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For Peter Ward, the HMCS Haida was more than just some ship with a few battles to its name. His desire to keep the destroyer operational led him on a crash course with royalty.

Vaccine waitlists are being used Haldimand-Norfolk and a hospital in Toronto, but not in Hamilton. Instead public health said local clinics only thaw out the number of vaccines needed for the number of appointments that are booked each day.

Hamilton reported 125 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, following 152 that were announced the day before. One more person who tested positive for the virus has died, bringing that total to 332.

A teenager was critically injured, Hamilton paramedics say, after falling roughly 12 metres on Friday during a visit to Webster Falls.

A woman from Hamilton, Ont., says her Ontario disability support program payments were reduced after she sold her home to her daughter to pay off a debt. The family’s story highlights the challenges in paying down debt and maintaining long-term financial health for people on disability payments, says an anti-poverty advocate.

As provinces and territories move into the next phase of their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, educators and school staff are starting to join the priority groups eligible for shots. Here's a look at some of the different rollout strategies being deployed across Canada.

Ontario will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to migrant farm workers arriving at Toronto's international airport through a pilot project today.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 140 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, taking the number of confirmed cases over the course of the pandemic to 13,827.

Hamilton Police Services' project focused on retaliation between gangs has led to 112 people charged and has taken roughly $1.8 million in drugs off the streets, police say.

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is laying off 34 elementary teachers and has put another 100 on notice that their roles will be made redundant after the spring break.

Robert DeRosa, a Hamiltonian who moved to Atlanta just before the pandemic, wants doctors to listen to COVID-19 long-haulers like himself who are experiencing uncertainty and isolation. An Ontario internal medicine specialist says long-term symptoms can easily be misinterpreted as being psychiatric or anxiety-related.

In a letter to families, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board said to ensure children take their belongings at school home with them.

United Weed Workers, formed in Hamilton, says the goal of a national campaign set to launch April 20 — commonly known as Weed Day, or 420 — is to help workers understand their rights, organize and improve job conditions.

The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit says it's still vaccinating people and booking appointments, although its online booking tool has been down for at least two days.

The hospital will be on Wellington Street North.

As vaccination appointments fill up in the Niagara region, some people there are booking spots in Hamilton.

A McMaster University professor’s analysis shows the first Hamilton pharmacies selected to offer doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine failed the city’s poorest residents by forcing them to travel much farther than others.

The city has tallied 13,687 cases since the pandemic began. Of those, 849 are active cases, while nearly 90 per cent are resolved. Three hundred and thirty-two people people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is probing a three-day incident in Brantford it says began when a man armed with a machete approached an ambulance.

Plan will look at gaps in city's policies and bring together conservation and environment groups.

Police in Brantford have laid 12 charges following large protests held amid the provincewide shutdown over the long weekend, and say more charges may be coming.

Advocates are raising concerns about temporary migrant workers not having timely access to information about Ontario's plan to offer them COVID-19 vaccines.

Education workers in high-risk Hamilton and Burlington neighbourhoods will be among the prioritized vaccine groups according to the provincial government — but only after staff at schools in high-risk Toronto and Peel neighbourhoods get it first during spring break.

The City of Hamilton reported 132 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths on Wednesday, as the province declared a stay-at-home order for Ontario as well as a third provincial emergency.

Health officials in Haldimand and Norfolk have already administered about 340 COVID-19 vaccines to temporary farm workers, and plan to administer 260 more by the end of the week.

Hamilton native Lincoln Alexander, Canada's first Black MP and federal cabinet minister, is getting yet another honour — as the namesake of the law school at Toronto's Ryerson University.

Niagara's COVID-19 vaccination task force said yesterday that elementary and secondary school workers can get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Hamilton's medical officer of health says she'll tell the directors of local school boards this afternoon to prepare students and teachers to stay home for online learning after the spring break.

ICU doctors in Hamilton offered a grim, but real glimpse into how hospitals are trying to help people survive the third wave of COVID-19.

HHS says it could be ready by the end of April but it's waiting on the province to give the go-ahead.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Charlton campus of St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton after two people tested positive for the virus. COVID-19 cases have also appeared at local libraries, grocery stores and a pharmacy.

Investigators with Hamilton police's major crime unit are searching for a man who they say witnessed the stabbing death of 19-year-old Ali Mohummad.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

Union leaders at Hamilton school boards are calling for full remote learning as students and staff continue to contract COVID-19. They're also casting doubt on Premier Doug Ford's insistence that schools are safe right now.

Live at noon on Thursday Dr. Samantha Hill, president of the Ontario Medical Association, and Dr. Amit Arya, a palliative care physician at McMaster University and the University of Toronto, describe what they see as the most urgent actions the province needs to take to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Ontario government says some adults 50 and over in specific "hot spot" postal code areas — including in Hamilton, Niagara, and Halton — will soon be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Brantford police say human remains found in north end of the city have been identified as belonging to a 49-year-old man.

As many as 4,000 educators and others who work at District School Board Niagara sites can get their shots to protect against COVID-19 between April 10 and 18, according to a release from the board.

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences are both implementing surge plans for intensive care units.

Prominent musician Gene Champagne, a drummer from Hamilton who performs with Teenage Head and other rock bands, is now breathing on his own after being put on a ventilator last week due to COVID-19.

The city says anyone born in or before 1961 can set up an appointment for their shot through the province's online booking portal.

The Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington says residential sales skyrocketed last month, jumping 73 per cent compared to the same time last year. Meanwhile, the average price of a home in the area climbed to $872,368.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 91 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death linked to the virus.

Detectives with Niagara Regional Police are investigating after a man was found dead on the side of the road in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Monday.

Lower City of Hamilton representatives on Monday expressed outrage over a decision by the province to leave some pharmacies out of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Niagara Regional Police detectives are investigating an assault and motor vehicle collision in the City of Welland, which left a 28-year-old man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

Hamilton Public Health Services reported 92 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and 148 cases on Saturday.

Hamilton has seen a huge drop in the number of business licences in recent months, including almost 500 fewer taxi drivers licenses between 2019 and 2021.

The controversial twin-tower Television City plan is in "reset mode," according to downtown councillor Jason Farr.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 86 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths linked to the virus on Friday. The number of confirmed cases over the course of the pandemic is now at 13,053.