More than 5,000 units of products sold by Home Depot in Canada has been recalled after dozens of complaints/reports from people who bought the product south of the border.

Federal officials to deliver briefing on COVID-19 as case counts increase

The president of the McMaster Students Union says the university isn’t doing enough to support survivors of sexual violence.

Ontario revealed a new ethical framework Wednesday that officials say will help guide them through the tough decisions that lie ahead as they roll out COVID-19 vaccines to more people.

The Hamilton Spectator photojournalist picks some of his best pictures from the year that was.

Premier Doug Ford knew his finance minister was on a Caribbean vacation while he lectured Ontarians about the need to “hunker down” over Christmas to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Hamilton’s biggest long-term-care outbreaks are not showing signs of letting up, while the homes say they don’t need further help

Health unit reporting 120 new cases in the past two weeks

Everything’s been on hold. But come March, COVID permitting, doors will open, albeit with multiple protocols in place and limited audience attendance,

Quebec reports a record 2,500 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations rise by 80

Finance minister should be removed from cabinet over holiday trip abroad, NDP says

S&P/TSX composite index rising along with U.S. markets as loonie ticks higher

Canada will soon require air travellers to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before entering the country, federal ministers announced Wednesday — as they pleaded with Canadians not to travel for non-essential reasons.

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

S&P/TSX composite index rising along with U.S. markets as loonie ticks higher

As of Wednesday there are 667 active cases of the virus in the region, according to the health department

Public health is also reporting two new deaths involving people in their 80s.

Conservative MP Phil McColeman says he won't seek re-election

Loblaws was notified of the case on Wednesday.

Paying down debt No. 1 financial goal of Canadians for 2021: Poll

The names and citations of the new members of the Order of Canada

Medical and public health experts make list of new additions to Order of Canada

With the rollout for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine well underway in Ontario, and the Moderna rollout just beginning, news of a new virus variant, first discovered in the U.K., is unwelcome to many.

First-time homebuyers see new opportunities, challenges in pandemic economy

Lafarge is moving forward with plans to open an extension to its quarry operations in Flamborough, but they do not have a specific timeline for when extraction at the expanded operation will begin.

50,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in Ontario today

Toronto plans further restrictions on businesses as city braces for COVID-19 surge

OTTAWA—The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada.

Sudbury police seeking witnesses in homicide investigation

Finance minister should be removed from cabinet over holiday trip abroad, NDP says

The board says Jan. 4 will be a ‘transition day’ for elementary teachers and students to get comfortable with technology and pick up devices. The firs

Seventy-eight Torontonians have died of COVID-19 since Christmas Eve, city officials Wednesday, announcing that local cases had hit a record high for the second day in a row and hinting at new workplace restrictions coming next week.

What might a revamped Mountain Drive Park look like?A task force of area residents, from wards 6 and 7, and city staff are expected to come up with a conceptual plan in 2021 for the four-hectare (10-acre) green space on Concession Street that str

Councillors extended contract with Hamilton Bike Share Inc. until December 2022.

Crews responded to the shores of Lake Ontario in Burlington Tuesday afternoon after reports of a trapped individual.

Planned increase in CPP premiums on Jan. 1 to hit some workers more due to pandemic

Windsor, Ont., hospital postpones elective surgeries after Jan. 4 due to COVID surge

Federal officials to deliver briefing on COVID-19 as case counts increase

50,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in Ontario today

Ontario court says 'wisdom and efficacy' of lockdown rules 'open to question'

S&P/TSX composite index rising along with U.S. markets as loonie ticks higher

The pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries to the head and neck, and remains in hospital in critical condition, police say.

Here’s a look at pandemic stories that made headlines this year

Ontarians warned of wintry weather, heavy snowfall in some northern regions

Hamilton Spectator photojournalist John Rennison picks some of his best pictures from the year that was.

Individuals, and perhaps societies, typically deal with traumatic experiences of loss in a series of stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance. COVID-19 put us through such an experience in 2020. An editorial series continues with our fourth reaction to the virus — depression:

As Ontarians enter into 2021, they might be looking forward to the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and getting back to some sense of normalcy, local epidemiologists are saying not so fast.

Advocates for survivors of sexual violence say the province must overhaul its law to better protect survivors

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.

If you could somehow rewind this past year — return those arriving vaccines to sender; dial skyrocketing COVID-19 cases back down to zero; and bleach the words “social distancing” from everyone’s minds — what would be left?