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Attending the International Plowing Match is one of the sacred cows of Ontario politics, with members of all parties repeating this ritual each September, but the event has probably never been less important.

In the spirit of examining Hamilton’s identity, lets take a look at what outsiders are saying about the city.

At least two upcoming splash pad projects are on track to exceed $600,000 — twice the amount of some other cities. And while two city councillors say this seems fishy, city staff insist those numbers don't tell the whole story.

Hamilton police say they are investigating a BB gun shooting outside a local theatre this weekend.

Homicide detectives have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a Toronto man, 24, identified in the point-blank shooting that led to the death of a man in a parking lot near Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West last April.

McMaster University is banning all smoking on its campuses effective Jan. 1, 2018, the university announced today.

For a city its size, Hamilton is a wasteland for transgender health care resources. But the city's board of health Monday is poised to take at least baby steps toward changing that.

Niagara Regional Police are looking for two men who held up a pharmacy in Grimsby.

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

Petra Matar, 29, wants to see development in Hamilton take context and culture into account, not just treat lots and buildings like a "blank slate."

This week and next, we at CBC Hamilton invite you to join us as we explore Hamilton’s identity crisis, and what this junction looks like for workers, residents, commuters, newcomers and lifers who call Hamilton home.

A barefoot four-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Burlington Sunday evening has been found safe.

A stolen angel containing a child’s ashes has been returned to an east Hamilton home after someone found it in a parking lot. Now the mother who posted about it says she’s crying “happy tears.”

It was the last chance for Charlie Angus, Niki Ashton, Guy Caron and Jagmeet Singh to make their pitches to New Democrats before voting begins Monday.

Police are looking for leads after apparent gun shots were fired in an alley in central lower Hamilton overnight.

Officials are trying to figure out what started it.

Check out some brand new music from White Hot Guilt, Ten Sleep and Sarah Cripps.

Saskatchewan quarterback Brandon Bridge threw three touchdown passes in just his second career start, and the Roughriders held on to defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27-19 in front of 23,604 at Tim Hortons Field on Friday night.

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.

A Hamilton police officer who witnessed a contentious interaction between another officer and a city councillor told a hearing Friday that the way the councillor spoke to his partner rubbed him the wrong way.

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.

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

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.