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Your Hamilton traffic notes for Dec. 7, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Dec. 7, 2015.

Evan Leversage, the seven-year-old boy who was battling brain cancer and whose hometown of St. George, Ont., held an early Christmas parade in his honour, has died.

Your Uber is arriving, and it's longtime taxi union leader Ejaz Butt in the driver's seat.

An advisory issued Sunday warns of decreased visibility due to fog in Hamilton.

Coun. Sam Merulla wants staff to consider photo radar as a potential safety measure on two major parkways through Hamilton.

Police have pieced together how a fatal collision happened on the QEW on Friday.

A fight between two Ontario dogs and an aggressive raccoon in the back of an animal control van has led to the discovery of the first documented case of rabies in a raccoon in the province in nearly a decade.

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A veterinarian for the city of Toronto says the discovery of a raccoon with rabies in Hamilton is prompting a review of the city’s policies when it comes to dealing with sick wildlife.

Rising housing prices and a dwindling rental vacancy rate are causing a crunch in homeless shelters as demand for spaces is climbing.

Kenseky’s sports store was a revolving door of loyal customers saying goodbye to a Hamilton hockey staple on Friday.

Two people are dead following a multi-vehicle collision on the Fort Erie-bound QEW in Hamilton, Ontario Provincial Police say.

You need to see Terra Lightfoot perform a Christmas classic, and Rita Chiarelli belt out an ode to her home.

The Hamilton Children’s Museum will have its grand re-opening on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m, over two years after it was closed for structural repairs.

The cycling death of a Hamilton teacher spurs councillors to take action on the roadway where the accident happened.

After police pulled over a car for driving aggressively, officer say they made a sizeable discovery.

Anisa Ibrahim, the Somali mother who faces extradition charges on abducting her two children from the U.K., surrendered herself to a committal of extradition in court Friday.

A consultant recommends about $10 million in safety measures to the Red Hill Valley and Lincoln Alexander parkways.

Tin Nguyen was more than just one of 14 victims murdered in San Bernardino. But, before that she was the glue that held her family together. This is one of our top stories worth your time this morning.

National Steel Car in Hamilton confirms it will lay off nearly 500 workers just before the holidays.

The fire happened in a fourth-floor apartment.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Dec. 4, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

A seven bed mental health treatment unit is closing at St. Joe's, and CUPE is warning that this is just the start of the cuts.

Victim said to be in his 60s.

A consultant is recommending more than $10 million in safety measures for the highways.

Cyclists and friends of Jay Keddy marched with bikes up the Claremont Access on Thursday, marking the place where he was killed on Wednesday.

What's more important: food or money? That's the philosophical question being bandied about at a city hall Thursday during public meeting around whether to change the greenbelt.

It won't just be Christmas commemorated this month at Hamilton's central downtown park.

Jason Priestley has been tapped to direct a biopic about late comedian Phil Hartman, with the film tentatively titled Nice Guy Phil and starring Daran Norris as the Saturday Night Live star.

The cyclist killed on the Claremont Access on Wednesday evening was a teacher at a lower city school.

Southern California police are "reasonably confident" that the deadly mass shooting which occurred earlier in the day at a social services centre for the disabled was carried out by two people who are now both dead. This is one of our top stories worth your time this morning.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Dec. 5, 2015.

We asked Waterloo residents with a stake in the LRT construction what advice they would give to Hamilton.

The city will do a larger review of Aberdeen Avenue late next year. But for a while, it looked like not everyone agreed to it.

The hospital is entering a period of "extreme cost restraint" that includes a hiring freeze on new positions and "careful" consideration of sick time and overtime, its president says.

A Ward 4 councillor questions whether the games were worth it as councillors reviewed the economic impact of the games.

With 19 kms of roadways torn up, Waterloo's LRT construction offers Hamiltonians a glimpse of the headaches and issues to come when work gets underway here.

Three of Hamilton police's finest and furriest took a day off from the field to visit patients at McMaster Children's Hospital Wednesday.

The man was beaten, police say, and his car was also found damaged.

A Brantford woman who recently met Justin Trudeau in London, England says the prime minister indicated a willingness to review a law disenfranchising long-term expats.

The city of Hamilton is asking Enbridge to consider removing decommissioned parts of Line 10, while staff suggest preparing a letter of comment on the project.

A car crash in Caledonia has put an infant in hospital with life-threatening injuries, police say.

The CBC's Neil Macdonald explains why the firing of Chicago's police chief shows the growing power of the Black Lives Matter movement. These are a few of our top stories worth your time this morning.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Dec. 2, 2015.

When you're heading out to shop this season, buy local and buy music.

Professors spearhead project to try to fix broken Neolithic Jomon vase.

Some groups sponsoring Syrian refugee families say discrimination by landlords is making it harder for them to find homes for the new Canadians.

Hay bales, regular inspections and signs about the risks associated with tobogganing to help enthusiasts enjoy the winter activity.

A Toronto animal activist will head to court next summer after she was charged for giving water to pigs headed to slaughter on a hot day in June.