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It’s that time of the week again – CBC Hamilton reporter Adam Carter is back with his three picks for new Ontario music that you need to listen to. Check out great new tracks from Etiquette, Natalie McMaster and Donnell Leahy, and Blimp Rock.

Canadian John Axford was behind the plate on Friday night at Coors Field when his two-year-old son Jameson, recovering from rattlesnake bites to his right foot, threw out the first pitch prior to the Rockies' game versus the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Hamilton is under a severe thunderstorm watch Saturday.

A man in his forties collapsed and died at the Maple Leaf Meats plant Saturday morning.

Nearly one year after its initial deadline, it appears Hamilton’s Pan Am stadium is done. Finally.

Hamilton-born Bruce Kuwabara hopes the architects in town for a conference this week discovered some of the things that made him fall in love with the city, even before his training helped him realize what made them so great.

The news has gone from bad to worse for the city’s ash trees. Even many of the trees the city is trying to save by injecting them with a pricey insecticide are dying.

More than 30,000 Hamilton elementary students may be without report card comments this year as teachers begin phase "one" of their work-to-rule action Monday.

The new money in the pipeline for arts, community festivals and services got stuck Friday at a meeting to discuss the proposed new grants as councillors pushed for more detail about $5 million being handed out.

City manager Chris Murray sat down with CBC Hamilton to discuss the mass firings of roads workers and the culture of "low expectations." The culture is changing, he says, but taxpayers should keep watch and hold him and others accountable.

Police are answering calls to keep the peace. Citizens are standing in dirt holes to get in the way of contractors. The matter is due in court at the end of the month, and still, Canada Post isn’t slowing its plan to install super mailboxes on the Mountain.

Older people who eat healthy, with more fruits and vegetables, nuts and fish in their diets, may be less likely to experience declines in thinking and memory over time, according to a new international study led by Andrew Smyth of McMaster University.

New Statistics Canada numbers say Canada gained 20,000, largely on the losses of part time work which could not be offset by full time job gains.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Friday, May 8.

Theatre Aquarius is poised to receive the biggest jump in funding under the city's new strategy for funding arts. The new money comes in part from a $500,000 addition earmarked for arts, the city's first major boost in 15 years.

Tributes and condolences pour in online after the tragic death of a pair of young women, who were killed Tuesday night on the Red Hill Valley Parkway.

Hamilton’s downtown cenotaph has stood for decades as a sombre reminder of Canada’s military history – but a newly renovated Gore park has some wondering if the heart of our city has become too “militarized.”

U.S. Steel was able to extend its creditor protection deadline to the fall, although previous filing suggest the restructuring will go beyond the new September deadline.

Police say a Burlington, Ont., woman has been charged after allegedly lying about having a rare neurological disease and carrying out a fraudulent fundraising campaign in support of her faked ailment.

The long-awaited Randle Reef project has been held up the tendering process. But on Thursday, the federal government reissued the tender for a scaled-down version of the project in an attempt to move it forward.

Air Canada is delaying take-off for its "rouge" flights between Hamilton and Calgary to next year after Halifax plane crash affects its fleet numbers.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Thursday, May 7.

A significant boost in crystal meth use in Hamilton is drawing concern from police and medical professionals who will meet next week to examine ways to combat the rise.

Hamilton police are searching for missing Hamilton teen Angelica Berg, who was reported missing on April 27.

The costly scandal that saw dozens of roads workers fired for violations involved as many as 50 public works employees when supervisors are included. Some got a "little slap," one councillor says, while others got "a sledge hammer."

Hamilton Tiger-Cat Andy Fantuz beat the record for most one-handed catches in a minute originally set by Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants then topped by U.S. college football player Tevaun Smith. Watch Fantuz beat them both with help from friends including Bo Levi Mitchell and Darian Durant.

It was a record-breaking April for the number of homes sold, as the booming real estate market in Hamilton and Burlington continues.

A prominent business owner in Hess Village says the proposal to share policing costs for the entertainment district is a compromise he can live with.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Wednesday, May 6.

Two people are dead and one is injured after a major collision on the Red Hill Valley Parkway near King Street around 11:30 p.m.

After a branch fell and killed a 23-year-old pediatric nurse at Tiffany Falls Sunday, her father is hoping the conservation authority will do something to prevent the tragedy from happening to another family in the future.

The post about her on TheDirty.com says she's riddled with STIs and sleeps with married men. Stephanie says that's a total lie, but she doesn't have the resources to fight a lengthy court battle to have it removed. This is why the odds are stacked against her and the other Hamiltonians on the site.

The Ministry of the Environment is investigating a "sewage-like" smell at Sherman Falls after a hiker sent in reports of the odour.

The city appears to be headed for a provincial standoff with Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) over a disagreement over where to put some new parking lots.

Jason Farr wants the city to pay more than half the costs of special policing in Hamilton’s struggling entertainment district. But at least two of his fellow councillors say they’re not sure they’re ready for that yet.

After being declared a state of emergency Friday, landfill cleanup Sunday and Monday, the state of emergency comes to an end.

The town of Aurora in York Region is looking at, not only voicing support Hamilton in its court battle against Canada Post's super mailboxes, but amending its bylaw to match.

Police have released security camera footage of a variety store robbery that happened in central Hamilton last month in the hopes of identifying a suspect.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Tuesday, May 5.

Ontario elementary school teachers will launch some form of strike action on Monday, which would affect hundreds of thousands of students across the province.

How ‘Hangry’ are you? Hangry is the new app designed by two McMaster University grads who have figured out a way to skip the line to get faster service at cafe's and coffee shops. Now they take their invention the the CBC's Dragons Den.

Ontario is due for "the big one" when it comes to tornados, and climate change will lead to more flash flooding like last year's storm in Burlington, Ont., says Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson.

Professional architects from all over the province are descending on Hamilton this week for a week of tours and professional development. Here's why they chose Hamilton.

Police say 50-year-old Curtis Komp, who is wanted on allegations of fraud in Burlington and Hamilton, Ont., was recently spotted in Ottawa.

After being declared a state of emergency Friday, landfill cleanup began Sunday and continues through Monday to control situation.

Premier Kathleen Wynne almost provided some clarity on Hamilton’s rapid transit system situation on Monday, before promptly muddying the waters again.

The shooting that sent a man to hospital early Sunday was a targeted act, police say.

Hamilton police have ruled out both speed and alcohol as factors in a crash that sent a man to hospital with life threatening injuries over the weekend.

Halton police have arrested a 21-year-old man after two women were sexually assaulted in their sleep during a series of break-ins in Burlington, Saturday.

Christian Covington was taken in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft on Saturday. The Surrey, B.C. native is the son of former Hamilton Tiger-Cat star Grover Covington.