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A heat warning is in effect for Hamilton, with humid weather expected to blanket the city for the next two days.

Khari Jones wasn't out of work long, accepting a football operations consultant position with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Monday, two weeks after Montreal fired him as head coach following the CFL club's 1-3 start to the season.

Major construction work on the Hamilton light-rail transit (LRT) will begin in just under two years, the city's LRT project director announced Monday, as councillors were given an update on the project and the impact it's expected to have on the community.

Festival co-founder and mural designer Scott McDonald says painting is part of the festival's bigger goal to "show what public art can do."

The union representing workers at eight Ontario casinos says members have voted to strike if new agreements cannot be brokered by Friday at midnight.

The shortage of lifeguards and swim instructors extends across the country, forcing many municipalities to scale back pool hours and limit the number of lessons available despite the pent up demand.

Questions continue to swirl about who was making decisions and on what grounds when it came to removing protesters outside a Doug Ford campaign stop at Hamilton's airport in May, amid new details from the airport and provincial police.

Twenty girls participated in the inaugural Camp Phoenix this week. The camp is designed to simulate real-life scenarios in all areas of fire prevention and suppression, search and rescue, forcible entry, auto extrication, basic first aid and more.

There's only little over a month to go until nominations close for this fall's municipal election. And there are local races for school board trustee that have few — if any — candidates.

Families Minister Karina Gould answers your passport application questions.

Some family lawyers in Ontario are calling for changes to provincial legislation that treats people living common-law differently from married couples when their relationships end.

Fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out to more Canadians as eligibility opens up across the country, but research suggests there are limitations to the impact they can have on the highly contagious BA.5 Omicron subvariant fuelling Canada's first summer surge.

More than $1.5 million in drugs, guns, currency and jewellery were seized and three people arrested when police executed search warrants on Six Nations and Brantford area Thursday.

New COVID-19 outbreaks more than doubled in Ontario long-term care homes in the first week of July, Public Health Ontario says, as the sector sees the impact of a seventh virus wave.

A new book club launching in Hamilton is on a quest to get more Black Canadians writing romance novels.

A 12-year-old boy is in serious condition after being struck by a vehicle while waiting at a bus stop in the east end Thursday evening, Hamilton police say. Meanwhile two cyclists were also injured by drivers in separate incidents.

Canada's drug regulator has, for the first time, approved a COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers. Here are some key questions and answers about the Moderna vaccine.

Community donations in support of Nicole Constandinides and her son Maddox have reached $20,000 since a family member started a GoFundMe page for them earlier this week.

Following a crash that left a woman and her 10 year-old son with life-threatening injuries on Sunday, residents in the Ottawa Street North area are calling for changes to make the roads safer for the people in their neighbourhood.

The seventh wave of COVID-19 continues to rise sharply in Ontario with most measures showing increases week-by-week since it began last month.

Police and psychology experts weigh in on what may have led to nearly two dozen shooting and bombing threats at Hamilton schools over 18 days, not long after the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May.

Steve Tsiliganos, whose ice cream truck business has served people in lower Hamilton for 41 years, is retiring and passing on the cone to a new owner. The 73-year-old never left people out, even those who couldn't afford a scoop.

The deadline has passed for survivors of federal Indian day schools and federal day schools to apply for compensation in the class action settlement, though individuals can ask to be considered for a six-month extension.

Health Canada has approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making it the first vaccine of its kind approved for that age group in the country.

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) said anyone who got a third dose at least five months ago is eligible for another one. People who have had a COVID-19 infection must wait at least three months.

A woman was dragged off a Hamilton Mountain trail and assaulted, in what police say was an "unprovoked" attack.

Going viral has brought DSRT Co., Summer Badawi's bakery in Hamilton, to international audiences — but it has also exposed her to a wave of virtual hatred.

Hamilton hospital staff have seen a rise in violence against them since the pandemic started according to a new poll conducted for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

Anyone can contribute an artwork to Hamilton art teacher Matt Coleman's MMOMA (Mapleside Museum of Miniature Art) — or take one home.

The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation says it's removing its name, logo and all other support for the Canada Summer Games set for the Niagara region of Ontario next month, alleging "bullying" toward MCFN staff and "disrespect" toward its youth.

Ontario is expanding eligibility for fourth shots of COVID-19 vaccines to all adults this week, but the province's top doctor said healthy people under the age of 60 who have had three doses already may want to wait until the fall for a second booster.

Canadian comedian Martin Short's mind was far from the Emmys when he received a text Tuesday morning telling him he'd nabbed his 13th nomination.

A 32-year-old woman is facing several charges after police say they seized drugs and cash at a pet grooming store in Niagara Falls this week.

A Hamilton woman says she is living in fear of potential heat waves during the summer, given that she has no air conditioning.

McMaster University says a high-profile researcher has resigned from his position as a professor at the Hamilton school amid an investigation and a hearing about "serious allegations about research misconduct."

Police in Hamilton say they've seen a viral video of a road rage incident they consider a "hate incident," but no charges will be laid because what took place in the Ontario city isn't illegal.

A resident in Brant has tested positive for monkeypox, marking the Ontario county's first case of the virus.

The second victim of homicide in the city for 2022 has been identified as 32-year-old Stanley Gordon Waite, Hamilton police say.

A Hamilton family is in mourning after facing a life-or-death situation last week during the Rogers outage that had the country reeling, and an expert says it's evidence of the "fragility" of Canada's networks.

Hamilton firefighters and police are warning the public of a large fire at a residential development on the Mountain.

Devan Selvey's mom wants a park or playground named after her son to honour him and remind people of school violence, but city policies are preventing that from happening.

A mom and her son were seriously injured in Hamilton after being struck by a black 2008 Chevy Equinox that police say was "out of control." There have been numerous collisions in the city in recent times, with a total of 12 pedestrian fatalities this year alone.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed Canadian punter Jon Ryan and American kicker Seth Small on Sunday.

Fewer medical school graduates are choosing to go into family medicine and open their own primary-care practices, data shows. It comes at a time when more than one million Ontarians can't find a family doctor and just as many are set to lose the ones they already have.

Hundreds of kids and adults, who for various reasons — including the COVID-19 pandemic — have not been able to celebrate a birthday, were treated to an un-birthday party in Brantford, Ont., on Saturday.

It took 20 years for Anita Grant to appreciate her natural hair and now the Hamilton woman has created a book to help her daughter and other Black girls love their hair.

Ontario is expanding coverage for a cystic fibrosis treatment to include children between the ages of six to 11.

The Community-Based Research Centre has a booth set up at Hamilton Pride, one of a dozen or so events across the country where they are promoting a new, national survey focused on chronic health.

Ontario’s chief coroner is reviewing the cause of deaths in correctional facilities over the past seven years as the number of fatalities continues to rise.

Six Nations police are investigating after fraudsters in Caledonia are reportedly posing as Amazon workers and police officers.