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As the summer months roll along, you might feel powerless to tear your eyes and thumbs from the phone and actually get outside to enjoy the weather.But it's not your fault, experts say, because the companies that design our devices are intentionally working to make them addictive.

Some newcomers are comingto terms with Canada's history and relationship with Indigenous peoples after arriving in Canada. For them, Canada Day brings mixed emotions.

Canada Day celebrationsin 2023 will include speeches, a special citizenship ceremony and musical performances- though the weather in the capital isn't so festive.

There's an unspoken divide between Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers in Canada, say some workers and advocates. The program baked separation into its design and some employers force workers to compete with each other, they added.

Decades after the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed, many Chinese Canadians say they continue to feel excluded and stigmatized in a country that remains conflicted over their presence.

Arsenije Lojovic, 35, testified Thursday at his trial for the 2022 hit-and-run death of Hamilton composer Boris Brott. During the trial, Lojovic said he drove 'carelessly and impulsively' on April 5, 2022 because he 'wasn't aware of how many one-way streets Hamilton had.'

There's a lot to do in and around Hamilton this Canada Day weekend. Here are a few suggestions, from a bike ride to close out Pride Month to the Canada Day Eid Festival.

Here's a look at what's open and closed across the city on the Canada Day long weekend. Because Canada Day is Saturday, many government offices will take the stat holiday on Monday.

Hamilton police officer Brian Wren will serve 18 months of probation for assaulting Patrick Tomchuk. At Wren's sentencing Thursday, Ontario Court Justice Bruce Pugsleydescribed Wren's actions as 'assaulting a helpless prisoner.'

Serial killer Dellen Millard has been sentenced to one year of imprisonmentafter being found guilty ofassault causing bodily harm for his role in aprison stabbing, which will be served concurrently with prior sentences for three first-degree murder convictions.

Homelessness advocates have criticized the city's community meeting on encampments for not centering the voices of people living on the streets - but on Tuesday,many shared their personal stories and views with the wider community.

More than 1,000 people attended a meeting at the Hamilton Convention Centre Tuesday to hearabout the city's proposed encampment protocol. They asked questions, offered feedback and shared stories. Here are the highlights.

The CFL issued a maximum fine against Hamilton defensive back Chris Edwards on Wednesday for his actions following the Tiger-Cats' 38-12 loss to the Montreal Alouettes last week

Court heard Wednesday from several witnesses who saw a black Volkswagen being driven erratically, including a contractor, a bus driver and a local resident. It also heard from the Hamilton police officers who tried to immobilize the car by crashing into it, after the driver had hit Brott, killing him.

Meta and Google are using "intimidation tactics" to protest Canada's online news law because they're nervous other countries will follow suit, says Hamilton Liberal MP Lisa Hepfner.

A 43-year-old man was shot by a police officer at aBurlington, Ont., apartment complex on Tuesday evening, says the Special Investigations Unit.

Melissa Kelly says that when it comes to making trails in Hamilton safer for women, not much has changed in a year since a string of sexual assaults last summer.

Burlington, Ont., had some of the worst air quality in the province, while Hamilton and nearby areas are seeing more hazy conditions from forest fire smoke out of Quebec and northernOntario.

Canada is grappling with a severe shortage of family doctors - but Canadian-born family physicians working abroad are fighting to get the paperwork they need to practice here.

The niece of the man killed in a downtown Hamilton park remembers him as someone whose primary goal in life was to be there for his family. 'He had one of the biggest hearts I've ever seen,' she said.

Indigenous artifacts that may be up to 4,523 years old have been found in a downtown Hamilton park, city officials say.

After winning Toronto's mayoral byelection, Olivia Chow now faces what could be a far tougher challenge: winning support for her agenda from Premier Doug Ford.

Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory and special weather statement due to the possibility of funnel clouds and a downpour of up to 50 mm of rain on Tuesday.

Police identified the62-year-oldwoman killed Monday as Jacquelyne 'Jackie' Buckle, a long-time employee with the city, and saidher son, 34-year-old Daryl Buckle, has been charged following her death.

Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased, a new report shows.

Stinky water flowing through Gore Park's majestic fountain is unfortunate, but not unusual, say Hamilton residents who stop by regularly.

Hamilton'sdirector of housing servicessaysthecommunity meetings the city is currently hosting on encampmentsareto inform people and hear their thoughts - not a referendum on what should happen. The next meeting is Tuesday evening.

Olivia Chow was elected Toronto's next mayor in an unexpectedly close race Monday, promising to bring a more progressive approach after more than a decade of conservative leadership at city hall.

Police say Antonio Beltrano, 45, was assaulted in J.C. Beemer Park and later died from his injuries.

Anti-racism groups and advocates are calling for 'immediate action' from Hamilton Police Service, the mayor and the Ford government afternewdatashowed a 'gross over-representation' of Black people when it comes to policeuse of force.

Torontonians go to the polls Monday to elect a new mayor, ending a campaign that saw Hamilton brought into the fold in discussions over Toronto'saffordability. We speak to three people who moved to Hamilton from Toronto - and explain why they're glad they did.

Amidst recent waves of anti-LGBTQ protests, these members of Hamilton's LGBTQ community say showing support needs to go beyond parades and rainbow crosswalks.

The first monument for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls east of Winnipeg was unveiled in Whitefish River First Nation, approximately 102 kilometres southwest of Sudbury, Ont., to give families a place to gather, raise awareness and honour their loved ones.

Emergency rooms across Canada are facing a growing crisis - staffing shortages, burnout, worsening wait times, closures, a lack of adequate funding and a surge of patients seeking urgent care threatening to overwhelm a system on the brink of collapse.

Icelandic discount carrier Play got off the ground in Canada this week, out of Hamilton'sJohn C. Munro airport, joiningNew York,Washington,BostonandBaltimore in North America. A Montreal aviation professor and a Toronto personal finance columnist give their views on where Play may fit into the travel market.

The Hamilton Police Service says it will use its$1,020,546 surplus toward the purchase ofa laser scanner, a peer support app for first responders and by putting money back into reserves.

A report from the College of Nurses of Ontario said that this year, there's about 158,000 people working as nurses in Ontario. But the report said the percentage of nurses working in the province has declined.

Whether its a pow wow, a sporting event or some avant-garde music, thiseclectic city has you covered.

A Hamilton police staff sergeant says the service has no plan to track or release any data on how officers use its $279,000 armoured rescue vehicle.

"The vine is so big that, at eye level, it really just looks like a hairy creature from Stranger Things," says Robert Fedrock of Paris, Ont.

A Burlington man, 29, has been charged with possessing and accessing child pornography and had worked as a sessional instructor at Mohawk College, police say.

The families of two people killed by Ontario man Mark Smich are demanding answers from the federal government after the multiple murderer was moved to a medium-security prison.

The Ontario government has laid charges against four of the six Hamilton-area businesses where workers died last year: Stelco, Norfolk Disposal Services, Janco Steel and National Steel Car, CBC Hamilton has learned.

'I want the public to be clear on what's happening here,' Coun. Craig Cassar said at council Wednesday. 'Developers are no longer being required to pay for their fair share of development and that's being transitioned to people already paying taxes in Hamilton.'

The chair of Hamilton's police board is facing criticism for her stance on Hamilton police having to record and share the race of people officers use force on.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Correctional Service of Canada's chief Anne Kelly never mentioned in advance that serial killer Paul Bernardo could be transferred from a maximum to medium-security prison, despite frequently speaking in the months leading up to the move.

Canada Bread has agreed to pay at least $50 million for its role in fixing the price of bread for years, according to documents filed in an Ontario court.

The 2022 use of force report, which will be discussed during an HPS board meeting on Thursday, says Black people were on the receiving end of 17.2 per cent of all use of force incidents in 2022 despite representing only five per cent of Hamilton's population.

People got a chance to learn more about the origins of lacrosse during a series of free lacrosse classes offered at Conestoga College's Doon campus.