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Hamilton has amassed 3,074 volunteers for the Pan Am Games. It's more than double thank what they were seeking. Now the trouble is finding work for all the free hands.

A victim of road rage snapped a cell phone photo of a man who tried to fight her for a road rage incident. Police caught the man using a photo of the accused.

Around Hamilton, there will be 12 fewer doorsteps with inaccessible entrances, thanks to a ramp-building project at the Hamilton Tool Library. Provincial legislation requires buildings to be accessible by 2025.

New details emerged in a hearing in a Hamilton court Thursday as a judge prepares to decide if a man accused of kidnapping a child from Earl Kitchener Elementary School is criminally responsible for his actions.

Hamilton officials have received more than 900 calls about frozen pipes. A typical winter usually brings about 40. Mayor Fred Eisenberger said in a press conference Thursday the problem is unlikely to improve until next week.

Thanks to an immediate flood of tips, the Lincoln County Humane Society has identified the owner of an emaciated dog found wandering the streets of St. Catharines.

Three cats and two guinea pigs died in a 5 a.m. fire in the city's east end Thursday morning.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Thursday, Mar. 5.

After a massive power surge in rural Flamborough scorched electronics and left homeowners with thousands in damages last month, residents want Hydro One to explain the burst of electricity that hit their homes – and pay for it.

A Hamilton OPP officer who helped pulled the driver from a burning fuel truck will be awarded a Medal of Bravery for his actions in 2012.

The grievance hearing is over, and 21 fired city workers are waiting to see if they’ll get their jobs back after allegations that they worked fewer hours than allotted.

The city has spent $3.1 million and 12 years on its Red Hill Valley Parkway lawsuit with the federal government, and one councillor estimates there’s at least another four years left to go.

Hamilton Police are investigating an incident involving assault and indecent exposure that happened Tuesday at 2:50 p.m. on the Red Hill Valley trail north of Queenston Road.

If a massive, stately Queen Street South home currently listed for $4.25 million sells for that price, it'd be the most expensive home sale ever recorded on the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington rolls.

Two Hamiltonians helped hold down a suspect after a variety store was robbed in the downtown core Tuesday afternoon, police say.

It’s time to pick Hamilton’s best song – Junkhouse’s 90s rock anthem "Shine" or Rita Chiarelli’s ode to a maximum security prison, "These Four Walls." Vote now!

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.