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Hugh Elliott, 81, was pulled from the burning car by a police officer and an off-duty officer, but pronounced dead at the scene.

Environment Canada is warning residents in Hamilton and across the Golden Horseshoe to drink plenty of water and watch for signs of heat illness as a hot, humid airmass rests over the region Monday.

This past Friday OPP say they responded to several reported incidents throughout the day with a majority of them being medical as well as 911 hang up calls and cell phone pocket dials.

France won its second World Cup title by beating Croatia 4-2 on Sunday in Moscow.

Hamilton police have confirmed that the man who drowned in Hamilton harbour was former Ottawa Senators goalie Ray Emery.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Hamilton with high temperatures expected to be in the low thirties with humidex values near 40.

The trail will need politicians to approve it year after year for the next 20 years. But Tom Jackson is hopeful. "This is taxpayer money well spent."

The body of a 45-year-old man from Burlington was found floating in Lake Ontario on Saturday evening.

A woman was killed and part of a man's leg was amputated after a driver slammed into pedestrians and crashed into a former restaurant patio in Burlington, Ont., on Saturday morning, Halton police said.

As evictions happen across Canada, says Matthew Green, the government needs to step up its game when it comes to addressing the housing crisis.

The deaths of two Dundas retirees was a homicide, police say, and the pair were "innocent sleeping victims who would have experienced sheer terror."

Scientists expect the bloom will be much smaller than the largest blooms that formed in 2011 and 2015 and stretched far across the western and central areas of the lake.

If Khill, a Hamiton man who was found not-guilty of second-degree murder after he admitted he shot and killed Jon Styres, a First Nation's man, is spotted anywhere on the 18,000-hectares of land Six Nations holds, he will be escorted off by police.

A St. Catharines man has been arrested after a female passenger says she was sexually assaulted after a single-vehicle crash in the early hours of Thursday morning.

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After the success of Brantford's first-ever "un-birthday party" women in Belleville and Ottawa are planning celebrations of their own for next year.

Provincial police say they're expecting a large turnout today for Friday the 15th in Port Dover.

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

Hamilton's Canadian Premier League club will be known as Forge FC. Forge FC was officially unveiled as Hamilton's team name for the newly-formed CPL on Thursday at Tim Hortons Field.

A pilot project that would bring electric buses to Hamilton streets is stalled after the possibility of $2 million in funding was clawed back by Ontario's new Tory government as part of a campaign promise to scrap cap-and-trade.

Hamilton has gone from scrambling to find space for even one supervised injection site to being in the running for as many as three of them.

The City of Hamilton is warning people to stay out of the water in and around Chedoke Creek and Cootes Paradise, because it has been found to be “highly contaminated.”

On Tuesday, police say, a representative of the car's owner was called by a man who didn't identify himself, but said the car could be returned if police were kept out of the deal.

Police announced Thursday that they stopped six people driving some of the world’s most powerful cars — with some going more than double the speed limit — in a traffic stop targeting a company’s “VIP” exotic car excursion.

Provincial police are reminding people planning to attend Friday the 13th in Port Dover they could be unwittingly supporting organized crime groups by purchasing and wearing gear related to outlaw biker gangs.

A man and a woman from St. Catharines have been arrested and charged with second degree murder in connection to the deaths of two people just south of Algonquin Provincial Park.

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

Reports from the scene of a sudden death indicate a boy died after falling from an apartment balcony at 50 Young Street in Hamilton.

As he stood in front of Hamilton's council chambers Tuesday, the emotion in Rev. Ian Sloan's voice was evident.

Hydro One's CEO is retiring as part of an agreement between the Ontario government and the utility company that will also see the replacement of the board.

Paramedics were called to the building on Jackson Street West around 2:50 p.m. and found the man in "medical distress," according to Hamilton EMS spokesperson Dave Thompson.

A Liberal organizer, the current mayor and an environmental activist who once threw pumpkin seeds at Justin Trudeau are among the mayoral candidates registered for the October election so far.

Hamilton police have charged a local union treasurer with stealing about $1 million.

Just a few weeks ago Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Hamilton announcing a plan to help out Canadian industries hurt by new trade tariffs imposed by U.S. president Donald Trump. But that may mean a lot less to Canadians than the list being put together by an Ontario teen.

The Burlington resident has successfully lobbied the city to stop killing milkweed, because the plant is the only one in Canada on which the endangered monarch butterfly can lay its eggs.

Provincial police are appealing for the public's help in an investigation into a hit-and-run collision that left a 20-year-old Port Hope man dead seven years ago.

The body found floating in the Niagara River had been in the water so long parts of its limbs were missing and investigators were not able to determine the sex or age when they pulled it ashore back in 2013.

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

Burlesque is back in Hamilton now that city hall has developed a new law to make way for the unique form of theatre.

One of Hamilton's biggest inner city developments in modern history has cleared its last major hurdle.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be holding a portion of its training camp for the upcoming NHL season in Niagara Falls.

About 24 people who live on boats year-round want to stay on Macassa Bay, but are facing eviction now that the marina where they live is being sold. They want the city to help.

Home prices are still going up in Hamilton, but the city continues to remain affordable compared to the GTA and attract first-time buyers, according to a Royal LePage survey published Tuesday.

Hamilton’s public school board is scrambling to find alternative funding sources after Ontario's new Tory government scrapped a $100-million fund for school repairs and updates for the upcoming school year.

A Hamilton man has been arrested after, police say, he hit and killed a pedestrian with his vehicle then drove away Monday afternoon.

A Bollywood film inspired by Evan Leversage was screened in St. George, Ont., the town that held Christmas early because the boy wouldn’t make it until Dec. 25.

An Ajax, Ont. man has been charged with racing a motor vehicle, police say, after he was caught driving more than 50 km/h faster than the speed limit in Cayuga.

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

It's a clear sign Hamilton is losing its battle against illegal marijuana dispensaries. Every time police or the city try to shut one down, new numbers show, they just open back up again.

Carmen's Group wants the chance to manage Hamilton's three major downtown entertainment facilities. And the city is buying a little time to let it.