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Politicians will return to Ontario Legislature business after its 15-week summer break that saw the release of two damning reports from the auditor general and integrity commissioner about the process to remove lands from the Greenbelt for housing development.

Architect Bill Curran is warning the city and neighbours of Hamilton's historic Tivoli Theatre - the dilapidated site of a long-promised redevelopment - about apparent structural issues with the building's walls, including buckling bricks and a lengthy crack.

In recent years, emerging research has found that newcomer children in Canada are developing chronic adult health conditions because of their circumstances.Researchers at McMaster University are looking to create a program that will help keep them healthy.

A new accelerator program called Soar aims to help five Indigenous entrepreneurs turn their already successful businesses into big-name brands and earn five times more revenue in just one year. Experts and business leaders say these success stories inspire others and help First Nations communities achieve economic independence.

Some southwestern Ontarionewspaper publishers are bucking trends by continuing to print paper versions of small-town newspapers at a time when they say their communities need them more than ever.

The province ordered the expansion in November 2022, opening up 2,200 hectares of countryside for development, at the same time it announced it would be removing land from the Greenbelt.

A march against violence in Hamilton on Thursday night was interrupted by a man now charged with assault. A video shows the incident unfold.

The province has come to a tentative central agreement with Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario education workers, according to statements from the government and the union Friday afternoon.

Renovation work on Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre is now set to begin early next year, the developer responsible for the project said Wednesday.

The emailed threat on Friday was similar to the one received on Thursday, police say. Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School recently hired a teacher who'd previously made international headlines for wearing large prosthetic breasts.

City's public works committee approved a long list of recommendations to make a stretch of Upper Paradise Road on Hamilton Mountain safer. The recommendations come after a 15-year-old student was killed in a hit and run on Jan. 11.

Finance general manager Mike Zegarac estimates the city is looking at a 14.2 per cent tax hike.The average householdwould see a $678 increase on their property tax bill in 2024, he told the general issues committee this week.

A $300,000 certified cheque is missing after it was sent through Canada Post registered mail from Ontario to Quebec. The only way to get a new one leaves the man who sent it liable if the original is cashed by the wrong person.

Just 12 shifts into his career as a London police officer, Const. Mike Olszowy was dispatched to the intersection of Hyde Park Road and South Carriage Road on June 6, 2021, where a Muslim family had been struck by a black pickup truck.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday that he is reversing his decision to open protected Greenbelt lands for housing development. Here is a timeline of events in the Greenbelt controversy.

In a suddenreversal, the Ontario government says itwill not removeland from the Greenbelt and instead will addback inhundreds of hectares of land in the Hamilton area.

The Ontario government is changing course and reversing a contentious land swap for the province's protected Greenbelt, following weeks of pressure and two minister resignations.

The College of Family Physicians of Canada wants to increase the length of a family medicine residency from two years to three, as a way of preparing doctors for more complex patients. But the plan is raising concerns it will increase the shortage of doctors at a time when some six million Canadians don't have access.

Mississauga East-CooksvilleMPP Kaleed Rasheedhas resigned from cabinet and the Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus, according to a statement from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office.

Several hundred people in Hamilton, protesters and counter-protesters, marched Wednesday morning, chanting and holding signs focused on gender identity and schools.

The Professional Women's Hockey League didn't even exist - at least publicly - until less than a month ago. In the short time since, franchise locations were announced, GMs were hired and the first-ever draft was recently completed. Yet there is still plenty more to be done before the season begins in January 2024.

A Hamilton-based advocacy group for sex workers is upset by Ontario's Superior Court dismissal of a charter challenge that argued Canada's criminal laws on sex work are unconstitutional.

In the leadup to Wilfrid Laurier University's Homecoming clash against the McMaster Marauders on Saturday, star quarterback Taylor Elgersma is conjuring up images of Golden Hawks football history.

The Queen Elizabeth Way between Burlington and Hamilton has reopened after most lanes were closed near the Skyway Bridge for several hours on Tuesday. OPP said a truck had caught fire after crashing into a barrier. No injuries were reported.

The Ontario Minor Hockey Association says its player enrolment numbers are still down since the pandemic.Now, it's launched a new campaign to try and attract new players, including those from families who are new to Canada and didn't necessarily grow up with the sport.

The same day the province announced its plans to remove three Hamilton sites from the Greenbelt, it also opened up an additional 2,200 hectares of local countryside for development, including land owned by developers Sergio Manchia and Paul Paletta.

The union representing frontline education workers in Ontario is calling on Premier Doug Fordto take action afterthree of its officesin London, Ont.were found vandalized with messages condemninggender ideology in schools.

A public workscommittee has voted to move forward with plans to close down the aviary and rehome its birds, as the city looks to remove the aviary as an asset.

Hamilton is receiving around $1 millionthrough theCanada Ontario Housing Benefit to help support a growing number of asylum seekers in the region.Other regions will also receive funds, part of a $42 million investment in the program.

Drivers along theQueen Elizabeth Way between Burlington and Hamilton faced "major problems" as two incidents closed most lanes near the Skyway Bridge on Tuesday morning, according to Ontario Provincial Police.No injuries were reported.

A Hamilton police constable resigned theday before he was set to begin a hearing underthe Police Services Act for alleged drug dealing.

Hamilton police say a man was taken to hospital after a crash on hismotorcycle, which also closed the westbound Lincoln Alexander Parkwayat Garth Street.

The Hamilton Spectator is losing its office space as its owner tries to save money, CBC Hamilton has learned. It means one of Ontario's longest-runningnewspapers will no longer have a physical newsroom.

Canada's inflation rate jumped higher last month, to an annual pace of four per cent, mostly because of an increase in gasoline prices.

Immigrants hoping to reunite with family members through the federal government'sParents and Grandparents Program will be invited to apply beginning Oct. 10 -but for the fourth consecutive year,those invitations will only be delivered to eligible applicants who expressed interestby 2020.

The City of Hamilton has enacted a nuisance party bylaw, which it says is intended to curtail large unsanctioned gatherings in communities near McMaster University.

The heads of Canada's five largest grocery chains have "agreed to work with" the federal government to stabilize food prices, Industry MinisterFrancois-Philippe Champagne said Monday.

There were expressions of both disappointment and joy Monday after Ontario's Superior Court dismissed a Charter challenge launched by an alliance of groups advocating for the rights of sex workers, ruling that Canada's criminal laws on sex work are constitutional.

The Loewith family has owned a dairy farm in Hamilton's Copetown neighbourhood for almost 80 years, but now they aresteppinginto the future by revisiting the past with a milk delivery service.

Teachers in Ontario's public elementary schools are set to start voting today on whether they want to give their union a strike mandate.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats received contributions from their offence, defence and special teams in their upset win against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The Canadian Country Music Awards took place at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ont., on Saturday, where Burlington's Josh Ross took home the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award.

Ontario winemakers have long raised concerns about the province's tax regime. Advocates say the tax cut would help the industry, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic.

For years, Ben Chamberlain, who has been living with physical disabilities half his life, wasn't sure he'd return to a backcountry trail, but he now spends time each year in Ontario's wilderness. He isn't alone in pushing hislimits to get into nature. A Windsor man who uses a wheelchair made it to Hardwood Lookout Trail summit in Algonquin Park.

The annual Canadian Country Music Association awards are being hosted at Hamilton's First Ontario Centre Saturday night. The star-studded event brings together Canadian country music stars and up-and-comers.

Building more housing in Canada will require a herculean effort across all levels of government. Some policy solutions are easier than others, such as removing the GST from purpose-built rentals, but there are other things governments can do right now to get more housing built.

They were teammates for the bulk of their CFL careers, celebrated two Grey Cup wins and spent countless hours off the field together. So it's only fitting that Josh Bourke will enter the Canadian Football Hall of Fame with John Bowman.

Coming from Marineland, the Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park, he was quiet and unsure in the natural habitat. Now he's thriving, confident and "a ham," says Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.

Nordstar, the company that owns the Toronto Star and other newspapers, announced Friday that it is seeking bankruptcy protection for the unit that owns more than 70 local newspapers and axing more than 600 jobs in the process.