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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.

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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.

The 39-year-old allegedly drove a transport truck to Roman Barski Transport Ltd. on Woodward Avenue in Hamilton, broke into the compound and hooked up to a packed trailer around 6 a.m. on Feb 17.

Hamilton's mayor and public health staff are in talks with local officials about locating supervised injection sites in the city's hospitals.

Niagara police are warning job hunters not to fall for an online scam that involves posting to employment websites.

Environment Canada says the winds will be strong enough to damage buildings, break tree branches and cause injuries.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats selected receiver Mark Chapman first overall in the CFL draft Thursday night.

Two people stranded in a powerless sailboat that was being pushed out into Lake Ontario by high winds were rescued by Hamilton police Tuesday.

Real estate sales in the city continued their downward slide last month, with 32.4 per cent fewer sales compared to April of 2017, according to new numbers from the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB).

A Stoney Creek steel company has been fined $150,000 after a steel coil crushed a worker and killed him two years ago.

A staffer in the office of an east-end MPP has filed a complaint with Ontario's electoral officer, saying the MPP forces his constituency staff to campaign for him during office hours.

One year on from the shooting death of mobster Angelo Musitano, investigators feel like they're "making progress" on the case — but they're still stuck on a motive.

Gael Koob was just sitting down to lunch at 541 Eatery and Exchange when a man ran into the restaurant, pulled out a knife and began stabbing the man sitting across from her in the head.

Mohawk College will buy 8.5 hectares of former Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital land on the Mountain brow — including Century Manor — and the province will use the proceeds toward a new mixed-use tower downtown.

Food Allergy Canada introduced a new guide, on Wednesday, aimed to provide university and college students and staff with resources to make institutions safer for people will food allergies.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have acquired the top selection in Thursday's CFL draft in a trade with Montreal involving two players and multiple picks.

Stelco Holdings Inc. says stronger demand for products from its Ontario steel mills contributed to its higher first-quarter revenue.

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

Hamilton is coming up with a new plan to crack down on cigarette butts that litter the downtown. But one city official says it's nearly impossible to fine smokers who flick their butts around.

Hamilton's road safety committee has launched a year-long campaign aimed at slamming the brakes on a leading cause of collisions that results in thousands of injuries each year — speeding.

Hamilton police say two different people tried to bring unknown substances into the John Sopinka Courthouse Wednesday.