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Police are investigating after razor blades were discovered in Halloween candy in Thorold, Ont.

Canada Post has suspended its controversial community mailbox plan, but the city plans to pursue its court challenge unless the law that prompted it is changed.

Hamilton Police Chief Glenn De Caire, responds to the head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission calling the service's approach to street checks a 'textbook description of racial profiling.'

Ontario's Education Minister is expected to provide an update Monday on the situation involving public elementary teachers and support staff involved in job actions. And, a Burlington woman just ran a marathon backwards. These are just a couple of our top stories worth your time today.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for November 2, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

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

Kat Clewley ran Sunday's Road2Hope Hamilton Marathon — backwards. Her official time was 4:48:42, which qualifies her to hold the first Guinness World Record for a woman accomplishing the feat, she says.

Ottawa kicker Chris Milo hit all four field-goal attempts, and the visiting RedBlacks moved into first place in the CFL East Division with a 12-6 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday.

Police and a neighbourhood association will be on campus on Monday kicking off an enforcement and education campaign for cyclists.

The remains of two people were pulled Friday from a house that burned down in South Cayuga, Ont., the OPP said.

Check out some great new tracks from Stonetrotter, Steven Lambke and Creature Speak.

It was far from unanimous, but after a marathon 12-hour meeting, Hamilton city council has voted to merge Horizon Utilities with two other companies.

The big questions for parents on Halloween: How old is too old for trick-or-treating? How should you prepare teens to attend parties where alcohol is available? What healthy snacks can I hand out that kids actually like? We ask parenting expert Alyson Schafer these questions and more.

This week, Canada's national housing agency released a gloomy forecast that deemed housing prices in most hot markets are “overvalued” – but Hamilton isn’t one of them.

From Halloween parties and shows to fall fun with the kids, plan your weekend here.

Community news, people doing good things, interesting events, you'll find it here.

A Dundas apartment building had to be evacuated early Friday because of a fire started by careless smoking, officials say.

A CBC Marketplace investigation reveals that many paper cups collected by Starbucks and Tim Hortons for recycling are sent to landfill instead. And, Justin Bieber got mad with fans in Norway so he left a show after just one song. These are just a couple of our top stories worth your time today.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for October 30, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for October 30, 2015.

Hamilton city councillors are divided on whether to allow Horizon Utilities to merge with other companies. On Friday, they will have to decide.

It's one thing to read and hear about the stories as they happen, said Coun. Matthew Green. But to put them all together in one afternoon's walk brings a new depth of meaning.

It caused a police crackdown in Boulder, Colo. that eventually led to the event’s demise. In other areas, it’s a tourist attraction. Now, Hamilton is getting its very own Naked Pumpkin Run.

Bra-Makers Supply is a sewing store and custom lingerie school in Hamilton with an international reach.

The head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission said Hamilton Police Chief Glenn De Caire's description of his policing approach is "a textbook description of racial profiling."

A Vancouver man has constructed a kind of heat map (a treat map, if you will) that measures how many trick or treaters are in your neighbourhood. Have a look at how many little ghouls could be coming to your door in Hamilton.

It has been just over a year since the city’s $1.6 million bike lanes opened on Cannon Street, and the route is busy: – in the peak summer months it was seeing 500 to 600 trips a day, the city says. But with all those new riders, so too come crashes.

A Stoney Creek high school teacher will spend three years in prison for two sexual-related charges involving a former student.

Officers raiding an east end home on Wednesday found shotguns, revolvers and a semi-automatic rifle alongside $20,000 in drugs, police say.

About 950 people were without power Thursday morning near McMaster University as winds rose in Hamilton.

China decides to abolish it's policy limiting couples to just one-child. And you can expect to see a lot of Harley Quinn on Saturday night. The Joker's girlfriend tops Google's list of most searched for costumes. These are two of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for October 29, 2015.

Councillors passed an interim bylaw for the LRT line Wednesday to limit developments that aren’t conducive to the city’s LRT vision during the lead up of the transit system being built.

Hamilton's school board is sending management staff out to clean school hallways and cautioning parents about taking on staff roles as union job actions take a toll on school life.

As the rain that drenched Hamilton Wednesday tapers off, high winds will rise overnight and into Thursday, Environment Canada says.

Police and fire crews are responding after a vehicle crashed into the TD Bank on Barton Street at Centre Mall.

Though not all city councillors are on board with the idea, city staff is recommending Hamilton approve a merger of Horizon Utilities with three other utilities.

Police are searching for a man who they say made off with an entire cash register from a Subway on the Mountain after an armed robbery Tuesday night.

A Hamilton man is now facing drunk driving charges after a single vehicle crash in Stoney Creek that injured three people, including the driver, last winter.

The American arm of U.S. Steel is asking the courts to order it’s beleaguered Canadian counterpart to pay $2.2 billion in debt.

Officers will have to tell people they stop they have the right to walk away under the proposed regulations and Hamilton's police union says that is a worrisome requirement.

Hamilton police are investigating a knifepoint robbery at a Hamilton gas station.

The OPP say the Ontario Liberals paid $10,000 to have gas plant data erased from 20 computers. And, will the federal Liberals save door-to-door mail service for the 32 per cent of households that still get it? These are a couple of the top stories worth your time this morning.

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

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for October 28, 2015.

Coun. Terry Whitehead, who sits on Hamilton's police oversight board, wants the board or the city to instigate an independent survey of Hamilton Police Service employees.

The embattled company may be going through a bitter court battle that has steelworkers and pensioners crying foul, but U.S. Steel has managed to deliver the steel it promised to contribute to cleanup efforts for Randle Reef.

If we wanted to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction, could we do it and, more importantly, should we do it?

A new report from a Calgary research group touting an “in-depth” look at Hamilton councillors says there is little debate at city hall, almost everything gets approved and meetings are short.