As teachers and educational staff across Ontario joined forces for a one-day strike on Feb. 21 — the first time since 1997 that the province's four largest education unions have had a joint strike— parents and students were left in limbo.

Teachers from Catholic, public, elementary and secondary schools across Flamborough picketed along Parkside Drive on Feb. 21 as part of a provincewide strike by the four biggest education unions in Ontario.

Teachers and other education workers at Hamilton’s public and Catholic high schools will again be on strike on Feb. 28, a week after their participation in a provincewide one-day walkout.

Durham MP releases five-point plan that includes the criminalizing of setting up blockades.

Stoney Creek’s first legal recreational cannabis outlet is opening on Monday, Feb. 24.

A police officer who lives in Burlington has been demoted after pleading guilty to drinking and driving, a charge laid when he was pulled over for excessive speeding on the QEW.

Hamilton will be taking a two-prong approach to make menstrual products available free to low-income residents.

OAKVILLE- Halton police are investigating after a Bobcat Skid Loader was stolen from a parking lot in Oakville.

City officials says the 15 beds will be allocated to other organizations.

Cardus, a faith-based organization, will assume all capital costs of the 1830s structure, located at 1 Balfour Dr.

A projected increase in secondary students should help the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board’s enrolment top 50,000 next September for the first time in 13 years.

Since 2015 Zachary’s Paws for Healing has been bringing cats and dogs to see their owners while they are in hospital and has been fostering pets for hospital patients who don’t have anyone to look after their furry friends.

Projected cost to host 2030 Commonwealth Games is about $1.425 billion, with the city contributing between $200 million to $300 million.

Rochelle Lewis was celebrating her 28th birthday with a barbecue with family and friends when the happiness of the occasion was shattered by gunfire, leaving two fathers dead and her paralyzed.

THE ISSUE: Another lakefront highrise approvedLOCAL IMPACT: Residents concerned about traffic and density

OAKVILLE – A woman who went into active labour in a vehicle at the side of an Oakville road on Valentine’s Day has decided to name her baby boy after his impromptu birthplace.

Clarity Cannabis workers have agreed to join the United Food and Commercial Workers, the same union organizing gig economy workers

The introduction of a rebate program to help a Milton farmer who had to pay over $100,000 in development fees has been pushed back until next month.

After collecting Ontario licence plates for the last 50 years or so, Dave Steckley said he’s relieved to finally see a plate that deviates from the standard plate with its white background and blue text.

Hamilton hired the extra parking enforcement official in January 2019. Estimated annual cost is about $85,300.

Hamilton hired the extra parking enforcement official in January 2019. Estimated annual cost is about $85,300.

Neighbours upset with the location and sightlines of Stoney Creek’s Memorial public elementary replacement school are being promised some limited relief once the building gets nearer to completion.

The new blue licence plates with white lettering were introduced to the public Feb. 1.

Sally Meseret, president of the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association, says both the government and teachers need to look at education as an investment rather than a cost.

Work can finally begin on additions to Stoney Creek’s Collegiate Avenue and Mount Albion public elementary schools now that they’ve received the province’s long-sought approval to proceed to construction.

A 43-year-old driver walked away from a tractor trailer collision in Mississauga with only minor injuries.

After eight years with the Guelph Police Service — around 60 in dog years — General the police service dog will soon retire.

Halton Regional Police told drivers to expect delays after a three-vehicle crash in Burlington Tuesday (Feb. 18).

When Jerry Kalata was ready to move away from Oakville, he did what three members of his family had recently done before him, and set his sights on Flamborough.

Governance review subcommittee approves extending contract of current Integrity Commissioner Principles Integrity.

The issue: The Dundas Peak’s growth as a tourist hot spot has prompted HCA staff to recommend lining the perimeter with a metal picket fence.Local impact: A fence near escarpment edge would make the area safer

Cost of expanding sidewalk snow clearing could be anywhere from nine dollars per resident up to $22 per average household.

A Brampton husband and wife reportedly involved in a variety of phone scams have been arrested. On Feb. 12, members of the RCMP arrested Gurinderpreet Dhaliwal, 37, and Inderpreet Dhaliwal, 36, in connection to various transnational scams, including the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) scam, the bank investigator scam, and the tech support scam.

The society had in early 2019 planned to build a $5-million horse ring at its Trinity Road facility.

City continues negotiations with contractor

Overall, says Pierre Cléroux, Ontario’s economy is expected grow about 1.7 per cent this year, buoyed by a strong U.S. economy, low unemployment rates on both sides of the border and solid consumer confidence.

Monday is Family Day. Here’s a list of what’s open and closed in Flamborough and Hamilton this long weekend.

Parents took charge at the first meeting of the Hamilton public school board’s bullying review, spurning a call to break into discussion groups and instead taking turns to plead their case directly to the panel of experts hired to help stop the problem.

Rezoning approved in 2018, property still for sale

A new private child care provider is offering relief for busy families in Stoney Creek.

A civil marriage would cost $339 and would be held either at the city hall's eight-floor board room or in the council chambers.

"We need to have better data," says Hamilton International Airport CEO Cathie Puckering.

A proposed dispensary could be open by summer.

Walk is one of Neighbour to Neighbour Centre's largest fundraisers of the year.

At least one person was treated by paramedics following a multi-vehicle collision that closed part of Garth Street on Feb. 13.

Titillate your tastebuds at Da Butcher’s Daughter in Waterdown.

The new Hamilton Public Library branch in Carlisle will be located in the former TD Canada Trust building.

The killer had hit Karen Woodcock on the head with something heavy — perhaps a rock or a tire iron — at another location and left her body about two kilometres from her home, where her seven children and husband slept.

Hamilton public elementary schools are closed today (Feb. 13) as teachers return to the picket line for the second day this week.

Jeff Yurek, Ontario's minister of the environment, conservation and parks, is rejecting a resident’s call to rule out further expansions of upper Stoney Creek’s Taro industrial dump.