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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.

A 24-year-old woman died during a hike at Tiffany Falls when a tree branch fell and hit her on Sunday.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Monday, May 4.

Hamilton's second annual World Music Festival is coming to Gage Park in July, and this time presenters have partnered with the city to make the event an official part of the Pan Am Games experience in Hamilton.

Lawyers for Neil Bantleman filed a formal appeal this week after the Canadian teacher was sentenced to 10 years on child sex assault convictions. He continues to deny the allegations which he and his family say have been fabricated.

East end police caught a 20-something man who they say was driving 134 km/h in a 60 km/hour zone in a mixed residential and industrial neighbourhood Saturday evening.

A Guelph man is in critical condition after his motorcycle collided with an SUV in Oakville on Saturday night.

A 47-year-old man is in hospital after undergoing surgery for "serious injuries" stemming from a gunshot wound, Hamilton Police Staff Sgt. Scott Balinson said.

A car went over the wall at the Flamboro Speedway around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, causing minor injuries to several people and requiring the fire department to extricate the driver from a race car.

A 259-page arbitrator report shows details of the particular coffee shops and out-of-the-way errands public works employees went to on the clock in 2012.

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. Up this week: Kylo, Munroe and Coastal Guard.

A collision between a cargo van and a steel-coil truck sent one man to hospital Saturday morning with "very, very serious injuries," Hamilton Police said.

We told you last weekend about five of the biggest movie and TV projects filming in the city this year. But they aren’t the only productions setting up shop in Hamilton. So in the spirit of celebrating cinematic goodness, here are five more projects filming here this year.

More than 100 acts will perform in 13 downtown venues during the Hamilton Music Awards festival later this month.

A choir of local COPD sufferers is rehearsing a version of the Everly Brothers' song "Dream" that one of its members changed to "Breathe" and infused with reminders of the tools they can use to breathe better.

A crane company and its owner were fined nearly $30,000 after a December 2013 fire during a residential construction project in Kingston endangered the life of a crane operator.

Six Nations Elected Band Council has declared the "ongoing hazardous materials situation" at their landfill, which led to a small explosion and fire Wednesday.

The 21 fired public works employees took extended lunches and long breaks, and “drove aimlessly to kill time,” shows an arbitrator’s report. But they were able to do so because of a “culture of low expectations.”

Dellen Millard, 29, and Mark Smich, 27, accused of killing Tim Bosma after showing up at his house in 2013 to test drive a vehicle he was selling online, were in court Friday for pretrial motions.

Thousands of people are heading to Hamilton's Ottawa Street for Sew Hungry 2015 to eat at dozens of food trucks and curbside restaurant spots.

Hamilton police officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing in a case where a man tried to grab one of the officers’ guns and he suffered a broken ankle

A medical issue caused a Stoney Creek woman to lose control of her car and slam into a Bulk Barn in the city's east end Thursday, and now the building she hit has been deemed unsafe.

A Hamilton lawyer who has been suspended as an adviser on Muslim issues and security for the federal government says his removal is politically motivated because he is supporting Justin Trudeau and the Liberals.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Friday, May 1.

If you believe 2015 Pan Am Games organizers, eyes from around the world will be on Hamilton as the city hosts the soccer games July 10 to 27. Here are five things that haven't gone exactly according to plan.

Hamilton introduced its seven selected torchbearers to carry the Pan Am torch on June 21 and June 22.

A woman in her 80s is dead after losing control of her car because of a medical issue and plowing into a Bulk Barn in the city's east end Thursday.

Hamilton firefighters had to battle a fire burning one tonne of raw soybeans at the Bunge plant in the city's north end Thursday

The city is putting 109 people identified as the most vulnerable of Hamilton's homeless population at the top of the list for new housing and support.

Hamilton police are searching for Kenneth Crawford, a man who is wanted on “serious domestic violence charges,” from an incident last year.

The city is only partway into its plan to fell nearly every public ash tree because of the emerald ash borer, and already, it’s changed Hamilton’s neighbourhoods.

Hamilton-born Kathryn Alexandre likes to tune in to "Orphan Black" with her family members every week to see if they can spot her, or at-least, part of her.

Hamilton Police's break-and-enter team arrested a 21-year-old man Tuesday on charges connected to five robberies in February, March and April.

Dellen Millard, 29, and Mark Smich, 27, accused of killing Tim Bosma after showing up at his house in 2013 to test drive a vehicle he was selling online, will be in court Thursday morning.

Guelph police were called to a Walmart and where they found that two men had forced open a lock securing expensive Dyson vacuum cleaners worth over $5,000 and had stolen six of them and left the store.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Thursday, April 30.

It will bring more visitors to Hamilton. It will draw the eyes of sports fans across North America. But local organizers are hoping the 2015 Pan Am Games have an added benefit — turning more people on to transit.

One of the arguments against a proposed waste to energy "gasification plant" on the Hamilton waterfront is how many waste sites Hamilton already houses — 47, to be exact.

The city will scrutinize the campaign finances of a Stoney Creek councillor who won a heated election race, but didn’t list how he funded his campaign in his official expense forms.

A labour arbitrator has ruled the city has to hire back 15 of 21 public works employees it fired in 2013 on allegations of time theft and breach of trust.

A 14-year-old is facing break and enter and arson charges following a fire at the Cannon Knitting Mills building Monday night.

Hamilton police have charged two people in connection with a pharmacy robbery in Waterdown last week – but they can’t arrest them just yet because they’re already in jail in Halton.

Brandon Clark, the son of former Hamilton councillor and MPP Brad Clark, was released from hospital Tuesday. The 29-year-old survived a shotgun wound to his back during a shooting-suicide in an east end apartment two weeks earlier.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Wednesday, April 29.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has "three to five" companies waiting in the wings who want to run the slots at Flamboro Downs. But there will likely be nothing in the contract that says they have to stay there.

Hamilton’s Ross Prince has joined the recovery efforts in Nepal while “stranded” in the earthquake-ravaged country.

Numbers from the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association show rent costs more than social assistance gives out in Hamilton, but it's still cheaper than Toronto.

Female professors at McMaster University will get a pay boost after a study revealed a "systemic bias" in how their wages were set.

A motion filed with the Ontario Superior Court Monday by U.S. Steel is seeking to extend the deadline for restructuring to September. Meanwhile there is no decision yet on the release of the "secret deal with Ottawa.

A Cape Breton man is defending a garbage incinerator he invented after an engineering company found his machine spewed out toxins and carcinogens when it was tested in Ontario.