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Will pensioners still have health benefits? Does U.S. Steel Canada want to defer paying its Hamilton property taxes, or does it want a precedent-setting exemption? After five days of mediation, the public is no closer to knowing the answers to those questions.

A McMaster University student has contracted meningococcal meningitis, the city says.

The steelworkers union had hoped for a show of strength in numbers Tuesday as it goes to court to try to block U.S. Steel from moving production out of Canada. Now, they've been told the court won't hear the case until Thursday.

A Toronto-based film crew says it is out $50,000 after the city double-booked a shoot in Gage Park at the same time as a music festival – a festival that the city then turned around and cancelled anyway.

Police have charged a Hamilton man they say was waving a large butcher knife and threatening to kill people on the sidewalk this weekend.

It was McMaster's homecoming weekend and the parties kept police busy.

They were supposed to buy a used iPhone. But when they met the 20-year-old seller, police say, they just grabbed the phone and ran.

The supermoon was visible to people in the United States, Europe, Africa and western Asia. Here's what it looked like from on the ground in Hamilton.

A 99-year-old woman who has lived in Canada for 80-years was denied citizenship and lawyers are back in court for pre-trial motions in the case of the killing Ancaster's Tim Bosma. These are a few of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for September 28, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather for September 28, 2015.

A pretrial hearing began Monday morning in Hamilton Superior Court for the two men accused of killing Ancaster native Tim Bosma.

Canadian runner Reid Coolsaet, who has already qualified for Rio, just missed the 40-year-old Canadian record by a matter of seconds, posting a time of 2:10:29 at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

The new OHL Bulldogs begin their first season in Hamilton with a win.

18-year-old Samantha Rose De Sousa from Cambridge, Ont., died Friday night after the vehicle she was driving rolled over into a ditch on Highway 403 near Waterdown Road in Burlington.

Check out great new tracks from The Dirty Nil, Daniel Fortin and Born Ruffians.

Here's a smattering of all the fun things happening in Hamilton this weekend.

Hamilton paramedics have taken two people to Hamilton General Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries after a collision between a minivan and a small SUV near the intersection of Orkney Road and Highway 8 in Flamborough.

The city of Hamilton has revoked permits for a three-day music festival in Gage Park because of noise bylaw violations, a city spokesperson says.

With training camps and preseason games underway, hockey fans are frothing at the mouth waiting for players to hit the ice for the 2015 NHL season. Here are six Hamilton-area hockey players to watch for in (or making a push for) the NHL this year.

A blood-red moon will dominate the sky Sunday night, delighting some sky watchers while leaving others in fear that the apocalypse is nigh.

The Hamilton police chief says 'you've got to go through the proper channels.' And the American right is seeing red over the Pope's anti-capitalist message. These are a few of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather for September 25, 2015.

The oversight board for the Hamilton Police Service directed police on Thursday to report back on the feasibility of offering money in exchange for people turning in their guns.

Councillor Terry Whitehead was warned off a motion to suspend carding in Hamilton because it might go beyond the police board's powers to say how police operate.

For the second time in two days, police have been called to a Hamilton high school over a violent incident.

The city begins arguing its case Thursday as to why U.S. Steel should keep paying its property taxes as it seeks court protection to continue restructuring.

Hamilton police are searching for a driver who was involved in a hit and run with a cyclist on a high-end bike on Cannon Street Thursday morning.

The NDP candidate who reportedly told a newspaper this week that she hadn't heard of the Auschwitz concentration camp is reaching out to local and national Jewish leaders, who were astonished at her lack of knowledge.

The adventure is just starting for a pair of brothers from Hamilton who won "The Amazing Race Canada." Gino and Jesse Montani say the clock is ticking on travel prizes they've collected, including trips to Tokyo, Rio, California, as well as a visit to Italy they promised their mom.

With the morning sun streaming into the brand new Downtown Mosque, hundreds of people from Hamilton’s Muslim community gathered Thursday morning to celebrate the completion of hajj and the beginning of Eid-ul-Adha festivities.

What about a gun buy-back program? Five things to watch for in tonight's leader's debate and Donald trump talks with Stephen Colbert. These are a few of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather for September 24, 2015.

Driven or walked along the Mountain brow lately? Ever wish you could tear away some of those bushes to get a better view of the city?

Matthew Green wants answers about why Hamilton police went ahead and launched a gun amnesty without even responding to city council's letter asking for a gun buy back program.

A Sherwood Secondary School student was wounded in a fight involving a knife Wednesday morning, police say.

A Hamilton school trustee running in the federal election for the New Democrats has apologized for making a crude reference related to Auschwitz, reportedly saying she had no idea that it was a notorious Nazi death camp.

Ecstatic Alexisonfire fans basking in the excitement of the band’s seemingly official onstage reunion statement last weekend will have to scale back expectations a bit – the band announced Tuesday that it has “no immediate plans.”

Hamilton's light rail transit (LRT) project won't go over its $1-billion budget, says a Metrolinx official. Even if it comes at the cost of a hoped-for link to the waterfront.

Economic growth in Hamilton is predicted to slow down this year, while housing starts also drop significantly, according to the Conference Board of Canada.

Niagara regional police say a 26-year-old Pelham man has been charged with child pornography and other offences.

A Hamilton man is facing charges of carrying a concealed weapon – but he was only noticed in the first place because he was drinking a big can of beer out in the open in central Hamilton Tuesday afternoon, police say.

Parties cannot afford to lose a single seat in this tight three-way race, and southwestern Ontario may have some of the tightest races in Canada. Poll analyst Éric Grenier looks at possible seats in play.

Hamilton Police announced a gun amnesty program in Hamilton at the central station on Wednesday morning.

The Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Conservative candidate has sent out a flyer containing an image of a National Post story entitled "Isis urges Jihadists to attack Canadians" with the quote "You will not feel secure in your bedrooms." An opponent calls it "fear and division."

The question of which party has done more for the environment took centre stage in Dundas on Monday night as the Conservative candidate told the packed audience that his party has cut greenhouse gases more than any other government in Canada's history.

How worried should we really be about ISIS? And, what happened to those low cost airlines that pledged to come to Hamilton this summer? These are a few of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.