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Hamilton Police have arrested a 69-year-old Hamilton man who tried to protest the installation of a super mailbox on the Mountain Thursday.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, traffic and more for Friday, July 17.

Check out our gallery of portraits of people from the Pan Am Games.

The city has started a branding exercise to improve HSR's image.

The widow of Steve Mesic, a man shot and killed by police two years ago, is suing Hamilton Police Service for more than $1-million for damages, claiming the officers acted 'carelessly, recklessly and with wanton disregard.'

S.J. Green's third-quarter reception and big games from the defence and kick coverage teams lifted the Montreal Alouettes to a 17-13 victory over the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a defensive CFL struggle Thursday night.

U.S. Law enforcement has been investigating the possible involvement of the head of Six Nations tobacco company Grand River Enterprises and a director of the Big Bee Convenience Store chain in a large marijuana growing operation in northern California.

A subcontractor who worked on Hamilton's CIBC Pan Am Soccer Stadium claims in a construction lien the project was mismanaged and that major defects to the structural steel of the stadium drove up costs and delayed the stadium's competition.

Tim Hortons has offered voluntary buyouts to about 15 per cent of its total Canadian staff of more than 2,000 employees, CBC News has learned.

Almost 2,500 people have signed a petition asking Hamilton animal control to not put down a dog that was involved in attack after which a man died. But that petition falsely states that the dog did not attack Matthew Brigmantas.

Dundas’ Caribou made the cut, and is on the 2015 Polaris Prize shortlist for best Canadian album.

A 68-year-old man from Hamilton is facing drunk driving charges after police arrested him eating at Taco Bell Wednesday afternoon.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, traffic and more for Thursday, July 16.

A new ranking of Canadian cities puts Hamilton near the bottom of the pack as a good place for women to live.

A 27-year-old Hamilton man faces child pornography charges after an investigation that started with his email account.

A Hamilton woman has been charged with careless driving in the collision that sent a transport truck into the Red Hill Creek, forcing the closure of the southbound lanes for the majority of Tuesday.

New building permit numbers show that Hamilton's building boom appears to be for the long haul. But the city appears to still be lacking growth where it's desperately needed — affordable housing.

Hamilton's record-breaking housing market is having an impact even outside of the region, helping to stabilize national real estate market trends.

A seniors home care company that posted an ad last week looking for a Caucasian nurse in Burlington, Ont. is apologizing for what it’s calling an “unfortunate mistake.”

Police are looking for three teenage suspects they say rode bicycles as they approached a man and stole his wallet.

The Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed Wednesday that hip-hop heavyweight Kayne West will be the headline attraction for the closing ceremony at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.

A cheese grater was used as a weapon in an early morning assault in the lower city on Wednesday.

Parenting expert Alyson Schafer offers tips on how to keep the kids from being bored in the summer and explains why boredom is particularly bad for teens and tweens.

Hamilton Fire officials said a fire in a row house on Rebecca St. caused $175,000 in damage early Wednesday.

Here's a list of what you need to know about the Pan Am games schedule and local cultural events on Wednesday, July 15.

Check out our gallery of portraits of people from the Pan Am Games.

After debates and numerous meetings over deficiencies with the new stadium, the city and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have reached a temporary rental agreement for the rest of the year.

Public health officials have closed Bayfront Beach to swimming and wading because of blue-green algae.

Police have charged a Hamilton man with robbing a Big Bee variety store after he ran out with the whole cash register and left his ID behind.

Hamilton police need the public’s help to find a missing 14-year-old girl.

An online ad to recruit home care workers for seniors in Burlington has a catch: you have to be white.

The city has closed its sports fields and recreation park programs on Tuesday because of the rain.

One year ago today, Neil Bantleman voluntarily went to the Jarkarta police station for questioning in a child sexual assault case. He has been behind bars ever since and is now serving a 10 year sentence.

Hamilton's debate over free parking for veterans has Robert Smol arguing that Canada has an unhealthy and unfair fixation of veterans of the Second World War and needs to better recognize more recent service.

The city should be licensing payday loans stores in Hamilton to prevent them from preying on Hamilton's most vulnerable residents, says a local politician calls the businesses "economic violence."

Is Red Hill part of your commute home? Portions will be closed right into this evening.

Canada's Carling Zeeman won gold in the women's single sculls event on Tuesday, while Liz Fenje and Katherine Sauks earned a first-place finish in the lightweight double sculls.

Here's a list of what you need to know about the Pan Am games schedule and local cultural events on Tuesday, July 14.

Hamilton will have to endure a soggy Tuesday, according to a special weather statement from Environment Canada. Thunderstorms with heavy rain are expected over the course of the day.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, traffic and more for Tuesday, July 14.

Some seats with obstructed views in the new stadium were sold at full price during the Pan Am Games soccer matches on the weekend.

We captured some of the personalities of the Pan Am Games, from volunteers to soccer fans to people parking cars on their lawns.

Once again, water sports will headline Canada's chances today at the Pan Am Games. The home country will face off against USA in the gold medal of women's water polo, and the swimming competition will get underway.

Tom Jackson's election expenses came under scrutiny today after a complaint from a citizen. The main issue: More than $24,000 spent on gift cards for volunteers.

It’s a new era in the city’s quest to keep excess GTHA dirt from being dumped within its borders — it’s fined a Flamborough landowner $1,500 for taking more than 2,000 loads of fill.

Hamilton Animal Services are still taking leads, but believe they have found the potential owner of the dog involved in an attack associated with the death of Matthew Brigmantas last week.

Since January 2013, researchers from McMaster University and clinicians at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton have been granting dying wishes for patients in palliative and critical care. What they found was amazing — most people's wishes could be granted for under $200.

Police didn't have to go far to arrest two men vandalizing the main sign outside Hamilton Police headquarters Sunday morning.

Though the Pan Am Games were not the most important competition on their 2015 calendars, Canadian paddlers Adam van Koeverden and Mark Oldershaw didn't earn the medals they wanted on Monday.

A Hamilton man is facing assault charges after allegedly punching someone in the face at Lime Ridge Mall – but he did so recovering from a stab wound sustained at the same mall just the day before.