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Ontario is reporting 707 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Saturday. That’s up from 667 people hospitalized on Friday, although at least 10 per cent of hospitals do not report their figures on the weekends.

Europe-based FlixBus is offering free wifi and power outlets at every seat as its set to make its debut in Ontario next month with stops in Waterloo region, Guelph and Toronto.

Ontario has released its latest Sunshine List of public sector employees who made more than $100,000.

The pedestrians killed in a fiery March 19 crash at King and Main Street East in Hamilton that killed four people were from the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton police say. The driver of a stolen Toyota Prius that crashed was a 27-year-old Hamilton man.

There are a number of ongoing events happening in Hamilton this weekend, with a couple of them coming to a halt this weekend.

Sage Hartmann, a fifth-year McMaster University science student from Red River Métis Nation in Manitoba, is out to centre Indigenous perspectives within the school's Faculty of Science, something she says there is desire for but not yet enough action on.

The city voted Tuesday to transfer operational leadership of the McQuesten Urban Farm in Hamilton to Indigenous charity organization Niwasa Kendaaswim Teg. The organization's executive director says the move was a "natural fit."

Productions made in Hamilton have contributed to massive job growth, the province says.

When she decided to learn Oji-Cree, Rochelle Bragg gained more than vocabulary. She also learned to appreciate her family’s roots and legacy.

A Somali-Canadian family is accusing the management of Ventura Towers in downtown Hamilton of acting illegally by not providing power, heat and water. Management, however, says the tenants are illegally squatting. Advocates say the dispute speaks to a larger issue — the current rental market.

Hamilton's small-businesses demand transparency in Ontario's relief grant process after having no means to track their application status.

New polling commissioned by World Animal Protection (WAP) shows the majority of Ontarians surveyed support regulations that would create licenses for zoos in the province and set standards for safety and animal welfare.

The Mush Hole is a theatrical dance performance created by Six Nations choreographer Santee Smith and is based on the experiences of survivors of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School.

The developer behind a now-cancelled Caledonia, Ont., subdivision has renewed efforts to secure a permanent injunction against people from Six Nations who have been occupying the site for more than 20 months.

The Ontario NDP says it kicked out longtime Hamilton MPP Paul Miller following a "pattern of troubling behaviour" that indicated he may "harbour Islamophobic, homophobic and racist views."

Tent encampments in Hamilton parks and on public property will be cleared with three days of being reported to the city, if a motion that passed at planning committee Tuesday is certified by council next week.

A Hamilton city councillor is pushing to expedite a review of the intersection at Main Street East and King Street East after a crash in the area killed four people, including three pedestrians, on Saturday.

Ontario is reporting 611 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 14 more deaths linked to the virus on Wednesday.

A 17-year-old from Brantford is facing two charges after Ontario Provincial Police say he celebrated his birthday by driving double the speed limit.

A citizens group in Fort Erie, Ont., is opposing a housing development on land that an expert says is rich in archeology and history, including Indigenous history and the War of 1812.

The peregrine falcon has been elected as Hamilton’s unofficial city bird, after results from an online poll by Bird Friendly Hamilton Burlington were released this week.

Two of the people killed in a fiery crash on Main Street East early Saturday were workers waiting to do maintenance at a nearby Pizza Pizza restaurant, according to the company.

Ontario NDP leader has refused to say why four-term MPP Paul Miller was removed from caucus last Thursday.

The weather agency says icy precipitation is expected to begin falling Tuesday after midnight or Wednesday morning, building up to between one and four millimetres.

John Bacon, 57, is dead after a small airplane crashed near the Brantford Municipal Airport on Monday, Ontario Provincial Police say.

With changes to masking requirements in cities from Hamilton to Niagara, Monday morning prompted many people to make a decision: to mask or not to mask?

Hamilton city council has voted to scrap municipal bylaws requiring indoor masking and social distancing in public spaces, despite pleas from a minority on council who say the city’s most vulnerable residents will suffer unequally from the change.

McMaster University is asking older, immigrant adults for ideas on how to improve their transit experience. But the researchers say they need more people to share their experience.

The Ontario government is introducing legislation to provide police officers with more enforcement tools to respond to illegal blockades.

Firefighters found a main floor unit with "heavy smoke and flames lapping up from a window." Seven people — three adults and four children — were rescued, according to Fire Chief Dave Cunliffe.

Ontario has lifted its masking requirements in most indoor settings including in schools, restaurants, gyms and stores as the province reports 551 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday.

Hamilton’s public school board is moving forward with its plan to mandate masking indoors and on school buses until April 1 despite not getting the support it asked for from the province and local public health.

Ontario is reporting 551 hospitalizations as a result of COVID-19 on Sunday, down from 613 hospitalizations on Saturday and 615 on Friday.

The former volunteer treasurer of a Hamilton-based choir who bilked the group out of thousands has pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 and has agreed to slowly start paying them back.

Low income areas in Ontario have borne the brunt of COVID-19 in every single wave of the pandemic, the latest data from the province shows.

Hamilton police say three pedestrians and the driver of a stolen Toyota Prius are dead after the vehicle that was speeding down Main Street East early Saturday morning crashed and burst into flames.

Police are asking business owners and neighbouring residents to check their security cameras and dashcam footage between 1 and 2:15 a.m. Friday for any suspicious activity.

For Disney on Ice cast member Sarah Nolan, performing this week at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre is a full-circle moment, 12 years after she first auditioned for the show at the same venue.

A pair of 15-year-old boys face firearm-related charges after police seized cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine in a raid on an east-end home.

Thursday's high smashed the previous record for March 17, which was 16 C and set in 2003. It's also far above the seasonal average of 5 C, according to Environment Canada.

Hamilton city council will have a special meeting Monday to vote on whether to repeal its masking and physical distancing bylaws.

Ontario is scrapping most mask mandates on Monday, following many other parts of Canada. So what happens to mask makers and sellers, once a booming new pandemic business? "I've sewed enough for my lifetime," Sault Ste. Marie woman says.

The mother of a 24-year-old woman who died a day after going to a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital with back pain in December says she has "more questions than answers" in the wake of receiving separate reports by Niagara Health and EMS that she calls "inconsistent."

A strike at Ontario's 24 public colleges has been averted after both sides reached a last- minute agreement on Thursday night to enter binding interest arbitration.

Wyatt Raitt travelled from Ancaster, Ont., to the Ukraine-Poland border to try to bring the sister of a university friend to safety. Ten days later, while there's no sign of the siblings, he's helping feed people.

The Ontario NDP says it will not allow four-term MPP Paul Miller to run for the party in the upcoming election, citing "unacceptable" information uncovered during vetting.

For the second time in less than five years, faculty at Ontario colleges are set to strike.

St. Patrick's Day is off to a grey start with a fog advisory issued in Hamilton, Brant County and the Niagara region.

Ridership out of the proposed Niagara Region station is predicted to hit 325,000 annually by 2041, according to an initial business case (ICB) prepared by Metrolinx.

Hamilton's public school board will continue to enforce masking among students from Grade 4 to Grade 8 until April 1 — 14 days earlier than planned, but still 11 days after Ontario will have lifted its mask mandate.