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A man was taken to hospital Tuesday after holding a knife to his own throat in a public washroom, police say.

Country music star Shania Twain's farewell tour is making a stop in Hamilton. The singer announced her 2015 'Rock this Country' tour on her website.

Police say the man left his home in Smithville, southeast of Hamilton, just after midnight Wednesday to take his snowmobile out for a short ride.

A 35-year-old Stoney Creek man has been charged with careless driving and not having the right tires on his GMC cargo van after he crossed into oncoming traffic lanes, jumped the curb and a sidewalk on Highway 7/8 and slammed into the corner of an antique store, causing extensive damage.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Wednesday, Mar. 4.

The head of Hamilton's police union says when officers stop and question community members, sometimes it's just "proactive policing."

Coun. Sam Merulla says he won't push for a police investigation into an Ancaster councillor who has admitted to grabbing a journalist since the councillor is donating $1,000 to charity and stepping down from a committee.

There’s a freezing rain warning in effect for Hamilton as forecasters warn people to talk extra care outside.

Sahab Jamshidi, a Canadian charged in St. Lucia following the drowning death of a four-year-old boy, says that he tried to save the boy, denying reports that he took the child on a fatal kitesurfing ride off the coast of the Caribbean island.

City planners have recommended against a major downtown condo tower project, but the matter has been deferred until the end of the month so the local councillor can try to “iron out" some of the issues.

A Hamilton man, apparently on holiday in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, will be in court Tuesday appearing on charges related to the drowning death of a four-year-old boy. Read Sahab Jamshidi's last words to friends and family before arrest.

A brick furniture truck that ran a red light caused an HSR bus to slam into a building near the Hamilton GO Station Friday, and now police have charged both the truck driver and the bus driver with traffic offences.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Tuesday, Mar. 3.

Police have charged a 66-year-old bus driver ferom Hamilton in a GO transit bus crash north of Toronto that killed a 56-year-old woman.

Metro Morning's Matt Galloway spoke with Dr. Jennifer Brasch, a psychiatrist and former medical director of psychiatric emergency services at Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, about the challenges health care providers face with patients who attempt or contemplate suicide.

Times are good in real estate and as downtown Hamilton prepares for hundreds of new condos, city planners are asking what can they require from developers to meet broader city goals?

Hamilton Police said Monday they will explore two new initiatives aimed at monitoring policing activities for possible racial bias.

Both a cold weather alert and a special weather statement have been issued for Hamilton, as frigid temperatures, snow and freezing rain are set to roll into the area.

After years of controversy, Ward 2 Coun. Jason Farr will appeal to council to have the city step in and start paying Hess Village’s paid duty police costs instead of bar owners in the area.

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.