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A group of anti-poverty advocates want the question of social assistance rates to be stripped of its inherent politics and given to a non-partisan, third-party commission to decide.

Someone spotted Sault on a train to Toronto.

There's Supercrawl, the Locke Street Festival and an antique show, among other festivities.

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.

Javid Mirza, Evelyn Myrie and Matthew Green discuss the far right, who gets the money and moving beyond talk. Here are some highlights from our panel discussion on racism and diversity.

Environment Canada is predicting possible severe thunderstorms Thursday evening.

Here are nine things you need to watch for at downtown Hamilton's biggest party this year.

The city’s sweltering September continues — Hamilton broke a heat record yesterday at 32.1 C.

Here's a look at some of the things to do in Hamilton on Thursday, Sept. 8.

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 developer is buying a row of houses in the residential neighbourhood to the east of McMaster University, with plans to build a mixed-use, multi-storey student residence.

Join us live on Facebook Thursday as we explore what the fire meant to the city, what has been accomplished and what remains to be done.

Police are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed in central Hamilton this afternoon.

We surveyed 10 local agency boards and found only 11 per cent of board members are a race other than white, compared to 16 per cent of the population.

Over 70 years after he was training pilots in England in a Tiger Moth biplane during the Second World War, Donald Munroe was back in the skies over Hamilton today in that very same plane.

Debbie Dalle Vedove takes over for David Dixon, who was with the city for less than two years.

Gage Park will have public Wi-Fi for the next year. But if it works out, it will be expanded at locations across the city.

The Rogers Hometown Hockey tour will make a stop in Hamilton next April.

Police have arrested a ninth person in an alleged southern Ontario drug ring that investigators say has ties to the Toronto area.

Police are investigating a serious crash Tuesday evening on the Mountain.

Police have arrested a ninth person in an alleged southern Ontario drug ring that investigators say has ties to the Toronto area.

A man "in distress" has been arrested after a standoff with Niagara Police in St. Catharines.

An inquest into the death of a man at a construction site in Kitchener will be held this fall.

Hamilton police have found a 47-year-old woman who was last seen Tuesday morning and was reported missing by her family around 9:30 a.m. in Waterdown.

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.

The first heat wave of the year arrived before splash pads opened, the latest arrived after pools have closed. Is it time to adapt to the new reality of extreme heat?

When the Hindu Samaj Temple burned in 2001, Hamilton's mantra was "An attack on one is an attack on us all." But Hamilton's minorities, it seems, are still being attacked.

Here's a look at some of the things to do in Hamilton on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

A Brantford man has been charged with several sex-related offences after he allegedly exposed himself to underage girls.

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.

Zach Collaros threw four touchdown passes and for a two-point convert to rally the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a wild 49-36 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Monday night.

A flock of an ancient breed of Israeli sheep is staying in West Hamilton while waiting for a flight to their homeland. A Canadian Israeli and his wife have taken up the mission to get them there, inspired by the fact that the breed carries on despite mass dispersion.

It's still hot out in Hamilton: temperatures will climb into the low 30 C range on Tuesday and Wednesday.

McMaster University has protocol in place for the event of a major emergency, and it wants to advise the community there's a test planned for that system early Tuesday afternoon.

The provincial NDP announced today that it is calling for two measures that the party says will make it easier for people to join a union.

William O'Donnell is five-years old, and will be attending school for the first time this fall. It's a process that has taken his family months, and is a big day for William and his parents.

History will be made on Tuesday as the fourth trial begins of a Hamilton man charged with first-degree murder in the 1981 killing of a nursing assistant.

Hamilton fire crews were quite busy saving stranded hikers and would-be climbers at Hamilton waterfalls Saturday.

A motorcyclist was killed in downtown Hamilton early Saturday morning after a 2 a.m. crash at Main Street West and James Street South.

OPP report an accident at Highway 403 at Aberdeen.

Just days after a Hamilton cat tested positive for rabies for the first time in decades, an infected fox has also been found.

Are you ready to have the best garden on your block? Here's how: ask an expert. Be part of our award-winning live chat with expert gardeners. Also listen to the call-in show with Ontario Today's Ed Lawrence. Call in by dialling 1-888-817-8995 on Tuesday, September 6, 2016.

23 year-old Chris Komac has been found alive and unharmed, according to Halton Police. He had been missing since Wednesday.

The absence of a gold medal, inside or outside Olympic competition, spelled the end of the Sarah Pavan/Heather Bansley beach volleyball partnership after four years. Now the former teammates are ready to take on each other with their new partners.

Check this list to see which of your favourite places are open and closed for the Labour Day 2016 weekend.

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