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Students at McMaster University's downtown residenceare hoping a chlorinationtreatment of the building's water system will help them feel more comfortable to drink their tap water.

Basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was voted Canada's top athlete of the year on Monday, beating Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid, golfer and Canadian Open champion Nick Taylor, hammer thrower Camryn Rogers and swimmer Summer McIntosh.

A Brantfordwoman accused of fraudulentlyseeking the services of several doulas across Ontario has pleaded guilty to multiple charges including fraud, indecent acts, false pretences and mischief.

The federal government unveiled its new dental-care plan on Monday - a $13-billion insurance program that will start covering routine dentistrycosts next year for people who meet a certain income threshold.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said they have found the vehicle involved in the death of a teenage boy from Norfolk County after a fatal hit and run last week.

Starting next year, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said prospective international students will need to show they have access to $20,635 instead of the $10,000 requirement that has been in place for two decades, in addition to paying travel and tuition.

Palestinian-Canadians are pleading with the federal government to do more to rescue their family members from the Gaza Strip, scene of pitched battles between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas.

Indigenous musicians now have a new national advocacy group called the Indigenous Music Office. It launched in November and will serve Indigenous musicians from all genres.

About one in nine Canadian adults have experienced long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday. That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, and more than half of those who ever had long-term symptoms still had them as of June 2023.

Police said theman who notified policefound the body in a ditch on a property near193 Mill St. S.

Two Ontario men are facing terrorism-related charges, the RCMP says, after allegedly participating in the creation of manifestos and recruiting videos in support of far-right extremism and the neo-Nazi terrorist movement.

Festive season is well underway across Hamilton and the surrounding area. Here's a look at markets you can visit this weekend, many supporting local artisans.

About 3,800 families will access the Christmas marketplace program that provides presents and the staples for cooking a traditional holiday meal on top of the regular food offerings.

Days away from her baby boy's due date, Jennifer Foster is preparing forheartache. The Hamilton woman, 41, has no permanent housingand fears if she doesn't find a place for her and her newborn to stay, she will have toplace himin foster care.

Canadian NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won what's likely to be a precedent-setting lawsuit to undo his $8.4-million purchase of a Burlington, Ont., lakefront mansion where self-described Crypto King Aiden Pleterski used to live.

McMaster graduate students living at the school's downtown residence at 10 Bay Street S., say the conditions inside are terrible and the university isn't doing enough to support them. The school says it is doing all it can do address issues as soon as possible.

According to data obtained by CBC Hamilton, on average per year the Rental Housing Enforcement Unit receives over 18,400 calls, opens 1,500 cases and investigates around 200 cases. But a Hamilton tenant hopes she can find justice with the unit, despite its track record.

As the city of Hamilton rolls out its new winter warming response, three local shelters say they'll be offering additional beds and drop-in spaces that they hope will serve a growing number of people in need.

Canada's sport minister is supporting the Haudenosaunee Nationals' bid to compete as a separate nation in lacrosse at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Carla Qualtrough issued a statement supporting the Indigenous lacrosse teams on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a similar stance.

Hamilton's new city manageris Marnie Cluckie - the first topbureaucrat Mayor Andrea Horwath has appointed using herstrong mayor powers.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats promoted Scott Milanovich to head coach on Wednesday, a day after making front-office changes on the heels of an 8-10 season and first-round playoff exit.

In the past 15 years, Donna McCrae, 73, has been evicted from twodifferentrental units because owners were either demolishing the properties or selling them.

The Ford government made its decision to move the Ontario Science Centre to Toronto's waterfront with "preliminary and incomplete cost information" and failed to consult key stakeholders,the province's acting auditor general said Wednesday.

The myth of a kinder, gentler Canada is shattered in Justice Denied," the seventh episode of the CBC docuseries Black Life: Untold Stories.

A local prisoner rights advocate says a heating issue in the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre has been solved after over a dozen complaints from freezing inmates.

The man is facing eight charges and police say more may be laid.

Independent Hamilton Centre MPP Sarah Jama's lawyers say her censure in Queen's Park was an 'abuse of power' by the provincial government and hope to have their case heard in court as early as April.

Ontario's police watchdog cleared Hamilton police of wrongdoing when attempting to arrest David Thomson.

Ontario's top doctor says there is "a lot" of COVID-19 circulating in the province right now, and levels of both that virus and influenza are on the rise.

Police and firefighters were called to respond to a fire at a new housing development on Lodi Road in Burlington - the second in two days.

After months of relatively low, stable rates of transmission, Hamilton public health is reporting respiratory viruses are spreading more and more. This is to be expected given the time of year, doctors tell CBC Hamilton, and there are things people can do to help hospitals from being overwhelmed.

An Ontario non-profit group focused on preserving the province's disappearing old barns has launched acensus to track them.

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie finally reached the threshold of votes needed to become the next Ontario Liberal Party leader late Saturday afternoon, after the party released the results of a third and final round of balloting.

The documentaryIsraelismwill play at The Westdale on Dec. 6, as originally planned, said a statement from the Westdale Cinema Group's board of directors Friday.

Tom Hill, a well-respected artist and a former curator at the Woodland Cultural Centre, died Nov. 11 at the age of 80.

Hamilton's new warming plan is supposed to offer all-season supports to unhoused residents, but some in the homeless-serving sector say it's dangerously inadequate."

The Ontario New Democrats and the leader of Ontario's Green Party tell CBC Hamilton they want the Ford government to take action after an investigation that raised concerns about the province's animal welfare services (PAWS).

A male has been taken into custody, OntarioProvincial Police (OPP) said, after an"active weapons incident" at Sixth Line inOhsweken.

New rules for Ontario real estate are coming into force that are meant to provide more clarity and choice for buyers and sellers, though they don't go as far as some had hoped.

The Nov. 17 spirit assembly at Greater Fort Erie Secondary School, was without a doubt, the most electric I've ever felt this building," principal Fred Louws said. It was a full house as students and teachers gathered to celebrate student achievement, and special guest, musician and hometown boy," Murda Beatz.

Some parents want Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board to take action after Bernie Custis Secondary School was under lockdown over reports of a gun for the second time in two days.

Ward 2 Coun. Cameron Kroetsch told CBC Hamilton he is concerned about how the budget committee has been run. The board's chair and vice chair pushed back against his criticisms.

The complaint: some developers have yet to put a shovel in the ground on some housing projects that have had all necessary approvals for years. The consequence: some cities face losing out on the province's $1.2 billion housing infrastructure fund because they won't meet the government's targets for new home construction starts in 2023.

The board of directors at The Westdale hasabruptly cancelled the showing of a film critical of Israel, after hearing concerns from some members of the local Jewish community.The Dec. 6 screening of the film, co-directed by two U.S.-based Jewish filmmakers, was nearly sold out, said organizers.

Two weeks ago, Hamilton finished dredging about 16,000 tonnes of contaminatedsediment from Chedoke Creek, but now the cityneeds to find a home for almost all of it.

A years-long judicial inquiry has determined a number of design flaws including tight curves and slippery asphalt on a Hamilton expressway contributed to hundreds of collisions, some where people were killed, between 2008 and 2019.

GO buses will replace trains between West Harbour GO and Oakville GO this weekend, according to Metrolinx.

Niagara Health System (NHS) and Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) are warning the public of a phone scam involving fraudsters impersonating hospital staff.

City council has ratified the tentative agreement transit workers reached with the City of Hamilton on Thursday.It includes new healthcare funds for members.

Niagara police are investigating after they say a man was shot dead in Grimsby.