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A reader's guide to some highlights and tense moments from the six years Glenn De Caire has been at the Hamilton Police helm.

Hamilton has a huge waiting list of people who need affordable housing, but hundreds of damaged units sit vacant. One councillor has come up with a new way to fix it.

What's it like to live in a refugee camp, fleeing a war zone? Students at Wilfrid Laurier's Brantford campus want the world to know. Their mock refugee camp is meant to give people a glimpse of what refugees face in the world's crisis zones.

Police are investigating two pharmacy robberies that happened Friday and Monday.

CBC News asked a new Liberal MP about her Halloween costume, a stereotypical Asian hat and robe. Soon after, the images disappeared from Linda Lapointe's Facebook page. This is one of our top stories worth your time today.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Nov. 18, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for November 17, 2015.

Melissa Thompson says her daughter is too afraid to go to Hamilton Tiger-Cats games because of the peanuts there.

Grand opening events at the new Arts and Science craft brewery on Burlington Street in Hamilton drew thousands on Saturday and Sunday. But there are still hurdles to jump.

Two activists took to floating on a raft to draw attention to a spill on the Waterfront Trail shoreline. The spill was discovered shortly after a major rainstorm overwhelmed parts of Hamilton's sewage system allowing wastewater into the harbour.

The owner of a Shih Tzu named Lucy tied up the dog outside Tim Horton's to go inside for a coffee. Then a dog-napper rode up on a yellow and black bike, police say.

When a crisis hits, people turn to social media to find out what's happening, or more importantly, find out that loved ones are safe. Our technology columnist Jesse Hirsh talks about the role it played during and after the attacks in Paris.

Two men were involved in a "consensual fight" on Saturday when a third man appeared with a hatchet.

Right now, some store owners are charging too much for bus tickets and keeping the profit. Hamilton city officials are working on a new law to stop it.

Police say the same suspect is being charged with breaking into dry-docked boats last week and stealing flare guns.

These are a couple of our top stories worth your time today.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Nov. 16, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

How Hamiltonians are responding to the violent attacks in Paris, Beirut and elsewhere.

Justin Medlock's 46-yard field goal on the final play of the game earned the Hamilton Ticats an exciting 25-22 win over the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semifinal Sunday.

Santa isn't known for being fit and trim, but 100 people dressed as him are working their way there.

Hamilton mayor Fred Eisenberger: "It's an important part of who we are as Hamiltonians, who we are as Canadians. We'll do our bit to accommodate them."

Check out great new tracks from Falcon Jane, Danielle Fricke and Young Rival.

Three companies want to build parking garages in downtown Hamilton. Now the city has to agree to negotiate.

Can you really compare Hamilton to a bustling metropolis of 2.6 million people? Let's see.

A handful of stores didn't make it through the Concession Street construction. But after nearly nine months, it's finished.

Should Hamilton vendors be able to sell bus tickets at a premium? The city says no, but right now, it has no way to stop it.

When sizing up the East semifinal matchup between the Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday (1 p.m. ET), the game will come down to the battle of the quarterbacks, a position Toronto holds a significant advantage in.

Niagara Regional Police aren’t welcoming Uber with open arms.

Serial killer Paul Bernardo has self-published a violence-filled e-book on Amazon from prison, according to a report from Global News. And, Canada's new Minister of Defence says there's no reason for Canadians to fear ISIS. These are a couple of our top stories worth your time today.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Nov. 13, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather forecast for November 13, 2015.

What a government economist predicts will happen in Hamilton's housing market next year.

Flu season is officially upon us, as Hamilton’s first official case of influenza has been confirmed, the city announced Thursday.

The province is handing out $333 million in gas tax money to 95 municipalities and Hamilton is high on that list.

Supercrawl, Hamilton's free, three-day outdoor music and arts festival in the downtown core, attracted more than 165,000 visitors and had an economic impact of over $14 million in 2014, according to the awards' promoters.

A post-mortem is expected Thursday on the body of a Niagara Falls fire official who reportedly died while trying to save his dog.

How do you remove a federal court judge from the bench? It doesn't happen often. And the new James Bond film set a Guinness record for the biggest explosion in film history. These are a couple of our top stories worth your time today.

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

Coun. Doug Conley's pitch to do a separate study on widening the two local highways met with resistance from lower city councillors.

David Sweet, MP for Flamborough-Glanbrook, is the first elected national caucus chair of the Conservative party. He talks to CBC Hamilton about his role and the future of the party.

Brace yourself for high winds in Hamilton on Thursday.

The Niagara Falls Fire Department says it's saddened by the death of one of its members while off duty. Police say Capt. Tim Vail's body was found on Tuesday night in Vineland, Ont., following a report of a missing person.

Hamilton city council meets on Wednesday, where the issue of widening the Red Hill Valley and Lincoln Alexander parkways will be debated. Follow the meeting live here.

Hamiltonians around the region are commemorating Remembrance Day on Wednesday.

Hamilton’s Around the Bay Race is still five months away, but one person will be running the race and thousands will be following her on Thursday morning.

According to a new benchmarking report, the city is making strides in some areas but lagging well behind in some others. Here's how Hamilton stacks up.

About 35,000 people young and old gathered at the National War Memorial in Ottawa today to honour and remember the Canadians who lost their lives fighting on behalf of their country in wars and military missions. Follow CBC News live coverage of Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Canadian Olympian Reid Coolsaet says he has mixed feelings about banning Russian athletes from next summer’s Olympic Games in the wake of allegations of a state-sponsored doping program, but says “something drastic needs to be done, so maybe that is the way to go.”

Here's a full listing of ceremonies, parades and services

All 40 residents of a lower-city retirement home evacuated on Tuesday morning when a fire broke out in one of the units.