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More than 1,000 fans poured through a public visitation Sunday in Gordon Lightfoot's hometown in central Ontario to say goodbye to the folk singer-songwriter.

The landlord at 235 Rebecca St. is demanding the family pay almost $12K for damages in order to do repairs or face eviction. The city's bylaw officers haven't issued any repair orders, and the family says they're running out of options.

Scout works in the forensic psychiatry unit at St. Joseph's hospital. He's the first resident dog at any hospital in the country, to the best of his coworkers' knowledge.

Saturday's coronation of King Charles at Westminster Abbey has been a source of joy for at least one former Caribbean resident who now lives in Ontario, but the event has also drawn resentment from others.

King Charles III, a man who waited almost 74 years to become King, was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and pageantry Britain could muster.

Working from home became prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic, but in recent weeks, major employers such as the Royal Bank of Canada and Amazon have taken major steps toward bringing their staff back into the office as much as possible.

Creative Together or Skatne Ionkwate’nikonrattokáhtskon is an exhibit featuring the work of four Indigenous artists and the local elementary students they’ve taught in workshops leading up to the opening. This is the second year that Lynwood Arts has partnered with the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board to deliver this program.

Hamilton police says its privacy impact assessment for its drone program is 'in compliance' with the office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) — but the IPC says Waterloo police has been the only service to consult its office on drones.

While some people will spend a part of their Saturday morning watching the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey, there’s lots more to do all weekend long.

The employee of a Hamilton developer who the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) says misled investors who gave $19 million for the Buffalo Grand Hotel in New York says he's "confident" the project will be completed.

The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday that two players on the Niagara IceDogs, including team captain Landon Cato, have been kicked out of the league and the team's general manager has been suspended two years for violating league policies.

Redeemer University's mental health task force, set up in the wake of a transgender student's death, says it needs more time to finalize a report and recommendations that many are hoping will improve support for students, especially in the LGBTQ community.

May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit people. There are events taking place across the country but for some, the red dress is a painful trigger.

The City of Brantford will recount ballots for mayoral candidates from the 2022 election on May 6, following the runner-up’s court application.

King Charles's coronation comes amid complex conversations about the role of the Crown in the world today and the ongoing legacy of British colonialism. Educators are among those initiating these talks with students, and several told CBC News why it's important to broach this weekend's event in Canadian classrooms.

Harold Jonker is facing several charges for his involvement with the 2022 truck convoy protests, police say. He turned himself into a police station in Grimsby, Ont., on April 29 and has since been released.

A 21-year-old has been arrested following a hit and run Wednesday outside Central Public School in Burlington, Ont., that left eight-year-old Jayne Hounslow dead, according to police.

At least four workers died in Hamilton last year – two were crushed, one died from a fall, and one was struck by something, according to provincial data obtained by CBC Hamilton.

Chefs from Ontario universities gathered at Western's Saugeen-Maitland residence this week in London for a culinary training program aimed at ramping up plant-based choices at student residences.

A "perfect storm" of factors including the 2018 election, inefficient practices and the COVID pandemic has left Ontario's trouble-plagued Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) "fundamentally failing" to provide swift justice, the province's ombudsman says.

A graduating student from Bernie Custis Secondary School has become the first at the school to get recruited by a university-level football team — despite the school not having a football field.

Ontario is spending $51 million over three years to try to fight auto theft, which the government says has increased 14 per cent in the last year alone.

Forge FC continued its front office restructuring Tuesday, promoting Jelani Smith to director of soccer operations.

Cole Zelenco, a St. Catharines, Ont., resident killed while fighting in Ukraine, 'always had a good sense of humour' and 'was one of the better soldiers we had over there,' says a fellow Canadian who met the 21-year-old in the International Legion.

A man allegedly behind the online sale of a lethal substance linked to deaths abroad has been arrested and charged after two deaths in Peel Region, police say.

Police are investigating after a video seems to show a car door opening as two cyclists were passing by, sending one flying over the handlebars and the other tumbling over top of them.

Transit riders across large parts of the Greater Toronto Area can use debit cards to pay their fare starting today, as the Ontario government looks to expand the payment option to Toronto in the coming months.

Bosses at Denninger's and G W Thompson are asking for a dedicated Hamilton Police Service officer, saying employees don't feel safe at work.

Forge FC has rewarded Bobby Smyrniotis with a four-year contract extension in an expanded role as head coach and sporting director.

The Ontario Securities Commission has forced a Hamilton developer’s employee to resign after misleading investors who gave the developer $19 million for the Buffalo Grand Hotel in New York — but the employee says he didn’t know he broke the rules and was relying on the developer, Harry Stinson.

Data obtained from Statistics Canada on incidents where someone has allegedly failed to follow bail or peace bond conditions and committed a violent crime show that the numbers are up across Ontario and in the Greater Toronto Area over five years.

Trevor Copp began his career busking in downtown Hamilton more than 25 years ago. He has since performed as a mime in 18 countries. His show at the Royal Botanical Gardens later this week is about his life and famed French mime Marcel Marceau.

Hamilton police have started using automatic licence plate readers and in-car cameras in vehicles.

Roughly 1,500 students in two First Nations communities in Ontario have been out of class since April 19. Teachers are now preparing for their return Tuesday.

Security documents show McMaster University has been dealing with at least one serial bike thief for years. The documents, obtained by CBC Hamilton through a freedom-of-information request, also appear to show a hotspot for bike thefts.

Two Canadian men have been killed by Russian shelling as they defended the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. One of them had been in contact with CBC News before heading into the besieged city and spoke of the horrible conditions he was expecting to face.

Four peregrine falcon eggs hatched on top of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Hamilton on Sunday morning.

It's back to work Monday morning for hundreds of federal government workers in northern Ontario, while hundreds more remain on strike.

The funerals for four policer officers in Ontario, who all died in recent months while on the job, brought thousands together to mourn. Of the four, the costs of only one have been released publicly, prompting differing reactions from policing experts.

Premier Doug Ford's government is preparing to expand gas-fired power plants in Ontario, a move that critics say will make the province's electricity system dirtier and could eventually leave taxpayers on the hook.

Tens of thousands of federal public servants will return to work after the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the federal government reached a tentative agreement for four bargaining units.

Dozens of unions and their members gathered in downtown Toronto on Sunday to commemorate and celebrate International Workers' Day ahead of Monday. They called for better treatment of workers.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada has been striking since April 19, leaving 1,100 children in Six Nations of the Grand River out of school. Teachers there say the children have been left out of the conversation.

A man in his sixties is at a burn trauma centre in serious condition after he was pulled from a house fire on Nebo Road in Glanbrook on Saturday afternoon.

The world’s first boat-sharing service, Skipperi, has arrived in Hamilton, among other Lake Ontario locations. It launches to the public May 1.

John Tavares scored at 4:36 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday to win their series 4-2 and advance in the post-season for the first time in nearly two decades.

Good news for anyone currently riffling through a shoebox full of wrinkled receipts: a new pilot program that will see the government automate the process of filing taxes for low-income Canadians could be a long-overdue step on the road toward doing them for everyone.

Hamilton resident Sofia Palma Florido got to know the stories of Latin American seniors while she was studying at McMaster. She ended up honouring her grandparents in the process and now hopes to turn the project into a book.

Niagara region has a new medical officer of health and commissioner of Public Health and Emergency Services.

Arbitrators have awarded Ontario hospital nurses additional salary increases after Bill 124 was ruled unconstitutional in November.