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Ontario's homebuilders and vendors regulator has fineda Niagara man and his development company $150,286 after they were found guilty ofselling new homes illegally.

Brian Wren will be demoted in rank from first to second-class constable for one year and then will be reinstated to his current position, says the retired OPP officer who oversaw his disciplinary hearing.

Ontario says it will give wildland firefighters the same cancer, heart and post-traumatic stress disorder coverage as municipal firefighters.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says international students will be able to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week starting in September.

HSR has ushered in its spring schedule, which will also see changes to 13 bus routes in Hamilton.

The Ontario coroner is set to begin an inquest on Tuesday morninginto the death of Attila Csanyi - a man who died of an overdose onthe rooftop of Jackson Square in 2020.

Niagara police are investigating after they say they found a woman dead in a Smithville, Ont. home.

When Jamal Chemin was hired by a criminal organization to put a tracking device on Giorgio Barresi's BMW in 2020, he wasn't aware it would lead to the murder of the Hamilton real estate agent, says the Crown.

Allegations of improper medication reviews at Shoppers Drug Mart, and corporate pressure to hit billing targets for them as outlined in a recent CBC News investigation, has prompted some to take a closer look at the Ontario government program.

A Kitchener, Ont., company has collaborated with Stratus Vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake to wash bottles so the winery can reuse them as part of a new pilot project.

Tri-City Thunder, based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., has players from across southern Ontario. Ranked 12th in its division, the team is fundraising to go to the playoffs in May.

The Ontario government is poised to crack down on cellphone use in schools with an announcement coming Sunday, a government source confirmed to CBC Toronto.

Members of the Black community in Hamilton arelooking to form an advisory panel to "address, respond and prioritize" concerns about policing in the city, according to the executive director of Hamilton's Anti-Racism Resource Centre.

Golshan Abdmoulaie was burned out from months of protesting the Iranian government. So she started spending more time in nature and seeking out places of rest and beauty as a way to heal.

Hamilton Police Services Board will have a new acting chair after Fred Bennink, who has been on the board for five years, announced Thursday would be his final meeting due tothe newprovincial Community Safety and Policing Act.

The program would come with a $15.5 million price tag over five years - $4.5 million of which it is already spending - and see the service buy 650 cameras.

St. Thomashas reduced chronic homelessness by 30 per cent in the span of seven months through increasing outreach efforts and and placing people into highly supportive housing.126 people got a place to live between July 2023 and January 2024, with the help of socialservices, emergency shelters, and community partners.

The federal government's budget is setting aside $1.5 billion to implement pharmacare - a major financial commitment with the potential to have a wide-ranging impact on the country's health-care system.

Building affordable housing at the north-end site has been stalled as CN Rail appeals the project at the Ontario Land Tribunal. 'The project is facing delay after delay due to the obstinance and obstructionism of CN Rail,' says Mayor Andrea Horwath.

Hamilton will go ahead with its vacant unit tax, following a procedural vote by city council on Wednesday. An additional one per cent tax will apply to resident's property taxes in 2025 if they own a vacant property. The bylaw will require all property owners to formally declare their property's status annually between January and March 31.

An Ontario legislator has refused to remove her keffiyeh at Queen's Park and wassubsequently banned from returning to the chamber for the rest of the day on Thursday.

Hamilton police reported about 26 per cent more hate incidents and crimes last year than in 2022. Those statistics may be discouraging, but they should also be seen as a call to action, and a warning of what could be to come, anti-racist advocate Lyndon George says.

Japanese automaker Honda will make a $15-billion electric vehicle investment in Ontario to build four new manufacturing plants in the province, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.

The Landlord and Tenant Board dismissed the renoviction request because the only building permit the landlord had from the city was limited to making minor repairs. It also said it wasn't convinced the work would require the units to be vacant.

Hamilton's mayor received final approval Wednesday to allow the a non-profit organization to build 67 affordable units on a city-owned parking lot in downtown Stoney Creek.

Environment Canada has issued a frost advisory for the Niagara region in an effort to save plants and crops from incoming freezing temperatures.

Barriers for Black women haven't disappeared, but have lessened, thanks to the women who fought for equality and access to spaces where they'd been excluded, says one of the women featured in the new book Standing Tall: Black Women's Stories of Triumph in Hamilton.

The changes will go into effect July 12 and are part of a wider set of speed limit changes on Ontario highways.

Ontario Provincial Police are looking for help determining the source of the emergency calls made earlyMonday morning.

Newly released data from Ontario's rental housing tribunal analyzed by CBC News shows275 buildingsinHamilton, Burlington,Niagara Region and nearby areasappliedto raise rents above provincial guidelines from 2017 to 2022.

CBC's research found more than one-third of the allegations leading to officer suspensions since 2013 involved gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence or sexual harassment. Women officers who are also survivors of abuse say the policing system is unsupportive and rife with professional conflict.

Kia Nurse will lead the Los Angeles Sparks against the Seattle Storm at Edmonton's Rogers Place in a WNBA exhibition game on May 4.

Ontario will pay $320,000 in compensation for fighting the basic income class-action lawsuit. As the case proceeds, a former participant says the province should put its resources toward poverty reduction instead.

The city says the Claremont Access is partially closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for roughly a week and a half.

A second attempt by the New Democrats to overturn a ban on keffiyehs in the Ontario legislature has failed and now a coalition of lawyers says it has filed a formal request with the Speaker's office to reverse the move.

Joy Thompson has finally reunited with her daughters in Canada. It comes after a CBC investigation last year uncovered a tangled tale that began in 2018 when they tried to get jobs in the country where their mother has been living since 2004.

Garbage accumulates in the area and police officers regularly respond to calls for assaults, shootings and weapons at the vacant site. Sidewalks are blocked by a tall metal fence and the property owner hasn't complied with any city orders. Now staff are recommending demolishing it by the summer - two years since the ordeal first began.

Honda is expected to announce a multi-billion dollar deal to build electric vehicles and their parts in Ontario, government sources confirmed to CBC News.

The Senate legal affairs committee has rejected a motion calling for members to take a $50,000 field trip to the African Lion Safari in southern Ontario to see the zoo's elephant exhibit.

The Hamilton artist and musician's musical Beautiful Scars is about his journey to discovering his Indigenous identity.

To combat Canada's growing reusable bag problem, Walmart just launched a recycling pilot program. Sobeys and Loblaw-owned chains are now delivering groceries in paper bags. But some environmental experts argue these solutions don't quite cut it.

Nikola Joki is one step closer to winning a third MVP award in the last four seasons. Victor Wembanyama is surely on his way to a trophy - or maybe two. Hamilton, Ont., native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander might get a couple of his own as well.

The gunshot pop of tailpipes, the roar of engines and the sound of tires screaming rubberagainst pavement evoke a range of emotions. A Western University prof in London, Ont., wondered "who wants to make this kind of noise." Her study suggests young men who love loud cars tend to score high on psychopathic and sadistic tendencies and she plans to expand on it.

Lawsuit comes after technical error mistakenly awarded prize boat to 500,000 customers through the chain's Roll Up the Rim to Win campaign.

The Grand River Conservation Authority has created a new online map that outlines locations of commemorative benches and trail markers. People can make a donation and honour a loved one. Shirley Dodman shared her story about why she dedicated a bench along a favourite trail to her husband.

Raised in Hamilton, Kapwani Kiwanga is representing Canada at this year's Venice Biennale with a show that explores, glass bead by glass bead, the global power imbalances that resulted from centuries of trade.

Suspended police officers have cost taxpayers in Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and Brantford roughly $14.8 million over the 11 years, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News.

Saturday marks the 17th annual Record Store Day Canada. The celebration of the culture of independent record stores encourages people to support their local shops which will be carrying special releases.

Matthew Green, MP for Hamilton Centre, grilled Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne, on soaring gas prices during question period in the House of Commons on Thursday.

A Hamilton police officer who kicked an Indigenous man in the head during an arrest in May 2022 apologized for his actions during a Police Services Act hearing that will determine whether or not he can keep his job later this year.