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In 2020, the lines of kids and families waiting to see Santa's thick white beard and bright red suit will be missing. Instead, the COVID-19 pandemic is putting Kris Kringle's internet connection to the test. He'll have to create that same magic through a screen.

Two Shoppers Drug Mart staff members in Hamilton have tested positive for COVID-19.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 112 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths this weekend.

Two people are dead after two cars crashed in the County of Brant on Saturday evening.

Up to 14 cm of snow could land in Hamilton on Sunday according to a weather advisory from Environment Canada.

Dunbar Horsford, a migrant worker at a Niagara farm who would do anything for his family, was 2 weeks from going home to Grenada. He died of a heart attack, and the community is rallying behind his friends and family.

Making a new friend, in the middle of a pandemic? It may sound wild with all the restrictions in place. But for some, COVID-19 has brought them together.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have the first selection of the 2021 CFL draft. The draft order was determined by a random draw rather than won-lost records because the league didn't stage a 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The president of Hamilton Health Sciences is warning residents it's up to the community to keep local hospitals from facing a "dire reality" as occupancy rates continuing to rise and admission for COVID-19 patients climbs across the GTHA.

Brett Schuyler said he and other members of the farming community want to move forward in a positive manner with health officials.

Thirty-six new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hamilton Friday as public health announced another resident at Willowgrove Long Term Care who had the virus has died.

The CFL announced its 2021 schedule on Friday with the first game of the season featuring a 2019 Grey Cup rematch between the Hamilton Tiger Cats and champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, June 10.

Ontario's Ministry of Environment has ordered Hamilton to take remedial steps to clean up after a spill that leaked billions of litres of sewage and stormwater into Chedoke creek, saying the city's "do nothing approach" is unacceptable.

Crews were called to the marina at 4:18 a.m. and found five boats on fire, according to the Hamilton Fire Department.

Toronto and Peel Region are moving into "lockdown" Monday as Ontario tries to curb a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, Premier Doug Ford announced. "Further action is required to prevent the worst-case scenario," he said at a news conference Friday.

Students at McMaster University and local Hamilton schools have tested positive for COVID-19. A worker a Stoney Creek Tim Hortons and someone at a Canada Post depot in Ancaster also have the virus.

Metrolinx to begin demolition on 21 downtown Hamilton homes and storefronts that bear decades of history and character

The family of Louis Anderson is asking community members in Chippawa to light candles on their porch at 7 p.m. Friday.

Two staff members working in the building were able to escape unhurt, according to the Hamilton Fire Department. Damage is estimated at $75,000.

Steven Wilson, Assistant Deputy Fire Marshal, said two investigators and a forensic engineer have been working at the scene.

Some say it's the mayor. The mayor says it's the result of some people leaking information.

A COVID-19 outbreak at Joseph Brant Hospital after three health-care workers and one patient tested positive. The cases are linked to a medicine inpatient unit on 7 South 100 (7S100), according to the hospital.

Following a "process breakdown", the city auditor says an employee was paid both full salary and long-term disability benefits at the same time for over a year.

When Ainara Alleyne browsed through the library, she'd never see characters that looked like her. That's why she started an Instagram page to feature books whose main characters are Black and people of colour.

It's a far smaller number than the 50 the city initially announced would be permitted Sunday and will have impacts for area teams and athletic associations.

A McMaster University employee, two Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) students and someone at Niagara College Canada in Welland have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Seventeen outbreaks in the city are ongoing, including four at long-term care homes where more than 30 people have been infected.

Athletes who inspired McMaster's review of racism in its athletics department, and a former task force member, have some criticisms about a report that acknowledged systemic anti-Black issues but did not hold any individuals accountable.

Ontario's Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks says it will consider concerns raised by Environment Hamilton about a recent air and noise permit application from Bartek Ingredients Inc.

A staff member at a Fortinos in Waterdown has tested positive for COVID-19.

Jim Watts wonders why the province would allow his business to stay open — then tell people not to go there. Watts co-owns Vagabond Saints Tattoo Lounge and Spa. He'll join Hamilton's associate medical officer of health, Dr. Ninh Tran, in a live interview on Thursday at noon.

Hamilton city staff are still seeking "absolute clarity" from the province around its COVID-19 red zone regulations after discovering discrepancies.

The city of Hamilton plans to build a new south viewing platform, stairs, elevated boardwalks, and a pedestrian crossover on Mountain Brow Boulevard, and more to bolster safety measures at Albion Falls.

Hamilton's public school board has cancelled final exams and eased graduation requirements for high school students this year amid "uncertainties of a pandemic."

The province's police watchdog is investigating after a collision between a police cruiser and a pickup truck sent two people to hospital.

Jeanne Montague, who ran the costume department at Drury Lane, a musical theatre company in Burlington, has died.

Hamilton's school boards and unions are on standby as the provincial government considers an extended winter break or starting classes remotely in the new year.

Jim Watts wonders why the province would allow his business to stay open — then tell people not to go there.

The city of Brantford has moved to Ontario's "orange-restrict" zone due to more COVID-19 cases.

A staff member at a Fortinos in Burlington has tested positive for COVID-19.

A student from Hamilton's Catholic school board and a student from Hamilton's public school board have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

The Hamilton Fire Department said crews discovered a deceased person inside 22 Alpine Avenue and the scene has been turned over to the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office.

The Grimsby Auxiliary Marine Rescue Unit says it saved 24 lives, assisted 27 people and recovered $188,000 in property during 2020.

Hamilton has started to release the names of businesses that infringe on pandemic protocols after the director of the city's emergency operations centre described a Stoney Creek business whose disregard for COVID-19 procedures was "beyond the pale."

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's Charlton Campus.

Crews from Hamilton Water are testing water by the harbourfront after learning of a potential oil leak from a CN freight depot.

Jammar Allison, 26, was kidnapped from a parking lot on Rexdale Boulevard in Toronto on June 21, 2018.

Hamilton public health says the city is in the "peak" of COVID-19's second wave, but adds based on communication with the provincial and federal governments, a vaccine should arrive by spring 2021.

Public health officials say roughly one in seven Hamilton homes have radon levels three times higher than Ontario's average, and say residents should test to see if the cancer-causing gas is impacting their health.

Hamilton police are reviewing a video posted to Facebook that appears to show an officer pulling a man and his motorcycle to the ground.