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Premier Doug Ford's government will for the first time in Ontario's history use the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to override a court ruling, and his supporters will be cheering him on today.

McMaster University is going all in on a $2 million investment in culture to bring a barrage of innovative arts programming to Hamilton in the coming months — and all for free, or very close to it.

The search continues for a missing horse in Puslinch, Ont. Noah, a 23-year-old horse, went missing on Sunday. More than 100 volunteers have been out looking for him.

Niagara police say a recent daylight triple shooting in St. Catharines was the act of a single shooter.

Hamilton police have issued a warrant in the first-degree murder of a Club Seventy-Seven doorman, but the suspect is in northern Iraq.

Veteran receiver Chad Owens is back in Hamilton, added to the CFL team's practice roster on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Owens played for the Tiger-Cats in 2016 and was cut by Saskatchewan at training camp this year.

The Great Lakes are getting much hotter according to a professor with the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor. Aaron Fisk explains why temperatures are on the rise and what that means for the Great Lakes and the things that live in it.

The case of two Hamilton paramedics accused of failing to respond properly to the pleas of a dying teenager will be back in court Oct. 9.

A photography project intent on showing the human side of the cancellation of the basic income pilot project has added some Thunder Bay faces.

In a city presented as a shining beacon for arts and culture — a music city, a place where "art is the new steel" or "you can do anything" — many artists find themselves struggling.

A 28-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

Tuesday morning commuters are warned to prepare for fog, especially those coming from rural areas.

An Indigenous gaming company based in the U.S. will run two Niagara Falls casinos and an entertainment centre for the next 21 years.

Someone stole a palm tree and lawn chairs from someone's front porch in Norfolk County last week, police say.

Two people managed to avoid injury after someone shot at their parked car on Limeridge Road West this weekend, police say. Now investigators are looking a suspect they say is armed.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the city of Hamilton early Monday morning.

Shania Twain proved nothing could stop her at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards on Sunday as she picked up the most accolades of the night after serving as host of the festivities.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford will invoke the constitutional notwithstanding clause to override a judge's decision that blocks his government from slashing the size of Toronto city council nearly in half.

The 40-year-old Kitchener woman has been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding an officer of the United States.

Both Jeff and Jennifer survived heart attacks in their 30s and strokes in their 40s, but those medical trials turned out to be the beginning of a special bond.

The Hamilton Conservation Authority is warning flooding could be possible as rainfall in the 30 to 60 mm range is expected by Monday night.

The 54-year-old was driving her Hyundai Santa Fe east on Highway 20 around 10:40 a.m. Friday when police say the vehicle veered off the road, hit the rail and crossed into the opposite lane before getting stuck in the ditch.

Jeremiah Masoli threw four TD passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Toronto Argonauts 36-25 on Saturday afternoon.

Check out new music from Chastity, Hush Pup and Yessica Woahneil.

The City of Hamilton wants to hear what residents think of short-term rentals now that more of them — AirBnB and otherwise — are popping up around the city.

Forecasters say Hamilton will see significant rain Sunday through Monday as the remnants of a tropical depression drift through the area.

The three males injured in a shooting in a busy neighbourhood in St. Catharines, Ont., on Thursday afternoon remain in hospital as police search for two shooters considered armed and dangerous.

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A Barrie, Ont. man tried out, all summer, the "no American food" diet. Nothing but Ontario grown and raised food and nothing made south of the border. Kevin McCracken tells us why he did it.

Hamilton police say they still don't know if they have one suspect, multiple suspects or even a copycat at large after a series of frightening prowling incidents near McMaster University.

Four mayors whose communities were test sites for Ontario's basic income pilot program have asked the federal government to take over the program, after the province abruptly announced it would be cancelled.

Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, spoke at the Hamilton Steel Summit Friday morning.

Here's a look at the weather you can expect in Hamilton today.

Three people were injured and at least one remains in critical condition after a daylight shooting in St. Catharines, Ont., according to officials.

Canada's country music awards are happening this weekend in Hamilton and there's lots going on for fans.

Hamilton police are still looking for the driver of a blue Mini Cooper in a hit and run early Wednesday, while the pedestrian remains in stable but serious condition.

Hamilton police were called to a student home early Thursday, after reports that a male was in the backyard.

The party is firing back at union claims the party fired or stopped paying three office workers who made human rights complaints.

Hamilton politicians approved three skyline-changing projects this week that will bring four towers and more than 1,000 new residential units to the downtown and west end.

Hamilton police are again warning residents to lock their windows and doors after a man was caught staring through the window of a Haddon Avenue home late Tuesday night.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt described the injuries as "serious" but not life-threatening.

A pedestrian is in serious condition after a collision with a Mini Cooper that police are treating as a hit and run.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Hamilton on Wednesday.

The union representing the Ontario NDP's office workers says the party has fired one Hamilton employee — and stopped paying two others — weeks before their human rights complaints are scheduled to be heard.

As a new school year begins, Hamilton's public board is preparing to balance inclusivity and equity with the Ministry of Education's repeal of a modernized sex-ed curriculum.

A fire has destroyed an Ontario Provincial Police detachment in Cambridge.

A Hamilton K9 officer found a large dog panting and showing signs of distress in a hot car Saturday.

A three car crash on highway 6 near Hagersville, OPP say, sent three people to hospital with life threatening injuries.

Schools across the Hamilton area are welcoming students back for another year.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Hamilton on Tuesday.