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As Hamilton prepares to fight Uber's coming to the city, what are other Canadian cities doing with the ride service?

Uber has arrived in Hamilton. The ride sharing company that has been the source of much controversy announced Thursday it is expanding in southern Ontario, in Hamilton, London, Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo.

From Terra Lightfoot to Arkells, Illitry to Hachey the MouthPeace, Hamilton musicians keep branching out and playing their songs with mammoth orchestral sections. But why are all these crossovers happening?

A man was sent to hospital following a single vehicle rollover at Sulphur Springs Road, near Mineral Springs Road. Hamilton Fire responded to the crash, "extracting" the man from the vehicle before he was sent to hospital.

Here's a list of what you need to know about the Pan Am games schedule and local cultural events on Thursday, July 23.

Crews start work this week dismantling a spooky and beloved Hamilton landmark.

The city is still at odds with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats over whether the new Tim Hortons Field stadium is substantially complete. But officials are staying tight lipped about what they plan to do about it.

While violent crime fell for the eighth straight year Canada-wide, it was slightly on the rise in Hamilton.

The city is asking police to investigate a recently fired parks superintendent who officials allege used city money to buy herself landscaping material

Amidst the renewed controversy over the Confederate flag, a homeowner in Dundas, Ont., says he's proudly displayed the flag for 18 years and has no plans of removing it.

Horizon Utilities is warning small businesses and restaurants about a phone scam from fake callers threatening to cut their power if they don’t pay over the phone immediately.

Hamilton and Niagara will become a "centre of excellence" in the growing sports analytics sector.

A Hamilton man spent almost five hours dealing with a stab wound on his own Tuesday night before giving in and calling an ambulance, police say.

A judge ruled in the case of a sophisticated Ancaster marijuana grow-operation that a man observed visiting the house several times is guilty of possession and production of the plant.

Here's a list of what you need to know about the Pan Am games schedule and local cultural events on Wednesday, July 22.

NDP candidate Alex Johnstone says she’s not taking it personally that party leader Thomas Mulcair thought she was a man.

Throughout the games, CBC Hamilton will capture snippets of everyday life in Hamilton. Take a look at this photo gallery to see the faces of the Pan Am Games.

Thomas Mulcair’s message to Hamilton’s NDP party faithful was clear on Tuesday night – yes, we’ve felt optimistic before, but this time, we could actually win.

Hamilton’s own Kia Nurse led the Canadian women’s basketball team to a historic gold medal performance Monday night, posting a team-best 33 points.

Officials from the city and the 2015 Pan Am Games are anxious to paint a picture of swelling economic spinoff. But Nirmit Patel knows better.

Police are searching for two suspects after a woman had her jewelry stolen in downtown Hamilton Monday morning.

A 74-year-old man who participated in the city's survey of people experiencing homelessness this spring has been missing since Thursday, Hamilton Police say.

A woman has died after suffering serious burns in an east-end apartment fire.

Tuesday morning CBC Hamilton spoke with NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. He's scheduled for a campaign-style stop in Hamilton Tuesday evening at a rally with supporters including local candidates. It's part of an Ontario tour with a federal election just a few months away.

Here's a list of what you need to know about the Pan Am games schedule and local cultural events on Tuesday, July 21.

Canada's women's basketball team made history by defeating the Americans in the gold medal final to become the country's first team to earn a major international championship in the sport.

After fielding threats from parent company U. S. Steel its financing would be cut, U.S. Steel Canada is filing to replace its original bankruptcy lender.

36,000 Mountain residents today had their first day visiting super mailboxes to get their mail. The fight against them goes on for some.

Arkells frontman Max Kerman helped an Ottawa man concoct an unforgettable wedding proposal when he pretended to be a busker on the streets of the nation’s capital earlier this month.

A dog spent over an hour panting in a scorching-hot car on Stoney Creek Mountain in Hamilton, but with police and animal control not responding, Stephanie Baran had to decide whether to take action on her own to save the pet.

Hamilton's police chief on Thursday is expected to address concerns raised last month about privacy issues and racial bias in the service's on-the-street policing tactics.

The association representing Ontario craft brewers has launched self-guided "discovery tours" in and around the province's protected Greenbelt region.

The heat alert issued for Hamilton over the weekend has been cancelled, but the forecast calls for temperatures in the mid to high 20s and sunshine all week.

Here's a list of what you need to know about the Pan Am games schedule and local cultural events on Monday, July 20.

Two separate collisions Sunday involved motorcycle riders hitting highway guard rails and being thrown from their bikes.

A woman close to the victim in says the canine was not as vicious as its being portrayed.

Canada will play the U.S. for gold in women's basketball after dispatching Brazil by a score of 91-63 Sunday at the Toronto Pan Am Games.

The Colombia/Belgium-based band played at the Hamilton World Music Festival at Gage Park on Saturday, after their performance at a Pan Am stage in Toronto.

Why is Canada winning like never before? Some say it's the home field advantage. Some say it's weak competition. But almost mid-way through the Pan Am Games team Canada has won more medals than any other country. One prominent sports psychologist says there's more to it than all that.

​A four-year-old child has died after she was found in a swimming pool in Brantford Saturday.

​Scattered thunderstorms are expected Sunday afternoon as a hot, muggy weekend comes to an end.

Here's a list of what you need to know about the Pan Am games schedule and local cultural events on Sunday, July 19.

An artwork called the "Witness Blanket" is on display now at the Hamilton Public Library through Aug. 29. The piece comprises more than 800 individual items arranged and hung to look like a decorative quilt or blanket.

The Sherman Hub, once a flourishing neighbourhood because of the steel mills is no longer, but the area's chairperson believe that could change thanks to the Pan Am Games.

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

Check out great new tracks from Chastity, Hairy Holler and Spells of Vertigo.

A Mississauga woman has been charged after reportedly driving on the wrong way on highways 403 and 407 early Saturday morning, police say.

The Centennial Parkway is closed between Goderich Street and Arrowsmith Drive this weekend to move the CN train tracks to the newly constructed rail bridge.

Temperatures in Hamilton soared to above 30 C on Saturday as the city came under a heat warning from Environment Canada.

When Midsummer’s Dream colour festival organizer Mark Gowland was accused of "cultural appropriation," he went straight to the Hindu Samaj Temple for guidance. Now, the temple is partnering with the festival for the first time ever.