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After more than a decade of planning, the construction of a new South Niagara hospital has started.

Advocates say rent contol helps offer tenants predictability and prevents excessive price hikes from year to year. But others say it can restrain new housing development in a market that's already desperately short on units.

A 37-year-old man remains in critical but stablecondition, Hamilton police say. Investigatorshope to speak to the victim on Tuesday about the serious assault. Police are also investigating two other incidents at encampments from last month.

Brantford's mayor says he won't use his new provincially imposed powersuntil he knows how residents feel about them.

City contractorshave resumeddredging upbiohazardous sediment at the bottom ofChedoke Creek after the city saysenvironmental monitoring agreements have been reached with local First Nations groups.

An 82-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck from behind while on his bike in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Thursday, Niagara Region Police Service said.

Canada's inflation rate fell to 2.8 per cent in June, its lowest level in more than two years.

A new report released Tuesday by the Canadian Centre for PolicyAlternatives found that while minimum wages have risen since 2018, they haven't increased as fast as rental rates. Researchers say this not only leaves workers spending too much on rent, but ultimatelyputs minimum wage workers at risk of becoming homeless.

Arsenije Lojovic, the driver who hit and killedHamilton conductor Boris Brott on April 5, 2022,has been found guilty of several charges, including dangerous driving causing death and fail to remain causing death.

Some frustrated and reluctant Hamilton councillors say they'll go to great lengths to stop development of the Greenbelt, even if it means physically blocking construction.In the meantime, the city will participate in discussions with developers and the province.

Like a scene out of a heist movie, police say two menclimbed onto the roof of a Burlington, Ont. dance studio and broke in through a skylight. But their target appears to be the next door cosmetics business.

Kanatawakhon (David) Maracle envisaged a new way to teach his language - the root word method - and his legacy is heard through modern-day Kanienkeha speakers across Haudenosaunee territories in North America.

McMaster Children's Hospital wants your kids' poop - so they can add it to their collection of frozen stool and use it to help other children.

Musician Tom Wilson, artist Santee Smith, mining engineer Gary Purdy and international human rights expert Rhoda Howard-Hassmann were all named to the Order of Canada.

Hamilton's fire chief says one person is in critical but stable condition and two other people were hospitalized after a fire in an east-endhighrise apartment.

Canada is growing rapidly - and so are its housing needs. This reality is testing the construction industry, which is dealing with a mounting labour shortage.

Nearly 50 young athletes will represent Six Nations of the Grand River at the North American Indigenous Games, which begins Saturday in Nova Scotia.

Residents hadselected the peregrine falcon over a year ago in an onlinepoll by Bird Friendly Hamilton Burlington.

Documents obtained by CBC Hamilton show the range of complaints made by inmates at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre in 2022. Former inmates-turned-prisoner rights advocates say the complaints system in Ontario is broken and incarcerated people suffer in silence.

Depending where you are in Hamilton, you could be breathing in up to a cigarette's worth of cancer-causing benzo(a)pyrene a day. But no matter where you are in the urban area, you're breathing in more than you should be.

A Hamilton man who had been missing for nearly four yearshas been found aliveby a volunteer search group.

Some members of the family of a Hamilton man who died while bikinghas filed an $8.5 million lawsuit against the driver who killed him.

The triennial event returns, to the delight of athletes, coaches, and teams from every part of Turtle Island.

Public transit in Burlington, Ont., will be free for seniors all the time and free for youth on evenings and weekends starting in August.

The CEO of Universities Canada says a stabbing at the University of Waterloo in Ontario is a reminder to have the right security measures and cultural environment to prevent future attacks.

Brad Currier andJon Mcleod are PhD candidates at McMaster University and co-researcherson a new paper on the "great weight debate" weigh in on the benefits of lifting.

When Kevin Daley filed a human rights complaint against security at McMaster University, he was ready for a fight - but he wasn't expecting it to go five years. He's still waiting for a hearing before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

Ann Konkel, a beloved matriarch, Second World War survivor and former emergency room nurse who has lived in Hamilton since 1952,willcelebrate her 108th birthday on Friday.

The country's national vaccine advisers are recommending Canadians get another COVID-19 booster shot this fall, with updated vaccines expected in the months ahead.

Oak wilt has been spotted three times in Niagara-on-the-Lake, according to the federal government.

A prominent Toronto-area developer is asking a court to block or delay a provincial watchdog frominterviewing him as part of its investigation into the Ontario government's decision to open formerly protected landfor housing development,CBC News has learned.

The federal Public Safety Department is defending a decision by its top officials not to contact the minister directly about the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison.

Brantford police are warning the public that fraudsters are targeting people via text message.

Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS)hastaken a dogafter videos surfaced of a man allegedly whipping and dragging it while on a walk in the town of Dundas in Hamilton.

Hamilton'sWoman Abuse Working Group (WAWG)is calling on the city to declare domestic and intimate partner violence an epidemic, while revealing statistics showing a great need for expanded services in the city.

Some shoppers feel they're being unfairly targeted for receipt checks due to theft at self-checkouts. A criminologist who studies the topic says this type of theft is growing as retailers add more self-checkouts and shoppers feel emboldened to steal.

CBC found several long-term care homes planning to expand with taxpayer support are run by operators with long histories of non-compliance with the law, or poor outcomes through the pandemic.

The Canadian women's eight team secured a silver medal on Sunday at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland, finishing just under one secondback of gold-medallist Great Britain.

The Anglican Church of Canada has approved new liturgical blessings that embrace transgender and gender non-binary members of their church. Reverend Eileen Scully is the author of the texts and she says the aim was to embrace those already in their church.

The family shelter system in Hamilton has been overwhelmed for over a year, with the 62 available rooms and overflow hotel rooms filled almost every week. For Mark Wakiri, a father of five who was injured at work a year ago, finding housing outside of the shelter is a difficult task.

Ontario's police watchdog says a 24-year-old woman has died and a 29-year-old man is in critical condition after falling eight storeys from a balcony in Burlington, Ont. The falls occurred after police attended to a call at the apartment, the SIU says.

Around 52,000 people flocked to Ivor Wynne Stadium in 1975 for a Pink Floyd show that changed concerts in the city for decades to come. Out of all those people, Jim 'Speedy' Kelly was likely the only one who got a recording of the event.

Mark Bistoyongwas 'bright, mature...and a talented athlete,' having just completed Grade 11 with honours,when he was killed in what Hamilton police call an 'unprovoked attack.'

New statistics obtained by CBC Hamilton through a freedom-of-information request show Brantford Police Service carried out 23 no-knock raids in 2022, more than any other year since at least 2019. It's also three times the number of raids done in 2021.

Hamilton police are investigating videos showing a man whipping his dog and dragging it down a sidewalk. The residents who recorded the videos describe what they saw and an animal rights activist says the police and the province need to take swift action.

The city plans to increase its urban canopy to 40 per cent by 2050, with a focus on planting more trees in areas that are lacking, like downtown, and keeping existing trees healthy.

All Niagara-bound lanes will by closed by 8 pm.

A Hamilton man has been arrested and faces what police say is a number of charges relating to human trafficking.

The Office of the Independent Police Review Director is recommending Brantford Police Service make changes to its policies after officers looking for drugs raided the wrong home in September.

Hamilton police's tactical unit arrested the accusedoutside on Emerald Street North on Wednesday afternoon.