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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.

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.