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The Hamilton Police Services Board is asking the public's feedback on their new body-camera policy.

The chair of the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB) apologized Thursday for a trip he and three other trustees took to Italy this summer to buy religious art for two new schools. A day earlier, the trip earned a rebuke from the education minister.

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a drug-trafficking ring that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine to Canada and used violence -including murder -to achieve its goals, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The group is connected to homicides in Ontario, the DOJ said.

Hamilton Liberal MP Filomena Tassi has announced she won't be running for re-election, joining several federal government ministers who aren't planning to run again in the next election.

Hamilton city councillors are looking to ban encampments from seven locations in Ward 3 - including J.C. Beemer Park, the base of the Claremont Access and along the Escarpment Rail Trail - once a slew of new shelter spaces set for the area become available.

Ontario's police oversight body is investigating after Brantford police fired an anti-riot weapon at a 51-year-old man on Tuesday.

Four more federal cabinet ministers will not run for re-election, Radio-Canada has learned, meaning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will reshuffle his cabinet at a time when his leadership is increasingly fragile.

Ashima Sharma, a student in the honours philosophy program at Hamilton's McMaster University, decided to go above and beyond for just a one per cent bonus on an assignment. She found a way to catch the attention of Iceland's former prime minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir.

Charges of failing to comply with Ontario pandemic orders in 2021 have been dropped against a former West Lincoln mayor after Dave Bylsma's lawyer said he had donated to a local women's shelter.

A waste disposal company in Norfolk County, Ont., pleaded guilty to contravening the Occupational Health and Safety Act and agreed to pay a fine in relation to a worker's death in April 2022. In a victim impact statement, his daughter said, "I will spend the rest of my life grieving the loss of my father."

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 with the Niagara Catholic District School Board in Ontario.

The Ontario government says it will introduce legislation that would require municipalities to get provincial approval before building bike lanes that reduce lanes of vehicle traffic.

Ontario taxpayers have forked over $4.3 million in legal fees after the province lost two court cases defending a wage-cap law that was struck down as unconstitutional, The Canadian Press has learned.

The City of Brantford has called on members of the public to put forward the names of local Second World War casualties who are missing from the Brant War Memorial.

A man has died after a fire broke out at a home in Thorold, Ont., police say. The incident remains under investigation.

A collision on the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway on Friday that left a 15-year-old boy dead is believed to be connected to a series of escalating incidents" between students of two Hamilton schools, police say.

The 2023/24 NHL season ended with two local NHL stars bringing the Stanley Cup back to the area for a one-day celebration. We'll take a look ahead to the 2024/25 season and see which Hamilton and area hockey players you might want to keep an eye out for this season.

Hamilton Police Service says a 15-year-old is dead and an 18-year-old has been charged following a Friday collision on the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway.

The Saturday night collision caused the pickup truck to roll and burst into flames, police say, killing all inside. Police say two others have been taken to hospital.

An inquest into the deaths of six people who died while in custody at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, or after transfer to hospital from the jail, will begin next month. On Friday, Dr. Karen Schiff, the regional supervising coroner for Hamilton and Niagara, announced the inquest will begin Nov. 25. It is expected to last 15 days and hear from about 15 witnesses, she said in a news release.

Ontario's alcohol regulator has given notice to a restaurant in St. Catharines that its liquor licence will be suspended for several violations of the Liquor Licence and Control Act, 2019 (LLCA) and its regulations.

A Hamilton man who stabbed his 16-year-old cousin at a family barbecue in 2023 has been found guilty of second-degree murder, in a decision delivered by Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman on Friday.

"Remarkable" longtime Hamilton resident Ann Konkel passed away on Sept. 27.

An alleged serial killer travelled "on foot and public transit" from one attack to another last week in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton, according to police. Court records show Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, has been convicted of violent offences in the past.

A 52-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after a man was killed in St. Catharines on Thursday, Niagara Regional Police say.

A construction worker has been critically injured following a collision on Highway 403 in Burlington, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say.

Independent Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama says she'd be open to returning to the Ontario NDP, but the ball is in the party's court.The party is studying possible "electoral scenarios" in the Hamilton Centre riding Jama represents, including bringing the former NDP member of provincial parliament back into the fold a year after expelling her.

The upbound (southbound) lane on Beckett Drive, otherwise known as the Queen Street Access, will be closed for six weeks starting Oct. 15, the City of Hamilton has announced.

Expect some facility closures this Thanksgiving Monday in Hamilton with some services remaining open, but with limited scheduling.

Hamilton city council has given staff the green light to plan for online voting for Ward 4's public school trustee. The city clerk says whether online voting goes ahead depends on if all the work needed to put it in place can be done before the Jan. 6 byelection.

An inquest into five deaths at the Niagara Detention Centre will start later this month, and an inquest into the 2020 death of a man shot by Hamilton police will begin in November.

Award-winning journalist and member of the Fort William First Nation, Tanya Talaga, will be in Hamilton on Oct. 10 to discuss her new book and docuseries, The Knowing, with director of the McMaster Indigenous Research Institute, Dr. Savage Bear.

Take your pick at a nearby fall fair, a bunny-fest, and many other events going on in Hamilton and surrounding areas this Thanksgiving weekend.

Another beluga whale has died at Marineland and four years into a provincial probe, Ontario's solicitor general is saying little about the investigation's progress.

Hamilton residents have reported more soot covering their properties to the Ontario government, only for the problems to continue. A city pilot program aims to receive and react to complaints related to industrial and commercial dust, dragout, noise and odour using a dedicated bylaw staffer.

Yugali Bharote starts her day in her kitchen in Burlington, Ont., preparing lunch boxes for her sons bound for school - but she doesn't stop there. She then prepares almost a dozen tiffins - lunch boxes - for customers in who have subscribed to her homemade meals.

Scurvy is a disease that likely conjures up images of sickly sailors from hundreds of years ago, but doctors in Canada are being warned to look out for the condition now, as a result of growing food insecurity.

Police believea 53-year-old man, was struck by a vehicle whilewalking onSilver Bay Roadsouth of the Friendship Trail in Port Colborne, Ont., sometime between 10 p.m. ET and midnight on Saturday.

Hamilton's Mario Bilich, 77 and Niagra'sLance Cunningham, 47, are being remembered as loving fathers after police announced both men were killed in random attacks over the past week.

A 30-year-old Toronto woman has been arrested and charged with murder in the separate deaths of three people in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton, according to Toronto police.

After a fire Monday morning that caused millions" of dollars in damage, Hamilton's Wentworth Sports Complex says it will be closed until at least the spring." Its management also says the fire was started by a spark caused during renovations to the building.

Five weeks ago, two-time league MVP Bo Levi Mitchell wore overalls to a gathering with Hamilton Tiger-Cat teammates, as a lark. After a terrible start to the season the team hasn't lost since.

A 33-year-old man from Welland, Ont. was arrested on Monday after police say he strangled and hit his Shih Tzu then assaulted police officers.

A hockey game involving players seven and eight years old came to a halt at a Hamilton arena after parents and at least one coach became involved in a brawl behind the boards.

The child, from the Brantford area, was in hospital last month after acquiring rabies in northern Ontario.

Hamilton police are investigating after a couple's home and a truck were spray-painted with homophobic graffiti, in what's being considered a hate-motivated crime. "I'm scared for my safety and my partner's safety," says Kevin Harris, adding there have been a series of incidents in recent weeks.

Coun. Cameron Kroetsch says the agreement between the city and Aeon Studio Group for development of the Barton-Tiffany lands has ended and the film production hub won't being going ahead.

A vending machine at Hamilton General Hospitalwill soon make naloxone,needles and inhalation kits availablewith the push of a button at any time.

Much has changed for Scott Milanovich and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats since their last meeting with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Hamilton won two awards for projects monitoring stormwater and wastewater. Nick Winters, the city's head of water, describes the awards - issued by trade publication Water Canada in August - as recognition among our industry peers that there are good things happening in Hamilton."