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McMaster University biologist Jianping Xu is part of a team studying the bacteria and fungi that grow on bats' wings and can cause white-nose syndrome. According to the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, a partnership of veterinary colleges and the British Columbia Animal Health Centre, the syndrome is thought to have killed over six million bats since 2006.

Today is forecast to be the hottest Halloween on record in Ontario municipalities including Hamilton, Burlington, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Oakville, Mississauga and Brampton.

Running back Brady Oliveira of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell are the finalists for the CFL's outstanding player award.

A student and parent say they were disappointed and frustrated by the trip and the money would be better spent on school meal programs and educational supports.

Hamilton police have upgraded charges against a man who they say attacked several" members of his family in May, leading to the death of his elderly mother.

The coroner's inquest into the deaths of five inmates at the Niagara Detention Centre in Thorold, Ont., heard from a senior jail official who gave jurors a peek behind the curtain and shared concerns about proposed changes.

Canadian welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott can't wait to get back in the UFC cage Saturday in Edmonton. "I've been looking forward to it big time. There's been a lot of growth since the last one," said Malott.

The Crown's request to stay 12 charges against former Hamilton police officer Craig Ruthowsky, who's serving a 13-year prison sentence for corruption, was granted by an Ontario Superior Court justice on Tuesday.

Police say they have arrested four men and are searching for one morein connection with a number of bank robberies across Ontario that spanned nearly two years and netted over $2 million.

The Ontario Provincial Police say around $200,000 worth of vehicles, trailers and car parts were found in a Simcoe, Ont. property on Friday.

The Ontario government says it will send a $200 rebate cheque to roughly 15 million people in the province. The announcement comes as Premier Doug Ford has hinted an early election could be called in 2025.

Under the Nanfan Treaty of 1701, Haudenosaunee have the right to harvest deer in the Dundas Valley Conservation Area.

Mural artist Scott McDonald was born and raised in Hamilton, and after enduring throat cancer, he made it his mission to make a difference in the city. But he says he's owed $40,000 for two murals he created this summer as part of the city's Commercial District Revitalization Grant Program.

McMaster University's incoming president, Susan Tighe, shares how she plans to address several issues affecting the Hamilton institution, including financial challenges, calls for it to divest from Israel and student mental health.

This season will be the first time in Ontario that nirsevimab (sold under the brand nameBeyfortus)is used toprotect babies from severe illnesscaused by RSV.

In a live on-stage interview with Q's Tom Power, the Canadian chef and restaurateur shares his incredible story, from finding his passion in culinary school to executive producing the Emmy-winning series The Bear.

The City of Hamilton is urging residents to combine preventative measures such as masking and vaccines to prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses this fall.

Ontario is calling on the federal government to make severalbail-related changes to the Criminal Code, including eliminating bail for certain offences and implementing a "three strike rule" for repeat offenders.

A major amusement park is part of Ontario's grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas north, but Marineland may not fit the bill, the provincial tourism minister says.

Cavalry FC has advanced to the Canadian Premier League championship game on Nov. 9, while the Hamilton Forge will play Atletico Ottawa in the semifinal.

One-third of jobs in Canadian agriculture - about 100,000 - are expected to be automated in the next decade, according to new research from The Conference Board of Canada. Technology is now being used for everything from killing weeds and tracking crop heath to self-driving grain carts and tillage equipment.

Reports about the death of Canada's immigration consensus arguably have been exaggerated. But there are warning signs - both for the public's attitude toward immigration and for the Trudeau government's legacy.

McMaster University's board of governors heard a presentation advocating that the Hamilton institution divest from companies with ties to Israel. Although the board didn't take any immediate action, chair Jane Allen said they learned from the presenters, who spoke on behalf of the McMaster chapter of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights.

Police have arrested four people, including an "outlaw" motorcycle gang member, in connection with a July robbery in Hamilton.

The Ontario governmentwill effectively bar international students from attending medical schools beginning in the fall of 2026, while alsocovering tuition for more than 1,000 students who commit to becoming a family doctor in the province.

Niagara police have laid new charges against a 49-year-old man from Welland, Ont., who was arrested earlier in October on child porn charges.

Hamilton city council has voted to ban encampments from seven green spaces in Ward 3, just east of downtown, once 123 new shelter beds open up in the area in the coming weeks.

Several major retailers are offering paper bags to customers after Ottawa banned single-use plastic ones. But environmentalists say paper bags are not a sustainable solution as they're also single-use and leave a sizable carbon footprint.

Natalia Benoit, a trustee who was barred from meetings for six months after making comments about the Pride flag, is once again trying to have it banned from schools within the Niagara Catholic District School Board in Ontario.

City crews will be closing the Lincoln Alexander Parkway's on- and off-ramps at Upper Wentworth Street for maintenance work between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., starting Oct. 28. The city has reported several coming road closures between now and the end of the year.

For Hamilton Forge FC, a return to the Canadian Premier League title match would represent the latest reassurance that the program - built, fostered and tended to by head coach and sporting director Bobby Smyrniotis - works.

Councillors in the lower city are calling for more preventative measures amid police reporting a record-breaking number of shootings in 2024.

Launching on Nov. 7 at the W.J. McCallion Planetarium, Onekwa:tara - The Seven Dancers of the Pleiades will be the second Indigenous astronomy program available at McMaster University. Its co-creator Thomas Deer has been working to share Indigenous star knowledge for decades.

Twenty-two Canadians were set to lace it up on opening-day rosters, second only to the United States, as the 2024-25 NBA season tipped off Tuesday.

The coroner's inquest into the deaths of five Niagara Detention Centre inmates between 2018 and 2022 opened with a lawyer reading heart-wrenching stories from some of the families and the medical officer of health testifying on the high opioid death rate in the region. All five men died of drug toxicity within 10 days of being transferred to the detention centre in Thorold, Ont.

The landlord of an alleged serial killer, who is charged with murder in the October deaths of three people in southern Ontario, says she was a quiet, responsible tenant whom he never suspected was capable of violence. Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, was arrested earlier this month and charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder.

The new mural to celebrate the life of actor and comedian Phil Hartman pays tribute to his extraordinary career on Saturday Night Live, News Radio, The Simpsons and more.

Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles said her party is planning to run a candidate in Sarah Jama's Hamilton-Centre riding, but, as far as I know - and I'm the leader - it won't be her."

Thousands of international students expected to study at three Ontario colleges are missing the fall semester, after Ottawa announced it would further tighten Canada's study permit system.

It's been a season to remember and forget for Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Ten years after Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was gunned down while standing sentry at the National War Memorial, some of the people who rushed to his aid reflect on the tragedy and how it changed them.

A Hamilton scrap metal company has been fined $85,000 for violations of Ontario's Environmental Protection Act, the second time the company has been penalized by the province in 12 months.

AFC Toronto announced Monday that Jade Kovacevic, aformer Canadian youth international and League1 Ontario's all-time leading scorer, is their historic first signing.

The minister of mental health and addictions says the federal government will ban mostvape flavours across Canada soon - more than three years after Ottawa first promised to bring in the regulations.

Hamilton expat Amanda Hinkle says her high school teacher in Minnesota, Tim Walz, kept the class engaged and volunteered after school to help build theatre sets. Now, she's supporting his bid to become U.S. vice-president.

Leaders of Ontario's largest cities are asking for the province to urgently review its health care consent and trespass to property acts, along with more support totake on the mental health, addictions and homelessness crises gripping their communities.

What is being billed as the first Indigenous-led, on-territory hospice in Canada will bring culturally appropriate end-of-life care closer to home for those in Six Nations of the Grand River, near Hamilton.

York Regional Police have charged five teenage boys in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place not far from Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan.

A 49-year-old man from Welland who coached minor hockey has been arrested on child porn charges, Niagara police say.

There'll be no playoff games this year for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but head coach Scott Milanovich feels the club can get a head start on changing that narrative in 2025.