Hamilton

A former junior, university and minor professional hockey player was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison during a court hearing in Brantford, Ont., on Friday, after he admitted to possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material and forcing a woman to perform sexual services for money.

A collision involving a car and a motorcycle has led to the arrest of a Brantford woman.

It was a loud bang which could be heard across the town of Ingersoll, Ont. Sunday morning.

Emergency crews were called to the crash on Highway 6 near 5th Line at approximately 5:05 p.m. Saturday. Police said the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle was airlifted to a trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

People living near landfill in Hamilton can no longer stand its “persistent and noxious” stench and have filed lawsuits in an attempt to make it go away.

Officers attended the area of Colborne Street West and Gilkison Street to investigate reports of overnight break-ins involving garages and Brantford Police seek additional victims after series of garage and shed break-ins.

Hamilton police say they have located a missing seven-year-old boy.

A school bus belonging to an Islamic elementary school in Hamilton was vandalized last week, which police said is being investigated as a hate-motivated mischief.

Rabies has been detected in two bats in Hamilton, representing the first two known cases in the region so far this year.

A woman from Hagarsville, Ont. has been charged for a crash that killed one person and left two others with serious injuries.

Two suspects have been arrested, and another remains wanted in connection with a “targeted” shooting in Hamilton in March.

Ever dreamed of captaining a real-life pirate ship? Ahoy, matey, here’s your chance.

Brant County OPP have arrested a man for several impaired driving charges.

Police are searching for an armed suspect involved in a daytime robbery at a jewelry store inside Lynden Park Mall on Friday morning.

Homicide investigators say the body of a missing 48-year-old Hamilton man who disappeared more than a month ago has now been recovered.