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After more than a decade of uncertainty, the Cannon Knitting Mills are expected to become condos with tenants in the next two or three years, says the developer who has owned the property since 2016.

The City of Hamilton reported 108 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as active cases dipped slightly by nearly 100.

The chief of staff of Norfolk General and West Haldimand General Hospital says it's 'regrettable' that he travelled outside of Canada during the pandemic despite government advisories.

An enforcement blitz that uncovered numerous violations of COVID-19 prevention protocols across big-box retailers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas will broaden its scope to include the rest of the province in the weeks ahead, the province's labour minister said Sunday.

The Ontario Fire Marshal's office is investigating a Brantford house fire that left one person dead.

Ontario records 3,422 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with more than 1,000 new infections in Toronto. There were also 585 new cases in Peel, 254 in Windsor-Essex, 246 in York and 186 in the Niagara area.

Hamilton police say they've charged three people after seizing a handgun, cash and $12,000 in drugs from an after-hours bar.

While Ontario government has asked the public to stay home and only leave when it is essential, it has also approved production crews to film five movies in Hamilton.

Amr Abdel-Latif has been providing a place of refuge mainly to newcomers and racialized individuals for more than three years, but his ability to help vanished this week when his home — near Aberdeen and Fairmont — was ravaged by fire.

Hamilton has expanded mandatory masking to some outdoor activities as it struggles to keep track of the status of people with the virus.

Three 17-year-old boys and a 20-year-old man are facing numerous gun charges as Hamilton police say they are responsible for five shootings in late December.

Equal rights for people with disabilities and increased housing for the most vulnerable are among a list of items city officials are being asked to consider ahead of upcoming budget deliberations.

Glenwood School, which has 21 students with pervasive special needs, is staying closed after a student tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

A 30-year-old died on Thursday evening after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say two vehicles crashed in Dunnville in Haldimand County.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there have been "a few bumps in the road" when it comes to our COVID vaccine rollout. Dr. Amit Arya, a palliative care physician specializing in long term care, breaks down what those bumps are -- and how we get more people vaccinated, faster.

Steven Snively says he had a hard time sleeping the night Yosif Al-Hasnawi died. But he went to work the next day because he didn't want Hamilton to have one less ambulance on the road.

A 25-year-old Haldimand man is facing a string of charges after Niagara police say he broke into a home and stole more than $9,000 worth of jewelry and collectable comic books.

A staff member at the central library in Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

Anti-racism advocates are concerned about how the city, police and the province will enforce its 28-day stay-at-home order.

Was the U.S. election rigged? Brock University associate professor of political science, Paul Hamilton, says those who believe it was would have to explain why a majority conservative U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump's bid to overturn the results and more.

Brock University associate professor of political science, Paul Hamilton, explains how impeachment and the removal of Donald Trump through the 25th amendment might work.

The measures and restrictions announced by the province this week will not impact the winter 2021 semester for the vast majority of Mohawk students, the college has confirmed.

Families of people with Down syndrome feel they've been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, says a local advocate.

Steven Snively, one of the accused former paramedics, testified in his own defence in the Ontario Superior Court trial. He's charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life for a shooting victim, Yosif Al-Hasnawi.

Two people were rescued from an early-morning fire on Thursday, according to Hamilton Fire.

A resurgence in political instability and rise in populism being seen in the United States and other countries should serve as as an opportunity for all levels of government to get ahead of similar situations in Canada, two Brock University experts say.

Lawyers for a northern Ontario police force are trying to have video of an Indigenous man being dragged inside a police station excluded from an upcoming inquest into the deaths of two other men in custody.

Niagara’s Medical Advisory Committee has written to community leaders to request their “urgent help” to advocate for the region’s “fair share of vaccines.”

Six Nations of the Grand River elected council called for patience Wednesday as it announced that more vaccinations have taken place since the second community update provided on Saturday, Jan. 9.

The city of Hamilton is awaiting more detail about how it will enforce Ontario's 28-day stay-at-home order that comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, drawing questions from residents and councillors.

Three men have been charged with the theft of personal protective equipment in Burlington valued at more than $300,000, Halton regional police say.

Hamilton is named in a new prospective lawsuit on behalf of some victims who've died with COVID-19. So are Royal Rose Place in Welland and Anson Place in Hagersville.

Christopher Marchant, one of the former paramedics charged with not properly caring for Yosif Al-Hasnawi the night he was shot and died, agrees that he feels partly responsible for his death. But he doesn't blame himself.

Paul Woods, who was fired on Monday as president and CEO of London Health Sciences Centre, has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against LHSC, claiming he was dismissed in bad faith and that he notified board chair Amy Walby about his travel to the United States since March last year, first notifying her in June, then twice afterward.

Hamilton police laid 56 charges and made three arrests after launching Operation Ama-gone and hunting down porch pirates.

Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory in Hamilton as patchy, freezing drizzle continues to fall.

Niagara police have charged eight people in Welland who officers say were gathering indoors and violating COVID-19 measures.

Less than half of Ontario's 34 public health units have shutdown workplaces over COVID concerns since the pandemic began — and rather sparingly.

Police in Brantford, Ont. are actively investigating a billboard depicting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing a Nazi uniform standing beside Adolf Hitler.

Scammers posing as "bank investigators" are cheating vulnerable seniors out of money, prompting Hamilton police to issue a warning to locals.

Vaccinations will begin soon after the shipment is received. Shots will first go to front-line healthcare workers in long-term care homes, high-risk retirement homes and hospitals. They will be administered at a Niagara Health's St. Catharines site.

Hamilton police say they've charged two people in relation to Hugs Over Masks events in the city's downtown area.

Hamilton Health Sciences is fighting three COVID-19 outbreaks at three of its facilities — and those facilities are also dealing with multiple outbreaks.

Christopher Marchant is one of the former paramedics charged in relation to the death of gunshot victim, Yosif Al-Hasnawi. He said he thought the teen had a psychiatric emergency, and called him "uncooperative."

The head of a Hamilton hospital network who vacationed in the Dominican Republic over the holidays amid warnings not to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic has been fired without cause and is entitled to 24 months of pay, amounting to more than $1 million.

Oakville Mayor Rob Burton has resigned as chair of the Halton Police Board after he approved a trip to Florida by the regional police chief in late December.

The city is developing a new tool to help designers better plan out roadways in Hamilton to take into account all users.

Hamilton public health officials said Monday during a board meeting that as of Sunday, 5,800 vaccinations have been administered in the city.

Hamilton Public Health Services is receiving $189,000 for fridges to store COVID-19 vaccines and $6 million for "extraordinary costs" related to the pandemic.

Thirty-one people in Hamilton received the wrong COVID-19 results because of what the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program (HRLMP) is calling a "processing error."