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Hamilton native Rose Hopkins will perform a play about abortion in the 1950s, one of 48 performances at the Hamilton Fringe Festival in July.

Here's a guide to transportation, sports and where you can go for good food and music.

Early estimates show fewer than 4,000 people showed up for the first soccer game of the Pan Am Games in Hamilton. But residents and officials say they're not discouraged.

Check out great new tracks from Twin Within, Steph Copeland and West Nile.

The crumbling historic buildings lining Gore Park received a facelift this week.

Driving? Taking the bus? Want to go to a community event and eat a lot of food? Here's everything that's happening today in Hamilton as it relates to the Pan Am Games.

A McMaster engineer is taking part in a NATO-funded project to develop devices that help military and civilian security personnel detect concealed weapons with radar technology.

Relatives recall him as a positive child growing up, but someone who had lost his way as an adult

Craig Ruthowsky, a Hamilton police officer who was arrested in a gang bust by Toronto police, was released on bail.

Pan Am begins but there is much more than the games to keep you busy this summer weekend.

Coun. Lloyd Ferguson’s push to make sure only “true” veterans get free parking in Hamilton landed with a thud at city hall Friday, as councillors decisively voted against his amendment to a new parking pilot project.

A colourful cauldron at the base of CN Tower will be unveiled Friday night during the opening ceremony of the Pan Am Games. And it has a strong Hamilton connection.

Police are searching for five suspects who damaged several vehicles in a car sales lot back in June and spray painted derogatory remarks on them.

The city will pay half of Hess Village club owners’ paid duty policing costs for the next two years as part of a special pilot project passed at city council Friday.

Lots of people are excited about the Pan Am Games. For those who aren't, there's a good chance you will be soon, according to veteran CBC journalist Andi Petrillo. Why? Because everybody loves a winner.

A city councillor, an architect and other interested residents are among those who want to take another stab at getting CN to move some of its west harbour rail yard.

A McMaster professor won an award for his part in developing an automated robot used for detecting the early stages of breast cancer.

The Greek Parthenon might have housed hundreds of millions in coins in its attic, according to new research from McMaster University.

Housing starts were trending up in the Hamilton for the month of June after seven straight months of decline.

With the Pan Am Games set to kick off tomorrow, one of Hamilton's big contributions to the festivities will be lighting up the games tomorrow night.

Craig Ruthowsky is back in court Thursday and has new charges laid against him him.

An overnight fire at a Hamilton sushi restaurant is being investigated for arson, said Hamilton Fire.

Hamilton’s new West Harbour GO Station officially opened for business Thursday morning, as commuters headed towards Toronto for the first time from the new station.

Today marks the first day of trains leaving Hamilton from the new West Harbour GO station for Union.

The dog that witnesses say fatally attacked a man in central Hamilton Wednesday night did not cause his death directly, said the regional coroner, and it is unclear what role the dog played in the incident.

It was a two-hour session that included talk of messaging accountants on Facebook, reusing 15-year-old election signs and conflicting interpretations of the elections act.

A service that connects artists and musicians with prospective rehearsal and performance space is now running in Hamilton.

Researchers from Hamilton’s McMaster University have created a new test to help identify diseases like hepatitis C and superbugs like C difficile much earlier than ever before.

Hamilton Police outline what's okay and what's not inside the soccer stadium.

Niagara Regional police have identified the two officers who were involved in an incident that also left two people dead in Lincoln, Ont. over the weekend.

An afternoon fire gutted a central Hamilton home Wednesday, causing $150,000 in damages, officials say.

The West Harbour GO station is opening tomorrow. At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the station is very much alive with some last minute work.

Dr. Hendrik Poinar is the McMaster University scientist whose research might some day help bring ancient, extinct animals like the wooly mammoth back to life. The CBC spoke with Poinar about the movie, interest in a real Jurassic Park and what it would take to bring a real dinosaur back to life.

A Hamilton trivia buff made an appearance on popular game show Jeopardy on Tuesday, realizing her dream of more than two decades.

Two Hamilton men are facing mischief charges after they were allegedly caught taking selfies next to spray-painted trains at the Hamilton GO Centre early Wednesday.

Police say foul play is not suspected in the death of a four-year-old boy who was killed in a farm tractor tire accident in Southgate Township over the weekend.

The rain cleared away last night to make way for a beautiful Wednesday, but don't put away your umbrellas just yet.

After years of demolition and construction around the former Ivor Wynne site, the Pan Am Games are about to start. What does that mean for people in the restricted zone?

Jason Farr has gotten a tenuous agreement from fellow councillors that the city should pay for half the special policing costs for Hess Village. Now he's just hoping that it holds.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the City of Hamilton, with a cold front on its way that could bring up to 50 mm of rain.

Defensive lineman Adrian Tracy of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats was fined by the CFL on Tuesday for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Drew Willy last week.

Lily Usik says she can’t see a downside to the plan to blanket part of north Flamborough with 60,000 solar panels as part of a Samsung solar farm.

The 48-year-old former Toronto Maple Leafs captain says he’s excited to be part of downtown Hamilton’s resurgence.

A Hamilton man is facing robbery and assault charges after trying to steal a moped right out from under its rider while police were watching him.

There were some tense moments for an air ambulance in Norfolk County Saturday night when the crew of an Ornge emergency helicopter was hit by a laser.

Realtors in Hamilton are reporting record-breaking sales for the third month in a row. According to the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB), June’s record of 2,062 property sales broke the previous months record of 1,810 sales.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, traffic and more for Tuesday, July 7.

Exhibit by June Pak examines at the commodification of sport, and turns the lens on the audience.

It’s a move years in the making, but city councillors have finally approved free parking for everyone with an Ontario veteran’s license plate — for now.

Nine city councillors agreed to the spirit of the grassroots political effort during the municipal election. But the organizer says most of them are ignoring it now.