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A cyclist has serious injuries, police say, after being hit by a vehicle near the corner of Barton Street East and Gage Avenue Wednesday.

Hamilton-area MP Filomena Tassi was named the new minister of seniors in Wednesday's federal cabinet shuffle.

Press Pause, a report issued Wednesday says staff's decision to seize a digital recorder and a newspaper reporter's laptop, was done "unreasonably and without legal justification" and infringed on the journalist's Charter rights.

Firefighters battled a multiple-alarm fire at a historic home in downtown Hamilton early Wednesday morning.

The city approved a spot in Gage Park for a fallen firefighters memorial last week, but a group invested in maintaining the park is concerned about the park's gardens.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added five new faces to his cabinet and created new ministries in a significant midsummer shakeup.

Dr. Tom Stewart has been announced as the new CEO of St. Joseph’s Health System and Niagara Health.

The Ontario Ombudsman will release his report Wednesday morning on an incident where Niagara Region officials seized a reporter's laptop and notebook.

Officers discovered 475 grams of cocaine, along with "related trafficking paraphernalia" during a search Monday.

Now more than ever people in Ontario can drink like wizards living inside a Harry Potter novel. The world's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback in Ontario.

Dennis Bradley was a big man who lived for the freedom of flight. He refused to stay grounded, even when he found out his six-foot-six frame was too big for him to fly for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Matthew Green, an outspoken Hamilton city councillor, wants to replace David Christopherson as the NDP MP for Hamilton Centre.

Provincial police say the man was driving on King Street East when he veered off the road and crashed. No other vehicles were involved in the collision.

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

A Hamilton trustee wants the school board to go rogue and teach some version of the 2015 sex ed curriculum anyway, even though the Doug Ford government has instructed boards to go back to the curriculum from 1998.

If Dellen Millard is found guilty of killing his father, he will be barred from accessing his inheritance — and that could be bad news for the people who are suing him.

The province is holding yet another inquest into the death of a Barton Jail inmate who died of an apparent overdose.

The child was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency crews were called to an apartment building at 50 Young Street around 5 p.m. on July 11.

Ray Emery was giving back to Hamilton and playing the game he loved the night before he died.

Forecasters are calling for strong winds, heavy rains and hail Monday.

A Hamilton woman and a woman from Haldimand are dead after the Utility Terrain Vehicle they were riding in crashed Sunday in Wollaston Township, Ont. northwest of Kingston.

A decade after an infamous NHL line brawl that included both goaltenders dropping the gloves at centre ice, Martin Biron gave Ray Emery a chance to take one final blow. Emery declined.

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.

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.

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.