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Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre says the organization plans to pivot to the new hub model the government is proposing but that the closure of its supervised consumption serviceswill likely cause more drug-related deaths in the city.

Lorenzo Insigne's goal early in the second half carried TFC to a 1-0 win over Hamilton's Forge FC on Tuesday and a berth in the Canadian Championship final.

Blue-green algae that has plagued Hamilton's waterfront this summer has prompted city officials to close the beach on Beach Boulevard.

Watch live coverage of theParis 2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremony, featuring a parade of around 4,400 athletes from 182delegations.

Health Canada told CBC News they'll finish reviewing updated COVID vaccines by "early autumn" on the heels of the U.S. approving two updated vaccines to protect against hospitalizations and deaths.Some doctors are urging their patients to wait for these updated doses before getting a fall shot.

Liz Cabral was a Halton police officer for years, until her vertigo forced her to retire. Now, Cabral runs her own YouTube channel called Digging Canuck where she shares her metal-detecting adventures online.

TheParis Paralympic Gameskick off are set to begin Wednesday and there are a few athletes on Team Canada with connections to the Hamilton area.

The licence of a now-retired teacher in the Brantford, Ont., area has been revoked after he admitted to sexually abusing a student for three years in the 1990s.

Inquests will be held for six men who died while in custody or after transfer to hospital from the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, the Ontario government said, days after announcing inquests for six people connected tothe Niagara Detention Centre in Thorold.

On Saturday, Hamilton police arrested a 23-year-old man from Toronto who they said had a semi-automatic gun modified to be a fully automatic gun, along with a prohibited high-capacity magazine and ammunition. The local councillor says the incident was "highly unusual."

The union representing academic workersat McMaster Universitysays three students who are also connected to the labour group have been banned from campus activities after they participated in a pro-Palestinian protest earlier this year.

Quebec police have issued an Amber Alert for five-year-old Shi Gao Getty.

Commuter trains were disrupted last week by work stoppage involving Canada's 2 major freight railways. Metrolinx says there may be some schedule adjustments Monday as service resumes.

Despite the high property prices in Ontario, the vast majority of people aged 18 to 35 have a strong desire to own a home and hope to purchase one within the next five to 10 years, according to a new survey released Thursday by Royal LePage.

With a camera and a book of maps, a retired professor travelled Ontario to documents the province's oldest stone buildings, several of which are in Niagara.

New research from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario is highlighting harassment and a lack of financial resources as two common barriers for diverse candidates in Ontario municipal politics.

Kenny Lawler believes determination and desire pushed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 26-23 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday.

The Ontario government announced measures this week that will force 10 safe consumption sites across the province to close. Advocates say the move puts lives at stake, arguing for an approach that includes harm reduction and addictions treatment.

It may seem easy to abide by anti-doping controls - how hard can it be to not take performance-enhancing drugs? - but there are a wide variety of reasons why anti-doping education and testing is complicated.

When Eric Spearin moved back to Hamilton from Los Angeles, he didn't yet know the next chapter of his life would involve running one of the city's oldest sports teams.In the two years under his ownership, the stands are consistently full, he says.

From the Winona Peach Festival to 73 'Til Infinity - part dance show, part block party inspired by hip-hop and street dance cultures - here are some things to do this weekend.

The Teamsters union has served Canadian National Railway with a 72-hour strike notice, hours after saying it was takingdown picket linesand workers werereturning to the job. The strike notice was issued Friday morning just after 11 a.m.

The issue of classification is a thorny subject within Paralympic circles. At its heart, the act of categorizing impaired athletes is intended to make Para sport equitable. But athletes will tell you that process is not always fair.

Six people's deaths at the Niagara Detention Centre in Thorold, Ont., will be investigated by an inquest. Jurors will seek to determine how they died and might make recommendations aimed at preventing future deaths.

A Toronto woman, 61, and a 34-year-old man from Etobicoke have been charged with fraud over $5,000 following an investigation by Niagara Regional Police Service detectives into the purchase of a brand-new truck valued at $90,000 through fraudulent financing.

The first three No Name stores will open in September inWindsor, St. Catharines and Brockville, capitalizing on Loblaw's existing discount brand known for its simplified, bright-yellow packaging and marketing.

Ontario premier Doug Ford said having a safe injection site is the worst thing that could ever happen to a community." But according to Rev. Mark Lewis, the Hamilton church hosting the city's only such site is "disappointed" to learn it must close.

Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties failed to agree on a new contract before the midnight deadline.

Metrolinx says there will be noGO train service on the Milton line and at Hamilton GO station on Friday, despite the federal government sendinga dispute at two of Canada's largest rail companies to binding arbitration.

Ontario correctional officials are investigating a reported assault by officers in riot gear on dozens of inmates at a provincial jail last year, the ministry of the solicitor general confirmed to CBC News. A lawyer for one of the inmates is seeking to have video of the incident shown in court.

With Canada's two main railway companies locking out thousands of railworkers as of Thursday, Hamilton's port authority warns there will be disruptions in the shipping of food, gasoline and asphalt, among other commodities that are moved out of the city by train.

Hamilton's only supervised drug consumption site is among the 10 provincially funded locations that must close or transition to a new hub model by March 31, 2025. Ontario's move raises concerns about where people in the city who depend on the service will get help, while the mayor hopes the plan will better address the addiction and homelessness crises.

A threatening email was sent early Wednesday morning to dozens of Jewish institutions across Canada, including several in Montreal, prompting an RCMP investigation.

Lai, 24, has been preparing for her second go at the Paralympic Games and has spent the last few days training with her teammates in Quebec City before heading to Paris. The games start on Aug. 28 and go until Sept. 8.

For the first time, Canada's two main railway companies, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, are on the verge of a simultaneous labour stoppage. Here's a breakdown of what it could mean.

Two men from the United Kingdom involved in a roofing repair scam targeting seniors and other vulnerable individuals have been arrested by Hamilton police.

Peter Pasco was intent on killing a Hamilton woman when he strangled her in her apartment in 2021, an Ontario Superior Court justice has ruled.Pasco, who was arrested after the woman called 911, was found guilty of attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault. The Crown says it'll argue he should be deemed a dangerous offender.

The move will shutter five supervised consumption facilities in Toronto, and one each in Ottawa, Kitchener, Thunder Bay, Hamilton and Guelph.

Eating and drinking out of the Stanley Cup is something of a tradition. For Carter Verhaeghe, chicken wings from Turtle Jack's in Waterdown, Ont., were on the menu.

Tonight's full moon is kind of a special one, and if you have clear skies you can enjoy the show.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government is poised to oversee the biggest expansion of green energy that the province has seen in nearly a decade.

Arun Ghosh said he's reached a long-time goal of putting 1 million kilometres on his car. His only problem is that the odometer won't go up that high.

Another strong running game powered the Edmonton Elks to their third victory in a row Saturday night. The winning streak comes after the team lost the first seven games of the season.

Blue-green algae - a toxic bacteria that can cause severe skin irritations, vomiting and diarrhea - bloomed in Hamilton Harbour in July. Now it's taken over many shallower areas of the waterfront, the smell deterring residents from enjoying Bayfront Park.

A run-walk event hosted in memory of a Waterdown man who died in 2021 takes place Sunday, to raise funds to help support people living with mental health andsubstance use concerns.

Mayors and councillors from across the province are arriving in Ottawa today for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference.

Talli Osborne, an inspirational speaker andformer Hamilton resident, got her driver's licence three weeks ago and is now able to driveher dream car, a modified fuchsia Mini Cooper, without any assistance.

The Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act, 2024, has passed second reading and is now at the legislature's Standing Committee on Justice Policy for consideration and further study.

A 40-year-old man from Welland, Ont., was charged with mischief over $5,000.

The federal government says it will lift a recently imposed $500,000 cap on fundingto locate or memorialize children who didn't come home from residential schools - but there's worryonly some communities will benefit from the reversal.