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Would you pay higher taxes this year if it meant some more roads got fixed? Hamilton city councillors debated this for hours Monday and concluded that you would not.

The dump of snow more than doubled the 15 cm measured at the Hamilton airport and nearby Missauaga which saw 10 cm.

The RCMP has laid additional charges against people who were allegedly part of a drug trafficking “conspiracy” linked to a Mountain pharmacy, where hundreds of thousands of prescription pills were sold on the black market.

Firefighters from 14 units responded to the fire at Ponderosa Nature Resort on Concession Road 8 West just after midnight and found a fifth-wheel trailer burning.

When officers arrived to investigate they discovered the emergency number had been dialled during an argument about between father and son.

Environment Canada says the temperature will fall to near –20 C tonight, with light winds and wind chill values between –25 and –30.

The province's police watchdog is investigating after a man fell to his death in St. Catharines.

After a homeless woman died inside a clothing donation bin produced by Rangeview Fabricating Inc. the company launched a nationwide effort to retrofit their products to prevent future tragedies.

Former Olympic flag-bearer Adam van Koeverden will be carrying the Liberal banner into the coming federal election, after securing the nomination in the southern Ontario riding of Milton on Sunday.

A new report from city staff heading before councillors on Monday outlines $6.5 million in cycling infrastructure spending, much of which aims to close gaps between bike lanes in the city.

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Some parts of Hamilton were hit with as much as 50 cm of snow during this weekend's storm.

Snow blanketed Hamilton and Niagara on Saturday — here's how some of you captured the storm day.

Check out new music from Pup, Dustin Bentall and Neon Bambi.

A "severe" winter storm hit Hamilton Saturday, bringing high winds, heavy snow and freezing temperatures across the region.

Investigators say the incidents occurred between October 2017 and January 2019 and involved female victims aged 24 and 67. The women told police they were sexually assaulted after visiting the 63-year-old doctor's practice for treatment.

Investigators say the man made 249 calls to 911 since January 2018 and that he had been warned to stop dialling the emergency number in August 2018. Still, he continued to call without a "reasonable explanation."

The cold alert will be in effect for Saturday evening when Environment Canada says the mercury will plummet to –14 C with the windchill near –23 C.

Lleyton Moore, a 16-year-old from Saskatchewan who plays in the Ontario Hockey League, was traded last week from Niagara to Oshawa. Matt Cullen of CBC Sports talks about what it means to trade a young person who wants an NHL career but needs an education.

A man who allegedly stole an SUV from a Hamilton parking lot has been arrested, after a witness recognized the suspect in the same place the next day.

After two World Cups and numerous other marquee soccer matches, Canada's Joe Fletcher is retiring as an assistant referee.

City council is set to vote on a one-year pilot project, which will give people with a Hamilton Public Library card free admission to city-owned museums.

In the wake of a parade of drug deaths at the Barton Street jail, the provincial NDP is criticizing the ministry of corrections and the coroner's office for not doing anything about it.

A Hamilton man is facing arson charges after a lower city apartment building fire last week.

There could be 15 to 25 cm of snow in Hamilton starting Saturday, as a storm system approaches southern Ontario.

A Hamilton man is facing multiple charges after allegedly sexually assaulting two women he met through online dating, and police believe there may be more victims.

Cities don't have to automatically adopt the bylaw, but just offering the option will put "significant pressure" on competing municipal councils to attract jobs and allow development in areas that would normally by protected by provincial legislation, say city staff.

There were about 20 students on board at the time of the collision, but officials say the driver and students were not injured.

After noticing a wanted man riding his bicycle on Wednesday, Hamilton police arrested him and found he was carrying drugs, brass knuckles and a knife.

He's a first-time head coach, but Orlondo Steinauer of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats has surrounded himself with veteran experience.

In what would be its first major move to restructure Ontario's health system, the Doug Ford government is considering a sharp cut to the bureaucracies that are supposed to co-ordinate health care services at the local level.

A mass of quinoa seeds excavated from an archeological dig at a Brantford, Ont., construction site has been identified as being 3,000 years old, raising questions about the extent of trade among Indigenous peoples at the time.

A group of volunteers calling themselves Team We Care handed out food and warm clothing to people in downtown Hamilton.

Property sales and listings dipped last year in the Hamilton-Burlington area, as the market cooled down and people sought out more affordable homes, said the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington.

Hamilton landed in seventh place on Orkin Canada's list of the top bed bug cities across the country.

The Ontario Trucking Association says there's a desperate shortage of truckers in Ontario and they have a solution. They want to bring in more foreign workers to do the job because companies can't find enough people in Ontario.

A Hamilton father is trying to get the word out after two men in a van approached his son while he was walking to school on the Mountain Monday morning.

Roses and lilacs aren't yet in bloom but nature enthusiasts can escape the winter cold by visiting a spider exhibit making its Canadian debut this week at the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Hamilton Police are investigating after an early morning break-in at the Dank Dispensary marijuana shop.

The Hamilton Police Service's 2019 budget includes a plan for a big increase in the number of frontline officers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a St. Catharines, Ont., audience tonight that Indigenous people in Canada have long had the wrong end of the stick. Trudeau was speaking at one of a series of election-year town hall meetings he's holding across the country.

Hamilton has said yes to pot stores. Here's a look at what we know and what we still don't know about that local retail market will look like.

Jay Jillard has carved out a formidable niche as a premier custom guitar builder in the city, crafting handmade instruments that are making their way onto stages across the country.

Ontario is proposing changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan that the government says would make it easier and faster to build housing.

Police have identified the victim of an alleged St. Catharines homicide earlier this month.

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government has announced a plan Tuesday to comprehensively review the province's regional governments. Mayors in the regions said they will welcome the review, as long as it is conducted in good faith.

Hamilton police are looking for witnesses to come forward after the sound of gunshots forced people inside at a local elementary school and a daycare in the east end on Monday.

The winning ticket was purchased at Eastwood Variety on Mary Street in Hamilton.

Emergency crews were called to the crash near the 7th Concession East around 5:15 a.m., according to the OPP, and found one person had been ejected from the vehicle during the crash and killed.

A Hamilton family is speaking out about another drug death inside the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre that was never revealed publicly.