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Burlington, Ont., had some of the worst air quality in the province, while Hamilton and nearby areas are seeing more hazy conditions from forest fire smoke out of Quebec and northernOntario.

Canada is grappling with a severe shortage of family doctors - but Canadian-born family physicians working abroad are fighting to get the paperwork they need to practice here.

The niece of the man killed in a downtown Hamilton park remembers him as someone whose primary goal in life was to be there for his family. 'He had one of the biggest hearts I've ever seen,' she said.

Indigenous artifacts that may be up to 4,523 years old have been found in a downtown Hamilton park, city officials say.

After winning Toronto's mayoral byelection, Olivia Chow now faces what could be a far tougher challenge: winning support for her agenda from Premier Doug Ford.

Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory and special weather statement due to the possibility of funnel clouds and a downpour of up to 50 mm of rain on Tuesday.

Police identified the62-year-oldwoman killed Monday as Jacquelyne 'Jackie' Buckle, a long-time employee with the city, and saidher son, 34-year-old Daryl Buckle, has been charged following her death.

Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased, a new report shows.

Stinky water flowing through Gore Park's majestic fountain is unfortunate, but not unusual, say Hamilton residents who stop by regularly.

Hamilton'sdirector of housing servicessaysthecommunity meetings the city is currently hosting on encampmentsareto inform people and hear their thoughts - not a referendum on what should happen. The next meeting is Tuesday evening.

Olivia Chow was elected Toronto's next mayor in an unexpectedly close race Monday, promising to bring a more progressive approach after more than a decade of conservative leadership at city hall.

Police say Antonio Beltrano, 45, was assaulted in J.C. Beemer Park and later died from his injuries.

Anti-racism groups and advocates are calling for 'immediate action' from Hamilton Police Service, the mayor and the Ford government afternewdatashowed a 'gross over-representation' of Black people when it comes to policeuse of force.

Torontonians go to the polls Monday to elect a new mayor, ending a campaign that saw Hamilton brought into the fold in discussions over Toronto'saffordability. We speak to three people who moved to Hamilton from Toronto - and explain why they're glad they did.

Amidst recent waves of anti-LGBTQ protests, these members of Hamilton's LGBTQ community say showing support needs to go beyond parades and rainbow crosswalks.

The first monument for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls east of Winnipeg was unveiled in Whitefish River First Nation, approximately 102 kilometres southwest of Sudbury, Ont., to give families a place to gather, raise awareness and honour their loved ones.

Emergency rooms across Canada are facing a growing crisis - staffing shortages, burnout, worsening wait times, closures, a lack of adequate funding and a surge of patients seeking urgent care threatening to overwhelm a system on the brink of collapse.

Icelandic discount carrier Play got off the ground in Canada this week, out of Hamilton'sJohn C. Munro airport, joiningNew York,Washington,BostonandBaltimore in North America. A Montreal aviation professor and a Toronto personal finance columnist give their views on where Play may fit into the travel market.

The Hamilton Police Service says it will use its$1,020,546 surplus toward the purchase ofa laser scanner, a peer support app for first responders and by putting money back into reserves.

A report from the College of Nurses of Ontario said that this year, there's about 158,000 people working as nurses in Ontario. But the report said the percentage of nurses working in the province has declined.

Whether its a pow wow, a sporting event or some avant-garde music, thiseclectic city has you covered.

A Hamilton police staff sergeant says the service has no plan to track or release any data on how officers use its $279,000 armoured rescue vehicle.

"The vine is so big that, at eye level, it really just looks like a hairy creature from Stranger Things," says Robert Fedrock of Paris, Ont.

A Burlington man, 29, has been charged with possessing and accessing child pornography and had worked as a sessional instructor at Mohawk College, police say.

The families of two people killed by Ontario man Mark Smich are demanding answers from the federal government after the multiple murderer was moved to a medium-security prison.

The Ontario government has laid charges against four of the six Hamilton-area businesses where workers died last year: Stelco, Norfolk Disposal Services, Janco Steel and National Steel Car, CBC Hamilton has learned.

'I want the public to be clear on what's happening here,' Coun. Craig Cassar said at council Wednesday. 'Developers are no longer being required to pay for their fair share of development and that's being transitioned to people already paying taxes in Hamilton.'

The chair of Hamilton's police board is facing criticism for her stance on Hamilton police having to record and share the race of people officers use force on.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Correctional Service of Canada's chief Anne Kelly never mentioned in advance that serial killer Paul Bernardo could be transferred from a maximum to medium-security prison, despite frequently speaking in the months leading up to the move.

Canada Bread has agreed to pay at least $50 million for its role in fixing the price of bread for years, according to documents filed in an Ontario court.

The 2022 use of force report, which will be discussed during an HPS board meeting on Thursday, says Black people were on the receiving end of 17.2 per cent of all use of force incidents in 2022 despite representing only five per cent of Hamilton's population.

People got a chance to learn more about the origins of lacrosse during a series of free lacrosse classes offered at Conestoga College's Doon campus.

Niagara police say officers have identified the ATV driver who did burnouts on a rainbow crosswalkinNiagara-on-the-Lake, but aren't charging him because he's a teenager.

More than a dozen Mohawk and Cayuga language graduates walked across Six Nations Polytechnic's stage in southern Ontario, marking the largest class to complete the bachelor's degree since the start of the program in 2016.

Wednesday is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada and there are many ways to mark the day across Hamilton region, from viewing the Radical Stitch beading exhibit at the Art Gallery of Hamilton to poetry, music and a panel discussion at The Westdale Theatre.

Niagara Catholic District School Board has lifted a hold and secure it placed on all schools after a threat on Monday.

Billions of dollars are at stake as a three-day hearing at Ontario's highest court gets underway Tuesday over the province's controversial wage-limiting law for public sector workers.

Tyson Hamilton has a 96 average and was president of his high school student council, but the Grade 12 student did not get admitted into business degree programs at the University of Toronto, Queen's or McMaster.

Hamilton's public school board will look into how feasible it isto translatestudent suspension data into the top 10 non-English languages spoken locally by families and to offertranslated resources about the suspension and expulsion process.

The oath used to swear in councillors, mayors and other municipal office holders in Ontario should be amended to add an acknowledgment of the treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people, several municipalities are urging.

A man is dead in Stoney Creek, police say, after a southbound motorcycle and a northbound Acura collided.

Police in Hamilton say they are investigating a hate crime involving two Pride flags.

An overnight collision where a car became "engulfed in flames" closed The Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway for a few hours on both directions from Upper James Street to Upper Wentworth.

A stretch of road that spans from downtownHamilton's core to McMaster University is where police caught the most stunt drivers - anyone going 40 km/h over the posted speed limit - in the city last year, according to data obtained by CBC Hamilton.

The Invasive Species Centre is warning residents in Ontario to be on the lookout for oak wilt, an invasive fungus that spreads easily between oak trees and could lead to "widespread economic, ecological and social impacts" if not contained.

Some 1.9 million Canadians owed the federal government a total of $23.5 billion in student loans as of July 2022 — a number that only balloons further when including provincial loans and private debt. Meanwhile, tuition fees are now 13 times more than they were 50 years ago.

Ahmed Jamani, 35, has loved cricket since he was a child growing up in Karachi, Pakistan. But he said joining a casual league as an adult in Canada was expensive. His solution? Start his own cricket association.

WestJet is planning to wind down Sunwing Airlines, integrating the low-cost carrier into its mainline business within two years as part of a plan to streamline operations.

Younger people are increasingly identifying as gender non-binary. While it can be a struggle to explain the concept to some older people, one Hamilton child says it was no big deal to tell their classmates and friends about the change.