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Two more people have died as a COVID-19 outbreak persists at The Village of Tansley Woods long-term care home in Burlington.

A Toronto woman who police said fled to Hungary following the shooting death of a 39-year-old man in February in Stoney Creek, Ont., has been returned to Canada, while her co-accused continues to fight extradition.

When Ernie Morgan's mother died last summer, he was upset that he couldn't have a larger funeral attended by all her friends and family. Morgan and other funeral home directors believe the pandemic will spur widespread adoption of technology in the industry.

There are five new cases of COVID-19 amid an outbreak at a long-term care home in Dundas.

A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle collision Monday night, Hamilton police said.

Three violation tickets were issued Sunday night following the European Championship game, Hamilton police said.

Over four hours, someone set fire to numerous items that had been left at the former residential school site in Brantford, Ont., to commemorate child victims of the system.

The COVID-19 outbreak that started in the hair salon at St. Joseph’s Villa in Dundas is now being considered a facility-wide outbreak.

The North End pollinator garden sits partially on a road allowance that was permanently closed by Hamilton city council on Friday, paving the way for developers of the Jamesville affordable housing site to include the plot in their plans.

By now, Markhor, a three-year-old Nile monitor, has probably found a burrow near a water source in a place without too much foot traffic, says Paul “Little Ray” Goulet.

The Hamilton Trans Health Coalition has released a survey to improve the care trans people receive from family doctors, nurses and other primary health-care providers.

After 21-year-old Jake Borisenko died of an accidental overdose, at a time when opioid use in Ontario's Niagara region has hit record levels, his father created a website and is developing an app to help other young people avoid danger.

CFL training camps finally opened Saturday and Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans found it very difficult to sleep Friday night.

A firefighter was injured while battling an early-morning fire, Hamilton Fire Department said.

Another summer with the border closed to non-essential travel, Whirlpool Jet Boats owner John Kinney says, could mean be a disaster for him and his business. That's not an argument for opening the border that has the region's medical officer of health convinced.

Italy fans filled a blocked-off stretch of James Street North after their team beat England in a shootout in the final of Euro 2020 Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London.

A second resident has died at The Village of Tansley Woods long-term care home in Burlington but the number of staff who have two vaccines doses has jumped in the past week.

Gender equality advocates and labour experts say legislation going into effect later this summer will likely work to reduce the pay gap between women and men in some Canadian workplaces.

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A group of medical students in Ontario is helping those entering the field with low socio-economic status waive application fees.

A Hamilton home-care nurse is alleging systemic discrimination at the hands of her employer after she says the organization failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted by a patient.

Ward 3 Coun. Nrinder Nann brought forward the motion and urged council colleagues to "remove the daily experiences of pain and harm and trauma" that the statue causes to Indigenous community members.

Ontario is moving to Step 3 of its reopening plan next Friday, five days earlier than planned, allowing for larger indoor and outdoor gatherings, the province said Friday.

Emergency crews were called to Old Mohawk Road around 9 p.m. on April 25 after the teen was hit by a 2008 Honda, police say. She was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Hamilton police are trying to find the owners of several items, which were recovered during the execution of a search warrant on June 30.

The corporation owns buildings at 120 Charles Street, 61 Hurst Place and 115-121 Park Street South pleaded guilty to contravening the fire code.

Before packing their bags, fully vaccinated travellers should note there are still rules in place that could affect their trips.

Despite receiving 1,002 correspondences calling for the Sir John A Macdonald statue to be removed from downtown Hamilton, city councillors decided it will stay right where it is.

Five duffle bags stuffed with more than 100 kilograms of suspected cocaine were seized from a commercial truck that crossed into Canada at Fort Erie last month, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Data on the City of Hamilton's website tracking COVID-19 cases and other virus-related statistics showed 15 new cases and –1 death.

Elected officials in St. Catharines, Ont., and more than 100 Catholic educators and school staff in Niagara call on Pope Francis to apologize after unmarked graves were detected at former residential school sites in B.C. and Saskatchewan.

Ontario Provincial Police say it will cost roughly $1.4 million to repair the damage from a large barn fire in Haldimand County.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Burlington, Brant county, Hamilton, Haldimand and Norfolk counties, and Niagara as it expects between 30 and 50 mm of rain to drench the areas on Thursday.

The medical officer of health in Ontario's Niagara region says he wants the U.S.-Canada border to stay closed until the fall, even as local business leaders and politicians call for the opposite to support the area's tourism-reliant economy.

Owners and operators of high-rise apartment and condominium buildings in Hamilton will now be required to follow certain cleanliness measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

A team of researchers from McMaster University has mapped out how certain COVID-19 vaccines can trigger a rare but sometimes fatal blood clotting reaction in some recipients.

The City of Hamilton’s public works committee has deferred a request to sell a piece of North End land that hosts a community-built pollinator garden to Friday’s city council meeting.

Woodbine CEO Jim Lawson was named for induction into the Burlington Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

Horrific living conditions including a rodent infestation, food contamination and issues with mould have prompted public health officials to close a private group home serving seniors in St. Thomas, Ont.

An attempted abduction of a 20 year-old female in Niagara Falls on June 27 is currently being investigated by the Niagara Regional Police, Human Trafficking Unit.

Hamilton residents still seeking their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine won't have to book an appointment starting tomorrow. Instead, they can just walk in and get a shot.

The City of Hamilton is looking to use drones to enforce a bylaw that if approved would prohibit off-road vehicles on private property without permission, and on highways and public lands.

Firefighters from Haldimand, Norfolk and Six Nations are battling a large barn fire, police say.

Thanks to rising vaccination rates, many Canadians have never been more protected against COVID-19. Thanks to the rise of the delta variant, others have never been more at risk. So how do we all navigate this tenuous stretch ahead?

Individuals facing food insecurity in St. Catharines, Ont., have a new opportunity to “take what they need” from a community fridge.

City councillors will wait a couple months to decide on a proposal aiming to turn an 1883 Ancaster farmhouse into a four-storey apartment building. The ward's councillor is in support of the project despite opposition from neighbours.

A former public school teacher and baseball coach in Hamilton who formerly worked with the Toronto Blue Jays' youth academy now faces two sexual assault charges, on top of charges announced previously in another case.

While vaccination rates among residents are high, as 96 per cent have both doses, the numbers are significantly lower among staff.

Niagara police say the Welland man’s SUV was passing another vehicle on Canborough Road when he collided with a pickup truck heading in the opposite direction.