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Police from Hamilton an Niagara Region say they're investigating a string of four arsons last weekend in the Hamilton and Niagara-West Lincoln areas.

A group of McMaster students hopes to spark interest for kids to borrow bikes from libraries, an effort it sees as a complement to the city's new SoBi Hamilton bike share.

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

Six Nations Elected Council has spent $805,000 so far on a $4.8-million incinerator project. Residents gathered at a community meeting Thursday to hear about health and environmental impacts, but many left with more questions than answers.

A new measles case was announced Wednesday in Hamilton. Officials cautioned people without full vaccination to check the places where the patient had been and see a doctor if they may have been exposed.

Two Hamilton men have been charged with assault with a weapon after taping themselves apparently flinging a cheeseburger at a sleeping elderly man inside a Barton Street McDonald's and posting it online.

Robert Keleti's Hamilton Jewellers shop has been transformed into a New York coin and pawn shop this week for a day of filming for the NBC pilot Warrior.

A Hamilton man has been charged with stealing a TV projector from someone’s car and then struggling with the driver who spotted him.

A man riding his bike over the ice in Cootes Paradise fell into the frigid water Wednesday evening, police say.

The owners of a lower city property pleaded guilty to altering a building in the St. Clair Avenue Heritage Conservation District without a heritage permit, the city announced Thursday.

A pathway that helps protect women from developing Type 2 diabetes has become a new target for treatment research.

Yet another Hamilton taxi driver has been robbed at knifepoint, this time around Emerald and Shaw Streets early Wednesday morning.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Thursday, March 19.

The full fleet of SoBi Hamilton bikes will hit local streets Friday and Saturday under the bike share's long-awaited launch.

A Brantford senior lost $40,000 after falling victim to a lottery scam, according to police.

A group of elusive suspects are on trial at Hamilton’s John Sopinka Courthouse: bedbugs.

Hamilton adult likely caught measles while travelling outside of the province but may have exposed others in public places in Hamilton, public health officials say.

A new study co-authored by a McMaster University researcher has found that people who have recently contracted HIV may not be as infectious as previously thought — a notion that could influence treatment plans in Third World countries.

Opponents of Bill C-51 and local MPs will meet at Hamilton city hall Wednesday night for a forum on the government's controversial proposed anti-terrorism legislation.

Hamilton’s transit union has made a request with the Ministry of Labour that would legally allow its members to go on strike next month.

A group of Ontario firefighters will be running in full bunker gear at Hamilton's Around The Bay Road Race later this month to raise awareness for the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on first responders.

Four people were sent to hospital with stab wounds after a St. Patrick's Day house party got out of control near McMaster University, Hamilton police say.

Here's your Hamilton news, weather, and traffic for Wednesday, March 18.

Hamilton Coun. Sam Merulla has backed off his call for rail companies to share daily, real-time information about what they're shipping through the city.

The Canadian women's soccer team will close out its World Cup warmup schedule with a game against England on May 29 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field.

A high school student from Hamilton was revealed on Monday as one of the 3,000 torchbearers for the upcoming Pan Am Games, a secret he kept guarded until this week.

Hamilton will be one of three pilot cities participating in an effort to provide places to live, accompanied by supportive services, for people experiencing homelessness.

Hamilton police have released security footage of three pharmacy robberies on the Mountain this year. They say one suspect is believed to be behind all three incidents.

When a blood-vessel injury sidelined Henrik Lundqvist in early February, everyone knew the New York Rangers' playoff chances would be affected.

The U.S. Steel Canada mills and properties in Hamilton and Nanticoke could be sold within the year under a plan scheduled to be heard in Superior Court in Toronto on March 30.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Tuesday, Mar. 17.

The Ontario government now has until April 2 to appeal a controversial court ruling that said the family of an 11-year-old First Nations girl with cancer has a constitutional right to choose traditional aboriginal medicine over chemotherapy.

Elizabeth May talks with CBC Hamilton about air and water quality, the need she sees for Great Lakes cleanup and rail cargo safety.

Ontario's highest court dismissed an appeal Monday from a man who argued his gun offence convictions were the result of racial profiling.

Hamilton police are looking for a robbery suspect who allegedly swung a belt at a young person and took his bike on the Mountain in Hamilton over the weekend.

Here's your news, weather and traffic for Monday, Mar. 16.

A garbage incinerator bought by the Six Nations Reserve under a promise of zero emissions was found to have spewed toxins and carcinogens at levels up to 200 times the provincial limit, according to a report obtained by CBC Hamilton.

Hamilton rock group Arkells took home two big awards as the weekend music festival in the group's hometown showcased the best of Canadian music.

Isabella Brearley is a feisty woman for her age. She is 106 years old. She may not know every name in the room at her birthday party Saturday - five generations of family showed up for the occasion - but she does have one piece of advice for all of them: 'follow your road.'

Hamilton Police say the drugs stolen from animal control officers are potentially dangerous. Investigators are casting a wide net as it's unknown when the drugs were stolen from a vehicle travelling between Hamilton and Burlington on Thursday night.

Hamilton rock heroes Arkells, jazz songstress Diana Panton and electronic innovator Caribou all took home trophies at The Juno Awards gala dinner and awards show Saturday evening.

CBC Hamilton's Adam Carter joined Craig Norris on In the Key of C Saturday afternoon to talk about The Juno Awards, and tell the rest of the province about all of the partying happening in Hamilton right now. Listen here.

Fourteen years later, and more than five years after his death of lung cancer at the age of 39, the R&B singer is nominated again — for the seventh time — and the award will be contested again in Hamilton.

A pilot project of integrated health care tested in Hamilton has lent some wisdom to a new report aimed at improving home and community care in Ontario.

With news that the American Hockey League will be shipping out of Hamilton to St. John's Newfoundland and the Ontario Hockey League's Bellville Bulls will be moving in, we take a look at some of the major differences between the two leagues.

The Hamilton Conservation Authority is asking residents to be careful near all water bodies, as milder temperature brings melting snowpack and increased runoff.

The 2015 Juno Awards are upon us! Follow along with the biggest party in Canadian music this year.

Junofest is hitting Hamilton, and CBC Hamilton wants to make sure you’re prepared for this massive, two-night celebration of Canadian music. So we’ve picked 10 of the best artists and shows playing on Saturday that you should absolutely check out.

An intoxicated man caused a disturbance Thursday night at a Hamilton restaurant after he allegedly assaulted customers and spat blood at an officer, police said.

An 18-year-old woman is facing charges after police say she pulled people’s hair and slapped staff inside the campus bar at Mohawk College’s Fennell campus on Thursday.