Seniors, income support recipients to get low-cost Rogers service in 3 provinces

Rogers has announced a significant expansion of its affordable internet program, Connected For Success, hoping to reach 750,000 households in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

Tommy Hoang, 30, died on Feb. 27, succumbing to injuries sustained in a vicious attack in a central Hamilton apartment in the late hours of Feb. 10.

In recent years he faced multiple misconduct hearings.

A student at Waterdown District High School has tested positive for COVID-19.

And nobody knows when they’ll get back on the ice for some games

Parole documents and online records reveal details about pair wanted for first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Brooke Popylyshyn’s four-month-old chihuahua, Oliver, remains missing after the attack Friday.

They’re tired, anxious and, over a few days in late February, they didn’t think the vaccine rollout was going all that well.

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.

New variants are spreading, the vaccine rollout is still sputtering, and Ontario’s COVID-19 decline has stalled, with troubling signs the curve could be bending back up again. Meanwhile, restrictions are loosening across the province — meaning more Ontarians are on the move.

Canopy Growth laying off 75 staff in North America, mostly in Smith Falls, Ont.

Registration for Mohawk College’s new accelerated personal support worker certificate program’s 360 spots opened late last week.

Last week Mayor John Tory raised the prospect of round-the-clock vaccine clinics when the first three open next week. This week fire Chief Matthew Pegg, head of Toronto’s COVID-19 emergency response, said maybe later. With calls growing, and COVID-19 variants spreading, we asked Pegg to explain.

The race is on for junior seniors hoping to get the jab.

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign his “American Rescue Package” COVID-19 relief bill into law Wednesday, marking the first legislative accomplishment of his administration. It’s a big one: $1.9 trillion in spending. That’s trillion, with a “t” — a million millions. The package will send the average family of four $5,600 in the mail this month, and is projected by Columbia University analysts to cut child poverty in half.

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Although many of the vaccines that will protect us against the coronavirus have been made using different technology, they all work in a similar fashion to trigger an antibody response to the virus’s spike protein.

COVID-19 cases in Hamilton increase by 98, with two new deaths.

Ontario reports 1,185 new cases of COVID-19, six deaths, and 31,047 vaccinations

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Another student at the Stoney Creek campus of Mohawk College has been confirmed as having the coronavirus by Hamilton public health.

Legal challenge mounted against Canada's federally mandated quarantine hotel policy

Police charge man in fatal stabbing of neighbour in Kingston, Ont.

Ontario Police College outbreak reaches more than 100 COVID-19 cases

Proposals to protect Ontario LTC residents rejected as 'too expensive,' docs say

Ontario reports 1,185 new cases of COVID-19, six deaths, and 31,047 vaccinations

As Ontario fully enters the grey zone, case numbers are creeping upwards again.

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A group of women who became friends years ago at now defunct Friends in Fitness, are still working out despite many setbacks, including COVID. This ti

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RBC CEO sees inflationary pressure building as economy bounces back

The roller-coaster ride we call an early spring is on Hamilton’s doorstep as we look to a daytime high of 16 C on Wednesday.

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It’s unclear how many staff members were affected by the cases or if any were recommended to self-isolate as a precaution.

Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91

Two senior patients that Dr. Paul Caulford works with in Toronto are currently hiding in a basement apartment after receiving a deportation notice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

Animal activists launch constitutional challenge against Ontario over farming law

Former student trustee Ahona Mehdi says sanctions against two of four Hamilton public school trustees whose conduct was found to be racist by an outside probe don’t go nearly far enough and she wants the Education Act changed to allow bigger penalties.

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City officials have put three employees on paid leave for allegedly providing vaccinations to ineligible people.

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'Van life' culture grows as people look for pandemic era travel options

Ancaster's business and community organizers step up during food drive's first virtual event.

To the surprise of nobody and misfortune of many, Golf Canada, RBC and the PGA Tour on Tuesday announced the cancellation of a second straight RBC Canadian Open due to COVID-19.

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Two COVID-19 outbreaks were declared in Flamborough March 7.

Toronto Catholic elementary school closed for COVID-19 investigation

A Stoney Creek cannabis store is planning to open next door to a Highway 8 daycare centre, and there’s nothing its upset neighbour or the city can do to stop it because the location meets Ontario’s regulations.

Winning ticket ‘a breath of fresh air’ for Douglas Pollard