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A child welfare worker told a coroner's inquest Tuesday that had she known an Indigenous teen in her care had a history of suicidal thoughts and self-harm, she would have tried to talk to him about it.

Owen Barnes has come across two coyotes in the last month while walking through trails in his Burlington, Ont., neighbourhood.

Canadian photographer Douglas Kirkland, whose intimate shots of Marilyn Monroe taken a year before her death earned him the trust of many Hollywood stars, has died at 88.

When Lisa Funnell played the 2013 version of the Tomb Raider video game, she remembers the moment when her character, Lara Croft, was killed while trying to escape a man who was sexually assaulting her. She asked herself, "Who decided that this content is OK?"

Ontario is putting an additional $342 million toward energy efficiency programs, including paying some customers to run their air conditioning less on hot summer days.

Immigrants who don't have Canadian citizenship, people who are incarcerated, and teens under the age of 18 are among those who don't have the right to vote.

A coalition of sex workers and advocacy groups began presenting arguments on Monday in a landmark Superior Court hearing that they hope will lead to the full decriminalization of sex work in Canada.

Canada's Mackenzie Hughes jumped 31 positions to No. 51 on the official world golf ranking list Monday after winning the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Streets around McMaster University in Hamilton were filled with thousands of students for a “fake homecoming” party.

Ontario education workers such as librarians, custodians and school administration staff have voted 96.5 per cent in favour of a strike.

Doctors are warning there is no consistent or reliable national system to collect and share information on maternal deaths and close calls. This is particularly tragic, they say, because most deaths and adverse outcomes are preventable. In the absence of government leadership, doctors are working to change that.

Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont. defeated Sepp Straka of Vienna, Austria in an intense playoff Sunday to win the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi.

Many doctors and nurses across Canada have been calling for help for months, as the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed resources that they say were already stretched, and has led to an unparalleled wave of staff shortages that they say has now reached a breaking point.

The federal government offers its employees a variety of Indigenous cultural awareness and sensitivity programs, but participation in the optional sessions is relatively low.

Imran Hasan says his run for municipal council in Mississauga is a way to provide newcomers with something his father didn’t have when he arrived in Canada in 1973 — someone who looked like him in politics.

Ontarians who make minimum wage are waking up to a raise.

Wesley Urban Ministries, a Hamilton non-profit that works with people experiencing homelessness, announced this week that it is closing its Catherine Street North day centre in 2023, prompted some concerns over the impact on those using its services.

Despite my activism, on June 2, I didn't vote in the provincial election — the first time I would have been eligible to do so. Just a few months later, I feel differently. This time, in the municipal election, I will vote — here's why.

Community members gathered in Gage Park in Hamilton to mark the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The road between Highway 6 and King Street West will be closed from Friday at 11 p.m. to Monday, Oct. 3, at 5 a.m. Some entrance ramps will also be closed.

Ian Maracle wanted to capture his daughter’s home birth. Her arrival brought up the grief of losing his mom to cancer and hope for what her future is an Indigenous child.

CBC will have an extensive lineup of Indigenous-led programming showcasing First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives and experiences across all platforms, including a live special.

The city and members of the Black community celebrated the life and history of Ethilda "Tillie" Johnson with a plaque that now hangs in the farmers's market.

A man in his 20s has died following a fire at a Traymore Avenue property next to McMaster University in Westdale, according to the city's Emergency Medical Services.

The Book of Negroes, first published in 2007, has sold 800,000 copies in Canada. Hill will celebrate the book at an in-person event at the AfterWords Literary Festival in Halifax on Oct. 2.

The current rate of COVID-19 transmission in Hamilton is moderate and stable but new data shows that the virus’ wastewater signal has increased over the past two weeks, and projections are for an increase in cases and hospitalizations over the course of the fall.

Puslinch, Ont. council voted 4-1 at its Wednesday meeting to change the long-controversial street name of Swastika Trail to Holly Trail.

Ontario will need more than 138,000 new workers in the public sector, long-term care, home care and child care over the next five years and may need to increase wages to attract enough people, the province's financial watchdog says.

Salt Baby, running until Oct. 1, is the first production in Theatre Aquarius's 2022-23 new season. The theatre also has a new artistic director and is working to redevelop Hamilton's theatre scene.

The Canadian Museums Association is calling for legislation, money and a cohesive national strategy to support Indigenous-led reconciliation in the museum sector.

Hamilton police say there will be heavy police, paramedic, firefighter and bylaw official presence in the Ainslie Woods and Westdale neighbourhoods of Hamilton this weekend to deter students from participating in "fake homecoming" celebrations.

A new study has found that the time it takes to get a housing project approved and the amount of charges levied by municipal governments on developers have both increased in the Greater Toronto Area in the past two years, resulting in "unnecessary costs."

New research from the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) shows realtors and their clients are facing racism and discrimination during the home buying and selling process, but there are no efficient ways for consumers to report such incidents.

Twenty-three people were sent to hospital Tuesday after what police are calling a "chemical spill" at the THK Rhythm Automotive Canada Ltd. plant on Louth Street in St. Catharines, Ont., on Tuesday morning.

Brantford's official town crier has been named the best in the province. Meet David McKee, winner of the Ontario Guild of Town Criers Provincial Championship.

A man has been arrested and charged after two men died in a car crash following an interaction with a Hamilton police officer on Sunday night.

Pamela Freeman fought back tears Monday as she told a coroner's inquest about holding her grandson the day he was born, seeing him grow into a precocious and enthusiastic child, and then grieving his death a few short years later.

The city of Burlington, Ont., says it has killed a fourth coyote following a string of unprovoked attacks on humans since late August.

The federal NDP is calling for a parliamentary probe of the rising cost of food to determine whether major grocery store chains are raking in excess profits.

Friday marks the second National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, and several organizations in and around Hamilton and Six Nations are hosting events to commemorate the week and come together as community.

Daniel St. Amour, 27, was identified through a cellphone, police say, he used to record women in an east Hamilton restaurant washroom.

The Toronto pop-rock quartet says it's laying down plans to take its Hometown Holidays with Barenaked Ladies tour across much of Canada.

The Skills Development Fund will prioritize programs helping people with prior involvement in the criminal justice system, at-risk youth, people with disabilities, Indigenous peoples and Ukrainian newcomers.

Keith Simmonds, general manager of Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls, was killed after he was hit by a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle Saturday morning.

A man in his thirties and a man in his forties have been killed and two more men are injured after a crash that involved a Hamilton police vehicle, Hamilton paramedics say.

Canadian post-secondary institutions are taking more steps to incorporate Indigenous perspectives into what students are learning. The scholars leading this change are shifting beyond just talking about reconciliation to taking action.

Before Jonathan Lewis was charged with killing his father — Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis — he was convicted of harassment, had a history of messaging people in Hamilton and, according to his lawyer, lived with mental health issues. The charges are untested, but are prompting discussion about mental health supports.

The union representing GO Transit’s bus drivers says it has taken a formal step toward striking, after months of talks with Metrolinx have failed to produce a new contract.

A clinical trial done by the makers of a blood test that can detect cancer signals say their test found 36 cancers during a recent clinical trial. But Canadian experts say the test needs to be reviewed independently before it is used more widely.