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A one-man hunger strike has ended but James Russell's fight continues to get Niagara-on-the-Lake to pay the cost to restore 19 headstones buried at a cemetery for Black settlers.

Hamilton's fire chief says the person who was in "grave to critical condition" after a fire in the lower city early Sunday morning has died.

Advocates allege in a lawsuit that a controversial Ontario long-term care law violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

A man is dead and a woman is in serious condition after a collision involving a car and a motorcycle in Niagara Falls on Wednesday.

Hamilton city council voted unanimously Wednesday to declare a state of emergency related to homelessness, opioid addiction and mental health, following several emotional comments and pleas to the province for more help.

The early bird gets the worm, the old saying goes. That's truer today due to climate change, as many birds return to Ontario too late to catch their favourite meals. Fortunately, you can help by participating in citizen science programs like eBird, iNaturalist and Project Feederwatch.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh visited Hamilton on Wednesday to talk about the new dental care program for low-income Canadians that will expand eligibility to uninsured Canadians under 18, senior citizens and people with disabilities with an annual family income of less than $90,000 a year.

Authors of a youth-led plan to reduce Hamilton’s dependence on fossil fuels are calling on City Hall to remediate 122 abandoned oil and natural gas wells in the municipality, create incentives for building low-emission homes and increase taxes on pipelines

Pan-African restaurant Afrolicious is looking for a new location after the co-owner says they were "kicked out" of their downtown Hamilton location on James Street North last month.

Tire producers are in trouble with the Ontario agency that regulates recycling in the province, and could soon face fines of $200,000 or more.

Sabreen Abu-Zeyada's struggles after a fall at work in June 2022 are a familiar story to advocates for injured workers, who say Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board uses a policy on pre-existing conditions to deny or reduce claims.

Why did the Jefferson salamanders take a month to cross King Road in Burlington, Ont.?To get to the other side — and make babies, according to Andrea Dunn, an ecologist with Conservation Halton.

James Russell has been on a quest to restore 19 headstones buried at the Negro Burial Ground — a cemetery in Niagara-on-the-Lake that dates back almost 200 years — and have the small Ontario town foot the $59,000 bill.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a woman fell from a highway overpass onto a city street in St. Catharines.

The 40 new adjudicators being added to Ontario’s Landlord Tenant Board (LTB) as part of a new provincial act will preside over virtual-only hearings, and not be designated to serve any particular part of the province, Tribunals Ontario says.

There's growing concern among educators that high school and elementary students might use ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to complete their assignments. It's ringing alarm bells for some, while others have embraced introducing the technology to their classrooms.

Ontario's top court dismissed Dellen Millard's appeal of his murder conviction in the death of his father because it says the evidence is "overwhelming" that he committed the murder.

McMaster University's Marauders Cheerleaders had a rough start at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship in Daytona, Fla., on Thursday.

Police say a man was rollerblading down the Linc Sunday morning.

Hamilton’s fire chief says a person is in 'grave to critical condition' after a fire in the lower city early Sunday morning.

It took one GO Transit scheduling change to turn Siddhartha Batra from a regular commuter to a full-time remote worker.

Port Colborne was set to start a dig Monday after, according to technical memo, remains of 9 people had been found.

A paralegal for a Hamilton senior who says she was locked out of the home she was subletting while she was at a Tim Hortons says subletters don’t have the same legal protections as renters, and that's increasingly being exploited by landlords looking for easy ways to remove renters.

Luisa Ortiz-Garza says she had no choice but to live in Canada for 13 years as an undocumented person. Now that she has Canadian permanent residency, she shares the challenges her family faced, and the need for all migrants in Canada to access basic rights.

Workers at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) have voted in favour of strike action Friday ahead of mediation talks set to take place later this month.

Here's what is open and closed in Hamilton for this year's Easter long weekend.

The city of Brantford says a section of its Rail Trail is closed and barricaded to the public after a drainage pipe separated underground near the trail.

While the act of declaring a state of emergency doesn’t result in any more money from other levels of government, it’s a way for the city to call for change, especially if other municipalities pass similar motions, says one city councillor.

Premier Doug Ford’s government says its new rules for land use in Ontario will increase the pace of housing construction, but a closer look at the proposed changes calls that claim into question.

Celebrate the return of spring by reading a great Canadian book! Check out this list of buzzworthy Canadian titles out right now.

Ontario is proposing to allow municipalities to expand their settlement boundaries more quickly and easily in order to open up more land for housing.

CFL Hall of Fame receiver Darren Flutie will be added to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wall of Honour at Tim Hortons Field on Aug. 17, the team announced Thursday.

Hamilton police say a 32-year-old Kitchener man has been arrested and charged with human trafficking.

Aicha Smith-Belghaba, Indigenous story teller, journalist, chef and owner of Esha's Eats talks with Hamilton chocolatier Mary Nguyen about making people happy through chocolate.

City staff are proposing several new rapid routes connecting riders in rural areas to the LRT downtown. More than 300,000 residents would live within 800 metres of the rapid network.

Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical primarily used in plastics, is tightly regulated in Canada. But there are concerns unregulated chemicals replacing BPA have similar negative effects on the body. According to a new study led by a McGill University team, some of those toxic compounds in food labels can leach into the products.

A teacher in Hamilton is organizing an event Wednesday so staff and parents across the school board can learn about the experiences of Muslim students, including how test times can conflict with Friday prayer.

A Hamilton senior says she’s been drawing from her limited income to rent a hotel room since Saturday, when she says her landlord changed the locks on her rented home unannounced, then began moving her family’s things out on Tuesday.

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Hamilton, Brantford, Niagara region, Haldimand County and Norfolk County.

Ontario says it will make changes to protect renters against so-called renovictions as well as boost the number of adjudicators who deal with tenant and landlord disputes.

Parents have been raising concerns about needles being found near the school for years but say the school board and the city aren't doing enough to address the issue.

More Indigenous practitioners are needed to address systemic racism, but that can't happen without a supportive education system that also envisions them in leadership roles, says a report commissioned by Health Canada and touted as the first comprehensive review of the health-care workforce.

A shooting near Guelph Line and New Street sent a person to hospital.

Ontario's NDP is urging the government to create community safety zones that would protect drag performers and LGBTQ communities.

Hamilton’s public school board trustees voted unanimously Monday night to have staff release more detailed data on student suspensions and expulsions. It comes amid fears racialized students are disproportionately suspended or expelled.

The Niagara Regional Police Service has arrested a 63-year-old man in connection with a fatal collision in October.

Spaces designated for students from marginalized backgrounds are spreading across Canadian universities, as officials say they are a necessary and overdue response to decades of racism on campus.

The federal government says it’s making Canada's largest investment ever in protecting sources of fresh water — including the Great Lakes.

The City of Hamilton rolled out its new electric scooter (e-scooter) pilot program on Monday, which it says will complement the city’s existing bike share program.

Despite intensified efforts to attract people to the skilled trades, the path to becoming a certified tradesperson can be filled with obstacles, including mixed messaging, difficulty getting support and some employers' reluctance to invest in early apprentices.