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Ecstatic Alexisonfire fans basking in the excitement of the band’s seemingly official onstage reunion statement last weekend will have to scale back expectations a bit – the band announced Tuesday that it has “no immediate plans.”

Hamilton's light rail transit (LRT) project won't go over its $1-billion budget, says a Metrolinx official. Even if it comes at the cost of a hoped-for link to the waterfront.

Economic growth in Hamilton is predicted to slow down this year, while housing starts also drop significantly, according to the Conference Board of Canada.

Niagara regional police say a 26-year-old Pelham man has been charged with child pornography and other offences.

A Hamilton man is facing charges of carrying a concealed weapon – but he was only noticed in the first place because he was drinking a big can of beer out in the open in central Hamilton Tuesday afternoon, police say.

Parties cannot afford to lose a single seat in this tight three-way race, and southwestern Ontario may have some of the tightest races in Canada. Poll analyst Éric Grenier looks at possible seats in play.

Hamilton Police announced a gun amnesty program in Hamilton at the central station on Wednesday morning.

The Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Conservative candidate has sent out a flyer containing an image of a National Post story entitled "Isis urges Jihadists to attack Canadians" with the quote "You will not feel secure in your bedrooms." An opponent calls it "fear and division."

The question of which party has done more for the environment took centre stage in Dundas on Monday night as the Conservative candidate told the packed audience that his party has cut greenhouse gases more than any other government in Canada's history.

How worried should we really be about ISIS? And, what happened to those low cost airlines that pledged to come to Hamilton this summer? These are a few of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Here's your Hamilton weather for September 23, 2015.

Tiger-Cats quarterback Zach Collaros appeared outside the locker room Tuesday, clearly "bummed" by his season-ending knee injury.

Emergency crews pulled an elderly woman from a home overnight while firefighters spent hours working to douse a car fire that was spreading into two homes in central Hamilton.

As summer ends, Air Canada pushed its Rouge service back to May 2016, and none of the ultra-low-cost carriers who've flirted with Hamilton have set up shop yet.

A season-ending injury to quarterback Zach Collaros puts a dent in Hamilton's Grey Cup hopes and sends them tumbling in our weekly breakdown of all nine Canadian Football League teams.

Two motorcyclists are facing charges after police say they were involved in a crash in the Niagara Region.

A 52-year-old man who died in April when the car he was driving plowed into a townhouse on Upper Ottawa Street has been named the city's 11th traffic fatality, Hamilton Police said early Tuesday.

The Ticats lose their quarterback, Elections Canada warns of voter suppression tricks and a rat carries a slice of pizza down into the New York City subway. These are a few of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Here's your Hamilton weather for September 22, 2015.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Hamilton’s mayor is starting a task force to deal with the city’s recent rash of youth gun violence.

The 15-year-old youth charged with shooting another teen in a crowded Tim Hortons this weekend used a modified flare gun, police say.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Grey Cup hopes were dealt a significant blow Monday when the team announced that star quarterback Zach Collaros will miss the rest of the CFL season with a knee injury.

Two men are scamming Hamilton seniors into unneeded chimney repairs, Hamilton police say.

Hours before a teen gunman opened fire inside a crowded Tim Hortons on Saturday, emergency crews were also called to another shooting incident downtown, police announced Monday afternoon.

Big dogs will have to wait a little longer for a pickup from HSR buses while transit staff research questions raised Monday about safety, liability and driver and rider comfort.

A North York man is without wheels for over a month after his car was towed away from a RIDE checkpoint on the Kenilworth Access early Monday.

An 83-year-old Hamilton woman is facing unsafe driving charges after a crash between a car and a motorcycle sent two people to hospital Saturday.

The best defence against another winter that costs the city millions in repairs is a warmer one, say city staff

Hamilton police assisted provincial fugitive apprehension squad Sunday and arrested a 39-year-old man in the city's east end.

Jakarta Police are investigating reports of perjury connected to three parents who accused Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman and Indonesian aide Ferdinant Tjiong of sexual assault against young children at the school where they worked.

A local Conservative candidate says other parties don't appreciate the threat ISIS poses when they suggest altering the federal government's contribution to bombing in Syria — and would put Canada at risk on "the altar of ideology" if elected.

A 72-year old Paris Ont., man has died in a single vehicle accident in West Lincoln Township.

How to do your part in getting more people to vote this federal election, a mom who says she was fooled by a stranger who promised to help her autistic son and more. These are a few of the top stories worth your time this morning.

Here's your Hamilton weather for September 21, 2015.

Your Hamilton traffic notes for Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. Check here for traffic and commute updates.

Students with family ties to Syria, northern Iraq and southern Turkey will ask federal election candidates tough questions about ISIS, the refugee crisis and other foreign policy matters at an all-candidates forum on the Mountain on Sunday.

Police have arrested a Hamilton teen after a shooting inside a crowded Tim Hortons in central Hamilton this weekend.

Less than 12 hours after releasing a video of a suspect, Hamilton police arrested someone in the case of a series of suspected Dundas arsons.

Aaron Grymes and Otha Foster returned interceptions for touchdowns as the Edmonton Eskimos defence took advantage of backup rookie quarterback Jeff Matthews in a 25-18 come-from-behind win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday afternoon.

East Division leading Hamilton Tiger-Cats saw their quarterback Zach Collaros go down with an apparent knee injury during Saturday's game in Hamilton against the Edmonton Oilers.

Check out great new tracks from Wolf Saga, The Folk, and Indian Handcrafts.

John Gallant, as much as anyone, knows what’s at stake in U.S. Steel’s recent court request to stop paying key benefits to its pensioners.

Roads were closed off in downtown Hamilton Friday afternoon when a suspicious package was left near the Central Police Station.

Two police officers are recovering after a struggle with a man armed with a machete and other knives broke out in central Hamilton Thursday evening.

The trial of a Brampton man who stands accused of crashing a dump truck with its bed raised into the Burlington Skyway and causing traffic chaos last year will start in March.

A researcher at McMaster University in Hamilton is using nuclear technology to show what the eye cannot see in great artworks.

Three people have been charged following a drug raid Thursday in Niagara Region.