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The number of overdoses in the province are mounting: Belleville, Ont. was hit with 23 over the course of two days this week, and in Guelph, Ont. there were seven drug poisonings Thursday. Amid the tragedy, there are growing pleas for the province and the federal government to do more.

The Hamilton Naturalists' Club was recently honoured for work revitalizing wetlands in Grimsby that it started over 20 years ago. Nearby, the Hamilton Conservation Authority is building several new wetlands - all in a region where that natural feature is disappearing.

Colleen Langmead feels knots forming in her stomach whenever she thinks about her eviction notice. The 51-year-old pays $500 a month for an east-end bachelor apartment and can't afford much more. Her fears come as data from CMHC and Zumper show the average rental listing price in the city has grown from $1,681 in 2019 to $2,212 in 2023.

We've put together a list of 12 books by Canadian authors from countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed an agreement on Friday that details how the province must spend $3.1 billion in federal funding earmarked for health care.

In a 2022 promotional video, Robby Clark stands at the bow of a yacht, arms raised to the sky as a camera circles overhead. "You can stick me in the desert with nothing and I'm going to come out owning the desert," he says. Less than two years later, his Ontario real estate empire is under bankruptcy protection, owing hundreds of lenders tens of millions of dollars.

For the third year in a row careless smoking is the top cause of Hamilton residential fires.

A Hamilton police officer will lose his job after admitting tomishandling his gun twice.

Home prices have skyrocketed in the past six years and one expert says they may not drop much in the future.

Newly acquired U.S. international Cade Cowell scored two goals and set up another Wednesday as Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara downed Forge FC 3-1 to take a commanding lead into the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup first-round series.

Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for parts of northern Niagara region, St. Catharines, Burlington and Hamilton.

Bell Media is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced widespread layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations.

People are coming together this weekend to honour Klyde Broox, a Hamilton poet who became the first Black writer to win the City of Hamilton's Arts Award for Literature in 2005, and was "a great artist" and "a great teacher."

A new taxpayer-funded advertising campaign by Premier Doug Ford's government toutingthe Ontario economy and provincial investments is facing criticism as a wasteful way to spend public money.

What Chris Pretula did on a Hamilton bus in 2022meets the Criminal Code threshold of being a hate-motivated offence, according to Crown attorney Megan Nieuwoudt. The Hamilton man, 43, livestreamed himselfunleashing a transphobic tirade at riders of an HSR bus before kicking one of them in the leg.

Musicians from Hamilton, Burlington, Six Nations and Niagara including Arkells, Brooke Nicholls, Josh Ross, Logan Staats, Shawnee Kish, Walk Off the Earth and Zoon.

Canadian Premier League champion, Hamilton's Forge FC, whose league season doesn't start until April 13, jumps into the deep end Wednesday when the team hosts Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup first-round matchup.

There's growing recognition of the need for Canadian students to learn a broader picture of Black history, culture and contributions - and often people working outside of traditional classrooms are pushing the conversationforward during Black History Month and beyond.

The city and police have corrected the record on the police's proposed budget for 2024, saying the previous year's tally had a few omissions. The result is a smaller yearly increase but a bigger budget.

Kia Nurse will miss out on the upcoming FIBA Women's Olympic qualifying tournament due to an injury.

Jazz trumpeter Russ Macklem, hard rock duo The Blue Stones, and Christian singer Brooke Nicholls are among the musicians with local ties who are nominated for 2024 Juno Awards.

Charlotte Cardin, Daniel Caesar and Talk lead nominations for the awards, which will take place in Halifax on March 24.

Trains are once again running through Bronte GO Stationafter a police investigation over a suspicious package shut down the station and caused delays Tuesday.

A Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist whohas been missing for more than two weeks and hadbeen feared dead has turned up alive in Gaza.

Vanessa Austin of Fergus, Ont., says she was shocked when a man returned a wallet to her that belonged to her mother and had been lost in Toronto 40 years ago.

A judge ruled Hamilton police violated a woman's Charter rights with "cavalier disregard" after smashing their way into her downtown apartment to look for drugs.

Emma Greco played for two other pro leagues before the Professional Women's Hockey League, but says she's never seen the kind of interest the women's game is experiencing now - and credits it largely to television.

Many Gazans with family in Canada are still waiting on the outcome of their applications to the special immigration measures program for extended family members of Palestinian Canadians. While they wait, their chances of becoming another casualty of the Israel-Hamas war grow.

Once again, a name inspired by a local celebrity received the most votes in Hamilton's second-annual snow-plow naming contest: Snowmoni Lawrence, presumably inspired by Simoni Lawrence, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker.

A Hamilton Jewish community group has spent over $200,000 to have off-duty police guard schools and synagogues since the conflict in Gaza began.That's unsustainable, says Jason Waxman, president of the Hamilton Jewish Federation. The Muslim Association of Hamilton says there has been a need for increased patrols for their community as well.

A man in his 60s is dead and two men in their 20s are in hospital following an early-morning crash on Monday, Hamilton police say.

The Hamilton Police Services Board is accepting written submissions from the public ahead of its specialmeeting about the service's $213 million budget.

Based on recent history, any Ontario premier who is midway through their second term in office ought to be looking over their shoulder with great concern.

Local group Keeping Six hosts arts workshops for people with lived experience of homelessness and addiction. Some of the art participants made is now on display at the Art Gallery of Hamilton as a way to make the artists feel seen - and to remind others the gallery is for all people in the community, say organizers.

The moon is shrinking- but not very fast. It's at a rate of about46 metres over the past few million years. That shrinkage is causingmoonquakes,according to a new study from NASA. Gordon Osinski,a planetary scientist, and an earth sciences professor at Western University,spoke with Travis Dolynny on CBC Radio's Afternoon Drive.

Dr. Saleh Eleiwa, an emergency physician at Al-Shifa Hospital, was on a call with his cousin in Canada on Nov. 18 when he approached an IDF checkpoint while evacuating the hospital under Israeli raid. Witnesses have told the family that Eleiwa was taken by the IDF, but neither Israel nor Red Cross has answered questions about his whereabouts.

After living with bed bugs for months, Esther Stam says it isn't only the persistent bites and sleepless nights that are 'horrendous' but also how difficult it is to get help.

Premier David Eby says he has accepted Selina Robinson's apology but expects her to try and regain the trust of British Columbians after she referred to the region where Israel was established as a "crappy piece of land."

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the Ontario government does not have to disclose Premier Doug Ford's mandate lettersin a unanimous decision issued Friday.

Linebacker Jordan Williams awoke Monday morning expecting it to be another day of preparing to help the Toronto Argonauts avenge a disappointing end to their 2023 season. But that all changed with one telephone call.

Members of the Black community in Hamilton filled city council chambers on Thursday to celebrate the beginning of Black History Month.

A small group of landlords who own hundreds of rental properties across the province have run out of money, owe over $144 million in unpaid loans and face dozens of lawsuits from creditors, according to documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

A Hamilton choreographer and storyteller is exploring the "uncomfortable" realities of inequality, systemic racism, misogyny, homophobia and other issues of social justice through the lens of hip-hop and dance.

A property owner admitted they did not maintain the smoke alarms in a residential building in Hamilton's Landsdale neighbourhood. They have been charged $8,000 for violating the Ontario Fire Code.

Victoria Mancinelli, director of public relations for LiUNA Central and Eastern Canada, is suing lawyer Mohamad Bsat for implying she supported the genocide" and ethnic cleansing" of Palestinan people and their supporters, court documents obtained by CBC Hamilton show.

The Los Angeles Sparks acquired Canadian guard Kia Nurse from Seattle on Wednesday along with the Storm's fourth overall pick in April's WNBA draft. In exchange, the Sparks will send their 2026 first-round pick to Seattle.

It used to be that a Longhouse was the only place where you could hear traditional Haudenosaunee teachings. Now, out of necessity, these teachings are available on multiple platforms to make them more accessible and engage a younger generation.

A Hamilton man who faced assault charges after he suffered a seizureand then was Tasered by police in 2022 is happy the Crown dropped the charges this week. His lawyer says more needs to be done to ensure first responders treat seizures as a medical issue and not a criminal one.

Ontario is extending a program that helps long-term care homes provide clinical placements for nursing and personal support worker students.

Ontario has ordered municipalities that directly operate child-care centres to do a value-for-money audit of their programs to determine if they could instead be operated by a "third party," raising concerns about privatization.