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Calls for students to bring litter-less lunches and reduce, reuse, recycle are already familiar in classrooms across Canada. Attention is now also turning to the way students travel to school and how to reduce the carbon footprint of that weekday trek.

With 71,000 new spaces promised as part of a government deal, the sector wonders who will staff all those new rooms if child-care centres are already having trouble keeping their doors open.

Gord Lewis will be celebrated at the FirstOntario Concert Hall in Hamilton by his friends, family and entertainment peers on Nov. 5. The event for the late Teenage Head guitarist will feature musical appearances, with proceeds going to charity.

Seth Small booted four field goals to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a crucial 18-14 home win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday night at Tim Hortons Field.

This long Thanksgiving weekend, here are some events you can also be thankful for this are happening in Hamilton.

With another long weekend upon us, here's what's open and closed in Hamilton:

The Liberal government is lifting the limit on the number of hours international students are allowed to work off-campus each week in an effort to address Canada's labour shortage.

Advanced polling dates allow voting ahead of election day — on Oct. 7 and 14, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Oct. 8, and 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be one advanced polling location in each of Hamilton's 15 wards.

Families of murder victims went before a committee of MPs on Thursday to condemn a controversial Supreme Court of Canada decision on sentencing law.

Niagara Health says it will temporarily close an urgent care centre this weekend due to a staffing shortage. The Port Colborne Urgent Care Centre is scheduled to close Saturday at 4 p.m. and reopen Sunday at 8 a.m.

After years of delays, construction crews will start work on the Confederation GO station near Centennial Parkway and hope to have it completed by 2025, according to the provincial government.

Change is coming to Hamilton — but what will it look like? Join our panel of community voices to discuss what the next chapter of this city could look like, depending on the outcome of the vote on Oct. 24.

A Hamilton woman says she's "disgusted" that police officers used a Taser on her partner shortly after he suffered a seizure, and then charged him with three counts of assault, saying he concussed an officer during the incident.

The Good Shepherd is hosting its 60th Thanksgiving dinner, and for the third year in a row they will be serving it in take-out containers. This year, Hamilton food banks have seen a 10 per cent increase in people using their services, and around holidays like Thanksgiving, it is common for some to run low on stock.

Voters in Beasley Park and beyond are welcoming the massive change that awaits Hamilton city council with this month's election.

With the municipal election around the corner, for those in Hamilton and surrounding municipalities, we want to hear what's important to you, whether you'll be voting or if you have yet to make a decision.

The iconic 1950s-style ice cream shop, Dairee Delite, in Brantford has been open for almost 70 years and is special to people in the Ontario city, for its sweet treats and colourful history, including an elusive tale about high-stakes poker, with the ice cream stand on the line.

A child welfare worker told a coroner's inquest Tuesday that had she known an Indigenous teen in her care had a history of suicidal thoughts and self-harm, she would have tried to talk to him about it.

Owen Barnes has come across two coyotes in the last month while walking through trails in his Burlington, Ont., neighbourhood.

Canadian photographer Douglas Kirkland, whose intimate shots of Marilyn Monroe taken a year before her death earned him the trust of many Hollywood stars, has died at 88.

When Lisa Funnell played the 2013 version of the Tomb Raider video game, she remembers the moment when her character, Lara Croft, was killed while trying to escape a man who was sexually assaulting her. She asked herself, "Who decided that this content is OK?"

Ontario is putting an additional $342 million toward energy efficiency programs, including paying some customers to run their air conditioning less on hot summer days.

Immigrants who don't have Canadian citizenship, people who are incarcerated, and teens under the age of 18 are among those who don't have the right to vote.

A coalition of sex workers and advocacy groups began presenting arguments on Monday in a landmark Superior Court hearing that they hope will lead to the full decriminalization of sex work in Canada.

Canada's Mackenzie Hughes jumped 31 positions to No. 51 on the official world golf ranking list Monday after winning the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Streets around McMaster University in Hamilton were filled with thousands of students for a “fake homecoming” party.

Ontario education workers such as librarians, custodians and school administration staff have voted 96.5 per cent in favour of a strike.

Doctors are warning there is no consistent or reliable national system to collect and share information on maternal deaths and close calls. This is particularly tragic, they say, because most deaths and adverse outcomes are preventable. In the absence of government leadership, doctors are working to change that.

Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont. defeated Sepp Straka of Vienna, Austria in an intense playoff Sunday to win the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi.

Many doctors and nurses across Canada have been calling for help for months, as the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed resources that they say were already stretched, and has led to an unparalleled wave of staff shortages that they say has now reached a breaking point.

The federal government offers its employees a variety of Indigenous cultural awareness and sensitivity programs, but participation in the optional sessions is relatively low.

Imran Hasan says his run for municipal council in Mississauga is a way to provide newcomers with something his father didn’t have when he arrived in Canada in 1973 — someone who looked like him in politics.

Ontarians who make minimum wage are waking up to a raise.

Wesley Urban Ministries, a Hamilton non-profit that works with people experiencing homelessness, announced this week that it is closing its Catherine Street North day centre in 2023, prompted some concerns over the impact on those using its services.

Despite my activism, on June 2, I didn't vote in the provincial election — the first time I would have been eligible to do so. Just a few months later, I feel differently. This time, in the municipal election, I will vote — here's why.

Community members gathered in Gage Park in Hamilton to mark the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The road between Highway 6 and King Street West will be closed from Friday at 11 p.m. to Monday, Oct. 3, at 5 a.m. Some entrance ramps will also be closed.

Ian Maracle wanted to capture his daughter’s home birth. Her arrival brought up the grief of losing his mom to cancer and hope for what her future is an Indigenous child.

CBC will have an extensive lineup of Indigenous-led programming showcasing First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives and experiences across all platforms, including a live special.

The city and members of the Black community celebrated the life and history of Ethilda "Tillie" Johnson with a plaque that now hangs in the farmers's market.

A man in his 20s has died following a fire at a Traymore Avenue property next to McMaster University in Westdale, according to the city's Emergency Medical Services.

The Book of Negroes, first published in 2007, has sold 800,000 copies in Canada. Hill will celebrate the book at an in-person event at the AfterWords Literary Festival in Halifax on Oct. 2.

The current rate of COVID-19 transmission in Hamilton is moderate and stable but new data shows that the virus’ wastewater signal has increased over the past two weeks, and projections are for an increase in cases and hospitalizations over the course of the fall.

Puslinch, Ont. council voted 4-1 at its Wednesday meeting to change the long-controversial street name of Swastika Trail to Holly Trail.

Ontario will need more than 138,000 new workers in the public sector, long-term care, home care and child care over the next five years and may need to increase wages to attract enough people, the province's financial watchdog says.

Salt Baby, running until Oct. 1, is the first production in Theatre Aquarius's 2022-23 new season. The theatre also has a new artistic director and is working to redevelop Hamilton's theatre scene.

The Canadian Museums Association is calling for legislation, money and a cohesive national strategy to support Indigenous-led reconciliation in the museum sector.

Hamilton police say there will be heavy police, paramedic, firefighter and bylaw official presence in the Ainslie Woods and Westdale neighbourhoods of Hamilton this weekend to deter students from participating in "fake homecoming" celebrations.

A new study has found that the time it takes to get a housing project approved and the amount of charges levied by municipal governments on developers have both increased in the Greater Toronto Area in the past two years, resulting in "unnecessary costs."