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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.

A new report commissioned by Premier Doug Ford's government warns that climate change poses high risks to Ontario, with impacts on everything from food production to infrastructure to businesses.

A Brantford, Ont., man has been charged for trying to get dozensof underage girls to send himintimate photos of themselves, accordingtolocal, provincial and U.S. law enforcement.

The man accused of running over a Muslim family in London with his truck approached a cab driver minutes after the June 2021 incidentand told him to call the cops," the jury at his murder-terror trial heard Tuesday in an Ontario court in Windsor.

Although the pace of increase has come down slightly, the price of rental accommodation in Canada continues to go up - with the average tenant now being asked to pay $2,117 a month.

One man is in hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after a shooting at Montgomery Park in Hamilton.

Between school policies and political rhetoric, many parents may soon find themselves talking to their children about a topic that could make them uncomfortable

A new study reveals the mounting toll the opioid crisis is having on emergency departments and paramedic services in Ontario, and should serve as a 'wake up call' to policymakers, says the report's author.

Beth Harris-Smoke, 13, has almost 3,000 hours of boxing training under her beltand recently won a national boxing championship.

People ina Niagara Falls, Ont., subdivision areopposinga company's plans to build a gravel quarry close totheir neighbourhood on what is now farmland, with one resident saying having their homes just blocks from an industrial sitecould "put a damper on our future."

Data from a Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Nathaniel Veltman on the day members of a London, Ont., Muslim family were struck shows him veering to the right five seconds before impact, his gas pedal 100 per cent compressed, court heard Monday, the opening day of the 22-year-old's murder trial.

McMaster in Hamilton and Brock in St. Catharines are among the latest universities to removeclassroom information from their public websites in the wake of the June stabbings in University of Waterloo gender-studies class in southern Ontario.

Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Paul Calandra says he will be "reviewing the previously stated intention" to appoint facilitators to review some of the regional municipalities in Ontario to ensure they're equipped to meet housing targets.

Ontario DriveTest exams are supposedto be similar to each other and evaluate the same driving skills, but the percentage of people who pass varies drastically depending on where you take the test, according to new data obtained by CBC Hamilton through a freedom of information request.

A 44-year-old man from Thorold, Ont. died Saturday afternoon after he collided with an SUV while riding a motorcycle. Niagara police are asking witnesses and drivers with dash cam footage to contact them.

When it comes to coming out in high school, Tor La - a youth activist and Grade 10 student in Waterloo region - believes that young people should be selective about who they tell in order to stay safe, explaining that it's your information. You don't have to share that."

Canada won the bronze-medal match attheFIBA men's Basketball World Cup on Sunday in Manila, Philippines. The Canadians did it in dramatic fashion, taking a127-118 overtime win against the United States.

People flooded James Street North on Friday evening for the first day of Supercrawl 2023.

Experts say Ontario's Greenbelt has not only accomplished its original purpose of containing sprawl, but helped offset the effects of climate change.

The provincial charged Ssonix Products following a series of explosions Jan. 12 that killed a worker.

The jury at an inquest into the death of a teen who died at a school for blind students has recommended the province review the availability of overnight medical resources provided to schools that cater to disabled children.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's former coaches in his hometown of Hamilton say his star performance for team Canada at the FIBA Basketball World Cup is a source of pride for the city and its basketball community.

Canada's run at the FIBA World Cup ended Friday after a disappointing 95-86 loss to Serbia in the semifinals Friday in Manila.

The city once dedicated a plaque to 'Mrs. Stanley Parker,' for the woman who proposed 93 hectares of coastline in the city's east end get turned into a public park. Now she is being honoured with the naming of the new Jennie Florence Parker Sports Complex.

At a public meeting, Hamilton residents said it's too soon to accept that the rural land will become subdivisions, and called on the city to keep protesting the Ontario government's decision. "What is stopping us from saying, 'This is a sham?'" one resident asked.

From bubble theatre to hip hop headliners, here are some of of this year's most exciting attractions. CBC Hamilton will be there, too.

A disciplinary hearing to determine the fate of aHamilton police officerfound guilty of assaulting Patrick Tomchukduring hisarrest began Thursday, but has been adjourned until Oct. 20.

Ontario's long-term care inspection system was totally overwhelmed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ministry overseeing care homes was caught unprepared and unable to ensure the safety of residents and staff, the province's ombudsman says.

A new directory of Black health-care professionals across Canada launched Thursday, and creators of the database say its goal is to help improve access to practitioners for Black Canadians, who often struggle to find providers that understand their culture.

The $150-million project is cleaningup of the once-mostcontaminated site on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes.

Hamilton police have charged a third person in connection with the death ofRobert Barberstock, the 53-year-old Hamilton manshot dead in a eastendresidencein March.

A United Nations official on Wednesday denounced Canada's temporary foreign worker program as a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery."

For years, McMaster University has promised a new residence will add nearly 1,400 student beds, free up in-demand rental units and help ease the affordable housing crisis. But the university says some initiatives are slow to get off the groundfor reasons sometimes beyond its control.

One man is dead after a stabbing in Niagara Falls, police say. The suspect remains at large.

The family of Canadian musician Robbie Robertson requested after his death that donations be made to Six Nations "to support a new Woodland Cultural Centre." The centre, dedicated to the preservation of Indigenous language and culture, has been receiving an outpouring of support and international recognition ever since.

Canada beat Slovenia 100-89 in the quarterfinalsin Manila on Wednesday, guaranteeing it will play for a medal for the first time ever at the men's basketball World Cup. The Canadians will next meet Serbia in the semifinals on Friday.

Toronto added its first three players for the new Professional Women's Hockey League. Forwards Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull, along with defender Renata Fast, have signed three-year deals, the league announced Wednesday.

Canadian bantamweight Serhiy Sidey won a UFC contract Tuesday by stopping American Ramon (The Savage) Taveras in the first round on "Dana White's Contender Series."