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A United Nations official on Wednesday denounced Canada's temporary foreign worker program as a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery."

For years, McMaster University has promised a new residence will add nearly 1,400 student beds, free up in-demand rental units and help ease the affordable housing crisis. But the university says some initiatives are slow to get off the groundfor reasons sometimes beyond its control.

One man is dead after a stabbing in Niagara Falls, police say. The suspect remains at large.

The family of Canadian musician Robbie Robertson requested after his death that donations be made to Six Nations "to support a new Woodland Cultural Centre." The centre, dedicated to the preservation of Indigenous language and culture, has been receiving an outpouring of support and international recognition ever since.

Canada beat Slovenia 100-89 in the quarterfinalsin Manila on Wednesday, guaranteeing it will play for a medal for the first time ever at the men's basketball World Cup. The Canadians will next meet Serbia in the semifinals on Friday.

Toronto added its first three players for the new Professional Women's Hockey League. Forwards Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull, along with defender Renata Fast, have signed three-year deals, the league announced Wednesday.

Canadian bantamweight Serhiy Sidey won a UFC contract Tuesday by stopping American Ramon (The Savage) Taveras in the first round on "Dana White's Contender Series."

Ontario's new housing minister Paul Calandra says development will continue on 14 sites removed from the Greenbelt last year as he carries out a wider review of the protected lands, while suggesting more propertiescould be opened to housing construction.

The Hamilton, Ont., man found guilty of the death of Melinda Vasilije of Kitchener will return to court Wednesday. It's expected family and friends will give victim impact statements over three days before a judge decides how long the man must serve in prison before being eligible for parole.

Hamilton's first human case of West Nile Virus of 2023 has been confirmed, prompting the medical officer of health to move the risk of the virus from moderate to high, the city said on Tuesday.

Hamilton police have charged two Toronto men with first-degree murder for the death of real estate agent Giorgio Barresi, who was gunned down in his driveway on March 2, 2020, while his family was inside their home.

Workers with the City of Hamilton have voted in favour of ratifying their tentative collective agreement with Local 5167 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), according to the union.

As jury selection began Tuesday morning, 22-year-old Nathaniel Veltman pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the attack on the Afzaal family in London, Ont., in June 2021.

A 50-year-old Milton man drowned during a Labour Day swim at a Port Colborne beach, Niagara Regional Police (NRP) said.

A heat warning remains in effect for Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford and Niagara Region with hot and humid conditionsexpected through Wednesday, Environment Canada says.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will"re-evaluate" controversial Greenbelt land swaps pannedby twoprovincial watchdogs as rushed and flawed, but insisted development will move ahead if the sites "stand on their own merit."

Children in Ontarioreturn tothe classroom this weekand with rising costs, back-to-school shopping can be a big blow to parents' bank accounts.

Paul Calandra, who became Ontario's new minister of municipal affairs and housing on Monday following the abrupt resignation of Steve Clark, is taking over one of the most important seats at Premier Doug Ford's cabinet table - and the set of challenging policy files that comes with it.

Constant staffing issues in Ontario's schools are making the roles of principal and vice-principal less attractive, with more bogged down with administrative minutiae thanfocused on leadership, a major professional association says.

A man died after a collision at the Toronto Motorsports Park racetrack in Cayuga, Ont. on Saturday. Toronto Motorsports Park identified the driver asTony Positano, saying "the impact he left on the world and our racing community will be felt for generations."

OntarioMunicipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clarkhas resigned from cabinet after weeks of pushback from political opponents, First Nations leadersand residents following multiple investigations into his ministry's handling of the Greenbelt land swaps.

Politicians in a small southwestern Ontario town have promised to keep track of the work being done to take action recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

At a tense community meeting on Hamilton's east Mountain this past week, residents looked to have questions answered about an "unbearable smell" in the area from a nearby landfill.

It was a long and often frustrating 23 years. Now, finally, Canada's men's basketball team will return to the Olympics for the first time since 2000.

A heat warning has been issued for the Burlington, Hamilton and Niagara areas, according to Environment Canada. It will be in effect until at least mid-week.

The prospect of being deported has caused immense stress for the Aboizneid and Alsaleh families, even though the dates for the Hamilton residents leaving Canada have been deferred. A child psychologist and associate prof at the University of Calgary says the "threat hanging over your head" can greatly impact families facing deportation.

Even though Ontario students won't be subject to regular standardized reading tests this school year, parents and teachers are warning that any screening tool is only useful if there are more resources to back it up.

Have you ever wondered why it can cost more to have something shipped from the U.S. compared to China, even though the United States is right next door? The answer dates all the way back to 1874 and the creation of the Universal Postal Union.

Shaquille Morgan is wrestling with the cost of returning to school. On one hand, his grandmother has shown him the value of education as a way of bettering his life. On the other hand, he saw his mother struggle to balance a career, education and finances.

COVID-19 indicators are forecasting Canadians may be on the brink ofentering a fall wave.Here are some key questions answered.

Despite Premier Doug Ford's insistence developers will begin building homes on former Greenbelt land by 2025, Hamilton's chief planner says the city remains largely in the dark about how that's possible.

The Canadian economy appeared to stall in the second quarter, as Statistics Canada says it contracted at an annualized rate of 0.2 per cent.

Beaches at Pier 4 Park and Binbrook Conservation Area are closed due to confirmed presence of blue-green algae, according to statements from the City of Hamilton.

The analysis of planetary geology has taken an Ontario university professor around the world and will now see him work on the NASA team that will develop the lunar surface science plan for the first people to walk on the moon in more than 50 years.

It's the Labour Day long weekend and if you're in Hamilton there's no shortage of things to do and places to go.

Two independent,legislative watchdogs in successive reports released just weeks apart from each other found major flaws with the province's decision to remove land from the Greenbelt last December to build housing.

The 35-year-oldman found guilty in theApril 2022 hit-and-run death of renowned conductor Boris Brott, 78, will serve nearly eight yearsin prison after getting credit for time served, a judge told a sentencing hearing on Thursday in Hamilton.

In the latest case, Hamilton Health Sciences staff accessed private health records for 4,000 patients. "My trust is compromised," one patient from Kitchener says. Ontario's privacy office is looking into several reported breaches.

Mayce Galoni remembers the day he gave up on having a backup plan and went all-in on standup comedy. It was during his first month at McMaster University, which he attended for something like three weeks." He is now featured on the new season of CBC Gem's The Next Wave of Standup.

Premier Doug Ford doubled down on a pledge to build more homes in Ontario and insisted on Housing Minister Steve Clark's continued role in his government Thursday, aday after the province's integrity commissioner recommended Clarkbe reprimanded for his role in thecontroversial Greenbelt land swap.

New details have emerged about how Premier Doug Ford's government selected several sites in the Hamilton area to be removed from the Greenbelt, following an investigation by the province's integrity commissioner.

Within the span of 10 years, Christine Padaric's two sons died of overdoses. Thursday is Overdose Awareness Day and she told CBC Kitchener-Waterloo she hopes people will remember those who have died, but also recognize many people are suffering silently with their addictions and need support.

A gold medal win for Six Nations U9 lacrosse team in the provincial championships was tarnished by a series of altercations during the game leading to two travesty of game penalties to the opposing team.

Overnight staff at an Ontario school for blind children were shocked to find a disabled teen unresponsive on the morning of his death after routinely checking on him throughout the night, a coroner's inquest has heard.

Ontario's Integrity Commissioner is recommending that Housing Minister Steve Clark be reprimanded for his role in the province's contentious Greenbelt land swap, calling it a "rushed and flawed process" marred by a "lack of oversight."

Several Ontario universities are removing course locations and other information from their public websitesfollowing a similar move by the University of Waterloo, wherea triple stabbing in June has triggered a series of safety measures.

Beekeeper Luc Peters was one of several local beekeepers called in to help after some five million bees fell off a truck on Guelph Line in Burlington, north of Dundas Street Wednesday morning. Shortly after 9 a.m., police said the situation was almost clear.

Metro Inc. and Unifor have reached a tentative agreement just overa month after thousands of the grocer's employees went on strike across Toronto, Metro announced Wednesday.

A PA day is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 5 and most child care providers won't be offering the usual day camps.

Work has started to remove the grassy mounds on Bernie Custis Secondary School's yard. The mounds, also called berms, were previously a barrier for students wanting to utilize the yard.