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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.

A local union leader is calling for teachers and education workers in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) to immediately receive their COVID-19 vaccine.

The mother of a 13-year-old girl who tried to take her own life last November says more social support is needed for parents with children in crisis. "These are very exceptional circumstances," the COO of Hamilton's Good Shepherd Centres says about the pandemic exacerbating issues faced by young people.

Mayor Fred Eisenberger says the province should give more doses to places with higher case counts like Hamilton.

Here's a look at what's open and closed in Hamilton over the Easter weekend.

A 44-year-old man faces charges, Hamilton police say, after throwing a lit cigarette into a stroller holding a 10-month-old infant.

One new death and 113 new cases were reported in Hamilton on Thursday as the provincial government announced it was pulling the emergency brake across Ontario.

A former instructor with the Toronto Blue Jays' academy for young players faces two child sexual offences, including luring, say Halton regional police. The MLB team also reacts to the news.

Twenty pharmacies in Hamilton are being added to the province's pilot project allowing them to offer doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to eligible Ontarians.

Hamilton city council unanimously passed a motion Wednesday to object to on-site drinking at the city’s two 7-Eleven convenience store locations.

Viewers of a new documentary will experience what it's like to soar like a red-tailed hawk over the Niagara River, using a variety of drone shots of the region's vineyards, forts and waterways. It premieres on TVO on Good Friday, and will be available on its website and YouTube channel.

Hamilton police say they handed out thousands of tickets in March after clamping down on aggressive driving, and offered advice to drivers during the long weekend and warmer months.

One person is dead after a fire on a second-floor apartment near downtown Hamilton.

Hamilton receives 14,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesdays, but challenges with Moderna shipments have left the city waiting for many expected doses.

A team of doctors at Hamilton's McMaster University will conduct tests on blood samples from potential Canadian patients in search of a rare type of clot linked to the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine.

A hospital network in Hamilton says a drop in cancer screening over the past year could mean there are thousands of undiagnosed and untreated cancers in Ontario.

In a message to families on Tuesday, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board director Manny Figueiredo said it's unclear if the province will recommend children bring their personal belongings home for the long weekend.

As Ontario appears to be closing in on yet another province-wide lockdown, we'll talk, on Thursday at noon, with Keanin Loomis, CEO of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, and small business owners Julie Cole of Hamilton's Mabel's Labels and Andrei Kovalevskii, owner of the Windsor Massage and Steam Sauna.

Hamilton French Catholic school École élémentaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Laval moved all classes online Wednesday after three COVID-19 cases.

When Elliot Page was looking for a photographer for his Time magazine cover, he specifically requested fellow Canadian trans artist Wynne Neilly. The two are among a wave of artists aiming to improve trans representation in media.

A 29-year-old Hamilton man is facing a string of charges after a speedy police chase on Monday.

Dr. Zain Chagla, the co-medical director of infection control and an infectious diseases physician at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, says data from around the world shows vaccines will prevent another massive wave of COVID-19 cases.

There are currently 41 active outbreaks in the city, including new ones reported Tuesday at Connon Nurseries in Waterdown, Mission Services Shelter overflow in east Hamilton and Orchard Terrace Retirement Home.

Hamilton will wait a little longer to decide whether to expand its urban boundaries.

Hamilton's public school board has — once again — sanctioned trustee Carole Paikin Miller, this time for failing to ensure privacy during a remote in-camera session, and for making "aggressive" remarks toward another trustee.

Hamilton police have charged a 33-year-old man after a stabbing in Waterdown last week.

The COVID-19 outbreak in student residences at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., has grown to 31 cases, the school says.

A former Virginia slave who was laid to rest in the Hamilton Cemetery is believed to be the first Black man in Canada to have received an official U.S. Civil War headstone. Historian Robin McKee spoke to CBC News recently about how he found Nelson Stevens's unmarked grave in 2007 while doing research for one of his Civil War-themed tours.

Bell times are changing next fall in 37 public schools and 33 Catholic schools in order to combat a years-long bus driver shortage.

COVID-19 has infected 76 students and staff in Hamilton schools in the past six days.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 63 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as outbreaks throughout the city have climbed to 40.

Hamilton drummer Gene Champagne, who performs with Canadian rock bands including Teenage Head, is unconscious and on a ventilator in an intensive-care unit battling COVID-19, his wife Julie says. "It felt like a shock," she said Monday.

A person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a weekend stabbing near Main Street East and Wentworth Street North that led to charges against a 36-year-old Hamilton man.

The plea comes on the same day that Hamilton and Niagara expanded their vaccine programs to include residents aged 70 and up.

A top health official at Hamilton Health Sciences says data shows the COVID-19 vaccine is saving lives and preventing outbreaks as the city enters a third pandemic wave. He also says hospital outbreaks will be key in the coming weeks.

COVID-19 vaccine bookings are now open for everyone 18 years of age and older in Six Nations of the Grand River after the territory got 6,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine.

After testing their online paint store in 2019, Emily Kinread and Jill Torrance felt it was time to make it official and open their store in January 2020. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic came, but Digby Paints has only grown because of it.

Canadian golfer Mackenzie Hughes was eliminated in the round of 16 at the Dell Technologies Match Play on Saturday with a loss to Spain's Sergio Garcia in Austin, Texas.

The federal government is chipping in $206,679 to help bring the Bridgeworks Community Space - a municipal building in the Barton-Tiffany area operated by Supercrawl Productions - to life.

Police say a St. Catharines man tried to chase three teenagers down after he spotted them in his vehicle early one morning. But he was stabbed, and now the teens are charged.

The Ministry of Health says Hamilton would move from "red-control" into the "grey-lockdown" zone of the provincial government's COVID-19 framework after the weekend.

Robin McKee has been offering tours of the Hamilton Cemetery for 20 years. They are offered voluntarily by McKee and include a disaster tour during which people are taken to the burial sites for the Spanish flu and cholera victims.

Hamilton police are investigating the city’s fourth homicide of 2021.

Two suspects wanted in connection with a homicide and attempted murder in Stoney Creek last month have fled the country, Hamilton police say.

Halifax's iconic Theodore Tugboat is moving to a new home. Theodore Too, Nova Scotia's life-sized TV replica tugboat, will soon start a new chapter promoting marine careers while based out of Hamilton, Ont.

A Hamilton city councillor absent from council meetings since December has announced that he's taking sick leave.

Some businesses still aren't allowed to open in Ontario, closed now for over a year, due to increased risk of spreading COVID-19.

A BC woman, who has been in Niagara Region since February 2020, has been unable to make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine because she has no coverage under Ontario’s health-care plan, OHIP.

An HHS memo sent to staff Wednesday says the system will no longer accept out-of-region COVID-19 patients until “hospital capacity pressures subside… These referrals are now being redirected to other hospital facilities with available capacity.”

Police are investigating the cause of the death and the fire.