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The Harper government's focus on the niqab and Justin Trudeau's embrace of Eve Adams make the list of the CBC's top 5 political blunders. This is one of our top stories worth your time this morning.

A lot of angry passengers have finally arrived home in Calgary after spending eight hours sitting on a Sunwing flight on the runway at Hamilton's airport.

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

Three people, including two minors face charges after a string of armed robberies and a wild police chase across the GTA.

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

The annual Around the Bay Road Race is a little more than 13 weeks away and more than half of the spots in the 30-km route are gone, organizers say.

Here are the stories that you viewed the most this year.

A "no board" report has been issued in the negotiations between the Ministry of Labour and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Correctional Bargaining Unit, moving the sides one step closer to a strike or lockout.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco says it is working with city to find the ideal spot for the smaller version of the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games cauldron.

Police have shut down parts of the northbound Red Hill Valley Parkway due to two separate vehicle collisions.

Though Monday’s ice storm has been the cause of delays and frustration, it inadvertently played hero in a police chase Tuesday morning, stopping a suspect in a stolen vehicle.

Haiden Suarez Noa says his girlfriend, Tania Cowell, provoked him before he fatally stabbed her in their Stoney Creek apartment.

A man was beaten with a hammer in a restaurant parking lot and was sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries during a carjacking Monday morning.

The lengthy battle over a strip of historic buildings in the Gore continues. A motor head dies. Here are the top stories from Hamilton and beyond.

The overnight freezing rain has stopped, but people are taking extra caution on the highways as crews work to clear the roads.

There's a chance of snow later this week.

Expect periods of rain or drizzle throughout the day until the afternoon, which will be cloudy with 40 per cent chance of drizzle.

Robert Clark says he can't say yet whether Port Fuels will forge ahead now that the province has insisted on full environmental assessment.

After two winters being battered by the elements, a strip of historic buildings lining Gore Park will have to endure a third season of snow, sleet and cold.

A Hamilton businessman said he wanted to help a local family after hearing their son's brand new bicycle was stolen the day after Christmas.

With temperatures dipping after last week's record-setting temperatures, and an impending freezing rain storm Monday night, here's look at how Hamilton tackles winter storms.

Hamilton could see up to 10 mm of ice accumulation in first blast of winter weather and here's a look at some key ways to prepare.

A Monday morning fire in a Stoney Creek townhouse has killed a family cat and left around $60,000 in damages as a result of "careless smoking," said Hamilton fire.

Environment Canada warns ice build-up could lead to power outages as the weather outlook changes from a snow storm warning to freezing rain.

A freezing rain warning is in effect for Hamilton, according to Environment Canada.

Winters storms- those that have hit part of the US and martimes and those still to hit Southern Ontario - are the top stories today. Are you ready for a look back at the hashtags of 2015?

Main Street West from Caroline to Bay will be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. so crews can dismantle a crane at a condo project.

Political wrangling. Rezoning. Land swaps. At long last, the school board hopes to break ground in 2016 on its two new high schools.

Here are three Hamilton women who overcame trauma - and in some cases, near death - before arriving as refugees. Now they're volunteering, running businesses and making big plans.

Expect dangerous driving conditions and up to 10 centimetres of snow and ice pellets.

Crews are dismantling a crane tower at a condo project.

British adventurer John Beeden has become the first person to row solo and non-stop from North America to the Australian mainland, local media reports.

Nearly a year after the first Sobi Hamilton bikes were rolled out, the system has caught on, with the distinctive blue bikes now a regular sight around town. Here's a look at the riders and rides that have made it a success.

Every year, hundreds of artists and bands write, record and release new music in Ontario. On this week's 'In the Key of C' on CBC Radio One, we highlight some of our favourites from 2015.

If you think fixing up Hamilton gems like Dundurn Castle for your day job would make your own house hunt a bit complicated, you'd be right.

David Derbyshire buys turkeys with his own money to hand out on Christmas Eve. One kid thought he knew Santa Claus. The retired community developer looks back on a career helping Hamilton help itself.

Neil Bantleman is free in Indonesia but can't yet come home. Family here will find a way to share Christmas with him and his wife, Tracy, amid the hope they will all soon be reunited after a trying ordeal of false accusations of child sexual assault.

Despite human rights wins in the last five years, Christmas is still rough for many of Hamilton's queer and trans residents who are ostracized from their families. The Well has a solution.

A pack of more than 40 SoBi bike riders took part in a group ride today, touring north Hamilton from the downtown to the harbour.

Police have identified a suspect in the investigations into the Lime Ridge Mall theft and getaway has revealed the a male suspect, police say.

Hamilton police have confirmed an assault at St. Joseph's West 5th campus location, the hospital's second attack in the last two weeks.

Hitting the road for the holidays? Now is the time to fill up in Hamilton.

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Will Smith's new movie Concussion comes to theatres on Christmas Day and it's bound to make NFL fans, players, owners and league management very uncomfortable. Sports Illustrated writer Emily Kaplan explains why.

The missing 82-year-old Hamilton man who went missing Wednesday has been found.

NORAD has been tracking Santa for 60 years, and shock over a strange machete attack in Toronto and the beginning of online streaming of Beatles music are just some of today's Top Stories.

The Bronte GO 07:27 - Union Station 08:08 train will be making all stops to Union this morning because of an equipment problem affecting an earlier train.

Those who clashed most openly with outgoing police chief Glenn De Caire hope for a new leader who can mend relationships and bring a new style of leadership.

It is very easy to buy local this holiday season, even if you've waited for the very last day to get your Christmas shopping done.

Just a few days out from Christmas and forecasts still indicate a green, mild Christmas in Hamilton. For toboggan enthusiasts, now is the time to cue the sad Charlie Brown music.