The bank is working with public health to contact any customers who they believe could be at risk, according to a spokesperson.

The organization states that men can't have sex with other men for three months before being allowed to give blood because the cohort has a higher prevalence of HIV. But the organization needs more participants as donors cancel and practice social distancing.

A federal economic aid package worth $82 billion was unveiled on Wednesday to help Canadian workers and businesses weather the COVID-19 storm — while Canada and the U.S. will temporarily close their shared border to non-essential travel.

Parents and non parents are all looking for ways to fill the time as they practice COVID -19 mandated social distance. Here are some examples of how and some ideas to borrow.

Canada's top grocers say they are able to keep up with demand amid the COVID-19 outbreak, but some food producers are expressing concern over the impact the border restrictions could have on Canada's agricultural food production.

Hamilton bar and small business owners say they're left with unanswered questions following the provincial government declaring a state of emergency.

Geoff Dillon was using store-bought aloe, but he's run out, so now he's offering 65 per cent alcohol.

Police have charged a Hamilton mom after firefighters found her and her three-year-old with critical burn injuries last month.

As people look to combat the spread of COVID-19 by staying home, Hamilton's Arkells have been running "flatten the curve" music classes online so fans can practise social distancing and jam out at the same time.

Hamilton now has 15 cases of COVID-19 and one case which is linked to community spread.

On Tuesday, McMaster University requested all students living on campus to move out by Saturday as more coronavirus cases appear in Hamilton and across the country. The news has students and their families scrambling to comply.

Niagara Health is opening its first COVID-19 assessment centre today, and another is on the way.

The federal government is set to announce a massive aid package worth more than $25 billion to help Canadians and business get through the COVID-19 crisis, CBC News-Radio Canada has learned. The billions in spending will help Canadians make ends meet at a time when they could face lost wages due to widespread closures, and will help businesses bridge through the emergency period.

A 19-year-old man was arrested and faces several charges after police found a handgun and illicit drugs.

Toronto Mayor John Tory is providing an update on COVID-19, after Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in a bid to combat the spread of COVID-19 and prevent the novel coronavirus from overwhelming the province's health-care system.

As of Monday evening, the school has few details on how it will proceed to move students out.

A street team will hit downtown Hamilton tomorrow to reach out to the homeless and intravenous drug users, a group it says is quickly being left behind in COVID-19 plans.

Hamilton residents travelling abroad find themselves with limited options of getting back.

Hamilton's transportation task force recommended Monday how the province should spend $1 billion in former light-rail transit (LRT) dollars, although it's not clear when the public will know what those recommendations are.

Monday also marks the first day with new assessment centres, no public school running, no libraries open, cancelled provincial offences court cases, reduced business hours and shuttered city services.

There are now 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton, three in Niagara and four in Halton. Brantford and Brant County have 25 suspected cases.

People have to be referred by their doctors or Hamilton public health

Police search for a male after a car robbery in the Strathcona neighbourhood.

Canada is barring entry to travellers who are not Canadian citizens, permanent residents or Americans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today — one of a set of extraordinary new measures being introduced to stop the spread of COVID-19.

There are 177 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, according to the latest numbers from provincial health officials on Monday morning.

COVID-19 is spreading in Canadian communities among people with no known link to travel or previously infected individuals and experts say Canadians need to heed the warnings of public health officials to prevent a wider outbreak.

Niagara region police say they've cracked a long-running graffiti case.

All court appearances at 50 Main Street East are cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

Route 16, an express GO Bus travelling between Toronto and Hamilton, will only have one trip on weekdays and weekends at 12:30 a.m. while the Lakeshore West GO train will no longer travel to Niagara Falls or St. Catharines.

Disability Justice Network of Ontario and the Hamilton Student Mobilization Network created the group on Friday which has roughly 1,700 likes as of Sunday afternoon.

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton is clamping down on access to guests while nursing homes aren't allowing any at all. Hamilton's CF Lime Ridge Mall and Burlington's Mapleview Centre will run on a modified schedule for the next two weeks.

An update from the province noted the woman's infection was related to travel in Egypt and that she is self-isolating.

Hamilton’s public libraries, re centres and other facilities are officially closing in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, along with the city's senior and recreation centres.

Hamilton Public Health still doesn’t know if the baby’s parents are infected — and it don’t know if any of the other people with the novel coronavirus were in contact with others.

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Giglia has made almost all of the 23 scarves she's dropped off, with some others in the community adding toques since 2018.

Fred Eisenberger is asking residents not to hoard items like toilet paper, canned food and bottled water.

Take a look at your local event cancellations or modifications due to COVID-19 concerns.

In a rare move, the elected council of Six Nations of the Grand River is joining forces with the confederacy chiefs council to respond to COVID-19.

They appear to have been "secretly recorded" while the man was a customer at the Goodlife Fitness Club in Stoney Creek and working at Elements Casino Flamboro, according to investigators. The man is not employed by the casino any longer.

Paul Bennett, research director at education consulting group the Schoolhouse Institute, has studied how other countries are dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak and he says there's reason to believe extending March break won't keep the virus out of schools.

A statement from Niagara Region Public Health and Emergency Services says the man was transferred to hospital by EMS on March 10 following a separate media issue. He tested positive for COVID-19 two days later.

March is fraud prevention month and Hamilton police want to make sure you don't lose your life savings in an online scam. Sgt. Rob Hardy shared some tips during a Facebook Live event at noon on Thursday.

The city's schools, university and college are closed, its historic Around the Bay road race on hold, many March Break camps and a range of other activities cancelled.

McMaster is suspending in-person classes as of the end of the day Friday. All in-person exams are also cancelled.

The federal government is warning against all international travel and is limiting inbound flights as part of a series of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Parents are trying to figure out how to take care of their kids and pay the bills after learning all of Ontario's publicly funded schools will close for two weeks following March Break due to concerns about COVID-19.

Hamilton's social service agencies say they're still working out the details around what will happen if someone staying in their shelters has to isolate themselves because of COVID-19.

The family member of a patient being treated by the COVID-19 positive Juravinski doctor doesn't understand why she wasn't notified of the news sooner.

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association has reached a tentative labour deal with the provincial government, making it the first of four major teachers' unions to get an agreement with Doug Ford's government.