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The child, eight, was walking their dog at 8:20 a.m. Thursday, say police. A man approached offering candy.

Ontarioreleased its 2024 Sunshine List Friday, the annual list that documents public sector employees with salaries of over $100,000, with Ontario Power Generation president and CEO Kenneth Hartwick topping the list again with a salary of just over $2 million.

Researchers at McMaster University say they've created Canada's first-ever comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing, managing, preventing, and treating post COVID-19 condition (PCC), more commonly known as long COVID.

There's a possibility of freezing rain in Burlington, Ont., on Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday morning, Environment Canada says.

Conservative and NDP leaders Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh were both in Hamilton on the third day of the federal election campaign.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he's in full support of retaliatory tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new 25 per cent tariff Wednesday on cross-border auto trade.

Doug Ford says pulling down internal trade barriers will be among his first orders of business when Ontario's legislature resumes next month, and experts say the premier should start by addressing rules that make it difficult for workers to move seamlessly between provinces.

Calgary-born Lowell has already earned a Grammy nomination for co-writing Beyonce's smash country hit Texas Hold 'Em. But to her, an elusive Juno nomination - only now possible with the ceremony's inaugural non-performing songwriting category - has almost meant more.

Ontario's police watchdog director found two Niagara police officers acted lawfully when they fired anti-riot weapons at a 46-year-old St. Catharines man undergoing a mental health crisis.

It's almost impossible to win a federal election in Canada without winning Ontario. Over the past 50 years, the party that took the most seats in Ontario won 14 of the last 15 elections.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will hold media availabilities in Ontario while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-FrancoisBlanchet and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault hold events in Quebec.

While in Alaska, a Toronto artist used now iconic photos of a Canada goose fighting off a bald eagle to inspire her newest ice sculpture, partnering with an American colleague to complete the piece.

For over two years, there's been virtually no enforcement of noise rules past 9 p.m. on weekdays and 1 a.m. on weekends.

Federal party leaders are back on the bus on the third day of the election campaign.

Josh Ross's Juno nominationscould be a sign that Canadian country music is gearing up toonce again dominate the awards. This year, multiple country actshave made inroads in Juno categories-highlighting the growing popularity of country music in Canada, and thegenre's resurgence in pop culture in general.

Election day in Canada is fast approaching after Liberal Leader Mark Carney officially asked Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to dissolve parliament.

David Gomez-Rodriguez, 30, was arrested Sunday, a week after police foundCharles Jacques" Jouvence, 74,suffering from a stab wound on his front porch.

The head of Elections Canada says he has been in touch with social media platforms in an effort to address concerns about misinformation as Canada wades into an election campaign.

The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) says officers responded to a shooting in the area of Carlton Street and Athlone Place around 3:40 a.m. ET. Monday.

A Brantford man faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with a suspicious death, police said.

As the federal election campaign gets underway, here are four ridings to watch in Hamilton and Niagara.

A Toronto supervised consumption site is challenging the legality of a new provincial law that will soon shut down 10 such sites and prevent new ones from opening.

Five years after COVID-19 sent Canada's kids into a cycle of virtual learning and school closures, long-term effects of it still remain. Experts say international studies point to lags in performance in math and literacy, and that there are other, less quantifiable impacts, like lacking a sense of belonging at school.

The 36-day campaign began with the main party leaders invoking the threat of U.S. President Donald Trump as the trade war and his taunting of Canadian sovereignty are expected to dominate the race.

Fresh off his third straight election win last month, Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems content to watch the fight to form the next federal government from the sidelines, a battle experts say he may not be able to stay out of even if he tries.

The Workers and Heritage Centre is hostinga storytelling event for steelworkers and their families on Saturday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will cancel the proposed hike to the amount of capital gains that are subject to tax introduced by Justin Trudeau's government.

Halton police have laid charges against a Burlington man and woman in a Taylor Swift ticket scam who already face a host of fraud charges from Toronto police.

An Alberta man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 55-year-old Dirk Nyhuis who was found dead in his Waterdown home on March 6, Hamilton police say.

CBC Hamilton wants to hear from voters across Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Haldimand-Norfolk and Niagara about what matters to you this federal election. Let us know by filling out our form.

As the region faces a measles outbreak, Dr. Adelle Chang On has stepped in as the Grand Erie Public Health's new acting medical officer of health.

Many Tesla owners who were once proud to own the electric vehicle are reportedly now embarrassed to be associated with the brand as public furor against the company and its CEO, billionaire Elon Musk, gains momentum.

Upwards of 80 Teslas were damaged at a dealership on the Hamilton Mountain, police said. It's believed to be the largest vehicle vandalism reported in Canada against the U.S. company, which has been targeted since U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Tesla CEOElon Musk to oversee DOGE.

Canada's biggest night in music - the Juno Awards - is returning to Hamilton in 2026, the seventh time the city is hosting the event, organizers announced Thursday.

A 31-year-old man has died following a collision at Welland Avenue and Ontario Street in St. Catharines, Niagara police say.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will ask the Governor Generalto dissolve Parliament and call a federal election this Sunday, Radio-Canada has learned.

Roller derby teams in Ontario say they're an inclusive space for gender-diverse people. Now that a U.S. rule acknowledges only two genders, teams in Waterloo region, Guelph, Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa are skipping going south of the border to compete, calling it unsafe for athletes.

Marcie McIlveen hated health care after negative experiences in treatment programs. Now, she's spearheading a pilot at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton where people who've experienced addiction offer peer support to patients.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has named a new cabinet with many familiar faces, though he has shuffled his housing, education and environment ministers. Paul Calandra moves from housing to become the education minister, taking over from Jill Dunlop who moves to emergency preparedness.

Some tenants had been living in the Emerald Street South building in Hamilton for decades when their landlord tried to evict them for cosmetic upgrades to the kitchens, bathrooms and floors.

Amid the patriotic fervour whipped up by tariff and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, the debate over whether Tim Hortons is Canadian is as hot as a double double.

Premier Doug Ford's new cabinet will be sworn in Wednesday, and some conservative strategists expect familiar ministers to be sitting around that table as the re-elected Progressive Conservatives try to project stability in the face of U.S. tariffs.

Wendy Washik sprayed her Simcoe, Ont., neighbour Sheehan Rochester with a water gun last September. Rochester says he called police after experiencing years of racially fuelled harassment.

Doc Rivers says he saw star potential in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander while coaching him as a rookie before the Los Angeles Clippers traded him to Oklahoma City.

A Halifax bar co-owner wants to bring in anOntario wine, but says the legislated process that forces them to go through the NSLC makes it impractical. The situation is an example of how interprovincial trade barriers play out in real life.

Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the latest sign that President Donald Trump's taunts and tariffs have shaken bilateral relations.

Members of Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation are welcoming news that a GO busroute will soon makestops in both First Nationsfor the first time.

After decades of black soot routinely coatinghomes and playgroundsnear Hamilton's industrial sector -and no clear answers aboutwhat the Ontario government is doingto address it - city officials are pushing for change.

One person has died following a fire in Hamilton's west end Monday morning, says the fire department.