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Hamilton city councillors have voted to reduce the speed limit on a section of Upper Gage Avenue where 11-year-old Jude Strickland was hit by a pick-up truck and killed in December.

Hamilton's medical officer of health says that while the number of outbreaks and COVID-19 cases in the city are declining from previous months, she remains "very concerned" about variants of the virus.

The group delivered demands to Money Mart and Cash ‘N’ Cheque on Concession Street, saying predatory loans hurt people with low incomes.

Hamilton Public Health has released early plans for how COVID-19 vaccines might be distributed across the city, including rural and suburban areas. Their goal is to eventually administer 10,000 doses a day.

Hamilton Health Sciences shared more details about the local vaccine strategy and supply during a town hall meeting on Thursday.

Groups representing principals and managers in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) are calling on trustees to hold themselves to the same standard as they do others after four of them were named in an equity probe.

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB) says two staff tested positive for the virus Thursday.

Police say a "young child" died in a Brantford home.

The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) is reporting its first case of a COVID-19 variant in Brant, which is in the surrounding municipalities of Hamilton and Haldimand-Norfolk.

Hamilton residents aged 80 and older will be among the next group of locals to get the COVID-19 vaccine as roughly 5,000 to 6,000 doses are on their way. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s West 5th Campus is also opening a new vaccination clinic.

The city says it's checked and can't find evidence that this happened.

The Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre (HARRC) is one step closer to running, as the community advisory panel has selected 13 members for its board. But that panel also says the city needs to offer more money.

Hamilton's opioid epidemic continues to cause deaths, even during the pandemic. And a new report shows more people died from overdoses toward the end of 2020.

Hamilton's Catholic school board has closed St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Elementary School, which is entering remote learning as of Friday and will do targeted testing at the school.

A former Hamilton city employee who said he was "constructively dismissed" in February 2019 has taken the city to court, seeking damages in the amount of $35,000.

Meghna Varambally and Rita Audi, both 19-year-old McMaster students, are putting a pantry full of free menstrual products at the Dundurn Market.

A St. Catharines man is facing charges after police say they were accused of stealing someone's mail and allegedly waved a gun in their neighbour's face.

The City of Hamilton is directing staff to create a policy to pay musicians a fair wage for their work during city-hosted and city-funded events.

Ten students, four staff and one third-party employee have tested positive for COVID-19 since Thursday. There are also two school outbreaks.

Ontario musicians and music lovers have figured out a creative way to get local, live music in front of the people who love it. Can't get to local venues due to COVID-19 closures? Just order a performance, with food and drinks, right to your door.

The City of Hamilton will explore creating a virtual memorial wall for Hamiltonians who died after contracting COVID-19.

The City of Hamilton's projected timeline for dredging Chedoke Creek — after 24 billion litres of sewage and stormwater entered the water over four years — probably won't meet the province's deadline.

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Premier Doug Ford should apologize after he compared listening to her criticism to "nails on a chalkboard" on Wednesday.

Hospitals in Hamilton, Niagara, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk counties are providing staff with temporary self-isolation pay according to the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario.

The Ontario government on Wednesday announced it hopes to expand the Greenbelt to include the Paris Galt Moraine and adding, expanding and further protecting urban river valleys.

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) has identified the first case of the COVID-19 variant first reported in the U.K..

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) trustees will use an "alternative process" to look into whether a recent investigation into equity and inclusion revealed that any of them breached their own code of conduct.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre.

Hamilton's planning committee has approved a rezoning application for the lands of the Corktown Plaza to build a development that proposes a 27-storey building, 14-storey mixed use building, and attached eight-storey building.

The City of Hamilton on Tuesday launched Virtual Assistant (VA), a new tool, which will enable Public Health Services to increase the speed and capacity for contact tracing and case management.

Tables games are out. So are scrimmages, or sports with a lot of shouting. Here's what else is allowed - or not - under the province's red zone rules.

Hamilton police are investigating after a male victim, who has autism, was attacked with a substance "similar to bear spray."

On average, there were 57,527 recipients during each four-week pay period.

Emergency services were called to the shore of Lake Erie after a marine flare was spotted near Wainfleet, Ont., on Sunday night.

Environment Canada has predicted 35 centimetres of snowfall today, and temperatures of -16 C overnight.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 72 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

When the Perseverance rover lands on Mars this week, Mariek Schmidt will be ready to search for signs of ancient life — albeit from millions of miles away. The Brock University earth sciences professor is a participating scientist with the NASA Mars 2020 Mission scheduled to land at the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater on Thursday, Feb. 18.

A small gaming company based in St. Catharines, Ont., has created a video game to help in the fight against COVID-19.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting that there are 283 active cases of COVID-19 in the city with one new death linked to the virus.

Niagara Regional Police in Ontario say they are investigating after the region's acting medical officer of health was allegedly threatened over COVID-19 restrictions.

Hamilton’s own corpse flower is expected to bloom any day now, but COVID-19 means you will have to watch it happen virtually.

A Hamilton construction business has been charged $200,000 after a supervisor was killed on the job while operating a mini-excavator that fell over in an underground pipe.

Hamilton police are investigating a video that appears to show an officer lunging at a woman. The video surfaced on social media Thursday and Hamilton Police Service says its professional standards branch is leading the investigation. In a news release, the police service described the video as "concerning."

Here's a list of what's open and closed in the city come Family Day.

Hamilton will be moving into the "red-control" zone of the provincial government's COVID-19 framework, as the stay-at-home order comes to an end next week.

A Burlington father says provincial and local health agencies were inconsistent when they told him how the rules apply to his family.

Michael Rilstone, 70, — a former victim of bullying — has launched a petition to have Hamilton city council rename Parkdale Park the Devan Selvey Memorial Park. Selvey was killed behind his Hamilton high school on Oct. 7, 2019 — a victim of bullying.

Internal documents reveal at least 1,000 expired N95 masks were used by front-line health-care workers in Hamilton during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evelyn Myrie, educator and president of Hamilton's Afro Canadian Caribbean Association and Rayanne Banaga, a peer support worker facilitating a program aimed at improving access to mental health support for racialized youth, talk about how the teaching of Black history needs to change.

Hamilton Public Health Services says Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School (1824 Rymal Rd. E.) and Orchard Park Secondary School (200 Dewitt Rd.) will offer the testing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for asymptomatic students and staff of those schools.