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Since Friday, 19 students and two staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at public schools in Hamilton, while seven students have tested positive throughout the catholic board.

The agenda for a Monday evening board meeting shows how trustees Kathy Archer, Becky Buck and Alex Johnston responded to an independent report prompted by complaints of racism and exclusion from a former student trustee while trustee.

The City of Hamilton will put $950,000 toward a new shelter, which it said will be geared toward addressing the unique needs of women, Indigenous women, transgender people, and non-binary people who are experiencing homelessness.

Hamilton police say the deaths of two people found in an east-end home last week are not suspicious.

The final vote for Tokyo Smoke Rymal to unionize with Local 1006A came in Friday.

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) has confirmed a sixth COVID-19 variant of concern in the city on Sunday.

A 37-year-old has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they were struck by a vehicle in Norfolk County.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating the theft of multiple road signs from the Burford-Delhi Townline Road in Norfolk County.

Hamilton city officials are urging people eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine to use the province's online booking tool once it opens on Monday instead of calling its hotline.

Police say the body was found Friday morning near Prince Charles and Colbeck drives.

Hamiltonians will need to set their clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 14.

Five months ahead of the next Friday the 13th, Norfolk County is telling bikers not to come to Port Dover for the traditional rally.

Since getting COVID-19, Waterdown resident Doriana Homerski has not been the same. She suffers many lingering symptoms from the virus, such as extreme fatigue, weakness, body pain, joint pain, brain fog, memory problems, and mental health challenges that have resulted from the change to her once-active lifestyle.

The newsletter that calls the pandemic a fraud, advocates for the end of lockdown and promotes anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, have been distributed across Canada according to the publisher.

Hamilton police have arrested four people they say attacked an autistic male, who was sprayed with a substance "similar to bear spray."

From deaths, to crime, to jobs, to education, and other realms of daily life, local community leaders reflect on what has changed during the past year due to the virus, and what may remain post-pandemic.

Hamilton police investigate the discovery of two bodies at a home on Woodbridge Road in the city’s east end.

It's the first year of the festival, which says it will showcase works made by and with people of colour.

Two men have been arrested in Fort Erie, police say, after a man was stabbed in a fight in someone's garage.

A 56-year-old man faces trafficking charges after Hamilton police seized 296 kilograms of cannabis, worth $4.5 million, that was being shipped to Illinois.

Between 50 and 60 inmates at the Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre have started to refuse meals to demand better conditions as the centre grapples with a COVID-19 outbreak, an advocate said Wednesday.

The Niagara Regional Police Service has arrested a St. Catharines man after it says he made online threats on YouTube under the username "Big Lips."

The Niagara Regional Police Service has arrested another person in connection with catalytic converter thefts in the region.

Primary care settings in Hamilton will start to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine this weekend to residents who will be 60 to 64 years of age in 2021 and who are in good health.

If Hamilton reaches 18 C on Thursday, it will be the hottest March 11 recorded in the city's history, according to Environment Canada.

After a tumultuous year, theatre artists in Hamilton, Niagara, and Norfolk County are planning a return to the stage and live performance for their 2021 summer seasons.

The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) have released video of a 65-year-old woman in Welland who has been missing for more than a week.

The Brantford Police Service are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the killing of 37-year-old Shannon MacDougall, which took place one year ago.

St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School in Dunnville has stopped in-person learning after five people tested positive for COVID-19. Hamilton saw 52 school-related COVID-19 cases in the last seven days.

The city's COVID-19 Hotline at 905-974-9848, option 7 is temporarily closed with immediate effect.

A 12-year-old boy who'd gone missing in Niagara Falls has been found safe, police say.

Animal advocates are taking the Ontario government to court over a law that has hiked fines for trespassing on farms and made it illegal to obstruct trucks carrying farm animals.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco says it is investigating and called the province's spill action centre after emissions from a blast furnace may have put carbon monoxide and other substances into the air.

St. Catharines Fire Services say people need to stay off frozen waters now that temperatures are rising.

Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, the city's medical officer of health, said they would be "large-scale" clinics and others will be announced soon.

Billy Pearson and Carolyn Wilbrink grew up building straw forts on the family farm in Waterdown. Almost 40 years later, the brother and sister are the faces of Farmhouse Facelift, a new HGTV home renovation show — and it all started thanks to an Instagram post.

Paul Johnson, the director of the city's emergency operations centre, on Monday expressed disappointment at the number of businesses and individuals still hosting private parties in violation of COVID-19 rules.

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) says it is looking into anti-vaccine flyers shared in one of its hospital's parking lots. Hamilton police say it's the first time they've received a report like this one.

The city won't say how it plans to investigate the case of three workers placed on leave after the wrong people got the COVID-19 vaccine.

​​​​​​​MacNab Presybertian Church is 165-years-old and sits near a busy rail corridor, but its congregation is trying to raise $1.5 million to repair it over the next decade.

If you are weary of the cold, long winter you can expect a much needed respite this week.

A colony of cliff swallows that nests under the Argyle Street Bridge in Caledonia faces an uncertain future as the bridge is set to be destroyed, making way for a new one in 2023.

McMaster University students say the online proctoring system is causing heightened anxiety, and they're also concerned about where this data can end up.

Hamilton's active cases and weekly cases per 10,000 people have climbed in the past month, showing the city's pandemic situation is almost as bad as it was at the start of February.

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) says an increase in missed and cancelled appointments for colorectal cancer screening over the last year during the pandemic has led to "a large number of undiagnosed, and therefore untreated, cancers affecting those in the region."

Three men have been arrested after the Brantford Police Service says it found $19,700 in drugs on Thursday.

Three workers at a mobile vaccination clinic are on paid leave while Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) says it's investigating allegations they gave 15 COVID-19 doses to ineligible people.

With works ranging from $45 into five figures, gallery says it has had its best sales year yet during the pandemic.

Forge FC owner Bob Young says the Canadian Premier League champions will be playing the Canadian Championship final against Toronto FC at a disadvantage.

A formal farewell to Walter Gretzky, the famed Canadian hockey patriarch, focused on his faith, his family and his love of the game during a pandemic-adjusted funeral service held in his hometown of Brantford, Ont., on Saturday afternoon.