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Ward 2's Jason Farr says he's received an "eye-popper" of a request from restaurants across Hamilton asking if there's any way they could be shut down to access enhanced wage and rent subsidies.

A series about a barely functioning women's prison in Hamilton hopes to bring levity during the pandemic and turn heads to local talent.

Hamilton police are hoping the public can help them crack a month-long mystery to identify a senior who has been in a Hamilton hospital since the end of October.

"He's been shot with a BB gun, and he's acting like it's an AK-47," one firefighter remembers a police officer saying. Two paramedics are on trial in relation to Al-Hasnawi's shooting death.

Police in Niagara region are warning about increasingly common credit card scams reported during the pandemic.

The 20-year-old was attacked outside 3063 Binbrook Road on July 26, 2020 just before 2 a.m., according to police. His family says he was "funny, loveable" and "the type of kid that you wanted for a son."

A woman in her late 90s from Idlewyld Manor died on Sunday. A man in his early 90s from the Village of Wentworth Heights died on Monday. A woman in her early 70s from Hamilton also died on Monday.

Seven more students in Hamilton have COVID-19 according to the city's public and Catholic school boards.

Local conservation authorities say they'll be significantly hindered by changes proposed by the province, which allow developers to bypass them for appeals and remove citizen representation from their boards.

Hamilton has discovered two leaks that were each pouring nearly half a million litres of drinking water into the city's stormwater system every day.

At the trial for Christopher Marchant and Steven Snively, two former Hamilton paramedics charged in relation to the death of 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi, witnesses will include experts in emergency medicine and toxicology, as well as some people who were at the scene of the December 2017 shooting.

Some elected officials are lending support to demonstrators camping outside Hamilton City Hall to demand the police budget be cut in half so the funds can be invested in housing instead.

Locals are concerned about people flocking to malls during the second wave of COVID-19, but public health says bylaw officers didn't raise concerns after a visit to Lime Ridge Mall.

By adding classes, the remote school can avoid current classes from growing too much larger, ensure they don't run out of room for families who want to switch to virtual learning because of extenuating circumstances, and curb any more significant disruption due to future reorganization.

The city will review how feasible it is to improve access to all-season public washrooms as Hamilton continues to deal with the issue of homelessness.

The year was 1896, Foss had been running a machinery shop, smithy, bicycle and electrical repair business at the time. He caught the idea of building a powered vehicle after a trip to Boston and a ride in a battery-powered electric wagon, but which he noted only had power for about 30 minutes.

"I hoped we were on a bit of a downward trend but we're not. We're just going up and down," Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Elizabeth Richardson told CBC News.

The quest of animal activists to see a controversial Ontario "ag-gag" bill revoked got some star power on Friday with a visit from Joaquin Phoenix.

Protesters calling for police to be defunded have set up tents outside Hamilton city hall and say they won't leave until their demands are met.

The vacancy left by the death of Anthony Perri on the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board has been filled. Tyler Iorio was chosen Friday as trustee for Wards 3 and 4.

Six more cases of COVID-19 have been linked to Hamilton schools as of Monday morning — five at the public board and one at Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School.

Hamilton’s public school board is proposing, once again, to delay the release of its final report on the Safe Schools: Bullying Prevention and Intervention Review Panel.

Hamilton’s rotating bus cancellations could be over as soon as mid-December, according to a report to Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board trustees.

In 2020, the lines of kids and families waiting to see Santa's thick white beard and bright red suit will be missing. Instead, the COVID-19 pandemic is putting Kris Kringle's internet connection to the test. He'll have to create that same magic through a screen.

Two Shoppers Drug Mart staff members in Hamilton have tested positive for COVID-19.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 112 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths this weekend.

Two people are dead after two cars crashed in the County of Brant on Saturday evening.

Up to 14 cm of snow could land in Hamilton on Sunday according to a weather advisory from Environment Canada.

Dunbar Horsford, a migrant worker at a Niagara farm who would do anything for his family, was 2 weeks from going home to Grenada. He died of a heart attack, and the community is rallying behind his friends and family.

Making a new friend, in the middle of a pandemic? It may sound wild with all the restrictions in place. But for some, COVID-19 has brought them together.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have the first selection of the 2021 CFL draft. The draft order was determined by a random draw rather than won-lost records because the league didn't stage a 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The president of Hamilton Health Sciences is warning residents it's up to the community to keep local hospitals from facing a "dire reality" as occupancy rates continuing to rise and admission for COVID-19 patients climbs across the GTHA.

Brett Schuyler said he and other members of the farming community want to move forward in a positive manner with health officials.

Thirty-six new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hamilton Friday as public health announced another resident at Willowgrove Long Term Care who had the virus has died.

The CFL announced its 2021 schedule on Friday with the first game of the season featuring a 2019 Grey Cup rematch between the Hamilton Tiger Cats and champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, June 10.

Ontario's Ministry of Environment has ordered Hamilton to take remedial steps to clean up after a spill that leaked billions of litres of sewage and stormwater into Chedoke creek, saying the city's "do nothing approach" is unacceptable.

Crews were called to the marina at 4:18 a.m. and found five boats on fire, according to the Hamilton Fire Department.

Toronto and Peel Region are moving into "lockdown" Monday as Ontario tries to curb a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, Premier Doug Ford announced. "Further action is required to prevent the worst-case scenario," he said at a news conference Friday.

Students at McMaster University and local Hamilton schools have tested positive for COVID-19. A worker a Stoney Creek Tim Hortons and someone at a Canada Post depot in Ancaster also have the virus.

Metrolinx to begin demolition on 21 downtown Hamilton homes and storefronts that bear decades of history and character

The family of Louis Anderson is asking community members in Chippawa to light candles on their porch at 7 p.m. Friday.

Two staff members working in the building were able to escape unhurt, according to the Hamilton Fire Department. Damage is estimated at $75,000.

Steven Wilson, Assistant Deputy Fire Marshal, said two investigators and a forensic engineer have been working at the scene.

Some say it's the mayor. The mayor says it's the result of some people leaking information.

A COVID-19 outbreak at Joseph Brant Hospital after three health-care workers and one patient tested positive. The cases are linked to a medicine inpatient unit on 7 South 100 (7S100), according to the hospital.

Following a "process breakdown", the city auditor says an employee was paid both full salary and long-term disability benefits at the same time for over a year.

When Ainara Alleyne browsed through the library, she'd never see characters that looked like her. That's why she started an Instagram page to feature books whose main characters are Black and people of colour.

It's a far smaller number than the 50 the city initially announced would be permitted Sunday and will have impacts for area teams and athletic associations.

A McMaster University employee, two Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) students and someone at Niagara College Canada in Welland have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Seventeen outbreaks in the city are ongoing, including four at long-term care homes where more than 30 people have been infected.