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The lawyer representing the family of a teenager who died at a government-run school for blind students in Brantford, Ont., says the 1,825 day wait for an inquest is illegal.

The Doug Ford government is proposing to change some of the rules governing long-term care homes, including slapping higher fines on facilities that don't have air conditioning in place by this summer.

A northern Ontario First Nation that has lived under a boil-water advisory for nearly three decades has hired an outside consultant to find out once and for all what ails the community's water system.

It took minutes for a fire to rip through Erin Watson’s home in Hamilton and destroy everything, and she credits her dog Jack with saving her life. Structural fires such as these are burning hotter and faster, officials say, because buildings and contents are increasingly made from synthetics and petroleum-based products.

Environment Canada has issued a snow squall watch for Hamilton, Burlington and the County of Brant.

Niagara police say officers are investigating a "swatting" incident — when a person makes a fake 911 call to send the police to someone's home.

School boards and at least one college in Hamilton and surrounding areas are on high alert for any students trying to cheat using a new artificial intelligence tool called ChatGPT.

New municipal workers in Hamilton will continue to be required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, after councillors narrowly defeated a motion that would have seen the requirement struck from the books on Wednesday.

This year's Groundhog Day forecast was officially announced at 8:07 a.m. ET Thursday from Wiarton, Ont., but Willie wasn't the only four-legged prognosticator with a view on how the weather will fare in the coming weeks.

Thirty-eight years ago, Don Burnstick was sitting in rehab trying to figure out his life. He had to process the trauma and hurt he’d endured as a child. It was uncomfortable. It’s these experiences he draws from that make him so relatable to an Indigenous audience.

A Hamilton construction company has agreed to pay $175,000 in damages for illegally dumping contaminated water into Lake Ontario in 2018.

For the past year, Hanna Trofimova has been helping Ukrainian families settle in Canada after fleeing war — the same way she had to leave Ukraine with her family.

Anthony Marco, president of Hamilton and District Labour Council plans to introduce a no-cost or "Care Fare Public Transit Initiative" at the city council budget meeting scheduled for Feb. 6.

Hamilton's director of economic development isn’t sure if the city’s Ontario Hockey League team will ever come back home after being forced to move to Brantford for at least the next three years.

The man who nearly beat Andrea Horwath to become Hamilton's mayor has been appointed to vice-president of member services at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.

With Hamilton's declaration of a cold weather alert starting Tuesday night — and temperatures expected to drop to -16 C Friday morning — people experiencing homelessness risk frostbite and should spend as much time indoors as possible, says Environment Canada meteorologist Peter Kimbell.

Hamilton Black History Council and other Black-led organizations have partnered with the city to launch Black History Month and honour more than a dozen key figures in Hamilton's Black history.

The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.

Catholic Family Services of Hamilton (CFS) is shutting down on April 30 because of "concerns about the ongoing viability" of the organization.

The Weeknd topped the Junos’ nominations list today, just ahead of Avril Lavigne and Tate McRae, who have five each.

The Hamilton Bulldogs are poised to play in Brantford for the next three years and temporarily rebrand as the Brantford Bulldogs while Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre undergoes renovations.

A court ruling that blocks the eviction of a Kitchener, Ont., encampment could affect municipalities across Canada that are contending with tent cities of their own, legal experts say.

Sixteen days before he died, a Hamilton man was in hospital when he signed a handwritten will that gives a local church his condo. Now, the church is in a court battle against his common-law partner, who argues the will was obtained under "suspicious circumstances."

The Ontario Nurses' Association started negotiating a new contract Monday for hospital nurses and the union is planning to take its push for higher wages beyond the bargaining table.

The recent death of Hamilton student Yaqoub Saeed has prompted neighbours in the Mountain area near St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School to call for improved safety measures to better protect pedestrians and cyclists.

Hamilton police and McMaster University say a 20-year-old student was arrested after a small fire was set at the Bates residence on campus this past weekend.

David Onley, a former lieutenant-governor for Ontario, was remembered Monday as a tireless advocate, a role model, a man of faith and a devoted husband, father and grandfather.

A group that aims to promote lacrosse among Anishinaabe communities is developing a parallel program for women and girls.

Hamilton councillors look unlikely to get the chance they wanted to grill local Conservative MPPs on the impacts of Bill 23, which they say will reduce the city's ability to pay for critical infrastructure such as roads, water treatment services and transit.

The vast majority of workers in Ontario haven’t experienced anything quite like it during their entire working lives: a labour market tilted in their favour.

Hamilton councillors are hitting pause on the plan to build tiny homes for unhoused residents in order to better understand how those homes will be run and how the community they are hoping to serve will be impacted.

Two 15-year-old males were arrested Friday in relation to threats made to schools in Fort Erie, Ont., police said. They have been charged with three counts each of uttering threats, among other charges.

Six years after the deadly mosque attack in Quebec City, an emotional ceremony took place marking the anniversary of the shooting — held for the first time in the same room where many of the victims were killed.

The directors of a project to bead a map of the Haldimand Tract hope it will unite artists, traditional knowledge keepers and scientists in the stewardship of the Grand River watershed in southern Ontario.

Researchers at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital find pediatricians can accurately diagnose autism 90 per cent of the time. The report suggests most children shouldn't need another assessment by a sub-specialist.

A spike in inmate deaths prompted a call this week from dozens of advocacy groups, academics and others to create an independent oversight body for correctional institutions in Ontario.

Ontario has released a billing code for doctors to use when diagnosing long COVID — a move doctors and advocates say is a crucial first step to better understanding, treating and destigmatizing a growing problem.

The Superior Court of Justice has ordered a stop to the dumping of truckloads of soil at a Flamborough property owned by Justin Holmes.

It will soon be illegal for Hamilton homeowners to rent out their properties short-term if they don't actually live there. The city hopes they'll insted be rented out to tenants on a long-term basis, boosting local housing stock.

The Canadian Olympic Committee's talent search program is returning to Hamilton Saturday with Olympic gold medallist and Hamilton hockey star Sarah Nurse as a program ambassador.

Residents of Fort Erie, Ont., are shaken up after someone made threats to two of the town's elementary schools — prompting police responses at two additional schools as well — in the past three days.

Hamiltonian Ainara Alleyne, 13, is bringing her Instagram project, Ainara's Bookshelf, to the small screen with a new series. She interviews her favourite authors and some celebrities, from local author Lawrence Hill to film director Peter Ramsey.

Hamilton councillor Cameron Kroetsch is proposing the city restructure its board of health, following calls for expert and community voices to be part of the board.

Ontario's top doctor says even though COVID-19 and flu activity is declining, the province "must remain vigilant" as a more transmissible variant gains ground.

Hamiltonians woke up Thursday to an ice and snow-covered city after a 'Texas low' dumped more than 17 centimetres of snow across the city and most of Southern Ontario on Wednesday. Some schools are closed while others will remain open, where parents and guardians will decide if it's safe to send their children.

The spread of COVID-19 misinformation in Canada cost at least 2,800 lives and $300 million in hospital expenses over nine months of the pandemic, according to estimates in a new report out Thursday.

The number of monarchs that have survived the migration to Mexico is estimated to have fallen to near-record lows this winter. But experts say these numbers don't mean much on their own, as reporting on year-to-year changes doesn't give an accurate representation of the health of the population.

Between 2021 and 2022, there was a substantial drop in the number of homicides in Hamilton, according to police. Officers offer explanations as to why the rate fell, but researchers say there's reason to be skeptical.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers gathered in Hamilton this week to plan a path forward for the new parliamentary sitting that begins next week — and they've been pursued by protesters at nearly every turn.

A new program that encourages children at a recreational basketball league in Hamilton to read and build their-self confidence is being welcomed by the mother of one of those youngers and by the co-ordinator at the Steel Town Athletic Club.