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The issue of free menstrual products and who needs them will be back before Hamilton city councillors tonight, after the last debate touched on the regularity of menstrual cycles, discomfort with the subject and Bollywood comedies.

Rebecca Morris-Miller is an overdose survivor. Now, she's trying to help people with addictions and their families navigate some of the hardest moments of their lives.

A Niagara-area police officer who was shot and seriously wounded, allegedly by a fellow officer, has himself been charged in connection with the shooting.

The Niagara Falls amusement park and zoo says an independent necropsy shows the marine mammal died of heart attack in late April.

Hamilton police say four people are now facing child pornography charges for allegedly using social media platforms to share photos and videos of child sexual abuse.

After 20 years the province has delivered its first new Indigenous curriculum and Anishinaabe educator Colinda Clyne says, while she's glad it's finally been released, there are some key unanswered questions.

A Scarborough man is facing dangerous driving charges after colliding with a hydro pole on the Queen Street Mountain access overnight.

A man is dead after being struck and killed on a dark stretch of road in Ancaster overnight.

Hamilton's mayor says he'll take up the province's offer to try to cut the city's budget by four per cent. But he says Ford has to stop the surprises, and stop cutting public health and ambulance service.

Tenants will be able to move into a now-vacant CityHousing Hamilton tower by next fall now that Ottawa is contributing another $10 million to the construction.

Hamilton public health officials are warning people who inject drugs that there's a spike in HIV and a certain type of strep.

Low-flying helicopters will begin hovering around Hamilton and the surrounding area next week as the city continues its battle against the gypsy moth.

Provincial money will pay for 15 more beds at the Juravinski Cancer Centre unit, which serves patients with leukemia and other cancers.

Ontario researchers say they've come up with a way to store vaccines at higher temperatures for weeks at a time.

The Niagara Falls, Ont. amusement park and zoo says two people who claimed to be father and son repeatedly tried to cause the animals in its Deer Park to panic, eventually starting a stampede.

The latest incidents come just over a month after a female inmate in her 30s died of a suspected overdose at the HWDC on April 12.

Rolling lane closures in the left lane of the northbound Red Hill Valley Parkway (RHVP) will be implemented starting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the city.

A citizen group which says the anti-abortion stance taken by Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff, and a wave of anti-abortion bills in the United States, gave rise to its formation, is vowing to take its fight to all "forced birth candidates" at both the provincial and federal level.

Some drivers will likely have to take detours during Tuesday's commute as the city will completely close Locke Street in both directions between Hunter and Melbourne Streets to accommodate the ongoing reconstruction project in the area.

The building was ablaze when crews arrived and the roof has collapsed, according to a tweet from the fire department.

Emergency crews, including fire fighters and a hazardous materials response team, were called to the building at 12 Sunrise Court around 10:24 a.m. after the powder was reported.

The Ford government's top adviser on reforming alcohol sales will soon hand over his recommendations, and CBC News obtained some insights into his thinking in an interview.

A 33-year-old man is dead after a stabbing in Hamilton early Saturday morning.

Check out new music from Family of Things, Donovan Woods and Nyssa.

Hamilton steelworkers will enjoy the fireworks a little more this weekend knowing the U.S. is dropping its tariffs on steel and aluminum.

At least once a year, a mother and her brood of ducklings make their way from her nesting grounds in Burlington to a nearby creek — with one major obstacle in the way.

Niagara Regional Police have released the audio of a 911 call in which the caller swore at the operator and complained about an Amber Alert message on his phone.

A Hamilton family has the stolen ashes of a loved one back.

Here's a rundown of closures and holiday hours affecting liquor stores, public services, garbage collection, transit, and more.

Here's a list of things to do in and around Hamilton this Victoria Day weekend.

The nearly year-long tariff war between Canada and the U.S. is almost over. The Canadian government released a statement Friday saying the two sides have agreed to eliminate the tariffs within two days.

A 30-year-old man from St. Catharines faces multiple charges, police say, after a pair of alleged incidents involving children.

A St. Catharines man is facing child pornography charges after police say they searched a home in the city Thursday.

The city has also heard from a prominent human rights lawyer, who says Holocaust denial material on Lemire's website as recently as this month.

For months, a bedsore silently formed on Bob Wilson's backside while he lay in a hospital bed in Burlington, Ont. Now the hospital has apologized and is investigating, but his family remains horrified and racked with guilt.

A Hamilton-area MP says the RCMP should investigate a Flamborough property notorious for being the site of dirt dumping.

A Hamilton family is despondent and asking for help after someone stole the cremated remains of a loved one during a break and enter in their east end home.

Chiarelli just returned from the Topeka Correctional Facility for Women in Kansas, where she filmed a new documentary.

The driver of a car caught on a widely-shared video heading down the QEW with its doors wide open and something hanging out of the trunk has been charged yet again — this time, for his unorthodox method of hauling.

Someone fired off a flare gun during a street fight in downtown Hamilton Wednesday night, police say.

The fire marshal is investigating after fire tore through a Caledonia home Wednesday afternoon, causing $1 million in damages.

A 16-year-old boy is facing charges, police say, in a weekend stabbing in St. Catharines.

Metrolinx is $171 million into Hamilton's light-rail transit (LRT) project, and city councillors still haven't seen a budget for it.

The lawyer representing an OPP officer who has pleaded guilty to mischief endangering life argues she was acting in good faith when she followed a robbery suspect at high speed, leading to a crash.

Wet weather this spring has prevented farmers in Ontario from getting into their fields, and many still don’t have anything planted.

A registered psychotherapist from Burlington, Ont. is taking on Ontario's opioid crisis with a song calling for more compassion and awareness. Listen to Daniel Farb's new song, Opioid Crisis, as he explains how he thinks we need to change the way we deal with the damage done by these drugs.

A man is recovering in hospital after being assaulted in downtown Hamilton late Tuesday, police say.

A Hamilton man is facing several charges after trying to steal “high-end” meat and booze, before using a cab for his getaway, police say.

The debate over putting free menstrual products in municipal washrooms so low-income Hamiltonians can access them isn't over yet.

For Justin Trudeau and the president of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, it was a whistle stop, a chance to shake hands and give speeches to a friendly audience full of cheers and iPhones. But for Hamiltonians of Croatian descent, it was the night of a lifetime.