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The Paquette family has started a new daily ritual to get through the COVID-19 pandemic — playing a board game each night before bed. They say the pandemic has brought them closer than ever.

An employee at the Husky gas station on Upper Ottawa Street has tested positive for COVID-19.

Hamilton city council has narrowly voted down spending $400,000 to keep the city's SoBi bike program going until the end of the year, which means the service will end on June 1.

Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton will begin a phased approach to bringing back services, staring with those who have the most urgent needs, according to a joint media release.

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Niagara police said Thorold Fire and Emergency Services had the fire near the corner of Ormond Street North and St. David Street East under control shortly before 6 p.m.

The section of the road, between the Upper James exit ramp and Garth Street entrance ramp, will be blocked between 8 p.m. on May 29 until 6 a.m. the next morning so an overhead sign can be repaired.

There's no data to indicate if drugs are causing more deaths in Hamilton now, but with less structure in the day and a sense of anxiety in the air, one expert said there are concerns of more drug use among people battling addiction during the pandemic.

Soaring temperatures and thick humid air can cause breathing difficulties for a number of people as summer approaches each year. Experts say adding a cloth face mask to the equation and those problems can be further exacerbated.

Niagara police say a 40-year-old man is facing a charge after allegedly threatening teenagers in St. Catharines.

Natasha Burtenshaw-deVries lives in one of several apartments in a converted house in Brantford, Ont., that doesn't have central air conditioning. She's one of many employees working from home who may have no break from the heat.

Cascades Inc. says it will close its Brown containerboard plant in Burlington, Ont., by the end of July, a decision that will affect the 45 employees.

Hamilton city councillors will debate Wednesday morning whether to chip in up to $400,000 to keep the city's bike share program going until the end of the year.

Two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Hamilton since Monday.

The cost of waste collection in Hamilton is about to increase by 15 per cent, which some councillors say is a growing sign that the city is headed for serious money trouble if the provincial and federal governments don't step in to help.

Two Hamilton men are facing drug trafficking charges after an officer on patrol uncovered an estimated $26,800 worth of meth, codeine and fentanyl.

An 85-year-old man died on May 25 and a 95-year-old woman on May 23, according to public health.

There are now seven confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff working in the COVID-19 inpatient unit at Hamilton General Hospital, alarming the unions representing the hospital's health-care workers.

Thick, red lines now surround parts of the park where people typically congregate such as shady trees and benches. They're there protect people from COVID-19 and help stop the spread of the virus.

Premier Doug Ford described a Canadian Armed Forces report on five long-term care homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic as "heartbreaking" and "horrific" on Tuesday, but stopped short of committing to a public inquiry.

A team of researchers will combine COVID-19 samples during testing to try and multiply the number of tests done daily.

Stewart Friesen, of Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ont. expects he's going to be by himself almost all day Tuesday. Not a unique experience for anyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, but very different for a driver competing on the NASCAR Trucks circuit.

Police in the Niagara Region have arrested a 35-year-old suspect in an alleged targeted assault.

For some people, bullying looks like not being invited to class birthday parties, while to others, it looks like physical assault. So, if the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) wants to make bullying less prevalent in its schools, it's important for everyone to have the same concept of what the word means.

Hamilton city council will debate looking at putting part of LaSalle Park up for sale, or other methods of disposing of it, now that a 40-year lease with Burlington is two years away from expiring.

Public health ordered a total of 43 facilities to improve infection controls or face consequences. A CBC analysis reveals 31 facilities were cited for not having a sufficiently detailed outbreak plan.

Premier Doug Ford's calls for anyone and everyone to get tested for COVID-19 has Hamilton's medical officer of health waiting for answer on how to manage various aspects of the new testing protocol.

Some of the barriers preventing people from using the Escarpment stairs were damaged over the weekend by those ignoring COVID-19 restrictions according to the city of Hamilton.

Six recreation centres and one library have opened in the city’s response to the heat wave that has hit Hamilton in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fall semester at McMaster University will be fully online as the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty it has caused persists.

A Niagara paramedic who found out he had tested positive for COVID-19 while at work, causing 26 colleagues to go into self-isolation, is back on the job and a "comprehensive investigation" into the incident is now underway.

A bullying review panel set up after the death of Devan Selvey is set to provide the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board with an update on its work so far during a virtual meeting Monday night.

Drink plenty of water, stay in a cool place and don't leave pets or kids in the car, cautions Environment Canada in a heat warning issued for the area Monday.

Provincial police in Norfolk County are warning residents about online extortion after an 18-year-old took part in "sexually explicit acts" on video and was then threatened that a recording would be shared with family and friends unless he paid up.

The 44-year-old Caledonia man was stopped on Nikola Tesla Boulevard around 4 p.m. Saturday after his white truck was clocked driving 113 km/h in a 60 km/h zone, say police.

At least six staff members who worked in Hamilton General Hospital's COVID-19 unit are now infected with the virus, prompting the hospital to declare an outbreak.

Air conditioning will be a necessity this week as Hamilton is set to see its first heat event of the summer — one that will have Tuesday feeling like 38 C with the humidity.

Niagara police say a 26-year-old St. Catharines man died while trapped in his car after crashing it on Sunday.

Emergency room doctors at Hamilton General Hospital say they are concerned that more patients are delaying hospital visits out of fear they could contract COVID-19 during their stay — and when they do arrive, they're sicker than they should be.

Officers arrested Larissa Shingebis, 26, on Sunday morning. They released her name and image earlier "due to the random and violent actions of Shingebis in the murder of Gladys Little."

The days of waiting for someone to free up a machine in a packed gym full of sweaty, iron-pumpers may not return for a while as fitness centres plan how they'll reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a public plea on Sunday, asking people to "please go get a test" after the province fell short of its testing target for the seventh day in a row.

More city services offered online. More people working from home. Masks to enter arenas and recreation centres, and a transit system that's changed "potentially forever."

Hamilton city council has until late 2020 or early 2021 to decide if it wants a 45-storey "signature" tower on the city's waterfront.

The director of Hamilton's emergency operation centre says there was a lack of "true understanding" about the importance of infection control at the Rosslyn Retirement Residence and that officials were provided "conflicting information" about protective equipment at the home.

The man who peddled guns to a notorious triple killer had his parole revoked last month for allegedly trafficking women and drugs.

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A Honda Accord was heading north on Highway 56 near Hall Road when a GMC Sierra with a 40-year-old Hamilton man behind the wheel crossed in front of it, according to a media release.

Some 34.4 per cent of confirmed cases are known to have spread through community transmission, according to the Ministry of Health, while "information is pending" for another 31 per cent.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 24-year-old woman found unresponsive in a cell at a Niagara police station died Thursday.