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DARTS users describe a frustrating paratransit system that's impractical to use. City councillors are working with DARTS officials to identify ways to save money and improve the service.

A jury in Hamilton Superior Court is now three weeks deep into the Tim Bosma trial, and in that time they have seen an avalanche of evidence as the Crown builds its case. Here are five key exhibits the jury has seen so far.

Here's a look at what is happening in and around Hamilton this weekend.

Neil Harris was shot and killed Thursday afternoon outside a Mountain barber shop. Neighbours are left in shock. Homicide detectives continue their investigation.

It's a rare feat, to be perfect, even for just one inning. A new book about perfection in baseball comes from John Cairney, a professor of child health at McMaster University.

Det. Const. Robert Hansen has pled not guilty to a police act charge alleging that he contacted Craig Ruthowsky.

Insect scientists at Brock University have received a shipment of Zika virus that will allow them to see whether mosquitoes native to Canada can become infected with the pathogen and potentially transmit it to humans.

The provincial environment ministry is investigating a spill near a former General Motors plant in St. Catharines.

Ralph's Auto on Munroe Street was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon.

Police say a 30-year-old teacher is facing 10 sex assault charges involving young students.

A man has been killed after a late afternoon shooting on the Hamilton Mountain Thursday. Hamilton police's homicide unit is investigating.

The Toronto Argonauts will host their arch rivals, Hamilton, at their new home to kick off the campaign June 23. And the season will end at refurbished BMO Field with the 104th Grey Cup game on Nov. 27.

Brantford Police charge a vice principal from another school with voyeurism

Peter Khill is charged with second-degree murder after police say someone was trying to steal his pick up truck from his driveway.

The largest bone pieces found inside a livestock incinerator on Dellen Millard's farm came from a human arm and a hand, a forensic expert told a Hamilton court Thursday.

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics Wednesday by McMaster University’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, suggests children born prematurely have a greater risk for developing mental health issues later in life.

Payday loan lenders say new city rules governing their industry just duplicate consumer protections already is place.

Police and fire crews were called to a home on Park Row North around 11 p.m. on Wednesday.

A Niagara Region police officer has been suspended from the force after being arrested and charged with pointing a firearm.

Dr. Tracy Rogers, the Toronto forensic anthropologist who helped determine that bones found inside a livestock incinerator on Dellen Millard's farm were from a human, is the first new witness today at the trial of two men accused of killing Tim Bosma of Ancaster, Ont.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Feb. 18, 2015.

The DARTS budget has gone up nearly 40 per cent in the last five years. The city is set to give the paratransit service an ultimatum on Friday - save money or we'll go elsewhere

Ferguson called Colombia a "backwards country" where the only wealthy people are drug lords, and compared it to the film Romancing the Stone. He has apologized to the Colombian ambassador.

When police Sgt. Annette Huys opened the main hatch of a livestock incinerator on a farm in Ayr, Ont., in May 2013, she found a bone about 20 centimetres long.

The new hotel tax would market Hamilton as an international tourist destination. But hotel owners want the city to pony up some money too.

City of Hamilton issues a cold alert with temperatures expected to dip overnight Wednesday

Joyce Li, a McMaster University student, was reported missing on Tuesday. Police said Wednesday morning she'd been found safe.

It's a smoother morning than yesterday, but drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and transit are still navigating snowy streets in places.

Jurors in the trial of two men accused of murdering Hamilton resident Tim Bosma are expected to hear today from police officers who found an incinerator called The Eliminator on Dellen Millard's farm.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Feb. 17, 2015.

Payday loan businesses will have to meet new conditions top operate in the city if by-law is approved by city council in March.

The city's planning committee granted a zoning change that allows a planned 21-storey apartment building to move forward on James Street North.

The key to Tim Bosma’s truck and the receipt for an animal incinerator were found inside Dellen Millard’s SUV after he was arrested, court heard Tuesday.

Hamilton police say they've found thousands of dollars worth of cocaine and marijuana inside an Aberdeen Avenue home where a woman was shot last week.

The city wants to crack down on unlicensed body rub parlours in Hamilton. But increasingly, its hands are tied.

Police say the teen used a 'realistic-looking pellet gun' to steal money from an east-end store on Saturday night.

Hamilton Police are searching for at least two suspects and a silver minivan after they say the minivan and a sedan were used in a break-in attempt at a video games store on the Mountain.

Police believe two weekend robberies were linked.

The change comes after the Red Cross had to take blankets to residents trapped in their apartments.

The Tim Bosma trial enters its third week with a closer look by the defence teams at forensics evidence gathered from Bosma's truck.

Expect some delays during the commute this morning as drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and transit navigate snowy streets.

The air has warmed up after a frigid weekend, but there's snow on the ground and more on the way.

Hamilton notables Lawrence Hill and Clara Hughes hope to boost local refugee resettlement efforts by holding a fundraising event on March 7.

Forecasters at Environment Canada say Hamilton is under a "freezing drizzle" alert on Monday afternoon.

The Hamilton Bulldogs announce three finalists in a jersey design contest

Twenty-six years after the Police Services Act was written, the Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services and Community Safety is working on a rewrite.

A misguided attempt to thaw frozen pipes led to two house fires in Hamilton. City officials say they got about two dozen calls for frozen pipes over the weekend.

Check out special family programming at city rec centres, arenas, museums and libraries.

To see the specatcle, head to the Pipeline Trail between Province and Graham streets this week.

Temperatures will crawl to the zero mark later this week, and be even warmer after that.