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Justice James Ramsey has ruled psychopath John Greene is a dangerous offender who uses women "parasitically" and has a sexual attraction to children.

The public school board wants to hear critiques from the public to draft its new vision. But previous critics says it's already come a long way.

A new study conducted at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, suggests that competitive athletes perform equally well regardless of whether they are hydrated or dehydrated, thirsty or not thirsty.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Tuesday, May 12.

A Hamilton police officer who de-escalated a dangerous situation involving a suicidal man has been named the police service’s Member of the Year for 2014.

The city of Hamilton only has so much money to put into food resources. Should we put more into food banks? Farmers markets? Food co-ops?

A Brantford, Ont., father reached out to police for help to control his 13-year-old son, who turned violent after his parents took his PlayStation 4 away, police said.

John Greene, the man who abducted, sexually assaulted and tried to kill a seven-year-old Hamilton girl last year has a profound criminal history of violence and meets the criteria for psychopathy, a court heard Monday.

Southern Ontario appears to be in the path of a storm front that could spawn tornadoes across the southern Great Lakes region Monday afternoon and evening.

Sometimes it's good to get a set of fresh eyes on your city, to point out the things you might have missed. So we asked four people who attended the annual convention of the Ontario Association of Architects to talk about what they saw here, and what they liked.

Student groups that support the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that aims to put economic and political pressure on Israel could face new pressures from an extremely powerful source: the Harper government.

Hamilton's Darnell Nurse was announced Monday as one of the Canadians who will carry the Pan Am Games torch across the Canada.

Two Hamilton seniors were attacked in a 20-minute span on Friday as two separate women tried to steal their purses, Hamilton police say.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Monday, May 11.

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Hamilton Sunday, as up to 50 mm of rain may fall in under an hour on the region.

A barbecue fire torched a Flamborough home Saturday, causing $300,000 in damages.

A stolen car was found abandoned on the CP railway tracks west of the Hamilton GO Centre Saturday morning.

Richard Massey says the community mailbox will abut the mouth of his driveway, and that crews severed his sprinkler system. The city and Canada Post will go to court at the end of May over mailbox locations.

The provincial Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is looking into an incident involving Hamilton police after a 19-year-old man was Tasered and ended up in hospital with a broken jaw.

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.