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The expansions were part of the government's suite of changes that included removing land from the protected Greenbelt in an effort to build 1.5 million homes over 10 years.

Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a writing residency. The winner will be announced on Nov. 23, 2023.

The union representing Hamilton bus drivers reached a late-night,tentative deal with the city that would see buses back on the road on Friday morning.

When Andrea Horwath became the mayor of Hamilton one year ago, she began her term unravelling the inner workings of city hall. In an interview with CBC Hamilton, she reflects on the changes she's made and what's coming in 2024.

As jurorsin the murder-terror trial of Nathaniel Veltman deliberate, evidence that wasn't presentedover more than two months of Ontario Superior Court proceedingsin Windsor into the attack on the Afzaal family of Londoncan now be released. Here are some of the highlights.

Speaking to local media for the first time since her removal from the NDP caucus, the Hamilton Centre Independent MPP says she believes the removal was because she called for a ceasefire in Gaza 'too early.'

Starring Bilal Baig, Sort Of' tells the story of a gender-expansive millennial in Toronto and will conclude with Season 3

This week's Grey Cup celebration includes a street festival, a parade, Santa Claus and Carrie Underwood. It also includes some major road closures. Here's what you need to know to get around.

Cyclist Shelley Gautier and tennis player Rob Shaw have been named Canadian flag-bearers for Friday's opening ceremony of the Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.

Ontario's health-system watchdog received more complaints in 2022-23 than it has in any other year since it opened offices in 2016, according to the patient ombudsman's annual report released Wednesday.

The Ontario government is bringing in new labour laws that among other changes will force employers to disclose salary information in job postings - a move employment experts say is good for job seekers and employers alike.

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie isn't going anywhere. The 60-year-old Winnipeg native has held the job since 2017 and said Tuesday he has no immediate plans to step away.

Mike O'Shea looked aghast, paused and then laughed Tuesday when a veteran columnist suggested that a fourth straight trip to the Grey Cup with the same team had led him to coaching legend status in the Canadian Football League.

Dozens of teenagers departed from a Hamilton during fourth period on Monday, some carrying Palestinian flags and Free Gaza" signs and wearing keffiyeh - a traditional Palestinian scarf.

Hamilton resident Cheryl Fawcett lives downtown and works on the Mountain. With the bus strike still ongoing, she said has had to leave work two-and-a-half hours early in order to get a ride home.

Before a packed gallery of Muslim community members, prosecution and defence lawyers summarized their cases to jurors at the murder-terror trial of the man charged in a truck attack on a family in London in 2021. Closing arguments in the Ontario Superior Court trial in Windsor for Nathaniel Veltman came after 10 weeks of proceedings.

Premier Doug Ford's government gives a for-profit clinic more funding to perform certain OHIP-covered surgeries than it gives Ontario's public hospitals to perform the same operations, CBC News has learned.

The Montreal Alouettes and Winnipeg Blue Bombers will square off in the CFL championship game Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, marking the first time the two franchises have met in the Grey Cup. On Monday, organizers announced the contest is sold out.

Despite the province's goal of scrapping out streaming for Grade 9 students, a new survey suggests not all the proper planning and resources are in place to make sure the policy isproperly implemented.

The Grey Cup is coming to Hamilton and there's a week-long festival ahead of the championship game. Here's what to expect.

Metrolinx, an Ontario-run public transit agency, introduced a monthly target for fare evasion fines in September, according to an employee who was not authorized to speak on the matter. The agency says the policy is being applied fairly to all riders and that employees are receiving anti-bias training.

Brady Oliveira rushed for 109 yards and one touchdown while Nick Hallett blocked a punt and scored to help propel the Blue Bombers to a franchise-record fourth straight Grey Cup appearance after a 24-13 victory over the B.C. Lions in Saturday's CFL West Division final.

Marc-Antoine Dequoy and Kabion Ento returned interceptions for touchdowns as the Montreal Alouettes stunned the Toronto Argonauts 38-17 in the CFL East Division final Saturday.

Treaties Recognition Week in Ontario runs from Nov. 5 to 11. The Two Row Wampum is recognized each year in southern Ontario in a special way - a 10-day canoe trip down the Grand River.

They were called the Farmerettes, young women who farmed the fields of southwestern Ontario and Niagara region during the Second World War. Their stories inspired a book, which is now being turned into a documentary and a play.

A Mexican youth orchestra will perform at two free events for Remembrance Day in Niagara-on-the-Lake - it will also be their first Remembrance Day.

Watch how Mikel, a vintage seller and houseplant collector, made his small space so green.

Ahmad Abualjedian's wife and newborn baby were taken to the Canadian Embassy in Cairo before flying to Toronto on Friday, where Ahmad met his daughter for the first time.

Saturday marks 104 years since the end of the First World War - the date on which Canada marks Remembrance Day. Local residents seeking to reflect on those who died fighting in this country's wars can attend a number of events in-person or virtually this year.

Several Ontario municipalities have turned down the province's offer of strong mayor powers because of concerns either with housing targets the government has tied to them, or worries that the powers would lend themselves to a "dictatorship."

Roughly 100,000 people in Hamilton and some 4.4 million people in Ontario won't have a family doctor in 2026 if the provincial health-care system doesn't improve, according to the Ontario College of Family Physicians.

Ontario plans to ban employers from requiring Canadian work experience in job postings or application forms, the labour minister announced Thursday, saying it will be an important step to help newcomers get their foot in the door.

Owennatekha Maracle says universities need to ask themselves if they're contributing to strengthening Indigenous languages or if they're "taking away an instructor who was performing a crucial function within that language community."

Hamilton transit workers went on strike Thursday, leaving city bus riders stranded just over a week before the city is set to host the Grey Cup. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 107 says the union is ready to go back to the bargaining table if the HSR is prepared to table a better offer," while the city says it won't change its final offer.

The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 16 and the winner will be announced on Nov. 23.

Sherri-Lyn Hill was a councillor going into the election. She won the title of elected chief on Saturday and is set to serve a four-year term.

Find out how to follow CBC's special coverage of Remembrance Day, featuring the ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.

The downbound lanes have been closed since early March when the city says itfound "urgent erosion and slope stability" issues during a routine inspection.

More Canadians were set to make the journey to safety from Gaza at the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Wednesday, only to learn that the border was closed again.

Canada's annual report on cancer statistics says more people with lung cancer are surviving.

The bylaw is designed to discourage people from buying investment properties for short-term rentals and add more long-term options back on the market. Enforcement will begin Jan. 1, the city says.

Hamilton schools are discussing what they'll do ahead of Thursday's planned transit worker strike - and one local college says some classes may go virtual.

Hamilton's Aegis Impact Protection is selling out of neck guards following the on-ice death of former NHL player Adam Johnson due to a neck injury.

And now the waiting begins for Bo Levi Mitchell. The veteran quarterback's future remains Hamilton's biggest question mark heading into the off-season. The Montreal Alouettes eliminated the Tiger-Cats from Grey Cup contention with a 27-12 home victory Saturday in the East Division semifinal.

McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences are reviewing a social media comment made by a prominent cardiologist after she wrote about pro-Palestinian demonstrators, deport them all to where they came from."

Hamilton transit workers plan to strike Thursday, leaving riders wondering how they'll get around the city.

The Ontario Living Wage Network released its updated set of wage rates Monday. The lowest in the province is $18.65 per hour in southwestern Ontario, and the highest is $25.05 in the Greater Toronto Area.

Ontario is planning to require employers to include salary ranges in job postings and disclose if artificial intelligence is used during the hiring process.

The fall from an eighth floorapartment unit that killed a woman and seriously injured her boyfriend in Burlington, Ont., took place after the pair tried to escape Halton police, according to Ontario's police watchdog.