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Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government is poised to oversee the biggest expansion of green energy that the province has seen in nearly a decade.

Arun Ghosh said he's reached a long-time goal of putting 1 million kilometres on his car. His only problem is that the odometer won't go up that high.

Another strong running game powered the Edmonton Elks to their third victory in a row Saturday night. The winning streak comes after the team lost the first seven games of the season.

Blue-green algae - a toxic bacteria that can cause severe skin irritations, vomiting and diarrhea - bloomed in Hamilton Harbour in July. Now it's taken over many shallower areas of the waterfront, the smell deterring residents from enjoying Bayfront Park.

A run-walk event hosted in memory of a Waterdown man who died in 2021 takes place Sunday, to raise funds to help support people living with mental health andsubstance use concerns.

Mayors and councillors from across the province are arriving in Ottawa today for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference.

Talli Osborne, an inspirational speaker andformer Hamilton resident, got her driver's licence three weeks ago and is now able to driveher dream car, a modified fuchsia Mini Cooper, without any assistance.

The Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act, 2024, has passed second reading and is now at the legislature's Standing Committee on Justice Policy for consideration and further study.

A 40-year-old man from Welland, Ont., was charged with mischief over $5,000.

The federal government says it will lift a recently imposed $500,000 cap on fundingto locate or memorialize children who didn't come home from residential schools - but there's worryonly some communities will benefit from the reversal.

The City of Hamilton has spent more than $7.4 million, so far, to repair its information technology systems after a crippling ransomware attack in February.

Marineland has been ordered to pay nearly $85,000, months after it wasfound guilty under Ontario's animal cruelty laws of charges related to its care of three blackbears.

A 69-year-old man has died following a single-vehicle crash in Waterdown on Thursday, Hamilton police say.

The Ministry of the Environment says the exemptions - known as site specific standards - were allowed to expire because it's working on a new rules to ensure steel mills are doing their part when it comes to emissions.

After nearly 40 years, students at a language immersion schoolin Six Nations of the Grand River near Hamilton, Ont., will gettheir ownbuilding.

Urban Wildlife Care in Grimsby, Ont., has operated since the late 1990s. It's one of about 70 authorized wildlife rehabilitators in the province - sites that provide crucial care to undomesticated animals, despite the rising costs to run such a service.

Ontario child-care operators in the national $10-a-day program will soon be compensated in a way the province says will cover the true cost of providing care, after many said they were struggling to keep their doors open under the current structure.

An Ontario resident says the province is forcing her to pay over $15,000 to unpaid workers at a funeral home she says she never owned. The 30-year-old mom says her ex-husband, the ownerof the failing business, added her name as a director without her knowledge or consent.

According to a news release from Peter Kirkpatrick, a spokesperson for Verhaeghe, the NHL star will host a public event at noon Monday at the Harry Howell Arena.

Hamilton's largest radio news station has shut down. The city's mayor says CHML had been in Hamilton for nearly 100 years and the loss is 'devastating.'

A new report from the United Nations says migrant workers in Canada are facing various forms of abuse, with little recourse.

Stephanie and Noah Brace say they go to see Arkells every time they play in Newfoundland, but their wedding meant they couldn't make last weekend's concert. That's when a friend messaged singer Max Kerman for a surprise performance.

Young adults in Torontoare struggling more than previous years - and to a greater extent than their older peers- with deteriorating mental health, crippling financial concernsand growing social isolation, according to an organization that tracks the city's quality of life.

Now that Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives have joined the chorus calling for more action against Chinese imports, a key decision facing Finance Minister Chrystia Freelandthis month just got a little easier.

Non-profit organizations in Canada are increasingly turning to "community bonds" to raise capital and create affordable housing at a time when people across the country are being squeezed by high rents and a tight market.

The CFL Players' Association appointed Peter Dyakowski as its interim executive director Tuesday. Dyakowski will assume the role at the end of September when executive director Brian Ramsay leaves to become Professional Hockey Players' Association executive director.

Niagara police have shared the name of a 62-year-old woman killed in her home in Smithville three-and-a-half months after her death.

The streets are alive with the sound of music in Cambridge. Two permanent interactive art pieces in the Gaslight District, River Lines and Hello Hello, are encouraging people to dance and create music with their voices. Melissa Mongiat, the co-founder of Daily Tous les Jours, explains how the art pieces highlight the community's relationship with the riverfront - and with each other.

Have you got a lead on 10,000 square feet of available warehousing space? If so, the Hamilton-Burlington SPCA wants to hear from you. The animal welfare charity says it's looking to store $1.5 million worth of pet food it received as a donation from a group of its partners.

A woman who had been living in a Hamilton apartment for at least six months was found dead last week in her bed after being stabbed by a 51-year-old neighbour, Det.Frank De Vuonotold a news conference Monday. Police also confirmed the man took his own life.

Hamilton's revampedFirstOntario Centre will reopen in just over a year, with the reno project on schedule and eventsbooked for late next year.The venture is being backed by at least one big-name investor - an NBA player from the city who just returned from the Paris Olympics, one of the developers says.

The City of Burlington is warning drivers of a partial closure on the QEW toward Fort Erie this weekend.

Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire, from St. Catharines, Ont., is used to headlining shows and hometown festivals, but 23 years into its career, the powerhouse performers have taken a rare opening act gig that puts them in front of one of their biggest audiences yet.

In an Aug. 9 news release, Hamilton Public Health Services confirmed the city's first 2024 case of bat rabies. AHamilton resident is now being treated by health care providers due to exposure to the infected bat.

For the second week in a row the Montreal Alouettes, defending Grey Cup Champions, have defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The union calls for stiffer penalties when workers die on the job. "Small" fines become the "cost of doing business" and don't spur real change to workplace conditions, the local president says.

A new studyled by a team of researchers at the University of Waterloo'sfaculty of environment hasfound that international students are among the most vulnerable people impacted by the current housing crisis.

As polling shows ridings up for grabs in the Hamilton region, politicians from three federal parties visited the city within the last week-and-a-half to promote policies and gain support from locals.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has added his voice to those calling on the federal government to slap tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and associated parts.

Hamilton's downtown YMCA says its serviceswill reopen to members on Monday, Aug. 12.

Researchers with the Northern Tornadoes Project have more details about the three tornadoes that struck Niagara Region on Monday.

Hamilton police's homicide unit is investigating after finding two people dead in an Ottawa Street apartment.

Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines,Ont., finished fourth in the10,000 metre race at the Paris Olympics, one of 13 men to break an Olympic set in 2008. Hamilton marathoner Reid Coolsaet, an Olympian in 2012 and 2016, explains why he says the race was the "craziest 10k" he's ever seen.

An Ontario runner is seeking to break a record for the fastest unsupported run along the over-900-kilometre-long Bruce Trail.

The statement, issued on Thursdayat 10:46 a.m.,says alow pressure system is expected to give heavy rainfall in parts of southwestern Ontario and the Golden Horseshoe. The statement says to expect rainfall amounts of 25 to 50 mm.

Had she left the sport, Eleanor Harvey wouldn't have found a new coach and made history in Paris, where the 29-year-old won a bronze in women's individual foil - getting Canada its first-ever Olympic fencing medal.

A broad coalition led by Ontariomayors is calling on the provincial and federal governmentsto devote more resources to tackling a surge inhomelessness and addictions in communities across the province.

Researchers with the Northern Tornadoes Project have confirmed three tornadoes hit the Niagara Region on Monday.

Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) announced Wednesday afternoon it will be expanding evening and weekend service starting on Sept. 1.

A 31-year-old manis facing charges after Hamilton police say he was clocked driving 117 km/h in a 60 km/h zone onUpper Centennial Parkway. At about 1:06 a.m., police observed a vehicle heading westbound on Regional Road 20 just east of Third Road East.