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From better representation to high school support systems, here are three successes for Hamilton's LGBTQ community in recent years.

From transgender rights to safe spaces, here are three changes Hamilton's LGBTQ community would like to see in the city.

A Hamilton man is facing drunk driving charges after he was found asleep at the wheel at a red light early Friday, police say.

Police have arrested a Hamilton man for pouring what's believed to have been a pile of maple syrup onto the sidewalk near the Convention Centre.

Sgt. Jason Howard, Division 3 Hamilton Police officer, is expected to enter a guilty plea in mid-July. The officer has been suspended with pay since April 2014.

After one failed venture for the storied space, the second go-round for the ground floor restaurant in the Lister Block – Wendel Clark’s Classic Bar and Grill – will open early next month.

McMaster professor Karin Humphreys and a team of graduate and undergraduate psychology students have been visiting nursing and retirement homes, conducting experiments on seniors' ability to retrieve and recall words.

The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic School Board passed its $329-million operating budget based on two votes because seven trustees had to declare a conflict of interest on the major decision.

A Hamilton man has been arrested and is facing a tub full of charges after police recovered a stolen $10,000 hot tub during a search at a Mountain home.

Hamilton Police are searching for at least two suspects in Monday night's north end triple shooting. None of the three shot are cooperating with police.

Police have identified a man wanted for a host of apartment break-ins in Dundas and west Hamilton.

A 15-year-old from Hamilton, a Toronto man and a Mississauga man have all been charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Toronto man Nathan Miller.

The National Energy Board says testing on Enbridge's Line 9B must be done to "provide the necessary level of confidence in the pipeline's safe operation."

Hamilton’s local public school board says it has a new transparent attitude. Now it’s hired a key player in that – a new director of education.

Hamilton Police are looking for the public's help identifying an armed robber who held up a convenience store on King Street East in late May.

The Hamilton Fire Department was called to an east end apartment fire at 3 a.m. Thursday.

"We've been patient for so many years, for 12 years," said Wahed Al Jabry, board director at the Downtown Mosque. "And now only a few days left. Thank God at least we can see the sunlight.'"

The chair of the Hamilton Police Service Board says that the arrest of seven ACTION team officers "creates problems with public trust and policing," and that it also may cause the same trust issue in the courts, too.

Tactical officers and members of the vice and drugs and gangs units made several arrests in central Hamilton Wednesday afternoon.

Paying officers accused of criminal or police act offences costs taxpayers $500,000 annually.

Hamilton's Stephen Elop is leaving Microsoft as the company looks to go in a different direction. Elop was once touted as a possible CEO at the computing giant

The city of Hamilton will appeal this month's court decision that ruled in favour of Canada Post regarding where to put super mailboxes.

Funk and soul revivalists Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will headline Supercrawl 2015, alongside singer/songwriter Hayden and Hamilton greats Monster Truck, Daniel Lanois and more.

The provincial government’s highly touted Ontario Music Fund (OMF) will be extended from a three-year program to a permanent, recurring grant program, officials announced Wednesday.

New statistics show Hamilton as Canada's second highest city for hate crimes per capita. That means that more than ever, it's time for an anti-racism resource centre, one city councillor says.

A drug raid coordinated by Hamilton and Halton police resulted in a massive seizure of drugs worth over $500,000 on Tuesday.

In this Point of View piece, Ward 8 councillor Terry Whitehead argues that Canada Post has not been consulting with the city and residents in the way it said it would.

Hometown favourites the Arkells will headline the Greenbelt Harvest Picnic at Christie Lake Conservation Area in Dundas, the festival planners announced Tuesday. The picnic is Aug. 29 this year.

The United Steelworkers union is demanding more information about potential bidders for U.S. Steel's plants in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ont.

Niagara Regional Police seized 2,370 marijuana plants from a Grimsby house on Sobie Rd. on Monday, busting an "elaborate" grow-op and arresting four men.

Here's your quick hit Hamilton news, weather and traffic for Wednesday, June 17.

The ink is barely dry on the court decision, and Canada Post is taking the final step in phasing out door-to-door mail delivery for residents on the Mountain.

Supercrawl 2015’s schedule and lineup will be announced Wednesday, which will include two separate ticketed concerts in addition to the free component of the festival.

Police are investigating two linked sexual assault incidents that took place near St. Thomas More Secondary and William Schwenger Park on Friday and Saturday.

Hamilton Police is asking for the public’s help in their search for this man.

Their names are Hannah, Gigi and Anna May, and for a wildlife farm in rural Hamilton, they represent a successful chapter in an effort to breed more endangered Asian elephants.

Seven members of the high-profile ACTION team that polices downtown Hamilton have been arrested and five have been charged as part of a probe into falsified tickets.

A late night shooting in Hamilton's north end sent three men to hospital.

A new $118 million multipurpose residence is being built on McMaster University’s campus, the school announced today.

Wilmer Flores singled to cap a two-out, two-run rally in the 11th inning and the New York Mets ended Toronto's team record-tying 11-game winning streak, beating the Blue Jays 4-3 Monday night.

Consider it a caution to homeowners and renters in every area of Hamilton: we’re in the midst of a rat infestation, and it’s only going to get worse.

The cost of renting has shot up more in Hamilton this year than anywhere else in the province, according to new numbers from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The city is looking at new options for its public golf courses after word that the sport is in decline, and not many new people are taking it up.

Build a better garden and the world will beat a path to your door. Join our live gardening chat on Monday at 12:30 p.m. Also listen to the call-in show with Ontario Today's Ed Lawrence. Call in by dialing 1-888-817-8995.

Here's your quick hit Hamilton news, weather and traffic for Monday, June 15.

Environment Canada has called a fog advisory Monday morning as murky conditions have left the area with near zero visibility.

Emergency crews have recovered the body of Hamilton athlete Peter Simon from a Binbrook Lake.

After Toronto's mayor called for an end to 'carding,' Hamilton's mayor says no conversation about Hamilton's similar "street safety checks" has come across his radar. That will soon change.

Hamilton's Andrea Lynn Sloan and a friend from Burlington, Tim Nelson, are heading to New York City on Friday to run for the better part of 24 hours straight.

The experience of total road construction on Concession Street has been mixed for the business owners there.