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The city says now that Health Canada has approved using Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, it's ready to roll out the vaccine to 42,000 local kids.

Health Canada will announce the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages five to 11 on Friday, CBC News confirmed. Dr. Jacqueline Wong, an infectious diseases specialist, and Tracy Akitt, a Child Life Specialist, answered your questions about the vaccine.

The vote was deferred from Nov. 9, when hundreds of residents gave input, most against the expansion.

Demonstrators have blocked off the Highway 6 bypass in Caledonia, Ont., to stand in solidarity with Indigenous protesters in British Columbia.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a Halton police officer fired a riot control launcher at a Burlington man, leading to serious injury.

Ryerson Public School in Burlington, Ont., has been renamed Makwendam — an Anishinaabemowin word meaning "to remember," according to the school board.

Ali Ghorbani, 25, was shot multiple times inside Raoabe Restaurant, Lounge and Bar at 1405 Upper Ottawa Street around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 14, according to investigators.

Jonathan Pruitt is an evolutionary ecologist who was awarded a coveted Canada 150 Chair. He's been placed on paid leave following a "series of concerns," according to McMaster University.

Toronto police raided the home of a renowned gunsmith in rural Ontario two weeks ago while executing a firearms search warrant. Now, Rodger Kotanko is dead, raising questions from legal experts and the 70-year-old's family.

Someone stole $2,500 worth of soil, Ontario Provincial Police say, in Norfolk County on Tuesday.

A Hamilton youth has been charged in the theft of $46 million in cryptocurrency after investigators learned some of it was being used to buy a gaming username.

Four people — including three students — were transported to hospital Wednesday morning after a school bus was rear-ended in Burlington, according to police.

Hamilton's mayor says he's stepping down from the city's police oversight board before the end of his term to make way for a new councillor to serve on it — particularly a woman. And at least one female city councillor says she's interested.

Two men are facing charges following a shoplifting incident in Brantford, but only one is accused of stealing something. The other was charged for allegedly hitting the suspect with a vehicle in order to stop him.

A new course at McMaster University is aimed at kick starting conversations about the history of slavery and how Black freedom struggles impact life today, including the Raptors' "We The North" slogan.

Ventura Towers tenants are fighting to stay in the building as the owners, Valery Group, plans to renovate part of two buildings in Beasley and have issued notices to vacate.

Slowly pumping the brakes on COVID-19 remediation measures would mean about 973 more cases in Hamilton. The good news? People are vaccinated, so they won't get as sick.

Charlton and John is a bustling intersection in Hamilton's Corktown neighbourhood, but during the winter, Laura Cattari sees far too much of it, as she is forced to stay at home with heavy snowfall. That may change in 2022.

Two Hamilton residents have been charged with second-degree murder, police say, after an investigation into the death of a man found unresponsive inside an apartment in October.

The 25-year-old Hamilton man was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside Raoabe Restaurant, Lounge and Bar at 1405 Upper Ottawa Street around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Black students have assembled a report detailing their experience in Hamilton and made 11 recommendations they say must be urgently adopted by local boards and the province to address racism and concerns about safety in schools.

Police were called to Raoabe Restaurant, Lounge and Bar around 2:30 a.m. and found a 25-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a media release.

Ontario reported another 666 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

The 33-year-old was taken to hospital with "life-altering injuries," according to investigators. He is in critical, but stable condition, the service stated in a media release.

Townsend exists as a sort of island of sprawl, a suburb without a city. For some, the Ontario community is a perfect place to call home, so long as you have access to a car. For others, it exists as a curious case and a cautionary tale of government planning gone wrong.

Around 30 people gathered Friday outside a city public works facility near the Chedoke Golf Course in Hamilton, in protest of encampment evictions. The city said 30 staff and about 10 vehicles were prevented from attending work sites.

Heritage advocates are planning a rally in downtown Ancaster Saturday to protest a developer's plan to pick up a stone house built in 1840 and move it.

Hamilton city council has selected a former member of parliament and retired Dundas councillor, Russ Powers, to represent a ward in the city's east end.

A Hamilton police officer has been found guilty of eight counts of discreditable conduct related to tweets he made about a city councillor.

Hamilton councillor Terry Whitehead says he wants a court to review a report that led to his peers voting to dock him a month of pay and restrict which staffers he can talk to about city business.

Hamilton city councillors will decide on Nov. 19 now whether to accept, reject or defer a plan to expand the city's urban boundary to include 1,310 hectares of countryside.

Welby Isaacs was a teenager living in Ontario's Six Nations of the Grand River when he joined the military. Known as Ike, he's now the oldest Indigenous veteran in the territory.

Every year, from the last Friday of October to Nov. 11, Canadians fasten bright red poppy pins over their hearts as a symbol of remembrance for sacrifices made by war veterans.

A Hamilton elementary school is sending almost 50 cards to Indigenous veterans for Remembrance Day.

Hamilton city council is docking Terry Whitehead a month of pay and limiting which staff the Mountain councillor can communicate with when it comes to city business.

The day after a Hamilton teenager pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing her son, Devan Selvey's mom took to the trails he once loved to hike so she could walk and reflect.

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's director of education is leaving early next year to become president and chief executive officer at YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford.

Live at noon on Friday Hamilton Live talks with Dr. Jacqueline Wong, an infectious diseases specialist, and Tracy Akitt, a Child Life Specialist, both from McMaster Children's Hospital, about the new COVID-19 vaccine for kids between the ages of 5 and 11. Send us your comments and questions.

Anticipation turned to elation Monday as fully vaccinated Canadians visited loved ones, vacation properties and popular American shopping haunts after the United States finally eased southbound travel restrictions along the world's longest unmilitarized land border.

Hamilton politicians have put off a major decision on expanding the city's urban boundary after around 80 residents gave presentations and hundreds more wrote letters, resulting in a meeting that went on for more than 12 hours.

The search of more than 200 hectares of land once associated with the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., has begun, with the Six Nations police chief vowing to work "tirelessly" with survivors "to find the missing children who did not come home."

A 145-year-old cottage is on wheels Monday in the Brantford city hall parking lot until an engineer gives the OK for it to be moved to its permanent home next to the city's museum and archives.

While city council and the province will ultimately decide the outcome of the urban boundary debate, here’s a look at the various groups trying to have their say, from developers to anti-sprawl campaigners.

Hamilton students no longer need to prove they completed daily COVID-19 screening to attend classes.

A teenager charged with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Devan Selvey behind their Hamilton high school pleaded guilty in a surprise move Monday afternoon.

The mayor of Niagara Falls and local business owners say the new, loosened border restrictions don’t change much and Ottawa needs to scrap COVID-10 testing requirements for tourists if it wants to make a real difference.

Métis veteran Urban Vermette from Prince Albert, Sask., was honoured posthumously last week by the South Korean government "for overcoming pain and suffering" as a Second World War POW and re-enlisting to serve in the Korean War.

Angelo Mosca was known as one of the toughest players in the CFL, but Hamiltonians remember the late legend as a kind, humble and respectful family man.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats legend Angelo Mosca died Saturday at the age of 84. Mosca was diagnosed with Alzheimer's shortly after his 78th birthday in 2015.

Indigenous experts have questions about whether Hamilton is consulting First Nations in good faith about potenially expanding the urban boundary into Elfrida.