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A Canadian man accused in the drowning of a four-year-old boy in St. Lucia is hoping his name will soon be cleared as he makes one last bid to have the charge dismissed.

'Hack or be hacked': CBC Radio's technology columnist Jesse Hirsh explains why kids need to really know how technology works. He tells us about Kano, a tool that can help kids become sophisticated programmers.

The deal between the Canadian government and U.S. Steel that allowed the steelmaker to renege on its obligation to make steel in Canada — at plants in Hamilton and Nanticoke in Ontario — will remain a secret.

Bob Barker, former host of CBS's "The Price is Right," wants Canada's lone killer whale to be included in Ontario's proposed orca ban.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Wednesday, May 20.

UBER is coming to Hamilton, and the city is ready with an enforcement plan when it does.

Construction on a long-awaited bypass to ease Waterdown’s desperate traffic woes is expected to start this year. But one local official says he’ll believe it when he sees it.

After years of debate over powerful side effects, the use of antipsychotic medications to treat psychosis and dementia in Hamilton’s long-term care homes has dropped, according to Health Quality Ontario.

Classes and events at Mohawk’s Fennell campus will resume at 5 p.m. tonight after flooding in the C wing forced the campus to close early this morning.

The city of Hamilton and Canada Post made their arguments on CBC Radio's Metro Morning with Matt Galloway in the fight over how Hamilton gets its mail. Listen to Hamilton Coun. Terry Whitehead and Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton. We ask you, who made the better case?

Several people were arrested for impaired driving in Hamilton last weekend, as police had their hands full over the Victoria Day holiday.

Hess Village bar and restaurant owners are suffering dwindling sales, and struggling to pay special paid duty policing fees, says Jason Farr. But they'll have to wait another month to see if that changes.

They say it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. That is, of course, unless someone is carrying dog-repellant.

One gunman in a brazen shootout Sunday fired into the path of passing motorists. Hamilton police are asking people who drove through central Hamilton Sunday to check their car for bullet holes – as they might be unintentionally carrying evidence with them.

An inmate died at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre Tuesday morning. Ministry of Corrections spokesperson Brent Ross confirmed the death in an email, but provided little other information.

Saltfleet High School was locked down Friday when police were called about a student with a gun – but in the end, the panic was actually caused by a misread text message.

Hamilton police have ruled out mechanical failure as the cause of a tragic crash that killed two high school friends on the Red Hill Valley Parkway earlier this month.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Tuesday, May 19.

The city and Hamilton’s largest union have reached a tentative agreement just hours before a strike deadline, keeping garbage trucks on the roads and pools open.

A 25-year-old defensive lineman who signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in April has died. The team and his representatives announced his death this weekend.

Canada Post's plan to stop home mail delivery and install community mailboxes is now under attack on multiple fronts.

Gunfire left bullet holes, abandoned shell casings and damage to a car and a business on Main Street East and East Ave. on Sunday evening. It was the second apparent shooting in 24 hours in the neighbourhood.

29-year-old Ryan Powless, a Hamilton bylaw officer, was the person killed in a collision on the 403 early Saturday morning, police said.

Retired bookseller Bryan Prince and his brother, Ross, are back from their trip to Nepal that coincided with the devastating earthquake in that country. And they're trying to hang onto memories and connections to friends they have back in Nepal as they get back into the swing of their lives in Canada.

The long holiday weekend marks the beginning of camping season across Ontario. But it also signals the start of tick season.

Brandon Clark, son of former MPP and city councillor Brad Clark, is back in hospital with pneumonia, his father says.

Two baby falcon beaks appeared this weekend on the ledge at the Hamilton Sheraton downton, and the FalconWatch community is overjoyed.

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 Will Currie and the Country French, Lonnie in the Garden and Emilio Bonito.

Police have charged a 30-year-old man with second-degree murder after the stabbing death of 28-year-old Ricky Doucette on Barton Street East last February.

A "horrific scene" opened the long weekend on the roads after a truck going the wrong way on Highway 403 in Burlington hit an eastbound vehicle early Saturday.

St. Joseph’s Healthcare has launched an internal review into the care of John Greene, after court documents revealed the man who viciously assaulted a young Hamilton girl last year tried to get psychiatric care just days before the attack.

A man found unconscious after a "serious assault" near Stinson Street and Victoria Avenue South died in hospital Friday, and police homicide detectives have taken over the investigation.

The David Braley Health Sciences Centre was unveiled in downtown Hamilton after 11 years of planning and building.

Citing their own personal experiences and parochial passions councillors countered the intent of a much-heralded new process for handing out grants Friday, approving tens of thousands of dollars in additional money.

Police have found a wanted man, one they said was armed and dangerous after fight between two groups of men in Stoney Creek ended in gunfire Wednesday afternoon.

What you need to know to make the most of the long weekend

iagara Region police say a Hamilton man faces charges after a farm tractor was involved in a fatal collision Thursday evening in the Township of West Lincoln.

Federal Minister of Health Rona Ambrose announced nearly $8 million in funding to tackle prescription painkiller abuse while in Hamilton Friday.

It will be a tense long weekend in Hamilton as the city and union representing 3,400 workers work plan to work overtime on Monday to hammer out an agreement.

The three city workers who were hit by an SUV Thursday were following safety regulations, the city says, but the Ministry of Labour is still investigating what happened.

David Gillan, a 46-year-old Stoney Creek man charged with robbery and break and enter, has removed his monitoring bracelet and is wanted by police.

A veteran Hamilton police officer and his lawyer are continuing to review 700 pages of documents from police counsel on five Police Services Act charges related to employee benefits, ammunition and licence plates.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Friday, May 15.

Police call him the Vaulter and Canada's bankers will announce today that they're doubling the reward for the bank robbery suspect.

The bible on bullying gets an update. Parenting expert Barbara Coloroso talks about her updated book and the best way to respond to a bully online and in person.

The city's grants committee is set to meet Friday, this time armed with new breakdowns of who is getting some of the city's extra $500,000 in arts funding and $250,000 in other grants categories.

Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca promised visit still hasn't been scheduled but Hamilton's mayor believes when he comes it will be to announce an LRT plan.

Conservation authority says the tree was inspected mid-March, and that the branch that fell was still alive, falling because heat surge caused "sudden summer limb drop."

A report from Colliers International compares Hamilton and Milwaukee, saying the smaller cities should attract businesses in part due to their proximity and cheaper costs to larger cities of Toronto and Chicago.

Hamilton home prices registered the largest gain over the past year among 11 urban markets measured in a national index released Wednesday.