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A special constable working in the Hamilton court system has tested positive for COVID-19, police said Thursday.

Brock University biological sciences assistant professor Lori MacNeil prides herself on connecting with students and making them feel engaged in the classroom. So, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced her third-year genetics course to go fully online, she wanted to make sure that connection didn’t get lost.

A female pedestrian who has life-threatening injuries after a truck mounted the curb and hit her at a downtown Hamilton crosswalk is in stable condition, Hamilton police say. And two drivers were injured in the crash too.

Hamilton's largest school board has renewed its offer for the city to use vacant schools for emergency shelter or medical centres during the pandemic.

City councillors are raising concern that the new local rules implemented by Hamilton's medical officer of health increase stress on small businesses when they're already struggling.

The outbreak at Grace Villa has infected 112 people, including 77 residents and 35 staff. It's now Hamilton's biggest outbreak yet.

The intersection of James Street North and Cannon Street West is closed in all directions, according to a tweet from the service.

The province is charging the City of Hamilton in relation to four years of sewage and stormwater leaking into Chedoke Creek.

Eight more cases of COVID-19 have been linked to Hamilton school boards, including a staff member working at the Catholic board's administration building.

Forge FC's long-distance Scotiabank CONCACAF League campaign ended Tuesday in an ill-tempered 1-0 loss to Honduras's CD Marathon in a play-in match with a berth in the CONCACAF Champions League on the line.

As Katharina Della Pia hiked up Hamilton's newly-opened Keddy Access Trail, it wasn't hard for her to imagine her father Jay using it every day when the weather was right.

Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger says municipalities, including Hamilton, are developing plans to distribute the vaccine, but will need help to do it. The city's medical officer of health expects a limited supply to be available in first quarter of 2021.

Crews were called to Grace Church on Empire Road in Sherkston shortly after 3 a.m. and found flames shooting out of the basement, says Port Colborne Fire Chief Tom Cartwright.

Jude Strickland's family members reflect on his life and what made him special, roughly a week after he died from being hit by a pick-up truck on his way home from school.

Hamilton police are searching for information about a light-coloured mini van, which they say hit someone who was crossing the street, and drove off.

Louis Anderson went missing sometime in the early morning hours of Oct. 8. Niagara police announced Monday that his body had been found.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Lawfield Elementary School after three students tested positive for the virus.

The Ward 7 trustee was acclaimed during a board meeting Monday night, along with Ward 9 and 10 trustee Cam Galindo, who will act as vice-chair.

Demonstrators who have been calling for police to be defunded so the money can be invested in free housing instead are leaving city hall after two weeks of protests — but say they'll be back.

The city's medical officer of health wants people with COVID-19 to be more forthcoming with information, as active cases of the virus in Hamilton rose to 637 and deaths topped the 100 mark.

Hamilton's public works committee has voted to allow e-scooters on Hamilton roadways. But until the rules are created, commercial operators will be banned.

A new auditor general report says the cost of Hamilton light-trail transit (LRT) was creeping upward as far back as 2018, and that the provincial PC estimate of $5.5 billion when the project was cancelled in December actually wasn't far off.

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) suspects a "new deadly substance" is causing a rise in suspected opioid-related overdoses.

Data from Hamilton public health shows that 46 people have died from November to last Friday, with the average number of new COVID-19 cases a day sitting at 67.

A review panel set up following the death of Devan Selvey has made 10 recommendations for ways Hamilton's public school board can improve how it handles bullying.

Hamilton Health Sciences says 18 cases, including nine patients, eight staff members and a student, have now been linked to outbreaks at the hospital.

Seven new cases connected to public schools and eight to Catholic schools were reported Sunday. Both boards say no new outbreaks have been declared.

The city's public school board says students and staff are asked to stay home while city crews carry out repairs.

The number of people with the virus in Hamilton right now has surpassed the 600 mark, with 72 more cases confirmed on Sunday.

In a new report, the City of Hamilton says it spent $60,000 per month on security and waste collection at the encampments and over $130,000 on legal services related to an injunction that blocked the city from taking tents down.

The Red Hill Valley Parkway Inquiry has already cost the City of Hamilton nearly $5 million so far, and the public hearing has yet to start.

More Hamilton students in the local public and catholic school boards have tested positive for COVID-19.

Toronto saw 568 new cases, Peel Region had 477 and York Region had 249. It's the second-straight day that Ontario has broken a record in its daily case count.

One year has passed since Jeff Johnson was killed outside his Hamilton home. Police still don't know who shot him or why the father was targeted.

The city wants to add more shelter spaces, but who will work at them?

An inspector from Ontario's Ministry of Labour warned staff at Hamilton General Hospital about not following COVID-19 protocols after they didn't physically distance in the hospital cafeteria and were in "close, face-to-face contact," according to a staff memo obtained by CBC News.

Two young Brampton men have been arrested by Hamilton police for allegedly defrauding senior citizens out of thousands of dollars with fake Canada Revenue Agency calls.

Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, the city's medical officer of health, is putting new restrictions in place in order to curb the spread of the virus, which continues to be transmitted in social settings and workplaces.

The outbreak at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary School has grown after a third staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

Tourism is a billion-dollar industry in the Niagara Region that 40,000 people rely on for work, but the area has struggled as both local and international travel dried up while the virus spreads.

A Hamilton police officer says she tried to reason with Yosif Al-Hasnawi as he lay dying on the sidewalk from a bullet wound that emergency responders around him thought was a BB gun injury.

Three patients and two staff members at the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre have COVID-19 as Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) deals with a pair of outbreaks.

A 31-year-old man from Hamilton has been charged in connection with what police are calling a "hate motivated" assault.

Hamilton Public Health Services says 69 new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the city, bringing the number of total active cases to 561.

A review of the psychology department at McMaster University has found systemic and cultural issues, which “created a degree of complacency that has let inappropriate behaviours go unchecked,” according to a report released Thursday.

Jude Strickland, the 11-year-old boy who was in critical condition after being struck by a Dodge RAM pick-up truck on the Mountain, died of his injuries on Thursday.

A linguistic analysis from McMaster University shows seniors are becoming even lonelier during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Waterdown woman living in Hamilton has become YouTube's top Canadian creator of 2020, after her home workout videos during the COVID-19 pandemic quintupled her online following.

Sgt. Nesreen Shawihat climbed into the back of the ambulance with the paramedics that night. Al-Hasnawi was flailing, she says, but it was "minimal."

Hamilton Public Health Services has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary School after two staff members tested positive.