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A spokesperson for Chartwell Retirement Residences says 19 people living at Willowgrove Long Term Care and 15 staff members have tested positive for the virus as of Friday.

Is it safe to send the kids out for trick-or-treating this Halloween under COVID-19? Infectious disease specialist Dr. Martha Fulford says yes. Read the full interview with her as she explains why she says this Halloween is very safe for kids, even in the pandemic.

Members of the police Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit searched two homes in October following unrelated investigations and say they've arrested a 57-year-old and a 39-year-old.

An Ontario Superior Court Justice has ordered the spokesperson for a Six Nations-led land reclamation of a housing development in Caledonia, Ont., to pay $168,000 in legal bills for the developer and the municipality.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) says a student at Ridgemount Elementary School and another at Helen Detwiler Elementary School have been infected — the first confirmed case at both schools.

There was something in the air in Hamilton Friday morning. Small, white flakes of something familiar were falling.

Lime Ridge Mall in Hamilton captured 259,899 images of shoppers without their knowledge or consent, as revealed in a country-wide investigation of Cadillac Fairview malls by the federal, Alberta and B.C. privacy commissioners.

Hamilton will receive $10.8 million from the federal government to quickly build affordable housing units. The money is welcome, says Coun. Chad Collins, but the city still needs more to put a dent in its waiting list.

Environment Canada has issued a frost advisory for the city, as well as the Niagara Region and parts of Halidmand and Norfolk counties.

Less than a week after Emerald Lodge was emptied, the majority of people who had been living there have found a new place to stay, the city says.

Stelco Holdings Inc. says it was the target of a criminal attack on its information systems.

The county's temporary bylaw was set to expire on Nov. 3, but stricter provincial rules requiring businesses and organizations across Ontario to ensure people wear a face covering in public areas at all times came into effect on Oct. 5.

The city says some of the money will help find people living in encampments temporary places to live.

A 21-year-old is facing life-altering injuries after a sedan and a pickup truck collided in Hagersville.

Ontario's Ministry of Long-Term Care has ordered Niagara Health to take over control of Millennium Trail Manor, which has been the site of a month-long COVID-19 outbreak.

A transgender student in HWDSB was called the wrong name in front of his peers after his mother spent months trying to ensure it wouldn't happen.

City councillors voted unanimously to ask the province to do more to protect and fortify Century Manor after recent break-ins and vandalism.

The chair of Hamilton's LGBTQ advisory committee is taking the city's integrity commissioner to court, saying the commissioner acted outside of his jurisdiction by investigating him.

The taxi cab industry will huddle with the City of Hamilton to try and find a solution as drivers struggle to make enough money to pay annual plate licensing fees.

Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward says she's "grateful" the Halton Region hasn't been rolled back to a modified Stage 2 of Ontario's pandemic recovery plan, adding the public response to local politicians petitioning the province about the decision has been "overwhelmingly positive."

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's review of how the police liaison program impacted students is still in the beginning stages, leading to criticism about the lack of results and concerns about how it will move forward.

Hamilton's Catholic school board has an outbreak at St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic Elementary School.

Niagara police have charged a Welland man with dangerous driving causing death after a crash that caused another Welland man to be trapped in his burning car.

Flu shot doses are running out across Hamilton and some people are having to wait for long periods to get the immunization.

A Niagara Falls restaurant is speaking out about the event where PC MPP Sam Oosterhoff posed with a large group that wasn't wearing masks.

The outbreak, which was declared on Oct. 5, infected at least 85 people, ended Monday, according to an update on the city's website.

A report reviewing Black students' experiences in the athletics department of McMaster University's in Hamilton shows 'a culture of systemic anti-Black racism has existed and continues to exist.'

Join our Facebook Live Thursday at noon with Dr. Martha Fulford, infectious diseases specialist at McMaster Children’s Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences. She'll explain why children should be free to celebrate Halloween under COVID-19.

Maci, a four-year-old poodle-bichon from the Niagara Region, is the first Canadian dog to test positive for COVID-19.

Hamilton police are asking residents to check surveillance cameras for suspicious activity after a gunshot was fired on the Mountain.

An employee at the Centre on Barton Shoppers Drug Mart has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Microsoft Teams platform used during online classes showed students' legal names.

A man in his late 50s is dead following a workplace accident at Waste Management Canada Monday night.

There wasn't a COVID-19 outbreak at Emerald Lodge when the city evacuated the building on Friday, but if the virus did find its way inside the Hamilton care home, the city believes it would have become a serious outbreak because of the state of the facility.

Niagara police say a man trapped in a burning car following a crash in Welland Monday died after passersby and officers tried to pull him from the fire.

When Alicia Seed was moving from Dundas to St. Catharines, she knew it wouldn't be free. But she certainly didn't expect to arrive to her new home with at $3,600 bill and none of her possessions.

Nicole Barati and Tyler Kipling are spending their days picking up used needles around Hamilton as the city sees an increase in drug use.

Angel Doxtater, from Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., created a chess set completely out of corn husk dolls - a Haudenosaunee craft that was passed down from her mother.

Hamilton mourns the loss of David Braley, a former owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, leader for sport in Hamilton, and an honoured philanthropist who gave millions of dollars to organizations in need.

Six Nations demonstrators blocking a housing development in Caledonia, Ont. are taking aim at a video shared by the OPP commissioner on social media, saying it lacks context and doesn't tell the whole story.

COVID-19 has infected 37 more people in Hamilton as of Monday as the number of new cases in the city is holding steady.

The first person to get COVID-19 and set off Hamilton's largest ongoing outbreak may have gotten the virus in Toronto according to provincial public health officials.

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has opened up an 87-question survey for students about bullying in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hamilton police are looking for a man they believe witnessed the double homicide at Urban Lounge in March. They also think more than one gun was fired inside the lounge.

Roughly 300 more students will be joining Hamilton public school board's virtual school as more COVID-19 cases appear in the region and as Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is set to proceed with its second reorganization of the year.

David Braley, who owned three Canadian Football League franchises including the B.C Lions, died Monday morning at age 79.

Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff posted photos on social media that showed him standing packed together in a group of 40 people. Nobody was wearing a mask.

A dog in Ontario's Niagara Region has become the first dog in Canada to test positive for COVID-19. A researcher says there are likely more infected dogs in the country, though pet owners shouldn't be worried.

After being postponed from next year, the Canada Summer Games in Niagara have been rescheduled for August 6 to 21, 2022.

More than $5 million in cannabis has been seized in Norfolk in just over a month.