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There are lots of rules to follow to stave off COVID-19 and try to live with a semblance of normalcy. Life in Hamilton and the surrounding areas will change on Friday. Here's what you need to know to be ready for it.

An associate professor at McMaster University has been arrested after Hamilton police allege he sexually assaulted a student.

A 61-year-old man shown on video putting his hands in his mouth then touching merchandise at a Hamilton store during the COVID-19 pandemic has been charged.

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A Hamilton police officer has been found guilty of four charges under the Police Services Act in connection with his arrest of two photojournalists at the scene of a fatal accident in 2017.

One block of the city shows how COVID-19 hit every store differently. The small, locally owned businesses have all tried to survive months with fewer customers, fewer supplies and fewer ways to make money, all the while facing the same expenses.

A tiny community board at the front of a Dundas home has sparked an online debate about whether the former town, now a part of Hamilton, should be renamed due to its namesake.

With Stage 2 becoming Hamilton's reality on Friday, the city has now opened up restaurant patios while beaches, spray pads and pools will be open in days.

Hexo Corp. says it has sold its facility in Niagara Falls, Ont., for $10.25 million to an undisclosed buyer.

After an almost month-long investigation, police say five Hamilton men face child porn charges.

A nursing expert worries about an uptick in diseases like measles and whooping cough because fewer people are getting vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic — the province and Hamilton Public Health say physical distancing is stymying the spread.

Transit and vehicle trips are down, but bicycle ridership is still relatively stable. The city is strengthening some bike lanes, and adding some new ones.

The provincial retirement homes regulator says an order revoking the licence of the Rosslyn Retirement Residence requires the home to help its former occupants find a new place to live.

The number of crashes happening on Hamilton roads is at the highest rate in five years, but the collisions are less fatal now overall, particularly for pedestrians and cyclists.

Hamilton police are trying to identify a man who allegedly put both hands in his mouth then rubbed them on a pair of computers at a downtown store Tuesday.

The city will spend more than $1 million to make Upper James Street more pedestrian friendly, including planter boxes to separate pedestrians from vehicles, and $550,000 to study potential bus rapid transit (BRT).

A 40-year-old Hamilton man is facing sexual assault charges following an investigation police say led detectives to discover multiple incidents of voyeurism where women were recorded without realizing it.

A 20-year-old Port Dover man has been arrested after police say he was involved in an altercation between two outlaw biker gangs.

A 75-year-old protester who struck his head on pavement after being shoved back by police remained hospitalized Tuesday with a fractured skull, his attorney said.

Police are continuing to search for two possible suspects and are asking anyone with dash cam or home surveillance video from that part of the city between 8 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. to contact them.

A 46-year-old Burlington man is facing fraud charges after police say he and two other men targeted elderly women for months and stole their money.

Organizers say the festival will take place in late fall and into 2021 instead of in September.

At least 924 people in Hamilton have made contact with a COVID-19 patient in the last month, shows new numbers from the city's Public Health Services.

Two Hamilton city councillors will make public statements Wednesday in favour of defunding police and putting the money into other community safety efforts.

On Friday, pandemic-era restrictions will ease as Hamilton enters Stage 2 of the provincial reopening strategy, but some are worried about leaving their homes and trying to live normally.

A man is in police custody after a Tuesday morning shooting near Eastgate Square.

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath has written a letter to Hamilton's police chief calling for an investigation into the Rosslyn Retirement Residence.

McMaster's Student Representative Assembly, which oversees the student union, passed a motion over the weekend to call for the firing of Glenn De Caire as head of school security and parking operations. The group also passed a motion to push for the end of the school's special constable program.

Niagara Regional Police say they're looking for two suspects in connection with a stabbing in St. Catharines.

The owners of a plant business in Caledonia with a racial slur in its name are officially rebranding after flip-flopping last week.

The decision came after "careful review and consideration" based on information gathered during inspections, complaints and reports from staff and the public, stated director of communications Kathryn Chopp in an email to CBC.

Andrea Horwath has released a scathing statement pointing to "extreme neglect and suffering" at the Rosslyn Retirement Residence and demanding the province revoke the operating licences for all care homes in Hamilton associated its owners.

Ariel Bader-Shamai was just looking for a way to keep her hands busy at home during isolation — but she found something much more.

Hamilton will enter Stage 2 of the province's plan to lift COVID-19 restrictions as of Friday.

The chair of Hamilton's Catholic school board says an assignment asking students to pretend to be French colonists and write a speech to convince "aboriginal people" to let them stay in North America was "insensitive and inappropriate."

The rally at 1 p.m. saw more than 100 people join together calling for an end to anti-black racism and partially defunding the local police budget.

Hamilton Forge FC soccer players are speaking out in support of assistant coach Peter Reynders, whose battle to clear himself of allegations of racial comments is now into its second year.

Sixteen people are facing charges and millions of cigarettes have been seized after an investigation revealed an illegal tobacco manufacturing facility on Six Nations territory connected to organized crime.

Fifty people can now attend outdoor ceremonies as of Friday, while indoor venues can be filled to 30 per cent of their capacity.

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Hamilton is expecting a budget shortfall of as much as $122 million now because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hamilton police have bumped up a plan to build a new substation in Waterdown, which will now be combined with a new fire station.

The province has given the green light for Ontarians to begin building "social circles" of up to 10 people that can include family and friends.

While residents in Hamilton wait for their turn to begin re-entering malls, visiting barbers and watching movies in theatres, Brantford residents are excited to regain some liberties, even if it still doesn't feel normal.

A Hamilton man is charged with discharging a firearm with intent and criminal negligence causing bodily harm in connection with a shooting that seriously injured a seven-year-old boy.

Premier Doug Ford has announced child-care centres in Ontario can open as early as Friday, but there's still no set date for when that will happen at the 234 child care locations in Hamilton.

The cartoonish picture is being shared publicly for the first time, three months after CBC first requested it under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

In celebration of Hamilton Arts Week, we look at what it's been like to work as an artist — the building of community, the challenges, and sparks of creation — as the COVID-19 pandemic presses on.

As new daily cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in Ontario, the Ford government is allowing people anywhere in the province to build "social circles" of up to 10 people that can include family and friends.

Toronto may rename Dundas Street West because of its ties to a racist from centuries past, but what about the community about an hour away with the same name?