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Niagara police were initially investigating vandalism at Harriet Tubman Public School in St. Catharines, Ont., but have since found a total of 13 incidents of hateful graffiti in the area.

The City of Hamilton is inviting artists to help create a series of murals for the Keddy Access Trail.

Environment Canada has put Burlington, Brant County, Hamilton, Haldimand County, Norfolk County and Niagara region under a heat warning.

Former staff and vendors of Hogtown Smoke say the business owes thousands of dollars to people for unpaid wages and product. According to data from the Ontario government, the restaurant has a history of not paying staff, raising concerns from the Ministry of Labour and employment lawyers.

A day after an 11-year-old Lindsay, Ont., boy with autism was found dead in an Ontario river, petitions are circulating online that call on the province to create an Amber Alert system for vulnerable children who have gone missing.

School and community members speak out against racist and homophobic vandalism found at Harriet Tubman Public School in St. Catharines.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Hamilton continue to decrease and are currently as low as they were before the most recent wave, but still above pre-Omicron levels, public health officials say.

Niagara Police are asking the public to help in identify a suspect in an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Welland on May 26.

St. Catharines city councillors and the mayor are calling for more gun control after a shooting that killed one person and sent two more to hospital on Sunday.

On the heels of the Ontario election, which saw the lowest voter turnout in the province's history, the City of Hamilton is introducing new measures to encourage eligible individuals to vote in the municipal election this fall.

Niagara police are asking the public for information on a white Ford Edge they believe hit three cyclists in St. Catharines on Monday evening, leaving one dead.

The Windsor Spitfires, trying to shake off back-to-back one-goal losses and stay alive in their Ontario Hockey League championship series, did just that Monday with a 5-2 victory over the Hamilton Bulldogs.

A jury is set to begin deliberations following closing arguments at Richard Taylor’s murder trial, nearly four years after an arson in Dundas, Ont., that led to the deaths of the former teacher's mother and stepfather, Carla and Alan Rutherford.

Peter Tabuns is the frontrunner in the race to become the Ontario New Democratic Party's interim leader, CBC News has learned.

Two men and a 17-year-old have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Hamilton student Yua Blunt Kaw in September.

Students and teachers in the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board were hoping Pride month 2022 would mark their first year of flying the rainbow Pride flag.

Alik Sarian, who is originally from Syria, has graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., after completing International Students Overcoming War, a program run and funded by students.

Members of the Ontario Liberal Party are talking about their second straight disastrous election result in epic terms, and warning that the party's very survival hangs in the balance of what it does next.

Hamilton paramedics say a man is dead after numerous vehicles crashed on York Boulevard near the 403 on-ramp on Saturday evening.

Niagara police are investigating a Sunday morning shooting that killed one person and sent two more to the hospital.

Ontario's new requirement for companies to have right-to-disconnect policies might help some employees, but others might not see or hear much of a difference.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders produced an impressive defensive effort to record a 30-13 season-opening victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday at Mosaic Stadium.

The Progressive Conservatives' promise to modestly boost disability support payments is not enough to fix an "extremely broken" system that has left many Ontarians struggling to get by, those who rely on the program say.

As gas prices reach record highs, those who work in tourism and hospitality warn they'll force people to make difficult decisions on where they travel this summer — making them take shorter trips that are cheaper and closer to home.

Gene Champagne is ready to get back behind a drumkit and put his musical talents to use after a tough battle with COVID-19. Last week marked Champagne’s first rehearsal in over a year as the Hamilton musician prepares for his return to the stage.

Karen Mossman, a virologist and professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University, said that while there should be some concern over a monkeypox outbreak, COVID-19 has taught us what precautions to take.

Bar Sazerac had its Instagram page compromised on June 3, when it became the target of hackers who tried to use the account for a cryptocurrency phishing scam.

After years of daily COVID-19 data reporting from the province, Public Health Ontario (PHO) is moving to a weekly reporting system for how the virus is spreading.

More Canadians are facing tough decisions as prices skyrocket, forcing even middle-class families to choose between buying the food they need and paying their bills.

Premier Doug Ford will create a larger cabinet that better reflects Ontario's diversity and puts his own stamp on government more firmly than he did four years ago, according to Progressive Conservative insiders.

Machine operator Peter Thomas says that after years of working in what he feels is an unsafe work environment at National Steel Car, “it’s hit a point where something has to change.” Thomas was among those at a rally outside the rail-car manufacturer Thursday to protest the third worker death in two years.

Some hospitals in Hamilton and Niagara will continue to require mask wearing after Saturday, when Ontario is set to lift remaining mask mandates.

Mohawk College in Hamilton says an accessible media program that's the only one of its kind in Canada will be replaced with micro-credentials due to low enrolment, but critics say closing it will impact disability human rights.

Nearly 40 years after a Brantford woman disappeared on her way to work, police have identified the person they believe was responsible for her killing, thanks to modern forensic techniques.

A guide to the events happening around Hamilton over the course of June to celebrate Pride month.

Halton Region Public Health says it has confirmed its first reported case of the monkeypox virus.

Lucas McAneney, a 35-year-old man who lives in Hamilton's Waterdown area, won the Buffalo Marathon earlier this spring while pushing his two-year-old son in a stroller.

Helping community members better recognize what constitutes human trafficking is a major focus for Jami-Lee Baxter, who leads the Deyogwadawenye anti-human trafficking program at Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario.

Provincial and Six Nations police have charged two people with first degree murder and committing an indignity to a body after a Six Nations woman was found in Toronto's Humber River in March.

Two Conservative MPs have defected from Brampton, Ont. Mayor Patrick Brown's team to support Pierre Poilievre, his main rival in the party's leadership race — a move that leaves Brown with just two MPs backing his candidacy.

Roads in Hamilton, Toronto and Prince Edward County have topped CAA’s annual list for the worst roads in Ontario. A Hamilton street topping the list comes amid a string of pedestrian deaths from collisions on city streets.

After a workplace incident at National Steel Car on June 6, a 51-year-old man has died.

After a two-year hiatus, the Racalmutese community in Hamilton is hosting its Festa Maria SS. Del Monte, or St. Mary of the Mountain Festival.

A special weather statement issued early Tuesday has ended, where Environment Canada said Hamilton and Niagara could see up to 50 millimeters of rain and occasional thunderstorms.

Premier Doug Ford now has a four-year mandate to "get it done," as asserted by his Ontario PC election slogan. These are the major promises he and his party made during the election period and in the run-up to the campaign.

Hamilton police have charged a former pastor of The Meeting House Church with sexual assault.

Hamilton police have arrested and charged a third person after a string of threats against schools in the city last week.

OPP are investigating a suspected fraud after a person living in Hagersville, Ont. lost $400,000 to an online cryptocurrency scam. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the U.S. reports that losses from cryptocurrency scams in 2021 were almost 60 times more than what they were in 2018.

A Hamilton resident has launched a three-episode podcast about local Indigenous history.

Bobbi Ann Brady — an independent candidate who had never run for a seat at Queen’s Park before — won big on Thursday night, ending the Progressive Conservatives decades-long hold of the rural, southern Ontario riding Haldimand-Norfolk.