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Eight Hamilton and Niagara-region high schools are on a list created by the University of Waterloo's engineering faculty that downgrades the marks of applicants from those schools.

Hamilton will soon ban residents from putting grass clippings and yard waste in their green bins as part of an ongoing effort to reduce smelly compost.

Five people were seriously injured in the crash, including a three-week-old who police say is in critical condition.

Investigators believe there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to call them.

The city is passing a new law that restaurants with drive-thru windows have to provide waste containers for people in their cars to throw out their garbage.

Three-time Olympian and Canadian amateur boxing champion Mike Strange is taking on the El Camino trail in Spain to raise funds for childhood cancer research.

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

An Ontario college is offering what some might see as a pretty cool credential — a one-year certificate in growing pot. But the class comes with hard work.

A mounted Hamilton police officer rode his horse through a crowd at a McMaster University homecoming party in the city's Westdale area Saturday afternoon, knocking one woman to the ground and walking over her.

Three children were rushed to a paediatric trauma centre Saturday afternoon, police say, after a "violent" multi-vehicle crash in Glanbrook.

Albert Iavarone's death marks the second time in less than two years that the silence and sense of security in a quiet, Hamilton-area neighbourhood has been shattered by the fatal shooting of a man police believe had links to organized crime.

Esther the Wonder Pig —​ the beloved 285-kilogram (630-pound) celebrity in Campbelllville, Ont. ​—​ has beat cancer after vets removed four tumours from her mammary glands.

Hamilton police say two students were sent to hospital with non-critical injuries after a suspect sprayed an aerosol​ irritant during a party near McMaster University on Friday night.

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An inquest has been announced into the death of an inmate who hanged himself after being beaten by fellow inmates at the Niagara Detention Centre in Thorold.

Ontario Provincial Police say they're looking for the driver of a car that allegedly struck an 81-year-old woman on a mobility scooter and fled the scene.

A 50-year-old man who police say was linked to organized crime was shot and killed in Ancaster Thursday night in what's being called a "targeted attack."

In the days after her brother-in-law's death inside the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, Tracy Sharp watched in disbelief as negative comments made by people who never met him started to pile up on social media.

Hamilton's Coalition of Black and Racialized Artists is trying to break down barriers for those pushed to the margins.

The scene, titled Raise, is meant to illustrate an "ambitious city," according to painter Norman Coloma who crafted it along with his brother, Lester.

John Wallace Findlay was arrested Wednesday. The 64-year-old was charged with criminal breach of trust, theft over $5,000 and fraud over $5,000.

This is the story of how staff who specialize in finding housing for Hamilton's most vulnerable women used their skills to help out a wayward blue crab.

Police say a 32-year-old man and 28-year-old woman, both from Hamilton, were hurt after their white, Audi sedan crashed near Beach Road around 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

Hamilton's mayor says he's looking at selling his shares in a marijuana production company so he can participate in pot-related debates around the council table.

Hamilton's Liz Harmer is in the running for the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for emerging writers for "Never Prosper," a story published in The New Quarterly that examines 29 minutes in a professor's life.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is undermining Canadian democracy by invoking the notwithstanding clause, according to Andrea Horwath, the leader of the official opposition.

Ultra low cost airline Swoop is extending its reach to the Caribbean by adding seasonal flights to Jamaica from Hamilton.

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

On the eve of Supercrawl's tenth anniversary, this is how one of Hamilton's biggest success stories evolved into the centrepiece it is today.

A 106-year-old former school in Hamilton's lower city will soon house classes and workshops from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University.

Police have arrested and charged two Hamilton men in the death of a Toronto man in Parkdale on the weekend.

The calls come after more than a dozen prowling-related incidents reported in the neighbourhood near McMaster University.

Another inmate has died at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre (HWDC), just months after a marathon inquest into eight overdose deaths at the Barton Street jail.

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit says Hamilton police acted appropriately when a man died after apparently jumping from a Juravinski Hospital parking garage.

New Democrat MPPs were kicked out of the Ontario legislature one by one Wednesday afternoon as they loudly protested the reintroduction of a bill halving the size of Toronto city council and refused to come to order.

The search for a missing 23-year-old thoroughbred horse is over; Noah was found dead on Tuesday afternoon in a difficult-to-access area in Puslinch.

Premier Doug Ford's government will for the first time in Ontario's history use the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to override a court ruling, and his supporters will be cheering him on today.

McMaster University is going all in on a $2 million investment in culture to bring a barrage of innovative arts programming to Hamilton in the coming months — and all for free, or very close to it.

The search continues for a missing horse in Puslinch, Ont. Noah, a 23-year-old horse, went missing on Sunday. More than 100 volunteers have been out looking for him.

Niagara police say a recent daylight triple shooting in St. Catharines was the act of a single shooter.

Hamilton police have issued a warrant in the first-degree murder of a Club Seventy-Seven doorman, but the suspect is in northern Iraq.

Veteran receiver Chad Owens is back in Hamilton, added to the CFL team's practice roster on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Owens played for the Tiger-Cats in 2016 and was cut by Saskatchewan at training camp this year.

The Great Lakes are getting much hotter according to a professor with the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor. Aaron Fisk explains why temperatures are on the rise and what that means for the Great Lakes and the things that live in it.

The case of two Hamilton paramedics accused of failing to respond properly to the pleas of a dying teenager will be back in court Oct. 9.

A photography project intent on showing the human side of the cancellation of the basic income pilot project has added some Thunder Bay faces.

In a city presented as a shining beacon for arts and culture — a music city, a place where "art is the new steel" or "you can do anything" — many artists find themselves struggling.

A 28-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

Tuesday morning commuters are warned to prepare for fog, especially those coming from rural areas.