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The OPP's interim commissioner is calling on the province's ombudsman to investigate "questions of political interference" in the recent appointment of Toronto police Supt. Ron Taverner as the next commissioner.

They all campaigned on more affordable housing for low-income Hamiltonians. But on Tuesday, city councillors approved converting 252 lower-city apartment units to condos.

The hospital redevelopment includes two new operating rooms, an emergency department and a seven-storey patient tower with 172 in-patient beds.

Hamilton is a step closer to licensing rental units now that it's drafting a bylaw to license units around McMaster University and Mohawk College.

Ontario Provincial Police have charged 23 people after an eight-month investigation into the trafficking of illegal firearms and drugs in the Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe areas.

Fire officials say the home was reportedly unoccupied and there were no injuries. They don't have an exact figure for the damage but describe it as a "significant dollar loss."

The mayors of both Hamilton and Burlington say they're not interested in new "open for business" legislation if it means sacrificing land in Ontario's greenbelt.

Hamilton city councillors are looking into what it would cost to provide menstrual products for low-income women and girls.

Provincial police are asking caregivers to remind their children that 911 calls are for emergencies only after they say a 9-year-old called police because her mom told her to clean her room.

Navigating the difficult landscape of shifting relationships with loved ones with dementia and the complex emotions that come with it doesn't leave caregivers with much time to gain understanding or look after their own needs — even if resources are out there. That's where iGericare comes in.

The 22-year-old from Hamilton recently announced the formation of Kia Nurse Elite, her own Nike-backed program that will play on the Elite Youth Basketball League circuit in the U.S. starting this summer.

Two people have been charged with manslaughter after allegedly stabbing a Hamilton teenager to death during what police describe as a drug deal gone wrong.

Police have identified 17-year-old Joshua Leo as the victim of a fatal stabbing near Lime Ridge Mall and say an 18-year-old has claimed responsibility for his death.

In a wide-ranging interview with The National's Rosemary Barton that airs Sunday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks about the steel and aluminum tariffs that were slapped on Canada by the United States — and his game plan to have them removed.

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Two people have been rushed to hospital Friday after a stabbing near Lime Ridge Mall. One has died.

A new Ontario PC bill will save Hamilton millions of dollars when tendering contracts, says a local MPP. But labour critics say the act undermines the power of unions.

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.