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Four Hamilton councillors have written to the federal government again as part of an ongoing battle between the city and Canada Post over super mailboxes.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Thursday, May 14.

A weak grip is linked to a higher risk of dying from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases, says a new study from McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences.

Hamilton Police have released video of a March robbery in an east end convenience store. They're looking for 3 suspects.

A McMaster University professor has written to the school's president with hopes he'll hold a seat for Omar Khadr, saying universities have an "important role to play in fostering justice and affirming peace."

A Canadian man charged with the drowning death of a four-year-old St. Lucian boy appeared in court on the Caribbean island on Wednesday to hear the case against him.

It’s a sign of up-and-down weather in Hamilton: forecasters have issued a frost advisory.

Two kilograms of suspected opium were seized at Hamilton International Airport in April, the Canadian Border Services Agency said on Wednesday.

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney says he was unaware of Hamilton lawyer Hussein Hamdani's political support of the Liberals when the decision was made to suspend him from a cross-cultural security roundtable.

Kent Page of UNICEF talks about what he saw when the ground started to shake in Nepal on Tuesday and explains how people there are helping children cope with the psychological trauma of having lived through two major quakes in just over two weeks.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats acquired offensive lineman Ryan Bomben from the Montreal Alouettes for two picks in the 2015 CFL draft Tuesday.

A group of Grade 5 students stopped by a retirement home in Hamilton bearing special gifts: their colourful ukuleles.

It took about 15 minutes behind closed doors on Tuesday for a committee to rule that Doug Conley’s election expenses are OK. And the councillor says as far as he knows, he doesn’t have to submit revised ones for the public record.

Ian Thomas, a veteran Hamilton musician and award winner, will host this year’s Hamilton Music Awards (HMAs).

Police are looking for a missing handgun in Brantford after a man allegedly broke into a woman’s house and held the gun her head.

A mother called police on her own daughter Tuesday morning after the two got into an argument and said the daughter drove off drunk, police say.

A serious assault in the area of St. Patrick Catholic Elementary school forced the school to be temporarily placed in a "hold and secure" situation Tuesday afternoon, police say.

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.