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Many of the challenges facing searches for missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools are tied to Indigenous data sovereignty, and that's what a gathering in Vancouver this week aims to address.

Communities around the Great Lakes face a peculiar situation: As temperatures rise over the next several decades, they'll be hit with more intense snowstorms. For people experiencing homelessness and the services they rely on, this poses a major threat.

Jackie Penman, a spokesperson with Hamilton police, said a small amount of valuables were stolen. It comes eight days after the mosque received a bomb threat.

Environment Canada has discontinued the freezing rain warning for Hamilton.

Ontario is significantly expanding the number and range of medical procedures performed in privately run for-profit clinics as the province deals with a surgical backlog made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite having both trip interruption and emergency COVID-19 coverage, an Ontario man's insurance claim was denied after he tested positive while vacationing in Antigua. Why? He wasn't sick enough to qualify. But one lawyer says the policy was clear and Manulife was wrong to reject the claim.

City councillors are weighing whether to declare a state of emergency related to opioid overdoses — and are hoping the declaration could bring additional provincial resources to address the issue.

Friends and fellow advocates of former lieutenant-governor of Ontario David Onley say honouring his legacy is not only about remembering the man that he was, but taking on his fight for increased accessibility in the province and Canada at large.

Caitlin Kraemer led the way with four goals as Canada routed Sweden 10-0 to claim its second consecutive gold medal at the women's world under-18 hockey championship on Sunday in Östersund, Sweden.

Kelly Fairchild will be paying more to take public transit this year — money she says will come directly out of her food budget. "Food and groceries are going up and if they keep increasing transit ... it's just not sustainable," says the Toronto resident, who receives a limited income from the Ontario Disability Support Program.

Provincial and territorial leaders are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make it more difficult for some Canadians charged with criminal offences to get out on bail, especially those charged with certain firearms offences.

A large-scale study on long COVID out of Israel found that various types of health issues lingered after a mild infection for several months, but cleared up within the first year. Certain symptoms, however, were more likely to persist.

A man who was critically injured in a series of explosions and fire at a hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., on Thursday has died, Niagara Regional Police said Friday.

The Port Dover Kinsmen Club is holding the first of two Friday the 13th biker's nights at the Port Dover Legion, with Ontario Provincial Police warning traveling attendees to prepare for dangerous weather and road conditions.

A fire on Mohawk Road E. between Upper Wellington and Cardinal Drive on Friday has sent two women in critical condition to a local burn centre.

Scott Watter was arrested in 2020 after a former student made several allegations about incidents in 2017. A judge found Watter not guilty in December, meanwhile, internal proceedings at McMaster continue to determine his future on campus.

The City of Hamilton says roughly 59 million litres of sewage had flowed from 11 homes near Rutherford Avenue and Myrtle Avenue straight into Lake Ontario since 1996.

A winter weather travel advisory issued for Hamilton and the Niagara region on Friday has been discontinued.

Members of the Ontario Liberal Party’s Hamilton-Centre riding association have nominated Deirdre Pike, a researcher, equity consultant and Hamilton Spectator columnist, to represent them in a looming provincial election.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath, former political rivals who now have to work closely together, are at odds over provincial cuts to fees for developers.

Justice Minister David Lametti says Ottawa is building a foundation to allow Indigenous legal systems to flourish alongside the Canadian justice system.

The Ontario government is providing Bimbo Canada with $1.5 million to add a tortilla production line to its Trillium bakery on Hamilton Mountain.

Hamilton police say a 16-year-old male is facing an aggravated assault charge and a robbery charge in the stabbing of a 15-year-old student on Wednesday near Saltfleet District High School.

Leaders of Ontario's opposition parties are jointly calling for the province's auditor general to investigate the Ford government's decision to open up almost 3,000 hectares of previously protected agricultural land for development.

A man was critically injured and another person was taken to hospital as emergency crews responded to a series of explosions and fire at a hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., on Thursday. Nearby homes and business were evacuated, but people were allowed to return to their homes later in the day.

Hamilton police Chief Frank Bergen answered more than three hours worth of questions from city council during Wednesday's general issues committee meeting about the police service's request to have a roughly $196 million budget approved.

This year, the great Canadian book debate is looking for one book to shift your perspective. The panellists and the books they choose to champion will be revealed on Jan. 25!

The next few weeks are key for council to make the hard decisions that will put Hamilton on a path toward achieving meaningful systemic change.

Police say 15-year-old boy has died after a hit and run near Upper Paradise Road and Stone Church Road West Wednesday afternoon. A fellow student from St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School has since been arrested.

Police said officers have arrested a 16-year-old, after a student was transported to hospital with stab wounds Wednesday. The student is in serious but stable condition, according to police.

A flood watch is in effect for Hamilton, with higher water levels expected in low-lying areas and area watercourses due to rain expected Thursday, Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) says.

Cameron Kroetsch, elected as Hamilton’s Ward 2 councillor this fall, grew up in St. Catharines, in a family that didn’t always have secure housing.

A Norfolk County resident was defrauded out of more than $200,000, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say.

Haldimand-Norfolk county medical officer Matt Strauss, has resigned effective April 1, closing out a controversial 18-month run. During his time as medical officer, Strauss has made comments questioning masking and vaccine mandates.

Ontario's top court has overturned two first-degree murder convictions in the case of a man who did not disclose his HIV-positive status to sexual partners, though he remains a dangerous offender and sentenced to life.

Premier Doug Ford’s government expects to bring in more than $2 billion through a carbon tax on industrial emitters over the next eight years, CBC News has learned.

Hamilton city councillors mulled over if they could reject Hamilton police’s request for a $12 million increase to the budget and what happens if they do reject it.

A 46-year-old Ontario man has pleaded guilty before a United States district judge to transporting two people illegally to New York, via the Niagara River.

Low-cost airlines Swoop and PLAY have announced new flights to the Caribbean and Europe starting in January and June respectively.

Brandy Rennick's seven-year-old son took a small stuffed toy to school on Monday to place on the chair beside him, where his friend Khaleesi used to sit. The little girl, her brother and their mother were among four people killed in a Hamilton house fire at the end of December.

Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks says it is “highly concerned” to hear about yet another instance of sewage flowing straight into the Hamilton Harbour.

The City of Hamilton has discovered even more sewage has been flowing directly into the Hamilton Harbour since 1996. The news was announced Monday, seven weeks after the city said it had discovered roughly 337 million litres of wastewater had spilled into the harbourfront.

Environmental Defence Canada has served Ontario's Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the City of Hamilton with a notice of application for a judicial review after the province overruled city council's decision to not expand its urban boundary.

Beamsville artist Floyd Elzinga's latest project took him to Nepal, where he worked with a local organization to transform waste into art.

Motor vehicles crashes in Hamilton and Oakville disrupted early-morning traffic flows on Monday and landed eight people in hospital, one of them in critical condition, police say.

A Halton Catholic District School Board teacher has been arrested on child pornography charges. Halton police say the man used the name "Dan Forest" online, along with several other aliases.

New cuts to the fees that local councils can levy against home builders could have a major impact on property taxes in parts of the GTA, a new survey by CBC News has found, with one municipality saying property taxes could more than double.

Climate change is forcing invasive species to interact in new ways and new spaces, and as they interact with humans, there's the risk of spreading disease. Read more in this first article by scientist Darius Mahdavi, as part of CBC's Great Lakes Climate Change Project examining climate issues affecting people across Ontario.

All GO trains will close doors to passengers one minute before their scheduled departure time starting Monday, according to Metrolinx.

The families of those killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot out of the sky in 2020 are gathered in Toronto on Sunday to commemorate the tragedy’s third anniversary. The aircraft carried 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents, including young children.