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As Hamilton's housing crisis deepens and some tenants living in dire conditions can't afford to move, the city is proposing sweeping measures to ensure landlords don't let apartment buildings fall into disrepair.

When Hamilton Tiger-Cats assistant coach Jeff Reineboldwas flyingback to Ontariofrom Hawaii last Thursday, he saw a place he calls homedestroyedfrom his plane window.

As city councillorsdiscussed what temporary solutions it will offer to address Hamilton's growing encampment crisis, staff made one thing clear: the city needs help from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Students in Hamilton will have lots of time to celebrate the Grey Cup being held here in November, as the city's public and Catholic school boards have both agreed to hold a PA Day on Nov. 17, the Friday before the big game.

Hamilton city workers who pick up garbage, provide childcare and teach swimming lessons will be among those on strike Monday if their union and the city can't come to an agreement on their contract in the meantime.

Enhanced cleaning in downtown has started, according to the city, after complaints about filth in the Hamilton's core.

Two dozen tiny cabins are on track to find a home in a downtown Hamilton park later this year, after councillors voted in support of the two-year pilot project at a meeting Monday. Tiny homes will be a place for residents to find stability as they wait for permanent housing, says one of the organizers.

Hamiltonis moving forwardwith an encampment protocol that will seeunhoused peopleliveat least 10metres away from private property, 50 metres away from parks, and 100 metres away from schools, daycares and playgrounds. Councillors voted 10-6 in support of the plan.

Police raided a Brantford, Ont. warehouse growing more than 80,000 illegal cannabis plants last Wednesday, product an industry consultant says was likely destined for the still-thriving illegal mail-order marijuana market.

Jon Davey of Hamilton says he watched a man in a truck drive down park path. Police say the same man tried to steal a canoe and was eventually arrested.

The Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association (NRARA) has been distributing brochures on what to do if you see racism or if you are a victim. It compiles bystander intervention and includes free resources for victims within the Niagara region.

Environment Canada says Burlington and much of Halton Region could see up to 50 millimetres of rain over the course of the day Tuesday, and has issued a special weather statement for the city as well as Oakville, Halton Hills and Milton.

Dave Kumar, who has been volunteering with the National Bank Open tennis tournament for 25 years, was honoured over the weekend with a plaque and a pin.

The government is encouraging Canadians to switch to EVs and heat pumps to fight climate change. But many CBC News readers have asked: won't electrifying everything break the grid and drive up energy costs? Here's what electricity operators and those researching the transition say.

While many people in Ontario have differing memories of the big blackout 20 years ago, Rebecca Canziohad her own reason to go into "survivor mode." Canziowas just a couple of days from her wedding in Windsor when what's commonly referred toas the Northeast Blackout hit on Aug. 14, 2003.

Public elementary school teachers in Ontario are taking a step toward a strike, with the union announcing Monday that it will be asking members to vote for a strike mandate.

The province says it is creating a working group to implement recommendations made in a damning auditor general's report on the government's decision to remove land from the protected Greenbelt.

A truck driver from Hamilton is facing at least 10 years in prison, officials say, for carrying 386 kilograms of cocaine.

One of the most stunning revelations contained in Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk's explosive report into Ontario's controversial Greenbelt land swap was how a small number of real estate developers were able to use their access to a high-level government staffer to have protected land - some of which was recently purchased - opened up for housing development.

Hamilton's hospitals needs 3,348new staff members and 473more beds, according to a new report by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions.

The Farmworker Hub says it has seena 27 per cent increase in demand in food and clothing supplies this year.

Searchers with cadaver dogshavebeen going from building to building in the west Maui community of Lahaina, looking for victims of devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island, as officials tally the loss of life anddestruction of property.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had game highs of 26 points and six steals to lead Canada past New Zealand 107-76 on Saturday in Hamburgand advance into the DBB SuperCup Final.

Mariek Schmidt, an Earth sciences professor at Brock University, visited the Scottish Isle of Rum this summer to dig up ancient rocks - all to make the most of precious space rocks returning to Earth in a decade.

Robbie Robertson died Aug. 9 at the age of 80. He had a huge impact on musicians of Six Nations, Ont., a community where he was embraced and celebrated - and six years ago, became an enrolled member.

A dozen people - including a 31-year-old Toronto physician-have been arrested and two drug 'superlabs' have been taken over by officersafter a major drug bust, according to Hamilton police.

From a Japanese cultural festival to Concrete Canvas, there are many things to do in Hamilton this weekend.

Nine tenants at 1083 Main St. E. had no running water from Dec. 28 to March 24 after city staff 'turned their backs on us completely," one tenant says.

Potential court challenges to the Doug Ford government's Greenbelt policies are up in the air until either the government or developers move to start construction. That's why advocates say it's up to residents and other levels of government to get involved while other authority figures probe the government's decision further.

The prime minister was not wholly wrong, per se, when he said housing wasnot somethingthe federal government has "direct carriage of." But no elected leader has ever improved their situation by attempting to specify limits on their own responsibility for a significant problem.

Six Nations of the Grand River and an Indian day school survivor lost a court battle to grant more time for class members to apply for compensation.

A group of well-connected developers stand to make a lot of money after influencing Doug Ford's provincial government's process for choosing protected Greenbelt land to open up for housing, the province's auditor general says. Here's a drone's eye view of some of Hamilton's Greenbelt land.

Hamilton and the surrounding area are under a severe thunderstorm watch, Environment Canada says.

City staffers are putting their support behind setting up a community of tiny houses - instead of sanctioned encampments - as part of its response to the city's homelessness emergency. They also have an adjusted encampment protocol and plans in the short-term and in the long-term.

A guide to the must-know tracks in the famed songwriter's catalogue, from hits with the Band to his solo work.

Queen's University and the head of its medicine department are firing back atDr. Matthew Strauss - a controversial, former acting medical officer of health in southern Ontario. They filed a statement of defence in response to Strauss' $600,000 lawsuit against them over his 2021 resignation.

Hamilton's mayor is calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to abandon his plan to open up parts of the Greenbelt for developmentafter the province'sauditor general found a small group of well-connected developers influenced the plan.

The bleachers at the Ancaster Little League were stolen in late June and found in a local scrap yard, damaged beyond hope of repair.

Approximately 150 dead chickens were spilled across Park Road South in Grimsby, Ont., police say, after being dropped from a dump truck.

Hamilton city bus fare is going up by more than initially expected come September.

Canada is on the board early at the Para road cycling world championships. In the second race of the event, Nathan Clement of West Vancouver, B.C., won gold in the men's T1 time trial. Shortly after, Shelly Gautier of Niagara Falls, Ont., scored bronze in the women's version of the race.

Black students, teachers, politicians andadvocates from Hamilton voiced concerns about the rhetoric around a Toronto principal who died by suicide, saying people are weaponizing the man's death to push back against anti-racism efforts.

A new deal between National Steel Car and its workers has been ratified, officially marking the end of a 41-day strike at the rail car maker.

2023's Concrete Canvas will run from Aug. 11 to Aug. 13.

The Ontario government's process for choosing protected Greenbelt land to open up for housing development was heavily influenced by a small group of well-connected developers who now stand to make billions of dollars, the province's auditor general says.

Ontario's Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) fined a Niagara-on-the-Lake company and a Hamilton man for separate incidents involving unlicensed electrical work.

Ontario is proposing anew regulationit says will better protect workers from heat stress and heat-related illnesses as temperatures across Canada and the globe continue to rise due to climate change.

It's been 70 years since an armistice was reached and Canadian troops came home from the Korean War, sometimes known as 'The Forgotten War'. Last week a Korean photographer visited Romeo Daley, a Korean War veteran, to take his photo and document his story.

A Toronto man has been charged after trying to smuggle cannabis disguised as frozen waffles into the U.S., according to the United States Attorney's Office.

Fresh off Saturday's 27-14 loss to the visiting Montreal Alouettes, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are making a change to the coaching ranks.