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A secret police investigation that was the catalyst for the case against Det. Const. Craig Ruthowsky was described in full detail in a Toronto courtroom Monday, as the Hamilton police officer’s trial on corruption charges continues.

A fire broke out in a semi-detached home on the Hamilton mountain early this morning around 8:30 a.m.

A 16-year-old Brantford boy is facing several criminal and traffic offences after police spotted him driving a gold Cadillac thought to be stolen.

It's a philosophical question that's circulated through Hamilton city hall for months: when it comes to city rules, should growing marijuana be considered the same as growing cucumbers?

The Canadian Food inspection Agency has issued a recall warning saying some packages of Good Boucher lean ground beef may be contaminated with E. coli.

Police say after the driver failed a roadside test, he ran back to the vehicle and drove away, running over the officer's foot when he did.

An 11-year-old girl remains in critical condition in hospital after she was hit by a minivan on Saturday evening while she was riding a bicycle in Burlington.

The city of Hamilton is reminding the community that the final votes for the James Street South Mural Art Project must be in by Mar. 18.

Ontario’s new rules on police street checks or “carding” will be the subject of a public meeting on Tuesday in Hamilton.

A fire at a Kenora Avenue townhouse sent one person to hospital and injured a dog Friday afternoon.

Police officers who worked with Craig Ruthowsky used to joke that he was “one of” and even “the leader” of his sizable cache of criminal informants, court heard Friday as the corruption trial into Ruthowsky’s conduct continues.

There have been multiple reports of overdoses that could have been caused by fentanyl-laced heroin in Hamilton, the city reports.

Frogs, university volleyball and St. Patrick's Day celebrations are some of the events happening this weekend.

The largest net-zero building in Canada opens its doors in September 2018 at Mohawk Colleges Fennell campus.

Canada's Kia Nurse is having the best season of her collegiate career. She's a finalist for two of women's college basketball's major player awards and her success is a huge reason why the University of Connecticut are the favourites for the national championship.

The Ontario PC party 'set aside' the result of the nomination contest for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas.

Friday is mainly cloudy with a high of 1 C. There's a 60 per cent chance for flurries in the morning.

A city planning report recommends rejecting rezoning the property for a pair of condo towers, but developer Brad Lamb says it doesn't matter.

The last two of three suspects in a shooting near Emerald and Barton streets in Hamilton 10 days ago have been arrested, police announced Thursday.

Local steelworkers say Justin Trudeau's Hamilton visit this week left them with key questions about how their pensions will be protected when a company goes bankrupt.

The immense fear tied to one specific undercover job all came flowing back to Sgt. Jennifer Lafleur this week, as she testified at the trial of a Hamilton police officer who stands accused of aiding a known drug dealer for cash payouts.

After a car and a pickup truck collided late Wednesday night in St. Catharines, police say a 17-year-old woman has died.

Police say a woman has been charged after a dentistry practice in southern Ontario was allegedly defrauded of over $550,000.

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

The former home of The Connolly condo project will still be a condo tower. And barring a city council change of heart, the facade of James Street Baptist Church isn't going anywhere.

An Ontario man found guilty of killing a young Toronto woman who vanished five years ago is appealing his first-degree murder conviction and sentence, saying the verdict was unreasonable and the sentence too harsh.

A 49-year-old Burlington man is facing fraud and money laundering charges on allegations he promised Syrian refugees living in Qatar he could get them sponsorship in Canada.

A Hamilton police officer who is facing corruption and drug trafficking charges somehow had over $130,000 of income over a four-and-a-half year period that couldn't be explained, court heard Wednesday.

A judge granted a 12-day extension on Wednesday to get a deal on the table to keep Hamilton Specialty Bar going.

A 32-year-old woman is facing numerous charges of drug trafficking after a tip about a dispensary.

The Special Investigations Unit won't charge a Hamilton police officer after a 44-year-old woman was injured during a police chase.

Hamilton police arrested three men in a child exploitation sting that focused on the use of cloud storage to commit crime.

Local universities are stepping up their security plans for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the neighbourhoods in and around their campuses.

Two teen girls from Hamilton who, police say, were held captive and forced into sex work have been rescued.

A Niagara Falls-based company has been fined $170,000 following the death of a worker at a quarry in Orillia.

Luxury home sales in the Greater Toronto Area, Oakville and Hamilton-Burlington have fallen by almost 60 per cent year-over-year, according to a RE/MAX report.

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

The province has chosen the name Ontario Cannabis Stores (OSC) for the places that will sell pot once it's legalized. Only problem is a handful of other Ontario businesses, organizations and schools share that acronym.

Condo buyers, says a letter from the receiver, will be relieved of their prebuild agreements.

The head of a massive Toronto police investigation was worried that Det. Const. Craig Ruthowsky of Hamilton police had tipped off gang members that the cops were onto them, court heard Tuesday as the corruption trial into Ruthowsky's conduct continues.

Hamilton police have charged a 40-year-old tow truck driver with careless driving after he hit a 70-year-old woman at a crosswalk in Dundas last month.

Police in Norfolk County are warning residents to be vigilant to unsolicited calls after one resident lost four-thousand dollars worth of Apple gift cards in a phone scam.

Police in Norfolk County are looking for two classic cars and a tractor reported stolen from a barn.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Hamilton Tuesday to visit the city's two biggest steel producers and show solidarity with workers in an industry threatened by possible American tariffs.

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

Hamilton Police Service is continuing to investigate the vandalism spree on Locke Street the night of March 4. A team of four officers have been combing through security video and interviewing people to identify suspects.

A Brock University study shows most adults find their newborn babies to be uglier then expected. But their feelings change after the six-month-old mark.

The secret worlds of drug dealers, confidential informants and police undercover stings were all laid bare in a Toronto Superior Courtroom Monday, as the trial began for a Hamilton cop who is accused of working with the criminals he was supposed to be investigating.

The temperature hovered around zero that evening. It was low enough that people breathed into their cupped hands and shuffled their feet to keep warm. But for Tom Newton and Dave Lowe, it was just another day holding signs.

Two men who walked into a construction zone near the John Sopinka courthouse on Friday were armed with a hunting knife, two BB-style handguns and a smaller knife, police say.