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After six years on paid suspension, veteran Hamilton cop Craig Ruthowsky’s paycheques may finally dry up Friday when his sentencing hearing happens in a Toronto courtroom.

With the first full day of campaigning done, the real race starts. This is The Campaigner, meant to keep political rookies and junkies alike informed at what's going on in the election campaign.

Hamilton police are looking for a man who they say attempted to rob in Ancaster on Tuesday.

An Ontario Progressive Conservative government would implement a cut in the second Ontario tax bracket, party leader Doug Ford said Thursday.

A union representing Ontario's elementary school teachers has endorsed the New Democrats ahead of the spring election.

A bike lane on the Mountain-bound side of Claremont Access will be named in honour of an avid cyclist who was killed while riding there.

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

If there is a path to victory for Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne — and that's a pretty big if — it's a two-pronged approach: remind voters of all the stuff the Liberals say they've done for them, and will continue to do if re-elected, while trying to paint PC Leader Doug Ford as an unacceptable option for middle-of-the-road voters.

Staff from Hamilton's Public Health department will be meeting with officials from local hospitals to about the possibility of setting up a permanent supervised injection site at one of their locations.

Officials say Hamilton's first supervised injection site will open within the next two weeks. But how will it operate?

Mike Schreiner says Ontario's Green Party has a lot to offer voters in Hamilton, from covering half of the operating costs of LRT to a "critical role" for steel manufactures in a new, clean economy.

This city high school has a remarkable list of talent that has come of age in its classrooms, hallways and sports fields, a tradition that continues with the latest additions to its hall of fame.

Today's the day the campaign begins proper. The Campaigner has what you need to know on day one — from paper slides to campaign kick-offs.

What are you basing your vote on? What do you want from this election? Let us know. You are a part of CBC Hamilton's live election coverage from now until June 7.

Niagara Police are investigating after a crash between a car and a dirt bike in Thorold, Ont. Tuesday afternoon left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Ontario Provincial Police are warning the public about a “computer virus scam” that cost one Norfolk County resident $500.

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

The provincial election campaign officially begins Wednesday with the issuing of the writs. And with police investigations, light rail transit and a Hamiltonian party leader, it'll be an interesting race in Hamilton.

A leaders debate has already been held but the 2018 Ontario election officially launches today.

The campaign for the June 7 election has its official start on Wednesday, with polls suggesting PC Leader Doug Ford is well-positioned to become the premier.

After a tradition-bucking year where no baby falcons were brought into the world atop the Sheraton Hotel, Hamilton’s resident falcon couple has hatched four new baby chicks.

Niagara police say a "team of detectives" is busy looking into whether paramedics broke the law in their treatment of Yosif Al-Hasnawi.

The Ranavirus virus has been found in a turtle in Hamilton's Cootes Paradise wetland. It generally leads to organ failure and death within four weeks.

Hamilton is looking for input from the public on how it might strengthen its relationship with Indigenous people in a new urban Indigenous Strategy survey.

The Campaigner is your daily dose from the campaign trail, packed with spars from the leaders' debate, new numbers in our Poll Tracker and why Guelph is a riding to watch.

Hamilton's Emergency Plan has been activated 11 times since 2005 — all of those incidents were weather-related, except for one in 2013 when the city accepted evacuees from Slave Lake.

Hamilton is getting a supervised injection site, where drug users can inject opioids under the watch of a medical professional.

A new bike lane in Hamilton could be named after a cyclist who was struck and killed while riding up the Claremont Access in 2015.

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

The first Ontario election debate attended by the three major-party candidates wasn't a game changer. But NDP Leader Andrea Horwath came out of the 75-minute debate ahead of where she was when she went in.

Brock University has issued a warning about an apparent scam targeting its Chinese students.

The provincial police watchdog Special Investigations Unit has cleared a police officer who used his Taser to subdue a woman who was brandishing a butcher knife and drinking paint stripper in downtown Hamilton in 2016.

An Ontario-born filmmaker has been issued a non-binary birth certificate after a year-long legal battle with the provincial government.

Ward 2 Councillor Jason Farr took CBC Hamilton on a tour through downtown to show where discarded needles can be found and highlight the need for a supervised injection site in the city.

Niagara Regional Police are searching for a man after he allegedly stabbed someone in what the service describes as a a "targeted attack" early Friday morning.

A new museum in Niagara Falls, New York, tells the story of the region's role in the Underground Railroad.

The 51-year-old was driving along Talbot Street East around 12:47 p.m. when an OPP officer patrolling nearby saw him drive off the road and ride along the sidewalk before entering a nearby parking lot.

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a car and a tractor trailer in Brant County.

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

Mobile devices hooked to LTE service will sound, vibrate as emergency management officials test a new national public alert system.

Though it seems like the parties have been campaigning for weeks, the Ontario election race is really kicking off tonight with the first televised leaders' debate. The official start of the campaign period is Wednesday and election day is June 7.

The head of the revamped Hamilton music advisory team says he hopes the group can create tangible opportunities for the city's musicians.

Alectra Utilities is warning people to be vigilant around power lines after a Hamilton man was electrocuted in the wake of Friday’s powerful windstorm.

After weeks of intense searching, the group spearheading an effort to create a temporary supervised injection site in Hamilton has finally found a prospective location — now it just needs provincial approval.

Check out brand new music from L Con, Whiplash Girlchild and AlphaCub.

Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power in Ontario and Quebec after fierce winds on Friday brought down trees, blew shingles off roofs and scattered debris across both provinces.

The OPP has closed the Burlington Skyway in both directions because of high winds

The number of Hamiltonians with nowhere to live has dropped by 25 per cent, show new results of a survey of the city's homeless. And that means the city's efforts to get people off the streets appears to be working.

Plastic barriers capable of withstanding speeding vehicles have been installed along Niagara Falls in an attempt to protect guests from van attacks like the one that killed 10 in Toronto last month.

The Toronto-bound lanes of the Burlington Skyway will be closed overnight on Saturday.