "professional misconduct" involving afemale student in the 1990s and will face an Ontario College of Teachers' disciplinary hearing.

As thousands of striking LCBO workers picketed across Ontario on Friday, local employees marched, waved signs and handed out flyers at a liquor store near Upper James Street and Rymal Road West in Hamilton.

Distilleries can only sell hard alcoholic drinks like vodka, gin and whiskey attheir retail stores, in bulk to a local restaurantor through the LCBO. Butbreweries or wineries sellingcider, wine and beer have theflexibility to also sell their productsat eligible grocery and big-box stores.

The 2022 Rogers outage that left 12 million people without wireless and hard-wired services was caused by human error and made worse by management and system "deficiencies," according to an independent review conducted for Canada's telecommunications regulator.

Parents who steal a moment of calm by handing over a smartphone or tablet to a fussy toddler could set off a cycle of poor anger management and other problems,according to a recent study.

Canadian doctors and brain injury experts believe Canadian Football Leagueplayers should be encouraged to use Guardian Caps whenever they have the opportunity, but say the technology does not mitigatethe risk of concussion.

More than 9,000 Ontario liquor store employees walked off the job across the province on Friday after bargaining talks between the LCBO and their union broke down on Thursday ahead of a strike deadline.

As the storm moves toward the Cayman Islands and Mexico, many Ontarians with Caribbean roots are now fundraising to help families back home.

To help travel to cool places during hot days, Hamilton is giving out 2,000 free bus tickets, available at recreation centres and outdoor pools.

Thousands of LCBO employees will walk off the job Friday just after midnight after contract negotiations broke down, the workers' union says.

Disability advocates are set to gather in downtown Toronto Thursday morningto not only mark the historic win of the Canada Disability Benefit, but to gather supportin improving it forpeople with disabilities.

The process will be gradual as the Hamilton post-secondary institution has to first find ways to reduce the demand for parking.

Family and friends of a man who drowned in the Niagara River last month say his body has been recovered.His brother says a small group of family plans to come to Canada to perform end-of-life rituals.

The history of cemeteries at Indian residential schools in Canada is evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity, says independent special interlocutor Kimberly Murray in a newly released historical report.

Niagara Regional Police have identified and charged a suspect in connection to the death of Jessica St. Jules, a Hamilton woman who was found dead in a rural Niagara ditch last month. He isbeing held in custody pending a bail hearingat the Robert S.K. Welch Courthouse inSt. Catharines.

The Canadian artist joins guest host Talia Schlangerto discuss her Biennale installation, Trinket, which consists of seven million tiny glass beads.

Experts are warning Canadians not to heed misinformation spread online that sunscreen can cause cancer, stressing that proper use of the right lotions or sprays is, in fact,one of the best ways to prevent potentially deadly ailments like melanoma.

Hundreds of pages of documents written by experts for two class-action lawsuits paint a picture of Ontario's corrections system as inhumane and poorly managed. The two lawsuits against the province take aim at the use of lockdowns in correctional facilities as a way to deal with staffing shortages from 2009 to 2017.