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The 87th annual Academy Awards, the biggest, glitziest and most-coveted movie industry awards are being handed out tonight in Hollywood. Here's what you need to know.

In touting Canada's anti-terrorism act, Bill C-51, to a counter-terrorism summit hosted by the White House, Hamilton found itself in the spotlight for all the right reasons.

Police are advising drivers to slow down as today's snowfall has caused dozens of accidents throughout the Greater Toronto Area, including a six-vehicle collision in Burlington.

As part of Black History Month, CBC Hamilton asked two black Hamilton musicians from two very different backgrounds to explain why black music is important in their own words.

Ontario's Liberal government will release details of the province's new sex education curriculum on Monday, The Canadian Press has learned.

It’s a partially fulfilled wish list for Hamilton's public school board. It gets one new elementary school in Flamborough, but as for the second, it will have to make due with renovations.

Lake Land Meats and Farm Market is recalling smoked trout and smoked arctic char from stores because of the potential presence of dangerous bacteria.

Guelph police have charged a 46-year-old Hamilton man with attempted murder following an investigation.

A veteran Hamilton police officer was arrested Friday and charged with theft and obstructing justice in what police are calling an "on-duty incident."

A Hamilton woman was arrested Thursday in a bizarre scam that included a fake pregnant daughter and a fictional pizza day, police say.

At least two Hamilton councillors are calling on the province to intervene after the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) voted Thursday to take nearly $700,000 more per year from city taxpayers.

Some remarkable drone video has captured ice boulders forming and growing at the foot of Niagara Falls.

It’s time to choose who should move on to the next round of CBC Hamilton’s best Hamilton song competition, and two beloved groups are facing off – Junkhouse and The Forgotten Rebels.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Friday, Feb. 20.

Furious residents of two downtown apartment towers voiced their outrage Thursday night about the deteriorating conditions of their buildings and the property management company they claim is trying to force them out.

Public health staff is setting up a new program to provide dental care to low-income seniors that it hopes to roll out in January 2016.

The message from Hamilton’s French Catholic school board leaders is clear: we want our own new high school.

The province is calling an inquest into the death of a Hamilton construction worker who died after he was struck by a man charged with impaired driving.

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.