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Starting this week students can return to Hamilton public schools, for up to 15 minutes each, to clean out their desks and lockers.

Investigators say the man was walking into an apartment building on Melvin Avenue just after 5:30 p.m. when another man came up behind him, pushed him through the door and stole his jewelry.

There's a glimmer of hope for Hamilton's bike share program thanks to tens of thousands of dollars donated so far, and a change of heart from some city councillors now that tax dollars aren't involved.

A Facebook post from Pioneer Flower Farms Saturday says the greenhouse will pay employees while they self isolate and notes preventative measures were in place before the outbreak began.

The long-awaited project involves improvements to eight intersections between Aberdeen Avenue and King Street West, from upgraded traffic signals to pavement markings and sidewalk reconstruction.

A Hamilton woman is facing charges, Niagara police say, following an investigation into suspected fraudulent activities at a long-term-care home in Lincoln.

After the report of an assault at a home in St. Catharines, Niagara police say, they discovered the body of a woman and arrested a man for murder.

The front of Hamilton's city hall has become a cemetery for SoBi bike as Sunday marks the final day before the bike sharing program is shuttered.

Firefighters responded to a call about a fire at 98 Rosslyn Avenue North at 6:48 a.m. They arrived to see the three-storey-home burning and smoking. The blaze was also extending into the second floor of a neighbouring home, 96 Rosslyn Avenue.

A farm operation in Norfolk County, south of Simcoe, is the latest agricultural facility in Ontario to declare an outbreak after 85 migrant workers tested positive for COVID-19.

In a statement emailed to CBC, a McDonald's spokesperson confirmed a worker at the restaurant received a positive result for the new coronavirus Friday and closed for a cleaning and has since reopened.

A 44-year-old Hamilton man is dead after what police are investigating as a targeted shooting that took place Saturday night in an apartment parking lot on East 14th Street on the Escarpment.

The COVID-19 outbreak that infected nearly every resident at the Rosslyn Retirement Residence and led to the home being evacuated amid concerns about inadequate infection controls is over. But that doesn't mean everyone who contracted the virus there has recovered.

Three Haldimand-Norfolk migrant farm workers are in hospital with symptoms of COVID-19, and one has tested positive for the virus.

The non-profit organization that once operated Hamilton's bike share program has made a pitch to Uber to be able to manage the program.

Join our Facebook Live Monday at noon with Coun. Nrinder Nann and SoBi user Zoe Branigan-Pipe. We'll talk about the decision by council not to fund SoBi bikes after Uber, the company that owned SoBi until recently, decided to pull out from its contract with the city.

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A Thorold teen is facing charges after Niagara police say he cut an officer with the K9 unit while trying to stab his dog.

A Kitchener man is charged with stunt driving after Hamilton police say he was clocked driving 144 km/h in an 80 km/h zone with cannabis products scattered around his seat.

Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner will hold an inquest into the death of Samuel Brown, a deaf and blind teen who died at a provincially-run school for the blind in Brantford.

A Catholic high school student who petitioned the Waterloo Catholic District School Board last year to raise the Pride flag says she's disappointed the board opted to fly a flag of its own design rather than the traditional rainbow flag.

While there is still no direct clinical evidence that proves exactly how protective homemade masks are, one recent literature review from Hamliton researchers suggests they may help more than they will hurt.

Parents are fuming after a summer camp cancelled from in-person activities to virtual ones without offering refunds. Many other summer camps have had to cancel due to COVID-19.

There are 185 people in Hamilton who have COVID-19 right now, down from the roughly 240 active cases the city had when the pandemic was at its peak here.

"I am really upset about it actually," says Carly Eisbrenner, a McMaster University medical student who uses SoBi to get to work, school and her volunteer work with Keeping Six. "It’s going to be really frustrating."

The fire that tore through a Thorold auto body shop Wednesday consumed multiple vehicles and paint thinners, causing at least $500,000 in damage and sending clouds of potentially toxic smoke billowing into the sky, according to the city's fire chief.

Nearly all residents of the home, which was emptied on May 15, have been hospitalized following an outbreak that's infected 86 people including 64 residents and 22 staff members. Eight people who lived there have died.

The weather agency said remnants of tropical depression Bertha are moving northbound from Ohio and will cross Lake Erie and the west side of Lake Ontario during the afternoon.

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.

Join our Instagram Live Friday at noon with Grant Lawrence, host and producer with CBC Music and the voice of Quarantunes, songs created by Canadians in the COVID-19 era. We'll talk about how to support local music when you can't leave your home. Let us know — what's on your Quarantune playlist?

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.