The Conference Board of Canada says it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a job in the Hamilton area.
The board each month publishes a so-called Help Wanted Index, which looks at the number of online job …

VANCOUVER — The closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Games will be young, light-hearted and will poke fun at Canada, says VANOC CEO John Furlong.
Furlong also promises that the ceremonies will showcase some “pretty amazing Canadian …

(Feb 12, 2010) - TOURISM HAMILTON’S executive director David Adames will make recommendations to city council next week about how to acquire properties on a three-block parcel of land in the west harbour where a Pan Am Games stadium has been proposed. A business report says the costs of acquiring and remediating the land could add $10 million to the projected cost.

(Jan 5, 2010) - The number of pregnant women having four or more ultrasounds during the last two-thirds of their pregnancies has nearly tripled in a decade, according to a study from McMaster University.

(Jan 2, 2010) - You’ve read all the year-end recaps and endless analyses of “the decade that was.”

70 runners will carry flame across 21 kilometres of city

With as much hoopla as a circus and the security of a high-profile political event, the Olympic torch relay will roll into Hamilton this weekend.
“It’s kind …

HAMILTON , Ont . - Sarah Palin has been given the boot as a celebrity fundraiser for hospitals in Hamilton , Ont ., but she will come to town raise money for a local children’s charity instead

(Dec 1, 2009) - U.S. Steel Canada signed a six-year pact with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment yesterday in which it promises to improve the environmental performance of its Hamilton and Nanticoke plants in return for prompt issuance of needed permits and approvals.

(Nov 23, 2009) - It’s one of the most sensitive and controversial issues that has plagued city council for almost a decade — and it’s all about your money.

(Nov 21, 2009) - The number of Canadians going bankrupt in September jumped by 36 per cent from the same time last year, indicating that for many, the recession is far from over.

(Nov 21, 2009) - ArcelorMittal Dofasco is reviving plans to fire up a third blast furnace at its Hamilton plant as steel markets show tentative signs of improvement.

(Nov 20, 2009) - The city has invested more than half a million dollars this year to keep its neediest residents fed.

(Nov 19, 2009) - The location of the Pan Am stadium must be confirmed next year if construction is to wrap up on time, a Games bid lieutenant said yesterday.

(Nov 19, 2009) - Q: What could the Pan Am Games mean for this area?

Hamilton’s housing market will heat up next year as the area’s economy shakes off the last effects of the recession.
That’s the verdict economists and analysts with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation delivered to the …

(Nov 18, 2009) - McMaster University is getting new tools to advance its standing as an international leader in nuclear and solar power research as part of a new $33-million provincial funding package.