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Researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University and McMaster University are receiving grants from the federal government toward identifying, treating and preventing post-traumatic stress injuries in public safety workers.

Hamilton police have arrested and charged Lisa Strickland in connection with the 2017 drug-poisoning death of her son, four-year-old Kane Driscoll.

Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School has been deemed safe, the school board says, after it was closed due to a possible gas leak.

Strong, west and southwest winds with gusts up to 80 km/h are expected to hit the city Friday.

Scar tissue has been slowly forming for the family of Jordyn Hastings, who died in a car crash on the Red Hill Valley Parkway (RHVP) nearly four years ago. And Thursday morning, the wound was opened again.

Shay Boshis suddenly doesn't know what kind of future her son Wesley will get to have, as a complete overhaul of the province's autism program is about to slash funding for essential therapies he desperately needs.

Around the Bay Race has added new aspects to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the event.

A safety consultant is recommending the RHVP remain open until resurfacing can begin in the spring and says shutting it down could cause safety issues elsewhere.

The province has announced an inquest will be launched into the death of a Niagara man who died in hospital while in police custody.

The Hamilton/Burlington SPCA has launched an investigation after an emaciated dead dog was found sealed inside a plastic bin in Flamborough.

After city staff admitted Wednesday that a damning report on the safety of the Red Hill Valley Parkway was shelved for six years, they have issued an apology to city councillors and the public. Hamiltonians on social media have responded to that apology with anger.

Hamilton's public and Catholic schools are closed again Thursday. Here's a list of schools and other facilities closed today.

The City of Hamilton has released its first annual traffic safety report with statistics and trends associated with traffic collisions that have happened in Hamilton.

Hamilton city staff have issued an extraordinary apology to the public after a damning report raising concerns about low friction levels of the asphalt of the deadly Red Hill Valley Parkway was kept under wraps for six years.

A Facebook post by a Hamilton appointee on the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) is inspiring the city to draw up some new rules.

Students at the Calgary Arts Academy thought they were repeating an award-winning performance at a school assembly on Wednesday, but ended up being joined mid-song by some special guests.

Hamilton’s Doug Putman might be the king of vinyl right now.

Ice on trucks and sidewalks is delaying waste collection in parts of the city.

With vacancy rates in the Hamilton area plummeting to some of their lowest levels in a decade, the local realtors association is warning of a rental scam taking advantage of people who may be desperate to find a place to live.

The head of Hamilton's largest women's organization says the city is being "extremely troubling" by ignoring calls to add more minorities and women to the hiring panel for its top job.

The first company to apply to open a bricks-and-mortar cannabis retail store in the west region is The Niagara Herbalist from St. Catharines.

Hamilton's public and Catholic schools are closed Wednesday. Here's a list of schools and other facilities closed today.

The Ford government has launched a plan to tackle lengthy waiting lists for autism therapy. It will also now provide families with up to $140,000 per child until age 18.

In some ways, the lanterns that front the old James Baptist church site are a metaphor. For years now, the site has been in the dark, and soon, there'll be a 30-storey condo tower there.

Barton Street is currently closed between Rosslyn Avenue Ottawa Street. Investigators are asking people to avoid the area as there's a currently a heavy police presence.

The lawyer for a former Hamilton mortgage broker on trial for sexual assault and fraud charges said in court Tuesday that a witness totally made up a sexual encounter with his client, Dennis Khanna.

The awards were held on Saturday and celebrate the achievements and contributions from residents of the city of Hamilton from the Hamilton Black History Committee

The federal government plans to merge the Hamilton and Oshawa port authorities.

Investigators say several parents started yelling at each other after a game and that disagreement eventually grew into a fracas involving dozens of adults.

The 32-year-old is charged with possession of a dangerous weapon, uttering threats, using an imitation firearm to commit an offence and carrying and concealed weapon.

The victim was transported to hospital after the shooting near Parkdale Avenue North and Roxborough Avenue after midnight, police say. He is expected to survive.

Ice pellets and freezing rain are expected to make for a slick, messy commute in the Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara areas Wednesday.

Ontario's highest court has ordered new, separate trials for a man convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of two sex workers in Niagara Region over more than two years, saying the cases should not have been tried together.

The beach canal lighthouse used to guide ships into Hamilton harbour. These days, hardly anyone knows it's there at all. Volunteers hope to change that.

Khanna, 63, is charged with six counts of sexual assault involving four women and one charge of fraud. He has pleaded not guilty.

One of Hamilton’s premier craft beer brewers has its sights set on a new frontier: cannabis-infused drinks.

A flower that blooms only once in it's lifetime is blooming at the Royal Botanical Gardens

Hamilton police are investigating after the RCMP detachment in Stoney Creek was vandalized overnight. A blog post alleges the damage was done in solidarity with a Wet’suwet’en pipeline protest in B.C.

Gunshots rang out in Central Hamilton on Sunday night, police say — now, investigators are trying to track down those responsible for the city’s fourth shooting incident this year.

The Hamilton Conservation Authority has issued a flood watch for the city.

The city will spend $1.7 million in red light camera money to try to make the streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists. But the head of the Vision Zero campaign has urged the city to adopt a plan with more action and less study and education.

British music retailer HMV has received a last-minute offer to save the business, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, from Hamilton’s Sunrise Records.

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath reveals new documents that she says show the province had already signed off on leaked health-care legislation the Progressive Conservatives dismissed as "just a draft" last week.

The unlikely combination of freshwater fish and cannabis is producing outsized medical marijuana crops that Green Relief Inc. aims to capitalize on, as the Canadian company plots a stock market listing and global expansion.

The "highly toxic synthetic laced heroin" can cause confusion, speech problems, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for days, according to public health officials.

Hamilton police are searching for the owner of a high-end bicycle found with a man who has been charged with possession of heroin, fentanyl and other illicit drugs.

OPP say they were called to a residence in Norfolk County on Tuesday morning.

Police have released a description of the suspect in the slaying of a Hamilton mobster’s son in the hopes it triggers tips from the public.

With temperatures going as high as 7 C today, the city is warning people in flood-prone areas to keep their valuables off their basement floors.

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