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The Ford government is proposing new legislation that would give it a tighter grip on regional governance, and allow the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa to pass bylaws that support its priorities with the support of just one-third of council.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees has filed another strike notice, leaving education workers poised to walk off the job again in Ontario, according to both the province's minister of education and the union.

William Tappen, a five-year-old senior kindergarten student from Mount Pleasant, Ont., was exiting a school bus on Nov. 1 when the doors closed on him, partially dragging him several metres down the road in an incident OPP are investigating.

In September, CBC Hamilton wrote about a military veteran who has been living with chronic pain for 10 years. In response to the article, several people have come forward to share their own experiences. These are some of their stories.

Hamilton police have identified a woman found dead in her downtown apartment last week, saying she is the city's fourth homicide victim this year. They are now to speak to four teens they call "persons of interest."

More students in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) are failing the standardized tests than in previous years, according to new Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) results but those results are "meaningless," a teacher's union rep. says.

Hamilton's living wage has been recalculated to be $19.05, up from $17.20 last year, due to the rising cost of living. There are now close to 40 living wage employers in the Hamilton area.

Seasonal agricultural worker Ceto Reid was hit by a car on Oct. 6, the day before he was to fly home to Jamaica for the winter. The crash has forced him to remain in Canada several weeks more than he was expecting as he recovers from a broken hip.

The local public and Catholic school boards, along with McMaster University, Mohawk College and Redeemer University all told CBC Hamilton they aren't changing their current masking policies.

Niagara police say officers arrested a 43-year-old man who broke into eight different Tim Hortons locations in September.

The Tiger-Cats on Monday acquired the rights to Calgary quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, who is scheduled to become a free agent in February. The Stampeders receive Hamilton's third-round pick in 2023, a 2024 fifth-rounder and future considerations.

Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, is strongly recommending that Ontarians wear masks in all indoor public settings, including in schools and in childcare settings.

Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder shot a season-high 62.5 per cent from the field in a 145-135 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.

As McMaster Children's Hospital says its occupancy is over 140 per cent, a local MPP and healthcare professional say resources and masking mandate is needed from the province.

Two men have been arrested and charged following an investigation into a store selling magic mushrooms and other products, Toronto police say.

A temporary tax cut intended to help Ontario residents save money at the pumps will be extended for another year, the province's premier announced on Sunday.

Two government sources say Ontario's top doctor will recommend the public begin masking on Monday in an effort to help overwhelmed children's hospitals.

A local PC MPP says people who say the provincial government is paving over farmland are using 'fear tactics' to oppose the expansion of the city's urban boundary and removal by the province of some parts of the Greenbelt.

The Canadian crew of a passenger plane that has been unable to leave the Dominican Republic since April is finally being allowed to come home.

Ontario's labour relations board says the provincial government has withdrawn its application to have a walkout by 55,000 education workers declared illegal.

Members of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and its band will take part in Hamilton's Remembrance Day parade on Sunday, back for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Niagara Falls, the southern Niagara region and Welland as they are set to see 20 to 40 millimetres of rain left over from Hurricane Nicole.

Nathan Donald and his great-grandfather, Burdett Sisler of Fort Erie, Ont., might be 100 years apart in age, but they've formed a close bond, and Remembrance Day has brought them closer together. For his YouTube channel, the seven-year-old interviewed Sisler about his service.

This year's national Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa marks the first time since 2019 that veterans and Canadian Armed Forces members were able to gather in the nation's capital to remember those who lost their lives in service of their country.

GO Transit workers say they have reached a tentative deal with Metrolinx that ends their four-day strike.

Hamilton police have arrested and charged a third man after Marko Bakir was shot dead at his West Mountain home almost four years ago.

Public health units and schools in Hamilton and the Niagara region aren’t considering implementing mask mandates unless the Ontario government makes a move as COVID-19 transmission is rising and local hospitals are overcrowded with children.

A crash on a Norfolk County highway north of Simcoe has left one person dead, and sent three adults and a child to hospital on Thursday afternoon.

The federal government and Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority are hoping a new facility at Ontario's largest port will ease supply chain congestion at the site.

Premier Doug Ford's battle with Ontario education workers, and his climb down after attempting to impose a contract on them, could mean his government is in for painful contract talks with other unions and frayed relationships with key labour allies, say experts who study the union movement.

The Royal Canadian Legion holds the trademark on the image of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance and says it has seen a spike in unauthorized poppy products for sale this year.

Ontario doctors are advising the public to wear masks indoors and keep up with vaccinations amid a worsening respiratory illness season that's hitting children particularly hard.

On Nov. 8, 2022 a 19-year-old was driving at a very high speed of 239 km/h, saying "I didn't realize I was going so fast."

Peel Regional Police says the former finance director and property maintenance coordinator at Peel Children's Aid Society (CAS) have been charged with fraud. The 2 men are from Hamilton and Acton.

Dr. Matthew Strauss — an acting medical officer of health in southern Ontario — is suing Queen's University and the head of its medicine department for over $600,000.

When the new Hamilton city council is sworn in next Wednesday, Alex Wilson will be council's youngest member. But the Ward 13 councillor-elect says don't confuse young people with those with a lack of experience – political or otherwise.

The school was renamed after Monture earlier this year, making Tuesday the first Indigenous Veteran's Day the school marked since the change.

The Canadian Premier League is rejigging its salary structure and increasing its minimum player salary for next season.

The City of Hamilton says it has changed the time and location of the new city council's inaugural meeting to be in the evening to "allow for greater participation."

Hamilton's city prosecutors have withdrawn trespassing charges against Caryma Sa'd, a Toronto-based lawyer who was controversially arrested near an Ontario Progressive Conservative campaign stop in Hamilton in May.

The union representing striking GO Transit bus operators, station attendants and other employees will return to the negotiating table on Friday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will present an "improved offer" when bargaining resumes Tuesday with a union representing 55,000 education workers, who are back on the job after a walkout that closed schools across the province.

The Ford government is proposing to build new homes in 15 different areas of what is now part of the protected Greenbelt — an idea that's drawing fire from opposition politicians and housing advocates after the province previously pledged not to touch the land.

Throughout the 20th century, many Indigenous people enlisted in military service to fight wars, risk their lives and make monumental sacrifices.

The province's delay-ridden Landlord and Tenant Board is prioritizing applications from landlords asking for above guideline rent increases until the end of the year, according to a memo obtained by CBC Toronto.

Community Fridges HamOnt, a non-profit food share program that maintains three public fridges in Hamilton, is looking for a new location for their Beasley neighbourhood fridge.

Hamilton education workers, students and parents are eager to return to schools, but there are questions about how the bargaining between the Ford government and CUPE will proceed.

Ontario schools are set to reopen Tuesday after a union representing some 55,000 education workers who walked off the job last Friday won a promise from Doug Ford's government that it will repeal legislation that imposed a contract and banned them from striking.

Doctors and pharmacists in Canada are having trouble finding an important antibiotic for treating bacterial infections in children, and some are insisting a surge in respiratory illnesses is contributing to the shortage.

Commuters across much of southern Ontario may find themselves scrambling for alternative means of transport after the union representing 2,200 GO Transit employees announced members would be walking off the job as of Monday morning.