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The sun is out, finally, and there are lots of great events, tours and things going on this weekend in Hamilton.

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On May 6, 2013, Tim Bosma said goodbye to his wife Sharlene for the last time before driving off with two strangers in a pickup truck he was trying to sell. He never returned. This weekend marks three years since his disappearance, which prompted a frantic search that ended with police finding burned bones in a livestock incinerator.

The plume lasted for about seven minutes. The Ministry of Environment is investigating.

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

Here's a look at the weather in Hamilton for May 6, 2016.

The city has slapped a zoning violation notice on a medical marijuana grower operating in a former far on Kenilworth Avenue North.

The billionaire co-founder of Tim Hortons is appealing a court decision that allows a woman's sexual-assault lawsuit against him to go to trial, his lawyer says.

New Democrat Monique Taylor was ejected from the Ontario legislature today when she refused to stop railing at the government over cuts to IBI therapy for autistic children.

U.S. Steel's settlement with the federal government in 2011 won't be shown to attorneys for the steelworkers and the city, a judge has ruled.

There's just over one month supply of homes on the market in Hamilton, sending prices higher.

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

Here's a look at the weather in Hamilton for May 5, 2016.

When your biggest gaffe goes viral, says Alex Johnstone, "you want to say or do anything to make it stop." She doesn't want her experience to discourage other people from running.

Only about one-third of the sexual assault cases reported to police in Canada end up in charges, and even fewer go through to conviction. But Hamilton's numbers are more encouraging.

Hamilton's city councillors just approved the mayor's $50 million poverty plan. But two say the city shouldn't "throw money at" the problem.

The SIU is handling a case of an apparent sexual assault by a Hamilton police officer.

The Royal Botanical's rock garden just got a $21 million facelift and it looks spectacular. See photos here and listen to an interview with Jim Mack, head of Horticulture at the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Sam Merulla asks: Do we want the province's $1 billion for LRT or not?

A Hamilton family has been reunited with their dog after two years. They say he was stolen from them as a 5 month old puppy, found as a stray and recently put up for adoption.

Laughter erupted more than once in a Hamilton courtroom over the testimony given by Dellen Millard's former girlfriend at the trial of the two men accused of killing Tim Bosma.

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

Here's a look at the weather in Hamilton for May 4, 2016.

The city is looking at temporarily closing streets, even when there's nothing happening on them, to prepare Hamilton residents for LRT construction.

Hundreds of students gathered Tuesday to set up science-fair displays with practical ideas for tackling problems like excess garbage, bullying, student stress and processed food.

The break and enters included several Concession Street businesses.

The city is going to inspect Westdale Theatre to potentially designate it as a heritage building, and will let the theatre's owners know of this plan in a letter later this month.

A Brampton, Ont. man is facing nine charges in an alleged case of human trafficking that took place in the Niagara area.

A 27-year-old Hamilton man who was already wanted by police tried to convince a cabbie he was a police officer.

Hamilton police say they've arrested a man in connection with alleged sexual assaults dating back to at least the mid 1990s.

It's a fairly unassuming white and blue building on Hamilton's waterfront, but it's important enough that it once inspired John Winn's future. Now it will be demolished as the city redevelops piers 7 and 8.

Christina Noudga fell out of love with Dellen Millard after he "got her arrested" on an accessory after the fact charge in the Tim Bosma case, court heard Tuesday at the trial of the two men accused of killing the Hamilton man.

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

Here's a look at the weather in Hamilton for May 2, 2016.

Metrolinx will have to buy or expropriate about 250 properties, in whole or in part, to make way for Hamilton's new light-rail transit (LRT) line, but it hopes most of them have willing sellers.

22-year-old man was carrying a flare gun that had been altered to look more realistic, police say.

An 87-year old woman who was last seen today around 9:30 a.m. in Dundas was found Monday afternoon in central Hamilton

Trucks collided on the Linc. Monday morning. Police are carrying out investigations. Only one lane has been kept open for traffic.

A judge shut down a move to try to reevaluate U.S. Steel Canada's bankruptcy protection at the end of May instead of the end of July.

A Hamilton man was charged with stunt driving on Main Street. He was driving 119 km/hr in a 50 km/hr zone.

Niagara Regional Police say a 62-year old York, Ontario man was killed when his vehicle was struck by a tire that came off a pickup truck.

By the time the Victoria Day long weekend rolls around, the City of Hamilton will have transformed a section of Roxborough Avenue into a fully functioning ball hockey rink.

After months of receiving secret letters sent to her from jail, Dellen Millard's girlfriend started to feel she was being played by her incarcerated lover, court heard Monday at the trial of two men accused of killing Hamilton man Tim Bosma.

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

Here's a look at the weather in Hamilton for May 2, 2016.

Around 100 people gathered under an overpass on a wet Sunday afternoon to stand in solidarity with a group of steelworkers who have been locked out of their jobs for the past three years.

Brant County OPP are investigating after 500 minks escaped from a farm on Maple Grove Road following a reported break-in.

It's the final look at what the future Pier 7 and 8 will look like before the city moves to cover it with houses, roads, businesses and a boardwalk. And the city is rolling it out on Monday for the public to have a look at it.

If you've ever said you just don't have time to work out, it's time to find a new excuse. A new study from McMaster University says just one minute will do.

As workers and municipalities in Ontario continue to incur costs associated with 18-month-old SAMS software, the creators of that software have won an IT contract to help improve it.