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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.

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: Dana Sipos, West Nile and Ken Tizzard.

Three people were arrested after police recovered a loaded handgun and drugs while stopping a suspicious car Friday afternoon.

Around the Bay, the oldest road race in North America, will send runners meandering through Hamilton’s waterfront on Sunday. Whether you are a runner, a spectator or a commuter, here is the information you need to know.

As spring creeps in and gets water running again, we got up close to the natural wonder that is Tews Falls with a drone. Check out this gorgeous video.

Two incumbent city councillors raised thousands more than their spending limit and spent the bulk of it on voting day parties and gifts for volunteers.

New site specific air quality standards for steel mills in Hamilton and across Ontario were approved by the province Friday, covering the next five years of operations.

Ancaster manufacturer Fibracast has received a $10-million loan from the federal government to scale up water treatment technology developed in Hamilton.

There's plenty to do in Hamilton over the next few days. Check out this list to give yourself a guide to good time for the end of March.

We break down the Sunshine List in 7 categories, showing the top-10 earners, to help navigate Hamilton's contribution to the first ever sunshine list of more than 100,000 workers.

Mayor Fred Eisenberger spent just $106,000 in October’s municipal election, less than both of his main contenders in the campaign.

A Hamilton man is facing impaired driving charges after a police officer was nearly run over at a RIDE checkpoint Friday morning.

A Hamilton police officer who pleaded guilty and was demoted for assaulting his ex-wife has had Police Service Act charges in a second assault of a different woman withdrawn.

Hamiltonians are finding out how many of the city’s public employees earned more than $100,000 in 2014, as the province released its annual list of highest salaries Friday morning. CBC Hamilton will have a live update of the latest numbers.

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

Hamilton police have met with local Muslim leaders seeking help identifying potential radicals in their communities, and will meet with them again in April.

Racially motivated offences made up the majority of hate crimes in Hamilton in 2014, and the city's black community continued to be the most common target, according to the latest police report.

Police are looking for a man suspected of dressing as a woman to rob a bank on Locke Street earlier this month.

The fire department is crediting a working fire alarm with alerting a resident to a fire in his Bold Street apartment Wednesday night.

Multiple Juno Award winners Arkells, singer-songwriter Laura Cole and Juno nominee Jeremy Fisher have all been announced as nominees for the Hamilton Music Awards.

The fire that claimed the life of a 26-year-old Hamilton woman has been ruled a homicide, police announced Thursday afternoon and they have charged a male with second degree murder.

Residents worry about where they'll park during the Pan Am Games. But most are still just happy the government is finally paying attention to their neighbourhood.

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

Now that spring has sprung and Spencer Creek's water flow is bursting through the mass of ice once again, we here at CBC Hamilton did what anyone in our position would do — send a drone over the sheer 22-metre drop of Webster's Falls to capture it in all its glory.

The will of city councillors to examine Hamilton’s ward boundaries will be tested next week when they vote on an ambitious schedule that would see boundaries redrawn by next summer. But not everyone likes the idea.

A Hamilton woman has been charged after she allegedly spit at a police officer following a dispute at a Pizza Pizza restaurant Tuesday night.

Slide the City tours across North America with the stuff of childhood dreams: a 300-metre slide that’s unfurled in a city street that revellers can pay to rocket down on an inner tube. Event organizer Mark Gowland wants to bring that party to Hamilton this summer.

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

Those who were concerned that Mayor Fred Eisenberger didn’t go to a meeting with the premier on Tuesday needn’t worry. It’s going to be a regular event.

Despite worries that the city is veering into doing the province’s job, Hamilton Public Health will hire two new staff this year to deal specifically with improving Hamilton’s air quality.

With key decisions coming on the controversial gas plant proposal and the potential purchase of U.S. Steel lands, who the city appoints to the board has become a critical political move.

The city will spend nearly $2 million over the next two years to hire 31 new paramedics to ease stress levels and improve response times — which officials say is necessary even though provincial benchmarks show Hamilton is doing well.

Hamilton police are on the lookout for a man who disguised himself as a construction worker Tuesday morning to rob a bank on Fennell Avenue East.