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The first ship of the 2015 navigation season on the St. Lawrence Seaway has run aground near Beauharnois, Que., about 35 kilometres southwest of Montreal.

Opponents of a proposed waste "gasification" plant on the waterfront are calling for the provincial Ministry of the Environment to "bump up" its review of the project's environmental impacts. But such bump-ups are rare.

Find out the hours of city services, shopping malls, liquor stores and more over the Easter long weekend.

Students at McMaster University and Mohawk College react online to the prospect of having their final exams disrupted by a potential bus strike.

The city has backpedalled on a decision to give a new Hamilton man a ticket for cleaning up litter in the alley next to his condo.

Don't let chances of flurries stop you from venturing out. Check out some of the Easter events happening in and around Hamilton over the long weekend.

A judge Thursday approved a compromise reached in the U.S. Steel sale process that removed a clause the city, province and workers found problematic.

The appeal deadline on a controversial court ruling that lets an aboriginal family choose traditional medicine over chemotherapy for their child has been extended for a third time.

Coun. Matthew Green released a video outlining a motion he'll bring to city council to formally oppose the proposed garbage plant on the waterfront in his ward and demand more environmental scrutiny.

A Hamilton man is facing dangerous driving charges after a bizarre incident on the East Mountain Wednesday afternoon.

Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt opened the St. Lawrence Seaway Thursday morning. See the CBC report from 1959 when the Seaway opened and a video posted Wednesday from Fisheries Canada giving an ice-breakers view of a frozen Lake Erie.

It's not your average April Fool's Day prank - this "couple" pretended to date for months and held a fake engagement shoot to convince people they were getting married.

Environment Hamilton is calling its challenge for councillors to ride the bus a success, even though only four of council’s 16 members actually did it.

Hamilton is heading for a mixed bag of weather with a 60 per cent chance of rain Thursday as well as a risk of thunderstorms and double digit temperatures.

Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman has been found guilty by an Indonesian court of intentionally committing acts of assault and child sexual abuse, and reportedly will serve 10 years in prison.

Next steps on a hotly debated, proposed garbage plant on the waterfront after news the city won't be able to use zoning rules as a block to the project.

Hamilton is heading for a mixed bag of weather that could bring freezing rain Thursday as well as thunderstorms and double digit temperatures.

Nuevo-flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook will play a Hamilton show next month as part of the Hamilton Music Awards. Producer Bob Doidge, music journalist Graham Rockingham and late guitarist Brian Griffith will also receive lifetime achievement awards.

Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman will hear the verdict of his child sex assault case Thursday and the family is preparing for the worst.

Stray dust blowing onto the street from sandblasting crews working at the former Framing Gallery on King William Street led to a forced cleanup by the MOE and a temporary halt to the renovation work.

It’s been two years since hundreds of barrels filled with toxic waste were found hidden in a north end industrial site – and still nothing has been done to clean them up.

A 74-year-old woman is in critical condition after a Tuesday crash in Stoney Creek, and now a Hamilton man is facing charges of fleeing an accident scene and reporting his vehicle stolen.

The shift from Imperial to Metric in Canada started 40 years ago on April 1, 1975. No joke. All weather forecasts switched to Celsius. Dave Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada was there. He spoke with CBC Hamilton about how Canada handled the change.

Mohawk College and McMaster University say exams and classes will go ahead as scheduled even in the event of a strike and students should figure out alternatives ahead of time.

Police arrested 64-year-old Hamilton man Pablo Bonillo on March 25 and have charged him with four counts of sexual assault and four counts of "sexual interference," stemming from allegations involving two children who are now adults

Hamilton Police are looking for a person wanted on charges of failing to comply with probation, assault, mischief under $5,000 and being "unlawfully in a dwelling."

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Wednesday, April 1.

An increase of $500,000 for Hamilton arts has arts leaders watching closely how the balance will be struck between funding the arts for their own sake and funding them to foster an economic spinoff.

Councillors Matthew Green and Chad Collins blasted a garbage plant proposed for the waterfront that received zoning approval from the city Tuesday, while community opponents were in a state of "disbelief."

The company proposing the energy-from-waste plant for Pier 15 will be getting a zoning verification from the city that confirms it meets all city zoning rules.

Health Canada has signalled it is willing to loosen the rules on the use of fecal transplants to treat persistent C. difficile infections.

City council unanimously approved the proposal for a 22-storey condo tower on the site of the Tivoli Theatre on James Street North on Tuesday -- but there are conditions.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Tuesday, March 31.

The Tivoli Theatre condo tower proposal has changed, says a lower-city councillor. And he hopes the changes are enough to convince his fellow decision makers to vote in favour of it.

The city is hoping a famous hockey name will mean the second time is the charm for its foray into the restaurant business.

A municipal law expert once retained by Rob Ford when he was the beleaguered mayor of Toronto is Hamilton’s new integrity commissioner and lobbyist registrar.

City councillors have reluctantly agreed to review Hamilton's ward boundaries — a move several years overdue — out of fear that the public will force it on them.

A Hamilton man was caught literally red-handed, covered in cuts and glass from a car window he shattered moments earlier, and was not only charged with theft, but in breach of his house arrest terms as well.

Councillors voted on Monday to save the historic Jimmy Thompson Pool.

Supporters of Neil Bantleman will hold a vigil for him Monday night in Burlington. On Thursday April 2, the elementary school teacher could be found guilty of sexually assaulting three young boys in Indonesia.

More than two years after a public falling out with the Ottawa-based firm Dialogue Partners, the city is finally finishing its plan to get public input on which services it should prioritize.

Ontario's Superior Court will hear plans that outline the potential sale of U.S. Steel Canada mills and properties in Hamilton and Nanticoke Monday.

Hamilton's transit union has voted overwhelmingly in favour for a strike if talks break down between the union and the City of Hamilton. The 682 transit workers could walk off the job as early as April 9.

What was it like to run the Around The Bay road race? The oldest long distance race in North America? Check out this remarkable video from Hamilton runner and journalist Wayne MacPhail.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Monday, March 30.

GoPro camera captures the strenuous journey as firefighters take on a 5K running race in full bunker gear to raise awareness for the effects of PTSD on first responders.

Thousands of runners and spectators streamed into Hamilton on Sunday for the annual Around the Bay Road Race.

Ankixa Risk is an affable and enthusiastic Hamilton business owner who just happens to enjoy skinning rats. Now, she’s bringing her art to the masses with one-day lessons in “casual taxidermy” where you too can learn to gussy up a rat and turn it into art.

Family members and friends held a candle light vigil in front of a charred house to remember Hamilton's second homicide victim, known as a loving sibling, a bubbly friend and a strong woman.

An 18-year-old man has been taken to hospital after an afternoon shooting in the downtown area of Hamilton Saturday. Police are hoping witnesses will come forward with information on the shooting.