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People seeking to bring parents or grandparents to Canada this year were reportedly paying up to $400 to ensure their applications were at the top of the pile for the first-come, first served federal immigration program that was flooded with far more applications than available spots.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Jan. 12, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

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

Researchers at McMaster University say the research is a "giant step" in identifying and predicting a deadly cancer.

5-10 cm of snow expected at the heart of the morning commute along with high winds.

Sgt. Helena Pereira contends a hearing officer's shared lunches with the prosecutor in her Police Services Act trial point to bias on the part of the hearing officer.

Halton regional police say a 21-year-old man is facing charges following an investigation into alleged human trafficking of a girl under 18 years of age.

A Mountain convenience store clerk also had his car stolen and used as a getaway vehicle after an armed robbery Sunday night, police say.

Hamilton police have arrested a man after two women were violently sexually assaulted in a lower city street on Friday. Police believe there may be more victims.

CBC Hamilton asked some of the city’s musical community how they remember 69-year-old legend David Bowie. Here’s what they had to say.

The woman's parole conditions ordered that she not knock on doors and ask for money.

Hamilton Police say they have two suspects in a four-month fraud where fake credit cards were used to buy more than $75,000 in gift cards for Walmart and other places.

Three dryer fires were reported in a little over an hour on Sunday.

A house fire on Sherman Ave. on Monday morning has crews attacking the flames from the outside.

David Bowie, the iconic and shape-shifting musician, actor and performer who profoundly shaped popular culture and fashion in a career spanning five decades, has died after an 18-month cancer battle. This is one of our top stories worth your time this morning.

About 400 people are affected by flooding from a burst valve in a downtown apartment building on Sunday morning. Power was turned back on late Sunday to the floors between 7 and 17.

Toronto R&B star The Weeknd is one of the most enigmatic figures in music today, shying away from interviews and working with a select group of collaborators including Niagara Falls composer Stephan Moccio who explains his appreciation for the artist.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Jan. 11, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Jan. 11, 2015.

The city of Hamilton issued a cold weather alert effective overnight Sunday.

Chris Davies was in his office at Trent University one Friday afternoon in early December when he got word that a raccoon had tested positive for rabies in Hamilton.

About 400 people are affected by flooding from a burst pipe in a downtown apartment building on Sunday morning.

The new bylaw stems from problems with student housing in the west end. It would exclude people who rent their lawns during Hamilton Tiger-Cats games.

A tentative deal has been reached between Ontario's correctional workers and the province — an agreement that will now go to binding arbitration within 60 days.

The company set to launch second attempt to find a buyer but U.S. Steel, the former American parent company, will ask the court to also consider the value of liquidating the entire company.

Students from 20 elementary schools in the Hamilton area were suspended in December for not providing updated immunization records in the first wave of seven checks to be done by the city.

Art crawl returns to James Street North on Friday, but you might want to bring an umbrella.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halted a shipment of canola meal on Dec. 1 from a Bunge Ltd plant in Hamilton because it appeared to contain salmonella bacteria, FDA records show.

Police say the woman was conscious as crews arrived.

The evidence against the Canadian man charged with sexually assaulting three kindergarten children in Indonesia is seriously flawed, the CBC's fifth estate has discovered. The CBC's Mark Kelley, explains why that might not be enough to keep Bantleman from having to return to jail.

Canadians tweeted words such as "great," "amazing" and "beautiful." Americans, by contrast, commonly used negative words such as "hate," "hell," "tired," "hurt" and "annoying."

A violent home invasion in Hamilton’s downtown has sent two victims to hospital, police said.

Bill Blair, a former police chief of Toronto, has been named by Justin Trudeau's government to be in charge of their plan to legalize marijuana. This is one of our top stories worth your time this morning.

Thousands of Ontario students face suspensions from school because they haven't provided updated immunization records, but public health officials can't say exactly how many young people across the province are affected.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Jan. 8, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Jan. 8, 2015.

Have you ever dumped your goldfish in Hamilton Harbour? Here's the bad news: it's been breeding.

Crucial pieces of the evidence used to convict Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman of sexually assaulting young boys at a private school in Indonesia are seriously flawed, an investigation by the fifth estate has found.

Three Brantford people have been arrested on drug-related charges, including a man who, during his arrest, was found with a drug-filled kinder egg hidden in his rectum.

A group that gave a pro-Sharia law and Islamic caliphate lecture at Mohawk College in November is now banned from the school, said the college's officials.

Two more cases of raccoon rabies have been discovered in Hamilton, bringing the city's total up to 12 discoveries.

Rob Simonds has been chief since 2011. He will be chief administrative officer for Colchester County, Nova Scotia starting April 4.

Fact or fiction: Do government-assisted refugees get more money for food than Canadians on welfare? This is one of our top stories worth your time this morning.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Jan. 7, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for Jan. 7, 2015.

The weather has been a learning curve, says Daljit Garry. "They're finding it a little bit cold."

Young Harrison Vien just wanted to go to Disneyland — but that's when he was told he was a flight risk.

Hamilton-Burlington realtors say the region last month reached the highest number of homes sold in a December ever, the fifth straight month of records broken.

A Hamilton mortgage broker, Dennis Khanna, is accused of a "pattern of manipulation and exploitation" of his clients through his Metro Financial Planning Limited business.

A new “ultra-low cost” airline will start flying out of Hamilton in February, giving a much-needed boost to the airport’s efforts to boost passenger traffic.