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City crews hope to have part of the old Consumers Glass plant demolished by May in case organizers of the 2015 Pan Am Games want to use it for parking.

Deadmau5 is the latest performer to be announced for next month's Juno Awards in Hamilton.

Hamilton firefighters are trying to douse a fire at a Flamborough home. According to fire officials on Twitter, 14 units have been sent in to fight the fire on Highway 5 East.

An Ontario regulator has shut down U.S.-based Everest College, a chain of 14 private career schools, leaving thousands of students wondering about their education.

A Dundas man is facing multiple charges after he was arrested for allegedly stealing two defibrillators from a car and then trying to sell them online.

CBC Hamilton’s best Hamilton song competition is back with two great, but polar opposite tunes – a classic from local treasure Stan Rogers versus the hip-hop fusion sounds of Warsawpack.

Drinking and driving was the cause of a fatal car crash in Stoney Creek that killed a man and a woman back in November, police announced Thursday.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Thursday, Feb. 19.

One city councillor says he’s worried that lower-city transit enthusiasts will “hijack” a crucial transportation study when traffic problems are even worse on the Mountain.

Taxi robberies have plummeted since the introduction of in-car surveillance cameras and the rise in the use of debit and credit instead of cash, according to Hamilton Police.

For 10 seasons, John Barrow and Angelo Mosca embodied Hamilton's blue-collar work ethic with their rugged, physical play as linemen with the Tiger-Cats. Barrow died Tuesday at the age of 79. The Ticats said Wednesday the cause of death wasn't immediately known.

Are you an industry that employs hundreds of people and generates millions a year in property taxes? If so, the city of Hamilton wants to hear from you now.

Hamilton is under yet another extreme cold warning as temperatures were set to plunge overnight and stay frigid with chilling winds Thursday.

Three new alleged victims have come forward to police to levy accusations of sexual assault against a former principal, teacher and truancy counsellor with the Hamilton and Peel school boards who is now facing over two dozen sex related charges.

The coroner's office is examining the latest death inside the Barton Street Jail to see if it’s linked to drugs – and if it is, it will likely be added to an inquest planned for the coming months to probe four previous drug deaths.

Living conditions at 150 Sanford Ave. N. went from bad to worse on Tuesday and the the city and the Red Cross had to step in and temporarily put some residents in hotel rooms and a local community centre.

Pop phenom Lights, Big Wreck's Ian Thornley, south Sudanese musician and activist Emmanuel Jal and beloved children's artist Fred Penner will all perform at the songwriters circle on March 15 at the Great Hall at Hamilton Place.

Christina Noudga, who is charged as an accessory after the fact in the 2013 murder of Tim Bosma, has elected to skip a preliminary inquiry and go straight to trial.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco confirmed Wednesday that the black grit that fell on a north Hamilton neighbourhood last week came from one of its blast furnaces.

Police are searching for a pair of suspects after a Tuesday armed home invasion in Flamborough.

An Ontario judge sent two men convicted of the 2012 Emerald Gardens apartment shooting back to jail on Wednesday.

It’s time for the next bout in the second round of CBC Hamilton’s Best Hamilton song competition, and this time it’s The Dirty Nil’s energetic punk rock facing off against a classic rock staple from Crowbar.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Wednesday, Feb. 18.

The city is looking at its next steps after the owners of 150 Sanford Ave. N have complied with only some of the long-outstanding orders on the 13-storey apartment building.

After months of repeated delays and exasperated city officials, the builders of the new Tim Horton’s Field stadium hope for a city inspection this week to get a long-awaited occupancy permit.

An Ontario judge is set to decide the fate of two men convicted for the 2012 shooting at the Emerald Gardens apartment complex.

The weekend death is the fifth in two years at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre. The other four were drug-related.

It’s time to start the second round of CBC Hamilton’s Best Hamilton song competition, and we’re starting with Juno winner Rita Chiarelli facing off against Canadian punk icons Teenage Head.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Tuesday, Feb. 17.

There’s nearly $7,500 worth of bus tickets for low-income Hamiltonians on the line, but some councillors say they still won’t participate in Environment Hamilton’s campaign to get them to ride the bus.

A journalist and teacher from Burlington, Ont. is one of the top 100 applicants for a project that aims to establish a human colony on Mars by 2025.

Three more measles cases have been confirmed in Niagara, bringing the total in that region to five cases, according to information posted to the Niagara Region Public Health website Monday.

Volunteer firefighters use a green light to indicate they're trying to get to the scene of a fire, but not everyone knows what it means.

An event held at McMaster Saturday and Sunday was called "deltaHacks," invoking the mathematical definition of "delta" as "change." The 300 or so college programmers and designers who participated in the 24-hour intense, project-based event were coming up with projects to "hack for change."

The dramatic video of a Hamilton cab driver being robbed by three women with a knife and a hammer has brought driver safety back to the forefront.

Results are in from the first round of CBC Hamilton’s best Hamilton song competition. See who won, who lost and vote in the second round starting Tuesday.

Cold temperatures and gusty winds led to Environment Canada issuing an extreme cold warning for Sunday and Monday.

The Hamilton Tool Library wanted to build 250 accessibility ramps to specifications by business owners around town, but only 12 signed up. Some felt too nervous to sign up for one of the ramps, the library said, which the library was offering to build to custom specifications for $25.

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: Ivory Hours, Sea Perry and Dave Rave and the Governors.

Three new cases of measles have been confirmed in Ontario, health officials said Saturday.

Popular story-telling series Raconteurs is coming to Hamilton for an event on Wednesday that will be taped for a pilot for CBC Radio.

A 66-year-old man is facing charges that he unlawfully used military uniforms and medals when attending oath ceremonies held by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

The Pan Am Art Explosion will feature four massive "exploded" soccer balls made of aluminum plates that will be mounted on a pedestal and displayed on sidewalks in the downtown area.

It’s a long weekend in Hamilton, but it’ll be a bitterly cold one as well, Environment Canada says.

The CFL released its 2015 schedule on Friday, and what was expected to be a messy timetable because of the Pan American Games and the FIFA Women's World Cup still delivered some surprises.

It takes nearly twice the amount of time to get an ambulance in Flamborough as it does in the lower city. But the solution for how to fix it could lead to a political standoff on city council.

About 25 protesters gathered in the bitter cold near Gage Park Friday to protest Canada’s missing and murdered aboriginal women as part of a national day of action.

Hamilton Police have released footage from a security camera following a robbery at a Hamilton variety store.

Here are some events in Hamilton to keep you and your family busy this long weekend.

Environment Canada announced Friday that work on its massive Randle Reef cleanup project is set to start this year, with a scaled back- but affordable- plan.