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A Hamilton care home is being evacuated amid a "deteriorating situation" the city says has become "increasingly untenable and unsafe" for residents and staff.

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board hopes to find $2.8 million and avoid a budget deficit after learning there are 1,756 fewer students enrolled than anticipated during the COVID-19 pandemic. But avoiding a deficit is unlikely.

Ontario Provincial Police cruisers watched from a distance Friday morning as a backhoe dug up a road in Caledonia, Ont., by the entrance to a First Nations land reclamation camp that has put a halt to a planned housing development.

There are three new COVID-19 cases in Hamilton schools, including two in the public school board.

Mel Athulathmudali, the newest member of the Hamilton Police Services board, spoke with the CBC on Thursday. Here's what he had to say about defunding police, events at Pride 2019, racial profiling and more.

A group of BIPOC academics, experts and community leaders that serve equity-seeking communities feel ignored after trying to work with Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) all summer to collect and release data that showed how COVID-19 has hit marginalized communities in Hamilton hardest.

A worker at a Fortinos in Burlington has tested positive, says its parent company Loblaw.

Dr. Diana Ahmed was in the midst of a spin class roughly three weeks ago when she looked around and realized she was in a “COVID incubator.”

The most-recent victim of the virus was a man in his late 70s who died in hospital on Tuesday, according to public health.

A fraud and waste hotline in its first year has found the city has lost $202,000, with $100,000 of this being due to fraud.

The gap between the number of affordable homes available in Niagara and those who need them keeps growing. According to a Brock University researcher, almost 20,000 additional apartment units will be needed by 2041 to meet the demand.

Blazing wooden pallets and tires blocked one side of a street leading into a southern Ontario community on Thursday, after a skirmish between police and members of a First Nation land reclamation camp.

The latest positive tests for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board involve four students and a staff member who worked at two schools. The city's Catholic board is also seeing new cases.

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is set to undergo a "massive reorganization" in elementary schools after learning there are 1,700 fewer students enrolled in classes than previously calculated, about half of whom are turning to homeschooling.

The agency says the buildings are in serious disrepair and not suitable for affordable housing.

Public health has directed 15-20 people to immediately self-isolate after someone who was at the Ancaster Sports Centre on the night of Oct. 16 tested positive for COVID-19.

The spokesperson for a Six Nations land reclamation camp that has halted a housing development in Caledonia, Ont., served notice to Ottawa and Ontario on a constitutional question days before an Ontario court judge rules on whether to grant a permanent injunction against the camp.

The number of people who died from the Black Death in the 14th century doubled about every six weeks, while the doubling rate from the Great Plague in the 17th century was every two weeks according to a new study out of McMaster University that researchers say relates to the current pandemic.

The service says the officer was last at work at the East End Station on Oct. 19 and all areas where they were have undergone a "deep cleaning."

Photos of the instruments shared by investigators show three guitars next to labels reading Guns N' Roses, Neil Young and Pink Floyd.

Four new COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared in Hamilton, including at ArcelorMittal and the Foot Locker at Lime Ridge Mall.

Hamilton man Tygar Allen Campbell, 28, faces a string of charges including uttering threats and hoax regarding a terrorist activity, police say.

Face coverings are now mandatory, federal schools will remain closed for now, and elected council said trick-or-treating next week is "strongly discouraged."

An overwhelming demand for canine companions during the pandemic has some rescue groups worried about an influx of unwanted dogs in the future.

A woman ran away from a man chasing her in Norfolk County according to Ontario Provincial Police.

Public health says 50 primary cases (48 members and two employees) have been confirmed so far, along with 30 secondary cases such as family or friends who came into contact with people infected at the spin studio on James Street North.

Tom Sterling had a plan that would make proposing to his girlfriend extra personal, but before he could get down on one knee, someone stole the ring. Now he's asking for it to be returned.

Join our Facebook Live interview Thursday at 12:30 p.m. with Mel Athulathmudali, a member of the LGBTQ+ community and the province's latest appointee to the Hamilton Police Services board

Haudenosaunee from Six Nations of the Grand River are holding a rolling demonstration in Stoney Creek as a dispute between commercial fishermen and Mi'kmaw fishers in southwest Nova Scotia continues to escalate.

Hopes for urban hens in Hamilton were clipped again Tuesday, this time following a motion stressing the importance of food security during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga has won one of France's most prestigious visual arts prizes.

Costs to update its current location and a lack of access to main roads and public transit have led Brock University's satellite campus to leave Hamilton for Burlington.

Three students at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Elementary have the virus, while the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board says three students, two staff members and a bus driver have also tested positive.

Some housing advocates are applauding the compassionate way in which the removal was carried out, but others say it was "disheartening" to see the way residents were treated.

It's further evidence of the importance of eBooks and eAudiobooks, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to HPL.

Police are looking for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage, after an 86-year-old pedestrian was hit by a car Sunday night. They say they've ruled out speed and driver impairment.

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) shows the city is in Wave 2 but has not hit its peak yet, despite already surpassing the number of infections in Wave 1.

Police say someone removed dozens of waterfowl, including seven Ancona, six Cayuga, four crested and four Rouen ducks sometime between Thursday and Friday last week.

Investigators say the man was crossing Maple Avenue mid-block when he was hit by a black Honda Civic around 7 a.m. Monday.

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) has revealed a glimpse of how COVID-19 spread from Spinco into the community.

The corridor would run through five municipalities, from Kipling subway station in Toronto, to Mississauga, Oakville and Burlington, before hitting Hamilton, according to a memo to councillors.

While passenger numbers are down, Hamilton International Airport says it's been operating around Christmas-peak levels since the pandemic started.

Six Nations Police say officers were called to a single-vehicle crash on Fourth Line Road, near Chiefswood Road around 5:22 a.m. on Oct. 15.

Two new COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared in Hamilton after a staff member at Macassa Lodge and another at I.H. Mission Services tested positive for the virus.

A student at Westdale Secondary School and a staff member at Dalewood Elementary are the latest cases of COVID-19 connected to schools in Hamilton.

Ontario recorded 658 new COVID-19 cases, with nearly two-thirds reported in Toronto and its surrounding regions.

The 24-year-old was taken into custody on Oct. 16, following an investigation into assaults that involved a man posing as an Uber driver, according to police.

Six Nations of the Grand River chef Aicha Smith-Belghaba is starring in a new cooking show, in partnership with Hamilton Public Library, where she showcases simple recipes with Indigenous ingredients.

Toronto police say they have arrested an armed suspect after he allegedly crashed a stolen car and shot through the door of a building in an attempt to flee from officers.

Raihan Audu, 14, spent two days cooking Thanksgiving dinner by himself, but he never imagined his meal would go viral. Now, his feast has been liked on Twitter by hundreds of thousands of people.