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Premier Doug Ford is calling his cabinet an "all-star" team, as a number of big name PCs take on prominent roles in the new government.

It's too early to know if retaliatory tariffs and a new federal package for the steel industry is enough to save Hamilton jobs, says one expert. But it's the best Steeltown can hope for right now.

Two days before Canada's retaliatory tariffs against U.S. steel, aluminum and some consumer goods are set to take effect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone explaining Canada had no choice but to act.

Niagara Region police have made a second arrest in an ongoing investigation of historical sexual assaults.

The Canada Day long weekend could kick off the "most significant heat event" Hamilton has seen in years. It starts today

A day after Peter Khill was found not guilty of murdering 29-year-old Jon Styres, a First Nations man from Ohsweken, people express how they're feeling.

The Canada Day long weekend could kick off the "most significant heat event" Hamilton has seen in years.

The federal government will announce a compensation package for Canada's steel and aluminum industries on Friday when Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland releases the final list of U.S. products to be slapped with retaliatory tariffs.

Three kindergarten-aged children were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a collision between their school bus and a pickup truck Thursday morning.

Court documents filed on Jan. 31, 2018 lay out the suit filed by Hamilton's Hooper Law Offices on behalf of Lindsay Hill and her daughters, age two and four.

Canada's foreign affairs minister will be in Hamilton tomorrow to unveil a financial aid package for steel and aluminum workers, as well as Canada's final list of retaliatory tariffs.

They came on SoBi bikes. They rode their own bicycles. They came from the east end, and the west end, and various parts of the lower city. But most importantly, they came in sundresses.

Here's a look at what's open and closed this Canada Day long weekend in Hamilton.

Provincial police are investigating an incident in Simcoe, Ont., on Tuesday in which a kitten was thrown from a moving car.

The case of a Burlington father charged in the death of his three-year-old son who was found unresponsive in a hot car has been set over until July 25th.

The city thinks it has an answer to the pungent stench wafting from an east-end composting facility. But it's still waiting on the province to give the OK to use it.

The city of Hamilton has donated a pair of surplus fire trucks to Couchiching and Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations in northwestern Ontario. In both communities, the vehicles will replace 40-year-old pumpers.

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

The fact Peter Khill is free after admitting he shot and killed a First Nations man is further proof Canada's justice system is broken and continues to fail Indigenous communities, according to Chief Ava Hill.

Hamilton city council is asking the province to let Donna Skelly's Ward 7 council seat remain vacant until the municipal election this fall.

Hamilton city council won't settle a lawsuit after all with the Christian Heritage Party (CHP) over the city removing bus shelter ads aimed at the transgender community.

Chris Murray is leaving Hamilton to take on the city manager role in Toronto.

A Hamilton jury finds Peter Khill not guilty of murdering Jon Styres, a First Nations man who was trying to steal his truck.

Environment Canada is warning of potential heavy thunderstorms for Hamilton Wednesday and is also saying that Canada Day is expected to be a hot one.

The question of whether or not Peter Khill acted in self-defence when he shot and killed Jon Styres will be at the centre of the jury's considerations as they begin deliberating in his second-degree murder trial.

The woman passed a group of "at least five people," police says, and one of them walked over and knocked her to the ground.

Hamilton city council is on the verge of changing its rules so anyone who "speaks disrespectfully" of the way it votes will be booted from a meeting. But a handful of residents say this violates people's right to criticize their government.

Shawn Porter's friend's mom finally has a giant, steel palm tree back and planted on her front lawn on Mountain Brow Boulevard. Thanks to a drug bust.

A St. Catharines man faces weapons charges after the seizure of 60 illegal rifles and shotguns from a home in the city.

Hamilton police say a store owner is facing a number of charges after marijuana, contraband cigarettes and cocaine were all found inside Hamilton's Pyramids Café.

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

A Hamilton man who pleaded guilty last week to sexually abusing a seven-year-old is on trial for one distinction — whether he realized his friend was filming it with a smart phone.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said a vehicle hit a light standard. Other drivers have been forced into the collectors.

On Sunday the city of Hamilton announced it is planning to temporarily shut down its compost plant because of the odour coming from it. But the city wants residents to continue with their normal habits.

Two pictures of Peter Khill were painted for jurors Monday. In one he's a cruel killer who snuck up on the man stealing his truck and gunned him down. In the other, he's a military man who fired in self-defence.

OPP say two people were on an ATV driving on the QEW coming from Beamsville Ont. before they slammed into an OPP cruiser on Eastport Drive.

Formerly sleepy secondary airports in Canada's two busiest air markets are in for a new lease on life thanks to the rise of discount airlines and projected growth in travel over coming decade.

Police have arrested, in Niagara Falls, New York, a man suspected of cutting off his pregnant wife's arm.

Police say a 79-year-old woman has died after she was struck by an SUV while crossing the road in St. Catharines, Ont.

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

The fate of twice-convicted killer Dellen Millard will soon be in the hands of a judge in Toronto.

East Hamilton Coun. Sam Merulla says the stench is "paralyzing" parts of the lower city.

John Holer, founder of the Niagara Falls amusement park and zoo Marineland, has died.

Thousands of yellow rally towels whipped through the air at Tim Hortons Field Saturday night, as fans danced on seats and belted out song lyrics along hometown heroes the Arkells.

The St. Catharines woman was crossing Geneva Street when she was struck by a 2007 Chevrolet Equinox.

Some parts of southern Ontario could see up to 50 millimetres of rain Sunday as a slow moving, moist air mass rolls through the region.

A B.C. man discovered that he will only get partial CPP after splitting it years ago with an ex-spouse who died before it was ever claimed.

On Friday 17-year-old Kaitlin Coghlin of Brantford Ont. got to meet Hamilton band, Arkells before their show Saturday that they're also going to after the band heard about their story.

Luke Tasker and Mercer Timmis each recorded a pair of touchdowns as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats picked up their first win of the season, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 38-21 on Friday.

Somewhere on a pond in St. Catharines, Ont., a swan has Fred Bowering to thank for her life.