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Canada's fencing community is celebrating after Eleanor Harvey won the country's first Olympic medal in the sport -and is hoping it will lead to a boost in support for athletes.

The Montreal Canadiens have signed restricted free agent defenceman Arber Xhekaj to a two-year, US$2.6-million contract, the club announced Tuesday

The sun has been very active over the past few days, which means that, if all goes well, Canadians may once again see the night sky erupt in a multitude of colours.

For decades, the city wouldn't repair its own Kenilworth Avenue drainage channel even after National Steel Car complained of floods on its property, causing millions of dollars in damages and shutting down work.

It's a tough time for many people in the city, and the incoming CEO of the Hamilton Community Foundation (HCF), wants you to know his team gets that.As he steps into the top leadership role at the HCF, Wallace said he's excited to address those needs working with and for Hamilton and Hamiltonians."

RJ Barrett had a game-high 24 points as the Canadian Olympicmen's basketball team improved to 2-0 with a 93-83 victory over Australia onTuesday in Lille, France.

Ontario Provincial Police say a19-year-old man from Hamilton has been charged after a hit and run that left a cyclist in critical condition.

West Nile has been found in mosquitoes in Hamilton for the first time this year, according to Hamilton Public Health Services.

In the midst of a national housing crisis, an increasing number of tenants are caught in a battle with an increasing number of landlords who say they need to repossess their rental properties for their own use.

Lauren Coughlin won the 2024 CPKC Women's Open on Sunday, claiming her first LPGA Tour title.

Burlington, Ont., native sailor Sarah Douglas came within spitting distance of the Olympic podium three years ago in Tokyo, now she heads into Paris with three years more experience and tactical savvy, and with confidence that she can break through old plateaus.

Jessica McKenzie says earning the title as the inaugural Miss Indigenous Canada is also a win for Opaskwayak Cree Nation.

Canada's Eleanor Harvey captured Canada's first-ever fencingmedal at the Olympics, defeating ItalianAlice Volpiin the bronze-medal match in the women'swomen's foil individual event in Paris.

Marieme Badiane had game-high 13 points and France trounced Canada 75-54 to open its women's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics on Monday in Lille.

A 25-year-old Hamilton man who accidentally shot his girlfriend in the head while playing with a pistol at a house party has been sentenced to five years behind bars. That's a shorter sentence than was given to the man who brought the loaded gun to the 2020 party.

During extreme heat, power-hungry air conditioners strain the electrical grid. Now, some utilities are paying customers to use less power during peak times. Soon, customers could also generate, use andstore energy within a network known as a virtual power plant, something energy experts say could be a key part of the future net-zero grid.

Canada opened its Olympic men's basketball campaign with an 86-79victory over Greece in Group A play during Day 1at the Paris Games on Saturday.

Sanoa Dempfle-Olin from Tofino, B.C. will be Canada's first Olympic surfer. She'll have to master the waves in Tahiti, which boasts some of the biggest and most unique waves in the world.

Earlier this month Mayor Kevin Davis said he'd step down, with 18 months left in his term, to join theOntario Licence Appeal Tribunal. He was to start his new jobin August. Now he says he won't resign.

NBA stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are headed to Paris together with Team Canada. The pair sit down with CBC's Dwight Drummond to discuss how growing up in the GTA helped shape the players they are now, and their epic driveway battles.

Randy Peardon, a father of 3, died from multiple gunshot wounds in June.

Soon after Hamiltonians regained the ability to put books and other items on hold, the Hamilton Public Library has announced users can once again access their online accounts.

Celine Dion returned to the world stage at the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris, in her first public performance since revealing she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, to close out the event on Friday.

Men who have been displaced after a fire on Monday at the downtown Hamilton YMCA are wondering when they'll be able to get back into their units.

As Gavin Stephens writes, he only recently realized how anxiety, neurodivergent traits and racial profiling can overlap.

The Meeting House said it was unable to secure parts of the insurance coverage it needs to continue normal operations beyond June 30. The pause comes two years after a former pastor was first charged with sexual assault.

Halton Region Public Health urges residents to seek medical attention if they're bitten or scratched by a bat or other wild animal.

A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the crash's cause still a mystery.

Alena Sharp finds it hard to believe she first competed at the Canadian women's golf championship two decades ago.

Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan, who was with the Niagara Regional Police Service, was acquitted this spring of perjury - the last charge linked to the six-year saga with Const. Nathan Parker that involved multiple police agencies, investigations and trials.

After not having a single case of pertussis - known as whopping cough -in the community since 2020, the Brant County Health Unit now says it has confirmed 12 cases in the past two months.

The branch at 79 James St. S. includes the fitness and aquatic centre, a newcomer youth centre and EarlyONchild care drop-in centre.The charity says the fire has had a 'profound impact' on the lives of the residents who were staying there.

The teen and an a 28-year-old man were charged with robbery with a firearm for incidents in October, 2023. Both suspects are from Hamilton.

Environment Canada advised people to stayindoors, and warned the heavy downpour may cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.

Hamilton police say a 42-year-old is dead and three other people are hurt after a car crash on Tuesday night in Waterdown.

In 2023,there were 54 confirmed cases across Ontario.

It was hard not to get emotional" at a cross-border rally for Palestinians in Niagara Falls last weekend, an organizer says. Hundreds of people demonstrated on the Canadian side of the border, with a smaller group on the U.S. side.

Brandon Montour's friends, family and fans - including a 99-year-old longtime supporter - were among parade-goers in Ohsweken, a community within Six Nations of the Grand River, on Wednesday to welcome the NHL hero and the Stanley Cup to his hometown. "I'm very grateful and honoured to be in the position I'm in," says the 30-year-old defenceman.

Local affordable housing providers are applauding the federal government's announcement of $97 million to help build 270 affordable housing units and repair 8,399 units in Hamilton, Halton Region and Niagara Region.

Ontario's Ministry of Labour says it is investigating after a worker who became "trapped under material" died at a steel processing plant in Hamilton.

A recent decision to drop some burdensome new border-related paperwork requirements for Canadians entering the U.S. with their dogs might only be temporary, Canada's health minister says.

Malick Joseph, 29, from Dunnville, Ont., diedin the village of Staromaiorskeon June 10 - the day the Russian military reportedly seized control.

The Survivors' Secretariat hosted a rally on Parliament Hill Monday to protest the federal government's $500,000 annual cap on funding for organizations investigating missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.

As of last week, Hamiltonians can make new holds and access old ones for the first time since the ransomware attack on the City of Hamilton in February. The library asks users to check on holds they made before the attack.

Almost a dozen people were rescued after a fire at the YMCA's transitional housing residence for men Monday, says the Hamilton Fire Department.

One of three sexual assault charges against Bruxy Cavey, former pastor of Ontario megachurch The Meeting House, has been stayed due to court delays, according to his lawyer.

Hamilton police are asking the public for help as it investigates a crash on Sunday that left one womanin critical condition and injured two others.

U.S. officials have released the name of the pilot who died in a skydiving flight after her passengers jumped from the aircraft near the Niagara Falls.

Ontario's main liquor retailer has a bright future, Premier Doug Ford said Monday as thousands of employees returned to work after a two-week strike.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats earned their first win of the season this weekend.