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We're in a drought, the city says, and the trees are thirsty. It wants residents to pitch in and help, especially with new saplings planted to replace ash trees.

An Ancaster man is facing a number of charges including fraud over $5,000 after police say he took a job as a contractor without proper certifications.

The free music, art and crafts festival — celebrating its 40th anniversary this year — announced its musical lineup on Thursday morning. The event will be held, like it is every year, on the second week of August, Aug. 5-7.

Here's a look at some of the things to do in Hamilton today.

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 July 7, 2016.

The recession started a cycle of poverty that many Hamiltonians still can't escape.

Some of Hamilton's best teen swimmers, basketball and volleyball players are heading to New Taipei City to compete, along with about 1,500 other young athletes from 40 nations.

The heat warning will continue for another day, but the cool is finally expected to come Friday.

A sinkhole appeared on East Avenue by King Street and has police tape blocking the street until further notice.

A 71-year-old cyclist from Stoney Creek sustained serious head injuries Tuesday in a collision with a vehicle.

Two workers have been taken to hospital — one with life threatening injuries — after a cable snapped on the Burlington lift bridge.

Following a report calling on Hamilton's public, private and non-profit institutions to create more positive spaces, some members of Hamilton's queer and trans communities share their stories, and local healthcare and support workers discuss the state of LGBTQ care as it stands and in the future.

Police need the public’s help to find an elderly Burlington woman with Alzheimer’s who hasn’t been seen since Tuesday.

Here's a look at some of the things to do in Hamilton today.

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 July 6, 2016.

Just over a month after a section of land along the Red Hill Valley was clear-cut by Hydro One, Ward 5 councillor Chad Collins is sowing the seeds for a tree planting program.

Metrolinx says hot weather could impact GO Transit and UP Express rails in Southern Ontario

Councillors on the city's planning committee on Tuesday voted to hold a public meeting in October to discuss possible changes - or none at all - to the city's outdoor patio noise bylaw.

Customers of Horizon Utilities are advised of how to pay their bill in the case of a Canada Post disruption

Researchers at McMaster University are craving change after findings show the effect of junk-food marketing on children's eating habits.

Hamilton's Sahab Jamshidi will have to wait longer to learn the outcome of his trial on the Caribbean island on St Lucia where he has been charged with causing the drowning death of a four-year-old boy.

The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating after a man died in a house fire on the Mountain.

Here's a look at some of the things to do in Hamilton today.

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 July 5, 2016.

A $24.5 million forensics building project won't have the support of upper levels of government, Deputy Chief Ken Weatherill told city councillors on Monday.

The City of Hamilton's medical officer of health is issuing a heat warning for Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to reach 31ºC on Tuesday and Wednesday, with overnight lows that can hardly be called "low." (They are expected to remain above 20ºC.) The city has advice on staying cool.

The Niagara Regional Police Service and the coroner's office are investigating a three-vehicle collision that caused the death of an 81-year-old woman.

Dellen Millard will appeal his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of Hamilton man Tim Bosma, CBC News has learned.

A Brantford man is facing repercussions after violating the terms of his house arrest to take part in the Canada Day celebrations near his home.

The city will spend $450,000 on improvements to three floors in the old Stelco Tower for 350 workers from Hamilton Health Sciences who are expected to relocate to the downtown building later this year.

Back on May 31st, 2016, a man in a yellow hat stole a whole tray of lottery tickets from a Pioneer Gas Station on Upper Paradise Road, police say.

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

Windy conditions in Hamilton made it difficult to score points but the B.C. Lions were able to sack Jeremiah Masoli four times to earn a 28-3 victory in front of a sold-out crowd.

Forty people from 15 different countries became official Canadian citizens on Canada Day during festivities at Gage Park in Hamilton.

With the end of the school year comes the end to breakfast programs across the city, and organizers are concerned some students won't be getting the nutritious food they need over the summer.

An early morning fire has severely damaged an attached townhouse unit in the south end of the city.

Hamilton and area experienced a summer's worth of days above 30 degrees this Spring, and farmers are starting to sweat

A Hamilton forensic expert found a bombshell in one of the world's most famous photographs.

Hamilton Police apprehended a man walking down Claremont Access with the "ghost bike" memorial for Jay Keddy, a cyclist killed in December of 2015.

Hamilton Fire Department issues safety guidelines leading up to Canada Day celebrations this weekend.

Here's a look at some of the things to do in Hamilton this Canada Day long weekend.

A motorcycle rider is dead following a head-on crash Wednesday evening in Welland.

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 June 30, 2016.

A company that has been sidelined in the competition to buy U.S. Steel Canada expressed “concerns” over the sales process for that company and another Ontario steel company.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers will be in an official strike position as of July 2. If there is a work stoppage, we have some tips to help you manage without mail.

Small-scale online shops are trying to prepare themselves for a potential mail strike this weekend, one that could have serious effects on their business.