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City councillors have unanimously supported a new Hamilton Street Railway master plan, and transit managers say the seven-year undertaking will change nearly every route and increase the frequency of buses along most paths.

Ward 8 byelection voters expecting to cast ballots at Mohawk College on Monday could face delays due to the support workers' strike there - but the city of Hamilton says there are other voting options for those who don't want to cross the picket lines.

An excavator ripped through the brick wall of the former Tivoli Theatre in Hamilton this week, leaving a gaping hole in what was once a downtown landmark. The developer says it's doing prep work before "deconstruction."

"I hope people see the big picture," says Scott McDonald who painted a portrait of Rob Golfi on the side of the former City Centre building, after the real estate agent sponsored the mural project.

St. Catharines city staff will report on safety measures around community centres after a driver struck and killed a child who was walking in a pedestrian area outside the centre.

In St. Catharines, Ont., court Wednesday, Daniel Senecal, accused in the sexual assault of a three-year-old Welland girl,was charged with breach of probation to go with five previous counts. The 25-year-old appeared briefly via video from the Toronto South Detention Centre.

Brian Hartman was in his hometown of Hamilton for the recent three-day Supercrawl arts and music festival, where dozens of people got to go up against the international chess master. It's something attendees and organizers hope will happen again next year.

McMaster University is planning on hiring up to 16 people as it expands the capacity of its nuclear reactor facility to produce medical isotopes - a key technology in the treatment of certain kinds of cancer.

A Hamilton police officer faces an aggravated assault charge following an investigation by Ontario's police watchdog into the Feb. 23 arrest of a 59-year-old woman.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford believes Prime Minister Mark Carney will back his idea for a tunnel under Highway 401 through the Greater Toronto Area, though it is unclear if he had received any such assurances from Ottawa.

If approved by council Wednesday, the city will double its automatic speed enforcement camerasfrom four to eight, says a staff report. Meanwhile, Premier Doug Ford has said he's against them.

A total of 26 candidates for Ward 8 city councillor, a record number running for a single ward in Hamilton, are vying for the empty seat on Sept. 22.

The 2025 longlist features 12novels and two short story collections, covering a wide range of subjects, from a1800s train disaster, to lifeworking in a nail salon andthe stories of abducted children in Uganda.

MPs will be back on Parliament Hill on Monday for the first time since June as the House of Commons opens its fall sitting. Here's an outlook to how things could shake out.

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is resigning as Ontario Liberal leader after a weak show of support at the party's annual general meeting. This comes after she had previously indicated she would stay on as leader.

A Palestinian-Canadian man in Brantford, Ont., is calling for urgent help from the Canadian government so his older brother can get out of Gaza to get medical aid.

The award for Whitcomb, who hails from Nanaimo, B.C., follows the release of his track Quitter,a gritty, foot-stomping anthem that croons to its listeners about the hardest part of dealing with an addiction.

Supercrawl, the annual arts festival, takes over James Street N. all weekend. Thousands came out Saturday.

A representative for striking support staffers from Mohawk College says their group is getting plenty of support from community - including snack deliveries, refusals to cross the picket line, and a morale-boosting visit from a strike icon.

Bo Levi Mitchell threw two touchdown passes while Greg Bell scored two TDs to power the Hamilton Tiger-Cats past the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32-21 on Friday night.

Hamilton police suspended Const. Renato Greco after CBC uncovered online posts supporting extremists and calling for a coup.' Here's how we tracked Greco's online history, which the Hamilton police called disturbing.'

Ontario corrections officials have denied a request to transfer registered child sex offender Daniel Senecal to a women's jail as the 25-year-old awaits a bail hearing in another case, this one involving a recent attack on a Welland girl.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Friday morning that, after a battle with cancer, General Manager Ted Goveia has died.

The Buffalo Sabres placed player developmental coach Adam Mair on administrative leave on Thursday after reports surfaced of the former NHL player being arrested on a drunk driving charge with three children in his car last week.

Bonnie Crombie's political future will be in the hands of Ontario Liberals this weekend, as she faces a mandatory leadership review to determine if she'll stay on as head of the provincial party.

Moh Ahmed has been undergoing an intense injury rehab the past five weeks, his coach says, to prepare for two events at his seventh World Athletics Championships.

Zach Collaros is out of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' lineup for Friday night's matchup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

In August, Hamilton police suspended an officer while they investigated disturbing" social media posts. Meanwhile, a local anti-racism group says it informed police last year of a person with extremist views connected to the service - now confirmed to be the same officer.

Hamilton renters tired of suffering from sweltering heat in the summer are urging city council to set a maximum temperature for all rental units in the city, after council's planning committee voted 10-0 on Tuesday to require landlords who provide air conditioning to make sure it can cool the units to 26 degrees Celsius.

As of Thursday morning, much of James Street N. is closed for the annual Supercrawl festival.

More than 10,000 full-time support workers from Ontario's 24 public colleges are going on strike starting Thursday in an effort to ensure job security, the union says.

Its biggest music lineup yet and some of the city's best eats... why you want to hit Supercrawl's 15th edition this weekend.

Daniel Senecal was serving jail time for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy and then released early, in March. Within six months, he was charged again after a three-year-old girl was sexual assaulted during a home invasion.

A third man has been arrested, and charged with murder, Hamilton police say, in connection with the shooting death of Mohawk College student Harsimrat Randhawa.

Now a young adult, an Ontario teen pleaded guilty this summer in a U.S. court to being part of an online scheme that targeted hundreds of victims on the social media platform X.

As they buckle down for a new fall term, post-secondary students, faculty, administrators and sector experts are worried, as institutions struggle with plummeting enrolment of students from abroad, financial and other ramifications of federal changes to stem these students and, in several regions, status quo on domestic tuition.

A Hamilton police officer was charged by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Hagersville, Ont., for declining to providea breath sample.

A watermain near Grace and Dunn avenues broke early Monday morning, impacting at least 20 neighbours.

A Labour Day weekend rally in Ontario's Niagara Region by the self-described Canadian men's nationalist" group Second Sons is prompting concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment.

How much would you be willing, and able, to pay to get your knee or hip replaced? Calgarian Linda Slater's knee pain became unbearable during her two-year wait to see an orthopedic surgeon, so she drained her retirement savings to pay $33,000 for a new knee at a private Toronto clinic and travel expenses.

Ontario's police watchdog is reviewing a collision involving a police vehicle and motorcycle that left one person injured in Welland Friday.

Tributes are pouring in from across Canada and beyond after former Montreal Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden- alegend of Canadian hockey-died at the age of 78.

Belinda Sarkodie's funeral is set for Sept. 20, at the Lotus Funeral and Cremation Centre in Toronto from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, died Friday at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer.

As the Miss Six Nations pageant progresses this week, with the winners of five age categories to be crowned Friday at the Six Nations Fall Fair, it's also marking a milestone of language revitalization in the community.

Some saytraditional medicines and practicescan help parents and students ease into the new school year.

CBC sent a survey to all candidates, asking their occupation, age and why they are running to be the next Ward 8 councillor. Here's a sample of what they had to say.

A Canadianadvocacy group wants parliamentarians in Ottawato declare Israel's military action in the Gaza Strip a genocide.

An Ontario biologist says drought-stricken parts of Canada could be in for some underwhelming fall foliage if stressed trees lose out on the energy needed to generate some of the season's most brilliant colours.

The 74-year-old driver who hit and killed a child by the Kiwanis Aquatic Centre on July 31 now faces a charge of careless driving causing death, Niagara police say.