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The high-profile case of aBrantford, Ont., woman who was rearrested while servinghouse arrest for faking pregnancies and duping doulasmay be an extreme and "unique" case, but scams targeting workers in the field are more common than people may think, say doula organizations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped in Hamilton on Friday to talk about housing measures announced in the recent federal budget, thenweighed in on how his government has supported the city's efforts to deal with the affordable housing crisis and the growing campus protests across Canada in response to the Israel-Hamas war.

Michael LaCombe, 54, will instead serve 12 months of house arrest followed by 12 months of probation. He resigned from the Hamilton Police Service after a judge found him guilty of two counts of sexual assault against a woman whom he was mentoring to become a police officer.

A group of students have set up tents and banners on campus in Hamilton, joining the handful of other pro-Palestinian protestscalling for schools to cut ties with Israelas its warin Gaza continues.

The Speaker of Ontario's legislature is allowing politicians, staff and visitors to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, loosening what had amounted to a ban on the scarf, while maintaining a prohibition inside the legislative chamber.

The government has had to cancel at least $246 million in debts for thousands of Canadians it initially claimed had received pandemic benefits for which they weren't eligible.

Indigenous communities across southwestern Ontario held events to mark Red Dress Day, also known as the national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people, observed every year on May 5.

Niagara police say a 33-year-old man is facingtwo second degree murder charges after a man and woman were found dead in St. Catharines.

Hamilton-based poet Karessa McQueen won the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam competition in April. She got back into poetry last year after a long break and won with a final, deeply personal poem about domestic violence.

Canadian Kia Nurse had nine points in 19 minutes of action as the Los Angeles Sparks opened their WNBA pre-season schedule with a 84-79 win over the Seattle Storm on Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

Downtown Hamilton's James Street North will be closed to traffic for four Art Crawl nights this year, the first on May 10, allowing pedestrians to take over the roadway between York Boulevard and Murray Street.

All drivers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area who are pulled over by Ontario Provincial Police highway safety officers will now be asked to provide a breathsampleas part of a new enforcement policy taking aim at drinking and driving.

Hamilton Public Health is warning local residents about the possibility of measles exposure after four members of the same household have been confirmed to have cases of the virus.

Metrolinx says it's temporarily adjusting GO Train service between Hamilton and Burlington, Ont., as part of an ongoing construction project.

Cesar Correa Cordoba's passion project for many years has been his animals and other creatures made from natural materials. His sculptures will be accessible as part ofthe Doors Open festival in Hamilton at the Cotton Factory, which is also celebrating 10 years.

On this, its third day, the inquest heard Attila Csanyi was evicted from the Hamilton care facility he lived in for threats and acts of violence, but that the incidents were not always documented or reported. It also heard Csanyi was kicked out without his landlord having followed the proper procedures.

The Niagara police homicide unit is investigating, police say, after a manand a woman were found dead at a home in St. Catharines.

New figures show Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions jumped for a second straight year, following a pandemic-induced plunge, and have risen back to the level they were before Premier Doug Ford's government came to power.

Progressive Conservative candidate Zee Hamidwon the hotly contested provincial byelection in Milton Thursday, handing Premier Doug Ford a victory over new Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie.

There have been recent, unconfirmed reports of hammerhead worms in the Hamilton area. Experts say a few species of invasive worms are on the move in Ontario and if you see them, you should capture and report them.

Two unions areworking with the Occupational Cancer Research Centre to follow up on previous research on whether Canadian border employees have a higher cancerrisk due to exposure to environmentalpollutants- a longtime concern of many workers.

For Premier Doug Ford, there's more at stake in Thursday's provincial byelection in Milton than just one seat at Queen's Park.

Starting when they were six years old, twin brothers Attila and Richard Csanyi survived "horrendous" physical, sexual and emotional abuse in a Toronto foster home - experiences that would impact them for the rest of their lives, Richard told the inquest into his brother's death.

Tenant Esther Stam has been fighting for month to have her building rid of bedbugs but says she's been met with resistance from her landlord, property manager and public health inspectors. 'I keep getting treated like I'm the problem,' Stam says.

A Brantford,Ont., woman sentenced in February to house arrest forfakingpregnancies, harassmentand fraudulently seekingthe services of numerous doulas is in custody and facing new charges, Hamilton police say.

When someone experiences homelessness, their life span is roughly cut in half, according to an expert witness who spoke during Day 1 of the inquest into Attila Csanyi's death.

Seven Dancers Coalition, a non-profit based out of Akwesasne, on the border between Ontario, Quebec and New York state, organized an exchange of ribbon skirts between different Indigenous-run women groups and organizations.

Hamilton's police board is waiting onthe police service to review recentlyproposed waysit can trim spending - despite the fact most board members also said they don't support the cuts.

Staff expect ridership to be 11 per cent higher than in 2023, marking a recovery from low transit use during the pandemic.

The Sheraton hotel in downtown Hamilton has new feathered residents. Since April 26, three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in the 18th floor nest. Now Hamilton's Falconwatch, the community group that monitors and protects the nest, is gearing up to protect those chicks as they learn to fly.

Animal advocates are celebrating after parts of a controversial Ontario agriculture law that made it illegal to get a job on a farm under false pretences to expose conditions inside were deemed unconstitutional.

Ontario's homebuilders and vendors regulator has fineda Niagara man and his development company $150,286 after they were found guilty ofselling new homes illegally.

Brian Wren will be demoted in rank from first to second-class constable for one year and then will be reinstated to his current position, says the retired OPP officer who oversaw his disciplinary hearing.

Ontario says it will give wildland firefighters the same cancer, heart and post-traumatic stress disorder coverage as municipal firefighters.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says international students will be able to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week starting in September.

HSR has ushered in its spring schedule, which will also see changes to 13 bus routes in Hamilton.

The Ontario coroner is set to begin an inquest on Tuesday morninginto the death of Attila Csanyi - a man who died of an overdose onthe rooftop of Jackson Square in 2020.

Niagara police are investigating after they say they found a woman dead in a Smithville, Ont. home.

When Jamal Chemin was hired by a criminal organization to put a tracking device on Giorgio Barresi's BMW in 2020, he wasn't aware it would lead to the murder of the Hamilton real estate agent, says the Crown.

Allegations of improper medication reviews at Shoppers Drug Mart, and corporate pressure to hit billing targets for them as outlined in a recent CBC News investigation, has prompted some to take a closer look at the Ontario government program.

A Kitchener, Ont., company has collaborated with Stratus Vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake to wash bottles so the winery can reuse them as part of a new pilot project.

Tri-City Thunder, based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., has players from across southern Ontario. Ranked 12th in its division, the team is fundraising to go to the playoffs in May.

The Ontario government is poised to crack down on cellphone use in schools with an announcement coming Sunday, a government source confirmed to CBC Toronto.

Members of the Black community in Hamilton arelooking to form an advisory panel to "address, respond and prioritize" concerns about policing in the city, according to the executive director of Hamilton's Anti-Racism Resource Centre.

Golshan Abdmoulaie was burned out from months of protesting the Iranian government. So she started spending more time in nature and seeking out places of rest and beauty as a way to heal.

Hamilton Police Services Board will have a new acting chair after Fred Bennink, who has been on the board for five years, announced Thursday would be his final meeting due tothe newprovincial Community Safety and Policing Act.

The program would come with a $15.5 million price tag over five years - $4.5 million of which it is already spending - and see the service buy 650 cameras.

St. Thomashas reduced chronic homelessness by 30 per cent in the span of seven months through increasing outreach efforts and and placing people into highly supportive housing.126 people got a place to live between July 2023 and January 2024, with the help of socialservices, emergency shelters, and community partners.

The federal government's budget is setting aside $1.5 billion to implement pharmacare - a major financial commitment with the potential to have a wide-ranging impact on the country's health-care system.

Building affordable housing at the north-end site has been stalled as CN Rail appeals the project at the Ontario Land Tribunal. 'The project is facing delay after delay due to the obstinance and obstructionism of CN Rail,' says Mayor Andrea Horwath.