Alex was playing on the ice at Peacock Point on Feb. 15, along with an eight-year-old friend and 10-year-old sister, when the boys were hit by a wave and pulled into the water, according to police.

In what may soon be a typical COVID-19-era crime, Hamilton police say someone had cleaning solution delivered to their home, and someone else stole it off their front porch.

80-year-old Maria Bettencourt, who lived at the Heritage Green Nursing Home in Stoney Creek, has died, becoming the first COVID-19 related death in Hamilton.

Some business owners at the Hamilton Farmers' Market have seen up to an 80 per cent drop in sales as social distancing has fewer people buying from the marketplace.

The Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) is closing all of its areas to the public to stop the spread of COVID-19 and anyone caught walking the trails starting Wednesday will be considered trespassing.

The Burlington Canal lift bridge will soon be closed to vehicle traffic because of COVID-19.

Halton Regional Police say they are looking for a suspect involved in stealing purses from elderly women.

Local students and their families say the school closures caused by the novel coronavirus may make life after high school harder and will kill chances of experiencing a prom or graduation ceremony.

For one Hamilton man travelling to Toronto from Vietnam, the way officials handled arrivals to Canada was startling when compared to strict COVID-19 guidelines in the southeast Asian country.

Public health officials in Ontario confirmed 85 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Tuesday, bringing the provincial tally to 588.

Japan's prime minister says the International Olympic Committee president has agreed to delay the Summer Games amid growing concern about the coronavirus outbreak that has infected hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday.

Workplaces that have been deemed "non-essential" or "at-risk" have until the end of Tuesday to close up shop. The official deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday.

Five more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Hamilton in the last 24 hours, for a total of 32 cases, says the city's medical officer of health.

With hundreds of healthcare workers sidelined in self-isolation, Hamilton Public Health is weighing the impacts on care and carefully considering whether any exceptions will be necessary to cover staff shortages.

A 30-year-old Hamilton man describes his trip to get tested for the novel coronavirus after getting sick days after a work trip to Las Vegas from March 9 to March 14.

Brant County has two new cases of COVID-19, including a man in his fifties in critical care and a woman who works at a hospital.

The starter's gun for the 126th edition North America's oldest, long-distance road race will now fire on Nov. 22, according to an email sent to participants.

The city is issuing a COVID-19-related warning to residents: if you're using disinfectant wipes or paper towels, don't flush them down the toilet.

HWDSB and HWCDSB are trying to create plans to best serve students, some of whom won't be able to access e-learning, while also having to prepare for an extended learn-from-home period stretching beyond April 5.

The Six Nations Fire Chief is currently in self-isolation, along with 17 of his colleagues, as a member of the fire service awaits the results of a test for COVID-19.

Family members of those in long-term care and retirement homes worry about losing touch amid COVID-19 facility closures.

Norfolk County OPP say they have received numerous calls from residents asking that wild animals be removed from their property.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pleading with Canadians to follow public health guidelines on COVID-19, warning that stiff enforcement measures could be imposed if people don't stop engaging in behaviour that puts lives at risk.

Some garbage collection was halted Monday after about 50 Hamilton waste collectors refused work over safety concerns around COVID-19.

Some 8,417 people are still awaiting test results, while more than 28,500 tests have been completed provincewide.

As the government calls upon residents to stay in and avoid contact, more people are going out for walks and hikes — around other groups of people.

Students in the Food4Kids program will receive the cards every two weeks for however long they are out of school and so will other kids in the same household.

Huge crowds filled the parks Saturday, while some people were having group fires and hopping fences, says the environmental agency.

The employee worked on March 15 from noon to 8 p.m., according a McDonald's spokesperson.

The two women who tested positive live on the same floor at Heritage Green Nursing Home. Officials say the home is continuing to isolate the entire floor, along with the staff members who work there.

These Hamilton scenes from this week show what the city's daily life looks like with schools, businesses and many workplaces closed.

Hamilton city councillors passed an average 2.9 per cent property tax increase Friday, but not before some councillors wanted to shave it down more, and others said the city has bigger problems right now.

The union representing workers at Stelco in Hamilton says the steelmaker is staying open, but plans to used handheld sensors to take the temperatures of staff at all of its gates in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu to put his NFL aspirations on hold.

Hamilton locals had mixed reactions toward Stoney Creek's Starlite Drive-in plans to reopen for business amid COVID-19. Then the drive-in changed its mind.

Hamilton health officials are not aware of anyone in direct contact with a local physician who contracted COVID-19 to have tested positive for the virus.

Are we doing enough to flatten the curve? That’s the million dollar question, Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid says. Efforts to social distance from one another are continuing but how much of an impact the policy is having is still unclear.

Canada will now turn back asylum-seekers attempting to enter the country outside of official border points, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday — part of a set of extreme new measures meant to stop the spread of COVID-19.

A 52-year-old man is dead after losing control of an e-bike and being struck by a vehicle in Niagara Falls Thursday night.

Public health authorities in Ontario confirmed 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday morning, marking the largest single-day increase since the outbreak began and pushing the provincial total to 308.

Both Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton will visitors from their hospitals because of COVID-19.

Hamilton residents travelling abroad worry they won’t be able to make it back home before things travel becomes impossible.

Like the millions of visitors that are attracted to the region every year, COVD-19 has come to Niagara, and its effects are being felt in nearly every industry, from tourism to agriculture.

David Anzarouth went to Miami for a week of partying with friends. The fit 25-year-old from Toronto returned with what he described as the most incredible pain he's experienced and has now taken to social media to persuade those who still don't take COVID-19 seriously to change their minds.

A local emergency medicine resident is calling out to residents on social media to donate face masks for Hamilton hospitals before they run out because of COVID-19.

For the first time since Feb. 24, the Highway 6 bypass in Caledonia will be open to traffic again.

The drugs seized include orange and blue fentanyl as well as heroin and cocaine, say investigators.

Father Rico Passero doesn't have a church full of people for mass these days, but he's managed to keep them together in spirit — through taping photos of them to the pews.

Thunderstorms and heavy downpours that could drop up to 25 mm of rain are forecast to roll through Hamilton, Burlington and the Niagara Region overnight.

Social media is keeping Hamilton connected as COVID-19 seems determined on shutting down the entire city.