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Hamilton's economy will slow to a crawl in the next three years, says one of the country's top economists. But he agrees with the mayor that light rail transit (LRT) is the sort of project that will keep the city afloat.

Two Hamilton men are facing a host of charges after a drug raid turned up heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and a semi-automatic rifle.

The leader of Ontario's Green Party says Doug Ford’s latest "open for business" rules put the Greenbelt at risk.

Housing sales in Hamilton and Burlington dropped 17 per cent compared to the same month last year, according to the newest figured from the Realtor’s Association of Hamilton-Burlington.

The CMHC Rental Report for the Hamilton CAM, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, found the average cost of rent was $1,077 in October 2018. The overall vacancy rate was 3.1 per cent during the same period, which is below the 10-year average for the area.

With the temperature dropping and snow starting to fall, Hamilton police are once again handing out hundreds of winter coats in hopes of helping the city's less fortunate and leaving them with a warm impression of police.

Hamilton Water has $18 million left over from last year's budget, and local water rates are still set to increase by 4.66 per cent.

Several Hamilton community leaders have voiced their support for the Violi brothers — a pair of drug traffickers with ties to a Buffalo crime family who were busted in a massive cross-border police operation that had infiltrated organized crime in Canada.

Scott Pearson found out this week that Florida retirement living isn’t all sunshine and shuffleboard — you also have to watch out for alligator attacks.

Canada Basketball has named the new Canada Elite Basketball League as the official first divisional professional league partner of Canada Basketball.

A Hamilton man is now facing stunt driving charges after speeding past a police officer, going 126 km an hour in a 50 km an hour zone, police say.

A new survey of Indigenous Hamiltonians says 41 per cent have experienced discrimination by the city at least some of the time, and 63 per cent feel it in the broader community.

In a statement posted to Facebook, Brenda Thompson, CEO of Whispering Hearts Horse Rescue Centre, said the OSPCA has "failed miserably" to protect the horses and it's time for a new animal protection system in the province.

The province should have looked into bus rapid transit (BRT) more before it pledged to build Hamilton's light rail transit (LRT) system, says a new report from Ontario's Auditor General.

A total of 551 charges related to online child sexual abuse in Ontario were laid last month alone. Eleven of the people charged were from the Hamilton, Brantford and Niagara areas, including a Hamilton paramedic.

Police services across Ontario charged 122 people with 551 charges related to online child sexual abuse last month alone — a disturbing snapshot into a crime the OPP says is seeing its victims get younger and abuse more violent.

Hamilton police are asking for the public's help in tracking down a break and enter suspect who broke into downtown karaoke bar Happy Hourz back in September.

The Salvation Army is now accepting donations to its annual kettle campaign by debit or credit in nine Ontario cities, including London, Hamilton and North Bay.

Hamilton's only overdose prevention site — which was set to close at the end of November — has officially received an extension to stay open until the end of January.

The province announced Tuesday it has fined Hamilton steelmaker Arcelormittal Long Products Canada MP Inc. $75,000 after a worker was critically injured on the job back in March of 2017.

Hamilton police say they're looking for two people dressed like construction workers after reports of a shooting on the Stoney Creek Mountain Monday morning.

Hamilton Police say they found the second person wanted in connection to the murder of Michel Pilon, but he will not face charges.

Phillip Parker is petrified of his brother — and even after Const. Nathan Parker was gunned down by another officer in Pelham, Ont., last week, that fear weighs heavily on him.

Investigators say the killing was part of an ongoing gangland feud and two suspects have fled to Mexico.

Hamilton's mayor says he hopes light rail transit (LRT) will help keep the city afloat during a recession that's expected as soon as 2020.

The Hamilton-based Canadian Orpheus Male Choir is trying to restock its suddenly bare bank accounts after being allegedly bilked out of $50,000 by its volunteer treasurer, Hamilton police say.

A Hamilton small business that lost all of its merchandise when the company's van was stolen in November got its vehicle back from police last week — full of stolen goods and drug paraphernalia.

Canadian steel buyers are racing to get construction steel into the country to claim first-come, first-serve exemptions from tariffs that were meant to stabilize the country's market in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's metals tariffs.

Police are investigating two separate incidents where bodies were found in Hamilton on Monday.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are promoting Orlondo Steinauer to head coach and making June Jones the team's associate head coach and offensive co-ordinator.

The suspects broke into a shipping container over two nights and made off with $5,000-worth of items, say police.

Rising housing costs, precarious work, a shortage of savings and stagnated benefits all played a role in pushing more than half a million Ontarians toward food banks last year.

No one in our community should go hungry, so CBC is teaming up with Hamilton Food Share all month to support local food banks. Don't miss our Sounds of the Season open house on Friday, Dec. 14 during Art Crawl.

The Ontario SPCA says images of three horses on a property near Waterford, Ont. that have sparked protests don't tell the whole story.

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Hamilton, warning strong wind gusts and hail are possible.

Premier Doug Ford's government has extended hours of LCBO stores, the Beer Store and authorized grocery retailers in Ontario, allowing them to sell alcohol between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. seven days a week.

The passerby stated CPR after a man was found on the ground without a pulse.

Check out new music from N’we Jinan Artists, Falcxne and Adrian Underhill.

After disturbing allegations of assault and sexual assault against students at St. Michael's College School, a few athletes have spoken out about their experience with hazing. That includes former NHLer Daniel Carcillo. CBC Sports' Matt Cullen spoke with Carcillo about hazing in the OHL.

Rumours and emotions are running high after one police officer shot another multiple times at a rural crossroads in Pelham, Ont., according to the mayor of the town.

A Hamilton senior died on the Mountain Thursday night after being hit by a car in an intersection, police say.

Six new Canadians are infected with HIV every day, and one in five who have it don't know it. But there are still too many barriers that prevent people from getting tested.

One man is dead and another is facing a first-degree murder charge after an overnight homicide in Hamilton's east end.

In the wake of General Motors' decision to close its facility in Oshawa, Ont., McMaster University professor and former Unifor economist Jim Stanford argues the company is more concerned about Wall Street shareholders than the Canadian workers it employs.

Halton police are investigating after a daylight bank robbery in Burlington where the suspect jumped over the counter and ordered tellers to open the tills.

Emergency crews were called to the multiple-alarm fire at 155 Market Street in Hamilton around 5 p.m.

A group of people who went on a vandalism spree on Locke Street back in March have pleaded guilty for their roles in the flurry of mischief.

A Niagara Regional Police officer is in stable condition in hospital after being shot by another officer near St. Catharines, Ont.

Hamilton labour activists temporarily blocked access to a Canada Post distribution facility on Millen Road Wednesday night in solidarity with postal workers.

In a year that the housing market in the Hamilton area cooled both for sales and prices, pockets of the city are still surging with high demand, says the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.