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Advocates say domestic violence is increasing in rural southwestern Ontario but a lack ofadequate transportation and a housing crisis is putting the lives of more women at risk.

A Hamilton photographer with a passion for capturing moments" makes 3D models of iconic buildings. He hopes to one day donate his work to Archives Ontario.

Conservation Halton has partnered with Halton Healthcare and PaRx to offer up to 10 free visits to conservation areas in the region when receiving a prescription for nature.

Every year, CBC Hamilton reporters meet some of the most interesting people in the Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara regions and tell you their stories. Here are a few who made 2024 a better place.

Court decision won't immediately change how city deals with encampments but officials are looking to change rules next year.

Ontario's little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020.

Friendship is at the heart of everything the small staff and volunteers do at Helping Hands Street Mission in Hamilton, and the organization's executive director says it's especially important over the holidays.

Ontario Superior Court Justice James Ramseysided with the Cityof Hamilton on Monday in a scathing rebuke of encampments, followinga three-day hearing last week.

The murder of 16-year-old Mark Bistoyong in 2023 affected over 200 people who wrote victim-impact statements for the sentencing hearing of his 23-year-old cousin who killed him. The justice hearing the case said that's the most he's ever seen.

A 19-year-old man has died following a collision involving a car and a snowplow in St. Catharines Monday morning.

Residents of a building in Hamilton recently celebrated the holidays with food in one unit and games in another - and it wasn't just the Christmas spirit that brought them together. In June, tenants at 272 Caroline St. S. purchased the apartment building from their landlord as a co-operative, a model that appears to be making a comeback in Canada.

During one recent Christmas, this Hamilton woman was looking for a way to deal with her grief. Now, she's helping others around the world with theirs.

As a child, Agata Antonow rejected the Polish traditions her parents insisted on holding onto. As an adult, she's interested in reclaiming them, but the tables have now turned.

Many Canadians, young and old, have taken a modern twist on the winter village display by building it out of Lego bricks.

The City of Hamilton issued a cold weather alert for Saturday night and Sunday morning as temperatures dropped to -20 C.

A winter weather travel advisory is in effect for Hamilton, Niagara, Burlington and St. Catharines with "heavy" snowfall expected on Friday.

From bus routes to libraries, here's what you need to know about what's open and closed in Hamilton from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1.

Theodore Too, the 65-foot replica tugboat that was built in Nova Scotia and named after a years-long TV series, has been refloatedin St. Catharines, Ont.,after partially sinking this week, according to the boat's owner.

Environment Canada issued a weather advisory for Hamilton and Burlington on Thursday.

Education Minister Jill Dunlop calls the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board's use of public money "appalling."

The city says opening date has been pushed back because of microshelter production delays and the need for additional health and safety measures on the contaminated Barton-Tiffany lands.

At the time of his arrest Thursday, the 52-year-old man was working a school bus driver and involved in the martial arts community.

A Hamilton-area scientist who works with Environment and Climate Change Canada is receiving recognition from the Governor General as a word-leading authority in environmental chemistry."

A residential school survivors' group says it will have to close its doors at the end of the month unless it receives a federal funding decision. Laura Arndt, lead at the Survivors' Secretariat in southern Ontario, is accusing Ottawa of breaking promises. They lied" to survivors, she said.

The fight for better jobs at Canada Post continues after a federal back-to-work order ended the roughly one-month strike, but the government has made it more difficult, a local union president says.

Tim Hortons will continue to sponsor the Ticats but will no longer be the naming rights partner.

The owner of Theodore Too, the life-sized replica of a belovedCBC-TV character, says he'scommitted to executing a "safe and successful refloat" of the boat, which was built in Nova Scotia in 2000 and has been in Ontario waters since 2021.

The incidents involved students from Nora Henderson, Ancaster, St. Jean de Brebeuf, St. Thomas Moore and Bishop Tonnos high schools, police say.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hired Brent Monson as their defensive co-ordinator Tuesday.

Tournament MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 26 points to go along with 19 rebounds and 10 assists, Damian Lillard added 23 points and the Milwaukee Bucks connected on 17 three-pointers on the way to beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-81 in the NBA Cup title game on Tuesday night.

The case from 14 people who've experienced homelessness is being heard in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice this week.

Cities around the world, including in Canada, have lost weeks' worth of winter ski, skate and snow days each year due to climate change. They've been replaced by dozens of days of rain, melt and mud, a new analysis finds.

Halton region is among the safest municipalities in Canada and, in 2022, experienced its lowest crime rate since 1974, according to police data.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced frustrated MPs at a hastilyarranged caucus meeting late Monday following Chrystia Freeland's shocking decision to resign from cabinet just before she was poised to deliver the government's much-anticipated fall economic statement.

Lisa Stroud went without many teeth - and as a result, acting gigs - for seven months after being attacked in March outside The Well, Hamilton'sonly bar marketed to the local2SLGBTQ+ community.

Canada Post says operations will resume on Tuesday after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered a return to work.

Hamilton police say they don't know why one man allegedly stabbed another outside an east-end pub on Sunday morning.

Lucy Robinson passed away at 81 in September, but her family and friends are continuing her spirit of giving back to the community by organizing a blanket drive in her memory. "We decided that ... we would make her maybe a little bit proud of us and that she did teach us to give back," says close friend Marilyn Wright.

As the nationwide postal strike hit the four-week mark Friday, the federal labour minister said he'll send the dispute between the postal service and its workers to the Canada Industrial Relations Board. Here's a recap of how things got to this point.

A rally demanding justice for Erixon Kabera, who was shot and killed by police, took place at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday.

Most people don't get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't like most people.

The coroner's inquest into the deaths of six men who were incarcerated at the Hamilton-WentworthDetention Centreended Thursday with the jury making about 60 recommendations, including tohelp inmates with substance use issues.

Shalini Singh's family reported her missing to police on Tuesday, police say.

Shelves and fridges were neatly stacked with kids snacks, canned goods and butter as the food bank got ready to provide families with all the items needed to make a holiday meal.

The local councillor saysresidents are upset about the damage at the "beloved" park and have been asking how the "intricate network of trenches"wasn't discovered sooner.

Justice Deborah Calderwood said the Crown did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Const. Kassandra Harrison intended to obstruct justice, even though she was not wholly convinced by the officer's testimony.

Premier Doug Ford's government is introducing new legislation that it says will give municipalities and police services legal powers andtools to dismantle homeless encampments and crack down on public drug use with fines or jail time.

A group that supports migrant workers in the Niagara Region has partnered with the Mexican government to offer a unique program that helps them finish their elementary and high school studies while they're in Canada.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed the complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Nov. 29 after some workers received temporary layoff notices while on strike.

Closing arguments at the inquest examining the drug-related deaths of six men who were in custody at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre have wrapped up. The jury is now tasked with deliberating to reach its conclusions.