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The news of CanJet layoffs should temper the aspirations of NewLeaf Travel Co., an "ultra-low-cost carrier" that wants to be Canada's answer to Ryanair and Easyjet in Europe, says a McMaster business analyst.

Charmini Peli Kankanamalage is terrified she stole her son's connection to his homeland of Sri Lanka - and that guilt inspired her new docudrama short called "M'al d'archive."

Police in Burlington say an armed robbery reported at a city bakery never actually happened.

Police arrested a 26-year-old man Tuesday and charged him with three counts of robbery and breaking probation linked to three pharmacy robberies in March and April.

Hamilton city council wants to charge Canada Post for installing super mailboxes and control where they are located. Canada Post says it can do what it wants to when it comes to mailboxes.

The kingpin of what has been called Canada's largest human trafficking ring was deported to Hungary on April 10, the Canada Border Services Agency announced Tuesday.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Wednesday, April 15.

An Ontario businessman with a career in airlines and hotels says he hopes his ultra-low-cost airline, NewLeaf Travel Co., will have its eastern stop in Hamilton.

As council prepares to put fight Canada Post over the installation of super mailboxes, a Mountain resident who's lived with one for years vents his frustration over the experience.

Researchers are looking to some of nature's tiniest creatures for hints on combating superbugs, bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotics scientists have found so far. And the Canadian government announced Monday it's investing $1.5 million in furthering their exploration.

City officials have told the stadium builders to redo part of their work on the east stands, adding a fresh delay to the troubled project.

Hamilton police are looking for a suspect in the latest in a series of pharmacy robberies. A Friday afternoon robbery made 13 so far in 2015, nearly double the seven pharmacy robberies in all of last year.

As of April 15, if you have any fuel-burning appliances, a fireplace or an attached garage, you must have a carbon monoxide alarm in your home. The new law was named after an OPP officer who died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Two suspects crashed an orange Kia Rio into Peoples Jewellers on Barton Street East on Tuesday.

Hamilton police are combing the computer and other belongings of a 25-year-old man who opened fire in a Queenston Road apartment Sunday, leaving four people injured, looking for clues as to what led to the tragic attack.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Tuesday, April 14.

With vacancy rates for two-bedroom apartments below an acceptable level, a city policy says condo conversions must be put on hold for two years.

Among the most contentious pieces of a tentative deal struck between the city and Hamilton Street Railway bus drivers to avoid a strike last week: A cap on the amount of physiotherapy the drivers can get.

Over 110,000 people have watched a violent bench brawl erupt between the Hamilton Mountain Blues and the Onaping Falls Huskies during a hockey tournament in Bradford, Ont. last month.

A Hamilton man is in stable condition after he was stabbed multiple times on the central Mountain Saturday night.

"A sharp and fast moving cold front will bring a sudden end to the warm air and sunshine," Environment Canada said in a special statement issued Monday.

While walking home from work on Sunday, in the area near Hughson Street North and Wilson Street, police say a Hamilton man was stabbed several times.

Former city councillor Brad Clark's son has pulled through two surgeries after being shot at close range in the city's east end early Sunday — but he's now facing a third operation after his internal organs were severely damaged.

An 82-year old Ancaster woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle at a Pioneer gas station in Cainsville near Brantford on Saturday afternoon.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Monday, April 13.

A strip of historic buildings lining Gore Park has endured two frigid winters exposed to the elements without heat – and now it’s just a matter of time before they rot away, says the city’s former head of heritage planning.

The son of former Ontario MPP and Hamilton city councillor Brad Clark is in serious condition after a shooting in the city's east end that left the gunman dead.

Canada's Nexxice did just enough in the free skate program on Saturday to claim the gold medal at the 20-country ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships.

The city hopes to dress up Barton Street by putting art installations in abandoned storefronts and holding events on the street.

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. Up this week: Beth Moore, Lee Reed and Stuck on Planet Earth.

In the OHL draft Saturday, the Hamilton Bulldogs passed on Hamilton native Hayden Davis, but went for a local pick in the second round, selecting Stoney Creek's Reilly Webb.

Canada's Nexxice has taken the lead at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships by producing the top short program at the 20-country event.

New Statistics Canada numbers say Canada gained 29,000 jobs in March by adding 56,800 part time jobs, and losing 28,200 full time workers.

As the city prepares to grant an additional $500,000 in its new arts funding program, artists and organizations outside of the mainstream are hopeful the gates will be swung open to include them.

Former Belleville Bulls coach and GM George Burnett is moving with the team, and has been named the head coach and general manager of the new Hamilton Bulldogs.

GO Transit agency said the track switch issue has been resolved.

The city approved its operating budget this week. Here's an easy breakdown of what that means to you.

Hamilton's hot housing market may be showing signs of slowing, at least in terms of housing starts, according to the latest report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Friday, April 10.

The bacteria better known as a blue-green algae bloom can rise to the surface or sink below it using specialized cells to control their depth. The crew aboard the Limnos, Canada's floating lab in the Great Lakes, spends the season chasing the blooms to learn more about the bacteria.

Hamilton Police are considering recording details about race when they stop people on the street who aren't under investigation and take their ID or record information. Voices who've closely followed the tensions elsewhere make the case for collecting it.

It’s getting down to the wire for the 2015 Pan Am Games, and construction crews are still likely weeks away from finishing the new stadium that will house the event’s soccer games.

The World Synchronized Figure Skating Championships come to Hamilton this weekend with almost 500 competitors from over 20 different countries, and Team Canada is brimming with excitement.

In 1994, when investigative reporter Linden MacIntyre spoke of the saddest story he had ever heard, he was talking about an 11-year-old boy from Hamilton. Watch that documentary here. It's part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the CBC's fifth estate, which airs Thursday at 9 p.m.

A new report from a city-hired environmental consultant says the environmental screening done by the company proposing a controversial waste to energy plant on the waterfront is inadequate.

After another hour of debating over it, and tie votes in either direction, city council will keep studying Hamilton's ward boundaries.

An 18-year-old Hamilton man is facing charges after his mother was stabbed in Waterdown Wednesday night.

Sandy Shaw says she wants to try to balance all interests in her new role as city representative on the Port Authority Board and is ready for the pressure that will come with representing city interests at the port.

HSR drivers will get a look at the details of the deal on Sunday and vote sometime next week. Meanwhile, the buses will run as usual.

Performers with award-winning credentials including Lee Harvey Osmond, Laura Cole, Diana Panton and Harrison Kennedy will play concerts surrounding the 2015 Hamilton Music Awards, the festival's organizer announced Thursday.