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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.

When Nancy Anilniliak was five, officials seized her from her home in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and shipped her off to a tuberculosis sanatorium in Hamilton, Ont. Sixty-five years later, officials battling an outbreak of the disease in Pangnirtung must contend with the trauma caused by the actions of their predecessors - while those infected face new challenges.

A Hamilton police officer barred from carrying a gun for five years after two incidents involving his service weapon is fighting to keep a job with the force while he waits out the weapons ban.

The long delays in resolving landlord-tenant disputes are worst in Ontario, but other provinces are experiencing it as well. Experts say those delays will have an impact on the already-stressed rental market.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is extending the repayment deadline for its small business pandemic loan program by one year, but business will still lose the forgiveable portion of the loan if they don't repay in the coming months.

A Tecumseh, Ont., native who brought awareness to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by running a marathon while wearing a hospital gown is now dealing with the effects of long COVID.

The Toronto Rock won't be booted out of their home arena in Hamilton during the upcoming season because of renovations.

Faced with increasing pressure to respond to widespread concerns about the cost of living and questions about his leadership, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a series of new measures Thursday meant to deal with rising housing and grocery prices.

For the first 94 days of the COVID-19 pandemic, provincial inspectors never stepped foot into Hamilton long-term care homes, where seniors were inside, dying. That's according to a recent report from Ontario's ombudsman, Paul Dube.

In an effort to quash the Ford government's decision to remove Hamilton land from the Greenbelt, the city is considering turning to the courts.Meanwhile, an environmental group encourages council and staff to stall development for as long as possible.

Ranking the breakthrough artist nominees at the 2023 CCMA Awards.

'We have never experienced a demand for shelter space like it exists today in this community, or experienced the level of desperation that we now see in families,' says Good Shepherd's Katherine Kalinowski.

Religious leaders in Ontario say conversations about people who are LGBTQ are becoming more common among Christians - but it's not all bad. In fact, they're seeing more LGBTQ acceptance among churchgoers.

Video footage of Nathaniel Veltman being questioned by police, less than an hour after a Muslim family was struck by a vehicle in London in June 2021, was shown at his murder-terror trial in Ontario court in Windsor on Wednesday. Earlier, a woman testified she was on her balcony when she saw a truck hit something, only learning later that a person had been struck.

Tickets are now available for several events in the Grey Cup Festival that will precede the Canadian Football League's biggest game of the year, to be held in Hamilton on Nov. 19 at Tim Hortons Field.

Country singer Josh Ross considers himself a thrill seeker by nature and as the top nominee at Saturday's Canadian Country Music Association Awards, he's certainly headed on another wild ride.

The City of Hamilton is set to honour former NHL player, coach and general manager Pat Quinn with a "new look" and rededication ceremony to the Pat Quinn Arena (Parkdale Arena).

Fears that unhoused people set to live in the north end's tiny homes pilot will be in danger may put the location of the projectin jeopardy, aHamilton Alliance for Tiny Homes board member told CBC Hamilton.