The Well Hamilton opened its doors in early December after years of renovations.

New residential development taps into 1960s AM radio heritage

Forget about the next great ab shredder and go back to basics, Ernie Schramayr writes.

“Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe, and to love you,” crooned The Hollies in their 1974 hit, “The Air That I Breathe.”

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.

Let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate. The Ontario government’s decision to return children to physical classrooms next week wasn’t made out of genuine concern for student welfare. It was made out of genuine concern for its own welfare in an election year.

Const. Ian Milburn was sentenced to 18 months of probation in mid-November 2021.

Ontario government has promised additional supply of HEPA filters, PPE for schools

Councillors voted Tuesday to have staff take another look at the issue, Scott Radley writes.

Absenteeism is so severe even McMaster Children’s Hospital has had to ramp down care

‘It’s hardly an ideal situation,’ Good Shepherd says of double punch of winter cold and outbreaks

The public can submit written responses to the redevelopment of Macassa Lodge until Feb. 10.

The break-in occurred on the morning of Jan. 2 in the parking lot of the arena.

Stoney Creek residents can expect the housing boom in Winona, plans for a new elementary school in the Nash neighbourhood, better air monitoring by the Taro dump and road upgrades to help shape the year ahead.

Online learning will remain the norm at Mohawk College for the remainder of the winter semester.

Relief — but also skepticism, concerns and questions.

City hits record outbreaks despite many no longer being reported, as public health shifts focus to high-risk settings like hospitals

When Premier François Legault announced Tuesday that Quebec will require a “health-care contribution” from those who have not had at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, he charted a path that some provinces may be tempted to follow.

When Premier François Legault announced Tuesday that Quebec will require a “health-care contribution” from those who have not had at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, he charted a path that some provinces may be tempted to follow.

And the audience ... wasn’t there

We’ve just spent weeks consoling ourselves that Omicron is a milder form of COVID-19 and most of us will just have a few symptoms and move on.

We’ve just spent weeks consoling ourselves that Omicron is a milder form of COVID-19 and most of us will just have a few symptoms and move on.

Ian Greenberg, media executive and co-founder of Astral, dies at 79

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Ontario is fast-tracking opportunities for internationally trained nurses to bolster the province's health-care workforce amid the Omicron wave.

Ontario is fast-tracking opportunities for internationally trained nurses to bolster the province's health-care workforce amid the Omicron wave.

McMaster University students will return to in-person learning ‘incrementally’ in the next month.

Quebec is looking at taxing residents who don’t get vaccinated.

The Barton Street venues permitted ‘sit-down’ dining on Saturday, says city director of emergency operations

Employees want more than lip service when it comes to mental health support: Experts

Assistant Crown says no reasonable prospect of convicting Duston MacKenzie,

Christine Elliott, Ontario’s minister of health, provides an update on the province’s health system capacity amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She is joined by Matthew Anderson, the CEO of Ontario Health.This comes hours after Ontario reported

Author Kwame Alexander to launch new trilogy this fall

Medication dispensary system accessed without doctor’s note multiple times

Where to eat in Hamilton and other restaurant news

Woman reported missing in Toronto in September may be in Brantford area

Some restaurants have decent outdoor heating, but ‘it’s a terrible time of year to have only patio.’

Decision marks just the fourth time a provincial arbitrator has ruled on vaccine-related grievance during COVID

Hamilton’s hospitals are already feeling ‘enormous’ pressure and taking drastic measures

Deadline to complete projects was extended by two years

As COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario hit pandemic highs, hospitals are racing to care for an influx of patients sick with a wider variety of symptoms and conditions, making this surge different from previous waves and placing additional stresses on a system already struggling to cope.

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.

Accepted bid was one of 11 offers narrowed down to six and improved after “significant gift”

Tracie England looks around at her empty restaurant that’s going to stay empty for at least three weeks under new COVID-19 regulations.

The class C environmental assessment will start at Wilson Street and continue to Highway 403 off ramp.

The developer hoping to build three skyscrapers near Stoney Creek’s lakeshore is appealing a decision by the city’s committee of adjustment to deny the project relief from municipal zoning standards to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

Facility's loss leaves "a big void" for local youth after 15 years

The long-time councillor will fight to keep the 2022 average tax increase no higher than two per cent.