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Supercrawl and Because Beer among Hamilton festivals getting $605K boost from Ontario government
The money is part of a $20-million program to draw more tourists to Ontario municipalities.
Niagara region hospitals aim for every newborn and child without a family doctor to go home with one
Niagara Health will connect every newborn and child in hospital with a family doctor accepting new patients. "This pathway is about making sure no child falls through the cracks," says Dr. Madan Mohan Roy.
CANADA VOTES 2025
2 ridings flip, as Liberals take Hamilton Centre and Conservatives win Hamilton East
Hamilton East-Stoney Creek finally has a projected winner Tuesday afternoon, after all polls were counted. The riding has flipped and will now be represented by Conservative Ned Kuruc, who beat out Liberal incumbent Chad Collins by fewer than 1,500 votes.
Recruiters look to draw U.S. family doctors to Hamilton area to address shortage
Hamilton's health-care network is ramping up its search for family physicians from the United States, who may be unhappy with President Donald Trump's government, and are up for moving to Canada.
Know your riding — Canada Votes 2025: Hamilton East-Stoney Creek
The Hamilton East-Stoney Creek riding has been a Liberal stronghold for most of its existence and been represented by a number of prominent Hamiltonians.
Know your riding — Canada Votes 2025: St. Catharines
The riding runs from Lake Ontario in the north to St. David's Road in the south, and Highway 406 and Twelve Mile Creek to the west and borders Niagara-on-the-Lake to the east.
Truck displaying graphic anti-abortion videos is driving around Hamilton. Police say it's not a crime
On her way home from work Wednesday morning, a Hamilton resident says she was subjected to "utterly disgusting" anti-abortion videos playing on a loop from large screens mounted in the bed of a white pickup truck.
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McMaster University students cast early election votes, 'a win-win-win for democracy,' says professor
A steady stream of students entered the polling station on the heart of campus Tuesday, greeted by other students running it with support from Elections Canada staff.
Know your riding — Canada Votes 2025: Niagara South
The new Niagara South riding contains the cities of Port Colborne, Thorold and Welland, and the Town of Fort Erie. It's bordered by Lake Erie to the south and partly by the U.S. border in the east.
White House uses Hamilton economist's paper to justify tariffs — but misses his point 'trade wars are bad'
Both times, the Trump administration got it wrong, says Pau S. Pujolas, an associate economics professor at McMaster University in Hamilton who wrote the 2024 paper "Trade deficits with trade wars."