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​Hamilton city council voted Wednesday to look at affordable transit options, as well as the future of dozens of brightly coloured talking birds.

Police arrested three men and are looking for a fourth after an armed robbery at a medical marijuana dispensary in Hamilton’s downtown.

For National Housing Day, local experts shared ideas on how more affordable housing could be created in Hamilton.

Actor William Shatner has taken issue with a local condo developer using his name and likeness in promotional materials without permission.

A photo of a .32-calibre handgun was projected on several large flat screens in front of the jury Wednesday at the Laura Babcock murder trial — a firearm sold to accused killer Dellen Millard days before Babcock disappeared in the summer of 2012.

A woman who stopped to help out at the side of vehicle rollover in Niagara Falls was killed last evening as she darted across a road.

A 13-year-old boy is charged after allegedly posting a video online that made threats concerning a Brantford school.

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

Scientists predict human beings will die out by the end of the century because of what they've done to the planet, David Suzuki says. But he wants Burlington high schoolers to know nature has surprised us before.

A new pilot project launched Tuesday in Hamilton is aimed specifically at Indigenous youth who are without a stable place to live.

A French immersion program at one GTA school board was saved at a meeting Tuesday night. The program at the Halton Catholic District School Board was threatened by a "French teacher staffing crisis."

Hamilton police say they found a “large quantity” of cocaine after stopping a man for driving erratically in downtown Hamilton last night.

Jeremy Bensette from Leamington, Ont. set a new provincial record for the most bird species spotted in a single year. Listen to or read our interview with him a day after he saw the one last elusive species that made him Ontario's new bird watching champion.

Police are looking for suspects involved in an armed robbery of a vehicle near Upper Wellington Street and Limeridge Road East last month.

One of Dellen Millard's former friends testifies in court that he was asked to keep tabs on Laura Babcock in the months before she vanished in the summer of 2012.

Two men in their 30s broke in to Westdale Secondary School overnight, police said Tuesday.

Niagara regional police say they've concluded the search of an area where human remains were discovered in Fort Erie, Ont.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the arrest of a man in St. Catharines that ended in a two-vehicle crash.

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

In 1968, armed with a nightstick and a $62.50 weekly paycheque, Const. Sandy Harrison started walking his beat in Welland for the first time. Now, at 70-years-old, he is hitting a major milestone today as he enters his 50th year in policing.

No charges are being laid in the case of an elderly Alzheimer's patient who died after a brutal beating at a Dundas nursing home early this year.

David Sweet and his son hope to become a rare instance of father/son MPs. Two years from now, MP David Sweet will run again in Flamborough-Glanbrook, while his son Chris hopes to run in the neighbouring riding.

As holiday donation campaigns pick up, numbers from Hamilton Food Share illustrate the fact that a growing number of Hamiltonians are hungry.

The company hopes to launch here by the end of the year. It will add to the hundreds of Uber drivers already on the road.

An 18-year-old McMaster student is facing charges after a password-protected database containing student admission offer letters was breached at the university.

Criminal charges against Const. Staci Tyldesley are now expected to be resolved without a trial on December 4, assistant Crown attorney David King said in court Monday.

Hamilton police are investigating a threats at St. Mary's Catholic Secondary School in west Hamilton, and have cleared students and staff to return to Ancaster High School.

Police in Niagara-on-the-Lake say a 20-year-old Hamilton man suffered life-threatening injuries in a single vehicle crash this weekend.

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

The Laura Babcock murder trial is entering its fifth week of testimony and jurors in a Toronto courtroom will hear from only a handful more witnesses as the Crown is expected to wrap up its case against co-accused Dellen Millard and Mark Smich.

The city is set to spend $2.5 million to fight a surging gypsy moth population that is threatening trees all over Hamilton.

Hundreds of thousands of college students are expected to be back in class after the province passed back-to-work legislation on Sunday to end a five-week strike by Ontario college faculty.

The personal archives of beloved storyteller and award-winning humorist Stuart McLean have found a new home at Hamilton’s McMaster University.

Hamilton police will hold a recruiting event at a local mosque next week in hopes of evolving into a force that is more representative of a diverse city.

A Six Nations school is doing its part to keep Indigenous languages alive in the most modern of ways — with an app.

Check out brand new music from Stuck on Planet Earth, Bahamas and The Elwins.

A back-to-work bill that would end a strike by college faculty in Ontario appears on track to be pushed through the legislature on Sunday.

"There are systemic issues down there that we don't have up here, to some extent," including "concerns around race," one officer says. It was the third time the police board has decided to hold off on body-worn cameras.

Back in February we asked you to send us an iconic image of your city for display at the top of CBC Hamilton's new web page. The response was overwhelming and is deeply appreciated. We have a winner.

18 Patients have returned to St. Peter's Hospital after being relocated as a result of the Nov. 5 fire. The hospital says it'll take another three to four weeks to finish cleaning up the affected rooms.

Here’s a list of the Santa Claus Parades scheduled in and near Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara for the 2017 season.

Queen's Park analyst Robert Fisher weighs on in whether the tax cuts the Liberals are offering will win votes from business owners.

The holiday season is coming in swinging and there's lots to do around Hamilton this weekend. Here are a few ideas to get your weekend plan started.

Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford, warning of heavy rain persisting into Saturday.

Snowy owls are arriving in southwestern Ontario for the winter, but life isn't always safe down south.

Toronto police Det. Gavin Jansz, who is an expert in street language, will be cross-examined this morning at the murder trial of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich who are accused of murdering Laura Babcock.

Madeleine Levy says she couldn't apologize about comments she made about Polish people while an Ontario Civilian Police Commission review was ongoing. However, she says it's been "weighing on me for quite some time."

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's office says her government is presenting legislation that will end the province's college strike, after negotiations reached an impasse.

Hamilton police officers were allegedly helping an accused mobster who is facing drug trafficking charges avoid arrest, according to a leaked confidential police report from 2002.

A local landlord says one of his tenants "subleased" his property multiple times, when in reality, she was being evicted.