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Hamilton is seeing a steep rise in 911 calls for suspected overdoses, the city is warning.

A crestfallen Hamilton mother is asking for help after a statue carrying her son’s ashes was taken from the front yard of her home this week.

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

"It's a really good question," one official says of why Brantford seems worse than other areas. In Brantford, there are 98.9 visits per 100,000 people.

Provincial NDP Leader Andrea Horwath raised the issue of Hamilton’s ambulance crisis during question period at Queen’s Park today.

New York state will fine the Niagara Falls Water Board $50,000 US for discharging black and smelly water near the falls during a busy tourist weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.

A Hamilton police officer accused of conducting an improper street check with a black city councillor spoke publicly for the first time on Thursday, as he testified in his defence in a Police Services Act misconduct hearing in downtown Hamilton.

Hamilton police are looking for leads after what they say are "incidents of mischief and trespassing" around an Enbridge pipeline in Ancaster. But an unnamed group of dissenters already seems to have taken credit.

While Hamilton tries to brand itself a "city of music," members of the music scene are bailing en masse from the city's music industry working committee over frustrations from a lack of money and resources.

The latest home sales data show a drop in the number of purchases by non-Canadians in an Ontario region that includes Toronto and Hamilton, and is subject to a foreign buyer tax.

Hamilton police say a part time special constable has been charged with assault after an incident at the John Sopinka Courthouse in Hamilton today.

While many students this September start their first year in college or university, some of their high school classmates are stuck wondering what's next. A new pilot program aims to help Ontario high school grads who don't yet know how they'll start the rest of their life.

The games started here in 1930, but council says it doesn't need to relive that memory. Hamilton, they said, has more important things to worry about.

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It happened after the city's mayor tweeted to Del Toro and urged him to give him a call.

City council will also discuss a potential Commonwealth Games bid. Last week, a committee voted not to pursue it. But there's a chance that will change.

A worker was injured at the Hannon plant last March.

Hamilton police are trying to figure out who left a replica handgun in an elementary school dumpster.

Parts of Nikola Tesla Boulevard are closed today to repair a damaged overhead roadway sign structure, the city says.

Detectives are investigating after a man was stuck by a vehicle in the lower city overnight, police say.

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

Hamilton is looking at decorating its future light rail transit (LRT) stops with Indigenous art from across the country — although one councillor says it's important to include local artists too.

Shahzi Bokhari says she had a gut feeling when she saw Green and two police cruisers near an overpass in the central lower city.

With their entertaining Banjo Bowl victory over Saskatchewan, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers took revenge — and the No. 2 spot in our weekly rankings — from their rivals.

A Hamilton judge who wore a "Make America Great Again" hat in court the morning after Donald Trump's U.S. election win last November has been suspended for 30 days.

Before wading into the water at Queen's Royal Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Elizabeth Fry looked over the list of names on a plaque dedicated to all the men and women who had completed a solo swim across Lake Ontario. At the top of the list is Marilyn Bell, her friend and hero.

Mexican director Guillermo del Toro says he loves Hamilton so much he'd like to set up his own studio in the city.

The Ontario coroner’s office is investigating after a Hamilton senior died alone on her apartment floor while waiting nearly half an hour for paramedics.

Ontario-based wine producer Andrew Peller says it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Black Hills Estate Winery and Gray Monk Estate Winery and a letter of intent to acquire Tinhorn Creek Vineyards.

Hamilton police say they have arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Toronto man at a local bar over the weekend.

A new ultra-low cost airline that claims it will have the lowest base fares in Canada is launching out of the Hamilton and Waterloo airports in June of 2018.

Const. Andrew Pfeifer is charged with discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act on the allegation that he was "engaging in an arbitrary and unjustified street check."

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

Police say a male was found with life-threatening injuries when they responded to an incident at The Coco Bongo Lounge near Queen Street N and York Boulevard early Sunday morning.

C.J. Gable ran in two touchdowns as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats picked up their second win of the season Saturday night defeating the Ottawa Redblacks 26-22 at TD Place.

Hamilton police say they have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a double shooting on the Mountain on Sept. 3.

Check out some brand new music from Kevin Ramroop, Elliott Brood and DVSN.

Violence erupted again in Hamilton overnight Friday to Saturday, as two men were sent to hospital after two separate shootings.

Guy McPhee who was guilty of careless driving on July 14 in provincial offences court in the death of Hamilton cyclist Jay Keddy, was back in court Friday to receive sentencing.

Hamilton police have charged a man with dangerous driving causing death after a crash on the Mountain last month that killed a man from Welland.

Amazon will invest $5 billion US on its second headquarters, which will employ 50,000 people. Hamilton's mayor wants that to happen here.

Are you ready to have the best garden on your block? Here's how: Ask an expert. Be part of our award-winning live chat with expert gardeners. Also listen to the call-in show with Ontario Today's Ed Lawrence. Call in by dialling 1-888-817-8995 on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.

The Niagara Anglican diocese told city councillors Wednesday that they would like to identify and remove the bodies, now buried in "asphalt hell," beneath the parking lot of the James Street North church. McMaster University and the diocese have records of who's buried there.

Police are looking for Austin Cubitt, a 19-year-old man they say was involved in a double shooting this weekend that left two 17-year-old boys seriously injured.

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

The Canadian Institutes for Health Research has concluded that new national guidelines for prescribing opioids were based on sound scientific evidence despite a conflict of interest.

Sentencing for a woman from Waterloo, who pled guilty in June to sex abuse-related charges involving a seven-year-old girl, has been delayed.

Here's a great guide to much of the art, music, food and fun you'll find this weekend at Supercrawl.

Meteorologists at Environment Canada are warning that funnel clouds could develop in Hamilton on Thursday.

Brantford police force have charged a 34-year-old man with manslaughter after an overdose death.