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Hamilton is one of the most segregated cities in the country by income, with clear divides between rich and poor neighbourhoods. But a new McMaster study says the inner city housing boom can help change that.

The province held a splashy media event on Tuesday morning to announce a light-rail line for Mississauga and Brampton. And as the pot dwindles, no announcements are planned for Hamilton.

Here's a list of five things you can do to make the earth a better place this week in Hamilton.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Tuesday, April 21.

Hamilton's Medical Officer of Health will join a chorus of voices asking the province for greater scrutiny of a proposed gasification plant on the city's waterfront.

One person has died in a fire after a car smashed into a Mountain townhouse complex Monday afternoon.

A judge will rule in a week whether the out of court settlement should be unsealed as part of the company's bankruptcy protection hearings.

A Hamilton family doctor is pushing the city to establish tougher rules around what he says is a top unconsidered public health risk – burning wood.

The industry award nominees have been announced for the Hamilton Music Awards, and Laura Cole, Arkells, Jeremy Fisher, the Dinner Belles and Elliott Brood are leading the pack.

A Hamilton teen is facing multiple charges including drunk driving and auto theft after police arrested him in downtown Hamilton Saturday morning.

Canada Post would make short work of the city's new super mailbox bylaw if it ever went to court, says an expert in municipal law.

Queen Elizabeth honoured the First World War contributions of three Canadian regiments on Sunday including the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, the Calgary Highlanders and the Canadian Scottish Regiment.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Monday, April 20.

A woman fondly known as 'the Co-op Angel' has been giving away free memberships to deserving customers at a not-for-profit grocery store in downtown Hamilton.

The Picone sisters use their father's signature on their store's sign. It's a way of connecting them to the store's long traditions and what it has taken to succeed over a century of being in business.

A 14-year-old boy faces numerous charges after a grass fire in Burlington caused a power outage and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

Calvin Pickard made 40 saves and Joey Hishon scored the only goal in the shootout as the Lake Erie Monsters edged the host Hamilton Bulldogs 4-3 on Saturday in American Hockey League action.

Andrew Sedmihadsky's son Max is four years old. And, for about half his short life, he has lived with a rare disorder that causes muscle degeneration and affects boys between the ages of two and three years old.

Preliminary testing has confirmed the presence of H5 avian influenza on a second Ontario farm, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.

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. Up this week: Megan Landry, April Verch and Lee Harvey Osmond.

Six months after Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was shot while standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, his regiment in Hamilton opened its armoury to thank the public for its support in the aftermath of the reservist's death.

​Ben Street had two goals and an assist as the Lake Erie Monsters doubled up the Hamilton Bulldogs 6-3 on Friday in American Hockey League action.

Saturday may well be the last American Hockey League game in Hamilton. We look back at 19 years of AHL hockey in the city

The provincial government announced billions in new funding for GO Transit service on Friday, and said some $16 billion is now ready to spend on transportation infrastructure in the GTA and Hamilton.

A Jaguar and several snowmobiles were among the stolen goods recovered

The trail has gone cold for investigators examining the badly decomposed body found in Stoney Creek on Easter Sunday.

The Supreme Court of Canada's landmark end-of-life ruling played a role in helping a Hamilton man charged with assisting suicide avoid jail time, his lawyer said.

Cathy Cirillo and her son Nathan's regiment, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, are inviting Hamiltonians to the armoury for an honours parade Saturday, six months after his death at the National War Memorial.

Hamilton student Mitchel Bonaccorso has been suspended from school for 10 days for a series of online videos he posted last summer - even though the videos have nothing to do with his school and weren’t filmed on school property.

Police have arrested four Hamilton men this week and charged them with possessing and accessing child pornography.

The Hamilton-Burlington housing market equaled Toronto for the largest house price increases over the first quarter of 2015 according to realtor group Re/Max.

Doctors have tried to wean Brad Clark’s son off painkillers despite his devastating shotgun injuries in an effort to wake him up, but so far he has not regained consciousness.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Friday, April 17.

Hamilton electricity users will become the centre of a political debate next month as a city councillor tries to stop the merger of Horizon Utilities with three other companies.

Reem Sheet and Eyrie Clark, grade 11 students from Orchard Park High School, were some of those recognized for their volunteer efforts with Volunteer Hamilton, at the 17th Annual Community Builders Breakfast on Thursday.

It’s a milestone 10 months in the making – at long last, the city has issued an occupancy permit for Tim Horton’s Field.

The Canadian teacher serving a ten-year prison sentence in Indonesian on child-abuse convictions says the federal government has done little to protect him from what he calls an abuse of his human rights.

Hamilton police say they were called to the Hamilton central library, Wednesday night, after a man was said to be causing a disturbance, including challenging guests to a fight.

It’s been less than 24 hours, and already the city of Hamilton is looking at charging Canada Post under a new law that dictates where the corporation can install super mailboxes.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats were the lone team to exceed the CFL's $5-million salary cap last season. The league announced Thursday the Ticats finished $8,939 over the cap, earning them a $8,939 fine, or $1 for each dollar they were over. Hamilton was the lone team to go over the cap last year.

Police and ambulance are at St. Jean de Brébeuf for an apparent stabbing in the downstairs hallway, says one student.

The band answered life's important questions: like why their name doesn't have a "the" in front of it and what it's like to meet Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.

A judge has ruled the city owes $8 million to a boy who was hit by a car at a crosswalk 13 years ago when a crossing guard left work early.

Members of the ATU 107 voted 86% in favour of the new deal which amounts to a 7 per cent pay increase over the four years of the deal.

This is your brain on whisky: its sluggish, predictable, non-chaotic, and neurochemical messages never reach their intended targets. Your brain on whisky, and all alcohol for that matter, is linear.

The son of former city councillor Brad Clark was taken out of a medically-induced coma earlier this week as doctors worked to repair the damage caused by a shotgun blast at close range — but he still hasn't woken up since his third surgery.

A veteran Hamilton police officer and his lawyer are reviewing 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 Thursday, April 16.

There's a danger that lurks in the night that might be worse than a nightmare. Sleep deprivation is a problem experts say has reached epidemic proportions, with often devastating effects for children of all ages. Katherine Ashenburg wrote about this for The Walrus Magazine. Listen here.

The national women's hockey program is bringing more than 100 promising young players to the city for a development camp next month, including the latest member of Hamilton's Nurse family poised to enter the national sporting stage.