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The northbound lanes of Highway 406 remain closed between Glendale Avenue and Westchester Avenue in St. Catharines, Ont., after an acid spill on Wednesday.

Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner unveiled his costed election campaign platform Thursday, a vision for Ontario that proposes nearly $65 billion to transition to a greener economy and a plan to strengthen the independence of the province's top doctor.

Workers arriving at the Amazon warehouse in Hamilton on Wednesday morning were met by a handful of people in bright yellow vests with pamphlets and signs saying "Amazon needs a union!"

Niagara police say one person was shot and two others sprayed with an unknown substance following an incident at the Fairview Mall in St. Catharines Wednesday morning.

Council voted Wednesday to convert Main Street, the location of several recent pedestrian injuries and deaths, to two-way traffic, a change aimed at slowing down vehicles that will drastically impact the lower city.

If you're in Port Dover on Thursday or Friday, you might just see what looks like a scene out of the movie Wild Hogs. That's because it'll be Friday the 13th — a day when hundreds or even thousands of people cruise into Norfolk County on motorcycles. OPP are reminding bikers to drive carefully.

Prom Project has been running for eight years, with their latest event taking place this past Saturday. According to one organizer, around 500 students showed up and 125 volunteers helped make the event a success.

Hamilton will be welcoming a new French-language school on Rifle Range Rd. The school will create 271 spaces for elementary students, 49 new licensed childcare jobs, three new dedicated childcare rooms and is expected to open its doors in September 2024.

Advocates in an Ontario region where there's a vocal anti-abortion elected official say the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade controversy is a reminder to fight harder for better access to abortions in Canada.

Ashley Chapman, chief operating officer of Chapman's Ice Cream, says his company has been tarred with falsehoods on social media after an Ontario doctor praised the company for being a good corporate citizen.

Residents in the Hamilton area say affordability is their top Ontario election issue, and they'd like to see politicians take more action to reduce the cost of living. Here's what each party is doing to make life more affordable.

Hamilton MPP Paul Miller has filed a $1.3-million lawsuit against the Ontario New Democratic Party and Leader Andrea Horwath, alleging discrimination, conspiracy and breach of contract.

Hamilton has ended the state of emergency it implemented back in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of emergency allowed the city to redistribute staff as needed.

Coun. Maureen Wilson has shared a copy of a motion calling for Main Street West to be converted to two-way traffic as a safety measure, following a series of crashes that have left Hamilton pedestrians injured or dead.

Police say a 64-year-old man died after being hit by a transport truck at a business in Flamborough Tuesday morning. Investigators say his death is considered Hamilton's 12th traffic fatality, the 11th involving a pedestrian, this year.

Affordability largely took centre stage as Ontario's political party leaders converged in North Bay for the first of two debates that also included some fiery exchanges on highways and housing.

Provincial police tweeted around 6 a.m. that lanes in both directions between Highway 24 and Garden Avenue were clear.

A shortage of affordable housing has made finding a place to call home a challenge for anyone. Advocates and at least one man who spent 19 years behind bars, say it's even more difficult for those who have been incarcerated.

Highway 403 is shut down in both directions in Brantford, Ont., after police said a commercial vehicle hit the overpass at the Wayne Gretzky Parkway, causing part of the bridge to fall onto the road.

To mark the 10-year anniversary of the Hamilton newsroom, we spoke to Hamiltonians about how they think the city has changed in the time they've known it and what they'd like to see in the next 10 years ahead.

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives promised Monday to increase disability support payment rates by five per cent, if re-elected, a pledge that was not in their recent budget that is serving as their platform.

Ontario health officials are reporting 1,213 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, alongside no new deaths.

On Friday evening, the Ontario Provincial Police West Region posted a video of a person riding the back of a truck, “unbeknownst to the driver.” The person was seen travelling on Highway 24 toward the Brant County area, according to Acting Sergeant Ed Sanchuk.

The Ontario Liberal party says, if elected, it would create a single rent control system for the province. In addition, the party says it would create a legal framework that would establish rent-to-own programs, so renters could potentially buy their home from their landlord.

On Friday, councillor Nrinder Nann announced her office has been working with Hamilton’s “beloved band” the Arkells for an “epic glow-up” at the park on Barton Street East.

The Ontario election campaign is in full swing, but are the politicians looking for your vote talking about what really matters in your life? Let us know what the top issue in your daily life is by filling out our survey and a CBC News journalist may follow up.

Dr. Peter Jüni talks about moving on, meditation and staying off social media as he steps down from his post as scientific director of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table on Monday.

In every Ontario election poll that's publicly available, the number one concern of voters is the rising cost of living.

Pink, white and impossibly delicate, cherry blossoms have erupted across Hamilton — but they won't be here for long.

Ontario reported 1,167 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Sunday, down from Saturday’s reported figure of 1,563 hospitalizations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Ukraine on Sunday, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and showing support for the embattled country.

The website and Facebook page for Hamilton Falconwatch have been crammed with photos of the fluffy white balls of feathers all clamouring for something to eat.

After outlasting corporate video rental giants and the beginning of the streaming age, That's Entertainment in St. Catharines has announced the end of an era for the independent rental store.

A crowd of DARTS operators and CUPE 5167 members in bright yellow vest blocked off a lane of traffic on Main Street West Saturday and transformed a light post into a tower of flowers, cards and messages of mourning for Sherri D'Amour.

Under the child-care deal it signed with the federal government in March, Ontario announced it would make early daycare fees 25 per cent cheaper starting in April and give retroactive rebates starting in May. But that hasn't happened and parents are wondering when they'll see those savings.

Canada’s last remaining COVID-19 emergency benefits expire today and the federal government says it has no plans to renew its unprecedented support programs, created in response to the pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Hamilton on Friday to meet families who are among the over 400 Afghan refugees who have resettled in the Ontario city.

Canadians in most parts of the country are waking up to higher gas prices on Friday, with prices either well above $2 a litre or creeping closer to that benchmark.

Ontario's New Democrats are promising to expand one hospital in Brampton and build a new one in the city if elected to form government in June.

Councillors have voted in favour of setting up signs at six sites in the city that will indicate they're "problematic" and provide Indigenous history, following a review of Hamilton's landmarks and monuments, including the statue of John A. Macdonald.

Hamilton police say the victim from the crash on Main Street on Thursday is a 49-year-old DARTS bus driver. It marks the 10th pedestrian death in a collision this year, 10 pedestrian deaths in 18 weeks.

Expect to see the leaders of the three major parties spend the bulk of their time in and around the provincial capital, and for good reason: the Greater Toronto Area, plus the Hamilton region, make up more than half of the 124 seats up for grabs on June 2.

Hamilton police say a woman has died after being hit by a vehicle near the intersection of Main Street West and Locke Street South in a collision a witness compared to a "tornado" Thursday afternoon.

Members of Six Nations of the Grand River will gather for a candlelight vigil at Veterans Park Thursday evening to mark National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Following weeks of urging the Ontario government reinstate some COVID-19 measures during a sixth wave, three top doctors have written the province's chief medical officer of health to ask that mandatory masking be reinstated in all indoor settings.

Over 100 students protested outside of Westmount Secondary School in Hamilton on Wednesday, demanding the school do more to combat homophobia and transphobia.

While politicians will be working to get their message out to voters in the next four weeks, so too will special interest groups that want people to keep their issues in mind as they cast Ontario election ballots.

Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner spoke with CBC's provincial affairs reporter Mike Crawley.

The group overseeing the search for potential unmarked graves at the site of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., is getting $1.3 million from Ontario, a fraction of the $9 million initially requested.

The former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent visit to Canada was a missed opportunity for the Anglican Church to have a greater influence on reconciliation.