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The City of Hamilton will explore a bylaw on taxing vacant homes in the efforts to increase the amount of rental properties available.

Mike VanNetten, a 45-year-old farmer from Ontario's Norfolk County who's known around town as Chicken, is back home after spending more than two months in hospital battling COVID-19.

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is taking down its field hospital, put in place as part of COVID-19 preparedness, after never getting a single chance to use it.

A St. Catharines man is charged with attempted murder following a stabbing and standoff with police that shut down the QEW on Sunday night.

Ontarians aged 12 to 17 became eligible to book an accelerated second dose of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, as Premier Doug Ford said he will maintain a wage increase for personal support workers introduced during the pandemic.

A heat warning has been issued for Hamilton and the surrounding area with daytime temperatures of 31 to 34 C forecast for Monday. Environment Canada warns humidex values near 40 are also expected.

Jessica Compton was only eight years old growing up in North Bay, Ont., when a man broke into her home at 2 a.m., took her out of bed, brought her to his car and sexually assaulted her. Now an education worker in Hamilton, she's come a long way.

The city's medical officer of health has issued a heat warning for the city that starts on Monday in advance of hot and humid conditions.

Dr. Dominik Mertz, HHS medical director of infection prevention control, said the city is headed to seeing no new cases soon, but said another uptick could come.

The condo collapse in Florida, that killed at least 24 and from which 121 people are still missing, is unlikely to happen in Hamilton, according to local experts. One expert also says the province should review its building code.

Ontario's ministry of the environment wants Hamilton to implement all recommendations from a recent report about Chedoke Creek.

Ontario reported 213 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, up from 209 on Saturday. The province is reporting an additional nine deaths.

A 26-year-old from Norfolk County is facing impaired driving and other charges after trying to avoid roadside spot check by local police.

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A long term care home in Burlington is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that involves the delta variant of concern and that has resulted in 17 active cases as of Saturday.

Hamilton city councillor Nrinder Nann (Ward 3) will introduce a motion for the removal of the statue of Canada's first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald from the city’s Gore Park.

A year-long occupation by Six Nations land defenders has forced the cancellation of a major housing project in Caledonia, Ont., the developer said Friday.

The province resumed in-car driving tests in June, but the backlog to book a road test is staggering.

Dozens of handprints have been painted on a sidewalk in Hamilton in support of Indigenous communities across Canada following the recent discoveries of unmarked graves at residential schools in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

Once dubbed "Canada's Most Patriotic Town," Thorold is among cities that won't hold any municipally-run Canada Day events this year. Neither will St. Catharines.

Redeemer University, a private, Reformed Christian school in Hamilton that's been criticized for its stand on homosexual relationships, has won a court challenge of the federal government's refusal to provide the school a summer jobs grant.

The statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in downtown Hamilton was covered in red paint again, but quickly washed off by mid-morning.

The Ontario Provincial Police say a 65-year-old man has been killed in a head-on crash involving a transport truck on Highway 403 in Ancaster.

This final report comes after four years of sewage and stormwater leaked into Chedoke Creek - the equivalent of 24 billion litres.

A 17-year-old faces assault charges after a student was stabbed in a park behind St. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon, say Hamilton police.

Hamilton Conservation Authority is contemplating a controversial policy allowing wetlands and other natural features to be relocated in cases of nearby development. Some local groups are wary.

Niagara police have arrested a suspect after they say a 22-year-old woman from St. Catharines was shot to death on Saturday.

Researchers at McMaster University have uncovered a web-like antibody response that they say could help with the design of needle-free COVID-19 vaccines.

Holes in walls, gaps in floorboards, clogged vents and bedbug infestations are just some of the issues residents at Rebecca Towers say they've endured without any support from management.

As we approach Canada’s 154th birthday, many are asking what will Canada Day look like this year.

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton has unveiled YouThrive, a new mobile mental health program catering to BIPOC youth.

Ontario's new long-term care minister Rod Phillips apologized Tuesday for a provincial pandemic response that saw the deaths of nearly 4,000 long-term care residents with COVID-19. Phillips acknowledged his own government "failed" residents, their families and staff members.

Video shows someone cutting down the whole flagpole at a high school in Delhi.

Hamilton's medical officer of health says someone in Hamilton died after getting COVID-19, even with two doses of vaccine.

The city of Hamilton has issued a heat alert and the city is warning people to reduce the risk of heat-related illness by taking precautions.

Bylaw officers have ticketed Hamilton bar Cause and Effect for a third time for breaking COVID-19 regulations.

Provincial police say a female pedestrian is dead after being hit by a vehicle on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in Burlington, but they still don't know who she is.

Ontario reported another 210 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the fewest on a single day since mid-September, as all adults in the province who got a first shot of an mRNA vaccine were able to try to book an appointment for an accelerated second dose.

Researchers at McMaster University and Rapid Dose Therapeutics — a biotechnology firm in Burlington, Ont. — are investigating the possible delivery of vaccines via a thin strip “that would dissolve in your mouth.”

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement advising residents that very warm and humid conditions are expected in Hamilton through Monday.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

Homicide detectives have been notified after a woman died in St. Catharines on Saturday morning.

When Jenn Schooley works in the orchard of her family farm, surrounded by dwarf fruit trees and bright, fragrant fields of lavender — her mother's "field of dreams" — she knows it's where she belongs.

Residential schools "did atrocities that no child should ever have to experience in their lifetime," said director of Woodland Cultural Centre that now occupies site of former Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ont.

Homebuyers are using emotional pleas to beat out bully offers, out-of-towners and developers with deep pockets.

The federal and provincial governments are giving Hamilton $7.43M for five local infrastructure projects.

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As lock down restrictions slowly lift in Ontario, Summer 2021 is becoming something to look forward to more each day.

A St. Catharines man faces hoax terrorism and uttering threats charges after RCMP say staff at a government office in Ottawa opened a letter that said "You've Been Anthraxed."