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After a seven-month pause, Metrolinx will start buying property again for Hamilton's planned light rail transit (LRT) system.

April 1 is the first day legal storefront pot shops can open in Ontario — but it’s going to be tough for stores in the Hamilton area to meet that deadline and be ready for business, one store owner says.

Runners are lacing up for the annual Around The Bay race this weekend — and that means road closures in Hamilton on Sunday.

The former head of St. Joseph’s Healthcare and the president of Hamilton Health Sciences were among the top public sector earners in Hamilton last year, according to public salary disclosure released by the province this week.

The Ottawa 67's have won a playoff round for the first time since 2012, knocking out the OHL's defending champions in four games.

Ontario Provincial Police in Norfolk County are asking the public not to call 911 for frivolous reasons — like finding bugs in your house, say.

A 39-year-old man is facing charges after refusing to get out of someone’s home when he was kicked out, and then allegedly assaulting police officers once they showed up to make sure he left.

Robert Badgerow, the Hamilton man tried four times in the killing of Hamilton nursing assistant Diane Werendowicz is asking the province's highest court to overturn his murder conviction and put the case on hold indefinitely.

For the first time, Hamilton has hired a woman to its top bureaucratic job, and it's someone who describes the role as a "dream job."

Hamilton property taxes are about to increase 2.5 per cent this year for the average homeowner — not including money to investigate the Red Hill Valley Parkway.

Legal Ontario cannabis shops will average as much as $1.25 million per month in sales when they open in April, says one business expert. And some insiders say that estimate is too low.

A bell times study is currently underway for both boards with the goals of getting students to class on time, combating a bus driver shortage and finding ways to afford the anticipated multi-million dollar price increase.

Emergency crews are expecting a lengthy cleanup stretching into the afternoon rush hour after a tractor-trailer rolled over the 403 westbound on ramp from the Linc Wednesday.

The famous peregrine falcons that make their home atop the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Hamilton have laid their first egg of the season.

Ontario Provincial Police have charged a fourth person in connection with the deaths of three Six Nations residents.

A 73-year-old woman is dead after a crash left two cars demolished with debris scattered over a roadway in Haldimand County Tuesday.

When Herman Ohrt got on his bike to ride to a medical appointment last August, he thought it was just the start of his day.

A family of Syrian refugees has forged an unlikely fellowship with a sponsor group of extreme metal fans.

The heavy bronze plaque pried off a memorial commemorating the invention of the telephone has been returned.

It's a jewel of the Mountain, a lookout point where Hamiltonians take visitors. Now the city wants to repair Sam Lawrence Park after years of vandalism, extreme weather and old age.

Const. Lauren Cheeseman pleaded guilty to mischief endangering life in January 2019.

Police say both men were from Hamilton have since returned to the Barton Jail.

A Chinese international student missing since Saturday after being taken from a parking garage in Markham, Ont., has been found alive and safe, police say.

The RCMP says the man was charged after a Canada Post package containing 500 grams of the drug was seized by the CBSA.

Police say the SUV was being driven at a "high rate of speed" and in a "dangerous manner" before the driver lost control and crashed.

James Brophy, affiliated with the University of Windsor, took a close look at violence in Ontario long-term care facilities and its impact on workers in the industry.

Nicole Bade was riding the bus to Mohawk College when a man collapsed in front of her.

Allen Le came to Hamilton as a kid as one of the Vietnamese boat people. Now he’s building a high rise here.

McMaster University has launched a new "science of cannabis" program — which the school says is one of the first post-secondary programs in Canada that focuses on the science of pot, alongside its benefits, risks and harms.

For the first time in 27 years, Health Canada has updated its guideline for lead in drinking water — cutting the acceptable concentration of the metal in half.

Winemakers are toasting a pledge in last week's federal budget to loosen interprovincial barriers around wine sales, while also hoping — with an election on the way — that the promise doesn't die on the vine.

Officers were called to the area of Colborne Street and Park Avenue around 1 p.m. on March 22 and found a man with a gunshot wound.

Fentanyl, heroin and cash believed to be connected to drug trafficking were uncovered during searches of two people, say police.

With higher prices and relatively few locations, Ontario’s first batch of licensed cannabis stores may have a hard time luring customers away from the province’s thriving black market.

People gathered outside the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre on Sunday, demanding action in the wake of yet another death inside the facility.

About 30 porta potties were on fire in Hamilton Saturday night, in a suspicious blaze that caused more than $100,000 in damage, police say.

Tom Wilson is a Canadian music icon with bands Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Junkhouse and now, as Lee Harvey Osmond. But uncovering a family secret set him off on a lifelong journey that changed everything.

Ontario's government has cancelled a number of electricity conservation programs, including one which offered pool owners a $400 rebate for upgrading to energy-efficient pumps.

Check out new music from Headstones, Gareth Inkster and The Un-Teens.

Police say three male students in their twenties were injured in the incident. Investigators are still searching for two suspects.

Worshippers attending Friday afternoon prayers at Hamilton's Downtown Mosque were met with a long line of smiling supporters, linking hands in a chain of love, protection and solidarity.

Hundreds of comments, retweets and likes later, the Argonauts agreed to shift the kick-off time to 4 p.m.

Police were called to the area of Colborne Street and Park Avenue around 1 p.m. Friday after reports of a shooting. Officers found a wounded man, who has since been transported to hospital.

Hamilton police have charged a GO bus driver with careless driving causing death after an 84-year-old woman was hit and killed.

A 34-year-old man is facing drug and firearm-related charges.

Those taken into custody face Criminal Code and Cannabis Act charges including possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling and proceeds of a crime under $5,000.

Officials have released few details about the man's death, but Hamilton police say they responded to the "sudden death" of a 34-year-old inmate around 11:30 p.m.

From algae blooms to long-term boil water advisories, The New Wave spotlights solutions to some of the water woes hitting Ontario communities.

Two people were stabbed and another was injured in a "serious assault" that saw cruisers descend on Brock University Thursday night and briefly closed its campus.

While we know a lot about the dangers of drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes while pregnant, now that it's legal, what about using cannabis? What do we know about what happens to babies when their moms use pot while pregnant or breastfeeding?