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McMaster's downtown health campus, nearly 200,000 square feet of it, is nearing completition. CBC went on a tour of the building which is set to open on May 15.

Commenting on Coun. Sam Merulla's motions to boot Coun. Llyod Ferguson off the police services board and have police re-examine the shoving incident, Fred Eisenberger says the city is on a 'slippery slope.'

The city is looking at setting up compassionate grants for some of the hundreds of residents who have been without water this month.

A Toronto man has been arrested for impaired driving after a car almost collided with an off duty police officer on the 403 early Saturday, police say.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Monday, Mar. 2.

A taxi driver is in hospital with severe burns after his vehicle caught fire on the QEW in Burlington.

A meeting Saturday at the Afro-Canadian Caribbean Association on Barton Street focused on black history, African heritage and shaping future leaders.

East-end councillor Sam Merulla called Sunday for further inquiry and sanctions after an incident where a Hamilton city councillor pushed a journalist. He plans to bring a motion to that effect at the council's general issues meeting Wednesday.

Would you pay $3 more in taxes per year to help Hamilton’s arts sector?

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 this week. Up this week: Terra Lightfoot, DB Cooper and Red Arms.

A few ways to take advantage of the last day of February and the first of March.

As part of their fight against racial bias in policing, Hamilton anti-racism advocates who met with the Hamilton Police recently want police to help get the word out about what rights come into play.

The city has two months longer to comment on a controversial gasification plant planned for Hamilton’s waterfront, but the public doesn’t have the same courtesy.

Hamilton's Around the Bay road race is a month away. And for the first time, it may not sell out. Blame Canadian winters for sapping the will of many.

A Hamilton man, apparently on holiday in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, has been arrested after the drowning death of a four-year-old boy, according to local police. Police say his 72 hour detention has been extended for an additional 72 hours.

Ontario's Ombudsman didn't mince words on Friday when he took to Twitter to critique a Hamilton integrity commissioner report stemming from when a councillor pushed a journalist.

Owners of 150 Sanford Ave. N. were expecetd to be at the troubled apartment building Friday morning, but never showed. While residents are left in limbo, unaware who the owner is, the superintendent appears to be eyeing the exit door, which has been broken for a month.

Meet your two finalists in our best Hamilton song competition: Junkhouse and Rita Chiarelli. It’s taken weeks of competition and thousands of votes, and iconic 90s rock tune Shine and These Four Walls’ ode to a maximum security prison will compete head to head in the final round next week.

City crews are cleaning up after an HSR bus collided with a Brick furniture truck downtown Friday morning and crashed into a building.

In an unprecedented showdown, the city of Hamilton says it won't pay a new levy to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) that will cost taxpayers nearly $1 million per year.

You’re more likely to have your car broken into or robbed in the Hamilton area than anywhere else in Ontario, Hamilton police say, and so they’ve have launched a car door locking campaign blitz to curb the problem.

Jerry Walczak is undergoing heart surgery at Hamilton General Hospital on Friday. The hospital began live Tweeting the procedure 6 a.m. Follow the procedure live here.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Friday, Feb. 27.

Hamiltonians are breathing air contaminated by two carcinogenic chemicals at levels significantly higher than the Ministry of Environment’s incoming air standards – and it’s going to stay that way for years.

A fire started during some welding work on a cargo ship called the Mississagi at the Heddle Marina on Thursday afternoon. About 20 workers were on the ship, working on repairs over the winter.

Hamilton police are offering up $50,000 for anyone who can give them a solid lead into the baffling case of who killed Michael Sullivan.

The private career college was shut down last week after Ontario's superintendent of private career colleges suspended its license to operate, citing financial concerns. Many of the two dozen students who attended a rally Thursday have children.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Thursday, Feb. 26.

An integrity commissioner report that concluded Coun. Lloyd Ferguson violated the city’s code of conduct when he grabbed a journalis got no discussion by city council on Wednesday.

Hamilton Police acknowledge they stop and ask people on the street for information and ID, and may keep those details in their records. Anti-racism activists say that means the controversial practice of "carding" happens here.

Yes, city council says, it may get sued. But Hamilton will soon be a toboggan-free zone no more.

Hamilton police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the death of 19-year-old Harmanjit Singh, a Mohawk College graduate whose remains were found floating in a flood basin in Stoney Creek in late November.

A Hamilton man attempted to scam the wrong person when he asked an off-duty cop to donate to a fake charity, police say.

A Hamilton man, apparently on holiday in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, has been arrested after the drowning death of a four-year-old boy, according to local police.

Eleven Canadian transgender people tell their stories in Doc Zone feature airing Thursday on CBC-TV.

We’re down to the final four in CBC Hamilton’s best Hamilton song competition, and it’s time to pick our last band before the finals – It’s rock titans Junkhouse versus hip-hop fusion act Warsawpack.

A Hamilton councillor will push to establish designated tobogganing areas when city council meets on Wednesday.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Wednesday, Feb. 25.

The trial for Dellen Millard and Mark Smich was scheduled to begin in September, but after this week's meeting the trial has been postponed to January 11, 2016.

Police began reopening lanes on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Burlington after a transformer fire caused the major highway to close for several hours during Wednesday's commute.

Hamilton’s integrity commissioner has found that an Ancaster councillor violated the city’s code of conduct when he grabbed a local journalist after a long day of contentious meetings.

A Hamilton Mountain school was locked down on Tuesday after a student as suspected of having a firearm.

Police are looking for two suspects after a Hamilton taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint this week.

It will likely be mid-April before the city will get its hands on the new Tim Horton’s Field stadium.

Flamborough is gearing up for a fight on Wednesday when a lower-city councillor tries to eliminate area rating for transit.

Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two teenagers suspected of mugging a woman who was walking her dog in Beemer Park.

A Hamilton councillor wants reassurance about Hamilton's safety during the 2015 Pan Am Games in Hamilton after a mystery tunnel was found near a venue in Toronto.

Hamilton broke a 134-year-old cold temperature record on Tuesday morning, set way back in 1881. Tuesday’s low was –24.8 C, set around 1 a.m. at the Hamilton airport. The previous record was –23.3 C, which was set at a lower city weather station.

Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard will pull double duty as host and performer in the 2015 Juno awards in Hamilton next month, organizers announced Tuesday.

The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games will kick off with a 41-day torch relay that will cross the whole country and bring the celebration to more than 180 communities, organizers have announced.