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Nine people were taken to hospital with various degrees of smoke inhalation after a multi-alarm fire at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre Friday night.

The wife of an elderly Waterdown, Ont. man who was violently assaulted while sleeping in his nursing home bed last weekend says she "feels sickened by what he has to endure at the end of his life."

Two local schools were placed in a hold and secure mode today, while Hamilton police arrested a man in the east end of the city.

Hamilton's Muslim community — "overwhelmed with messages of support," following last Sunday's attack on a Quebec City mosque — is fighting back against Islamaphobia by opening its doors to the city Friday to dispel misconceptions about the faith.

The Hamilton man who pleaded guilty in January in the drowning death of a 4-year-old boy in St. Lucia in 2015 will have to wait another week to hear his sentence.

Some are people who aren't traditionally Conservative, and some are lapsed members heading back to the party. But they're all joining to make sure they have a say in the 2017 Conservative leadership vote.

Here's a pretty great list of things to do today in Hamilton.

Provincial police say an 11-year-old girl is dead following a collision involving a snowmobile and a transport truck.

The latest updates on the roads and rails for your morning commute in and out of Hamilton.

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

Walt Juchniewicz has asked Hamilton's city manager to investigate in a letter that discusses "hidden agendas."

City crews will remove 66 dead or dying ash trees from the Breezeway Trail at Confederation Park, the city announced Thursday.

We're getting a new page design and we'd like your help giving it a special look. Part of the design will a picture spanning the top of the page. We'd like that picture to be one taken by one of you — one of our readers.

Brock University says it is waiving some student fees and streamlining admissions for students impacted by a U.S. travel ban from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Few people know the depths of Hamilton’s opioid problem like Lenore Power — because she lived it for over a decade.

Hamilton police are looking for a man who stole DJ equipment and around $15,000 of on Jan. 19 from a Hess Street South restaurant.

Metrolinx has been reconsidering the future of the James Street North spur line for LRT. But that's not all that will be discussed Thursday. Follow our live coverage of the announcement.

The latest updates on the roads and rails for your morning commute in and out of Hamilton.

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

"Hindsight being what it is," a group of employees who took a city van to Washington, D.C. and attended the Women's March there, in addition to doing work, should have gotten written permission, says Chris Murray. But he says it's been dealt with and the matter is closed.

Metrolinx has been reconsidering the future of the James Street North spur line for LRT. But that's not all that will be discussed Thursday.

You've heard of a gun amnesty? A new bagpipe "amnesty" by Niagara Regional Police Service’s Pipe Band is hoping to rescue old bagpipes, collecting dust in attics or garages and give them a second wind.

Instead of two options from a consultant, city councillors voted for their own options.

Hamilton police have released security camera video of a car being torched on Mary Street last week.

The relationship between craft beer and art isn't new, but a Hamilton-based craft brewery re-imagined the partnership by creating a global community of artists. Each of Collective Arts Brewing's colourful cans and bottles are adorned with original artwork from over 600 international artists.

Greg Clewer and Tyler Pearson are stripping the building that used to house Hendry's Shoes to its bones, and building it back up again.

Here's a pretty great list of things to do today in Hamilton.

The latest updates on the roads and rails for your morning commute in and out of Hamilton.

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

A widowed mother of three, facing deportation, says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada failed her family, who fear their lives will be in jeopardy if they are sent back to Jamaica next month.

Kamran Bhatti says messages of support and condolences to local mosques are meaningful and appreciated, and suggests some other actions for a community looking to show solidarity.

Four city employees took a city van to Washington, D.C. this month. They visited some community hubs. They also attended the Women's March. One city councillor says they seemed to do as much marching as working, so they shouldn't have taken the van.

Coun. Matthew Green says there's no point in meeting if no one's willing to compromise.

Attorney General Yasir Naqvi announced the Juror Support Program on Tuesday afternoon, offering support to jurors suffering PTSD after trials end.

With Canadians ranking as the second highest users per capita of opioids in the world, a team of doctors is recommending doctors use greater caution and lower prescription doses.

January has been an especially dark month for the Greater Hamilton Area, where the average for this time of year is 85.9 hours of sunshine.

Here's a sample of what's going on in Hamilton Tuesday.

It may be cold out now, but snow is on its way with rising temperatures later this morning. The temperature as of 7 a.m. Tuesday was - 5 C, but felt more like -11 with the wind chill.

The collision has been cleared near Oakville.

Ontario's Attorney General, Yasir Naqvi is set to make an announcement about support for Ontario jurors Tuesday afternoon in Hamilton.

The event, which was organized in response to a tragic shooting during prayers at a mosque in Quebec City on Sunday night and to the U.S.'s ban on refugees from seven Middle East countries, drew crowds so large that most of the city hall forecourt was packed full.

Hamilton urbanists say scrapping bike lanes to make way for diverted car traffic defeats the purpose of LRT

Ali Yazdankia once planned to go the the U.S. for law school, but all those hopes have been dashed and a Hamilton tech developer has second thoughts about attending a U.S. conference

Police are searching for someone who stole metal nozzles attached to fire hoses in two central Hamilton apartment buildings.

Hamilton students and Muslim leaders are staging a rally and vigil in support of the local Muslim community Monday.

Here's a pretty great list of things to do today in Hamilton.

The latest updates on the roads and rails for your morning commute in and out of Hamilton.

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

A handful of peer mentors and researchers have been enlisted by public health officials and a network of more than 30 local health organizations to figure out the barriers to birthing and raising healthy babies in the city.

Fire crews were called to a vacant house fully aflame just after 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. No one was injured.