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Updated 2025-01-20 16:00
This reimagined dinner table could help us all
She found a way in this most unprecedented year to draw people out, and in, writes Lorraine Sommerfeld.
Drawn to life: Hamilton artist observes people playing, working, suffering
J. Joel is aware that once the line is made on the paper, it can’t be erased, writes Regina Haggo
‘I’m staring into this void’: Canadians are bracing for a home-alone holiday. Here’s how to make it work
Knowing that she’ll be spending Christmas alone, Sjoukje van Beek, a graduate student at the University of Victoria, recently tried to make her studio apartment feel a bit more homey. She went to the thrift store, picked up one four-dollar and one six-dollar Christmas tree, plus some festive garland.
Canada has been reluctant to embrace rapid tests. This Harvard epidemiologist says we can’t afford to wait
Canada is poised to be the next country to deploy mass rapid testing for COVID-19 in a gambit that Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina says could immediately stem the spread of the virus.
Five things to watch for in Canadian business
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
Chantal Hébert: Erin O’Toole presented himself as the new Stephen Harper. So far, he’s the old Andrew Scheer
MONTREAL—The 100th day in Erin O’Toole’s leadership found him leading a no-holds-barred charge against Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy.
Today’s coronavirus news: Daily Russian virus infections hit record; South Korea tightening physical distancing rules as recent restrictions fail to curb a viral resurgence
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Grassy Narrows chief hails mercury centre funding
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre
Hamilton proposes six new photo radar speed camera locations
The year-long study of automated speed enforcement cameras will rotate through 18 streets by next October if council signs off.
Martin Regg Cohn: Here’s how to protect yourself — and others — while we wait for COVID-19 vaccines
As COVID-19 stalks us, government talks at us — mostly telling us what not to do.
Only a fraction of long-term-care residents killed by COVID-19 were taken to hospital. A Mount Sinai doctor says the system ‘shut them out’ with beds available
Simon Nisbet was desperate. Over the course of a month, he had watched his mother, Doreen Nisbet, go from a healthy and sharp 89-year-old to a confused and unresponsive shell of her former self.
COVID-19 vaccines are about to be the hottest commodity on earth. How do we keep them safe?
Fearing the guard would raise the alarm if left untended, the four masked gunmen tried first to tear a white doctor’s gown into strips to tie him up, but the material was too tough. Then they tried a belt. Too short.
Chasing that ‘yes’: Students find resilience in the most trying of times
When Amna Alyass decided to apply to university, her father and sister took her aside and, with earnest faces, explained why they felt she was setting herself up for failure.
No winning ticket for Saturday's Lotto 649 jackpot
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $14.9 million Lotto 649 jackpot
More Hamilton high school students struggling to pass courses
Course failure rate on midterm report cards jumps amid COVID modifications
Union Station bus terminal opens in Toronto
New Union Station GO bus terminal opens in Toronto
Ontario sets new high of 1,859 new COVID-19 cases
Ontario reports record high of 1,859 new COVID-19 cases
Quebec reports more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases
Quebec reports more than 2,000 new COVID-19 infections, figure includes old cases
Why talking about COVID-19’s ‘comorbidities’ is so controversial
As the head of a small congregation in rural Saskatchewan, Bradley Robertson hears his fair share of community chatter about COVID-19 — from those who fear the virus, to those who say it’s all blown out of proportion.
Hamilton reports 108 new COVID-19 cases; active cases nears 600
The city is also reporting two new outbreaks.
Hamilton General Hospital gets life-saving treatment just weeks before COVID hit
ECMO is the last resort in rescuing some of the sickest patients,’ says medical director
Hamilton councillors poised to cut proposed 2021 tax rate down to 2.8 per cent
Councillors agree to eliminate 0.5 per cent infrastructure levy to further cut taxes to help out residents next year.
COVID-19 vaccine news: Britain’s ‘history’ day, Facebook cracks down, and vaccination based on age? Here’s what you need to know this week
Considered one of the few ways to finally bring the pandemic under control, the push to roll out a fully tested COVID-19 vaccine is well underway.
One in 10 Canadians say they’ve contemplated suicide since the pandemic began
One out of 10 Canadians reported experiencing suicidal thoughts in September at the onset of the pandemic’s second wave — a staggering, unprecedented figure that experts say shows the extent of the prolonged mental health toll COVID-19 has on the population.
Murder mystery: Why was Jeff Johnson gunned down outside his Hamilton home?
Hamilton police and Johnson’s family plead for someone to come forward
Today’s coronavirus news: Canada’s Procurement Minister said negotiating contracts for vaccines in development needed flexibility; Iran’s virus deaths pass 50,000 as lockdown on capi
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Caledonia businesses move to sue police, Crown over barricades
Law firm puts out call for residents and business owners to join class action
Anand promises news of vaccine delivery ASAP
Negotiating contracts for vaccines in development needed flexibility: Anand
Speaker reflects on role in pandemic Parliament
Speaker Rota reflects on first year presiding over unprecedented virtual Parliament
My son’s COVID scare kept him from school, while I learned a few lessons
In the third week of October, I was on the phone chatting with a friend when my younger son Ibrahim came running down the stairs. “Mom, check your email! Someone in my class has COVID.”
Sewergate: Ontario gives Hamilton more time for Chedoke Creek cleanup
The province has given the city until Feb. 22 to come up with a plan to dredge polluted sewage sludge from the bottom of Chedoke Creek.
‘You have people in crisis teaching people in crisis’: How COVID-19 upended the lives of millions of Ontario children
It hasn’t been quite the graduating year Firdaus Shallo imagined.
No winning ticket for Lotto Max jackpot
No winning ticket for Friday night's $17 million Lotto Max draw
Wayne Bell found guilty of stabbing Marilyn Mitton and setting her apartment on fire
Victim in 2016 Hamilton homicide was found stabbed in a bathtub that was filled with bleach and water after her apartment at 200 Jackson St. W. was se
Watch: The Christmas Tree of Hope lights up Gore Park
The Noto family of Stoney Creek were invited to throw the switch Friday
Second COVID-19 outbreak declared at Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre
Three patients and two staff members at Hamilton Mountain hospital are infected
Man charged with first-degree murder in shooting death in Six Nations
Police said the victim and the accused were known to each other
Adamson Barbecue crosses $320,000 mark on GoFundMe. Some of his donors from far, far outside Toronto
Most identifiable donors to a wildly successful online fundraiser to the legal fund for a controversial Toronto restaurateur don’t live in Toronto — and some aren’t even in Canada.
Online legal fundraiser for Adamson Barbecue owner proves popular far beyond Toronto
Most identifiable donors to a wildly successful online fundraiser to the legal fund for a controversial Toronto restaurateur don’t live in Toronto — and some aren’t even in Canada.
Who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first? Federal panel suggests long-term care and people over 80
OTTAWA—Residents and staff of long-term-care homes and Canadians over 80 should get the first shots of limited early supplies of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to revised recommendations issued by a federal advisory panel.
Yosif’s slim chances of survival better if taken to Hamilton General: Expert
Nineteen-year-old’s strong heart masked his ominous condition from gunshot injury
Quebec announces $18.6M for Indigenous policing
Quebec government announces $18.6M to improve Indigenous policing
Man charged with murder in fatal house fire
Police treating Brampton house fire as homicide; man in custody
One suspect arrested, second sought in Six Nations murder
Police have identified Andrew Davis as the 27-year-old man fatally shot on the driveway of a Cayuga Road home in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in the early evening of Nov. 30.
Bruce Arthur: Crisis? Ontario’s COVID-19 response is just adequate enough to say that others are worse
“In fact, Ontario is not in a crisis right now. You want to speak about who is in crisis? Have you taken a look at Alberta, where they’re doubling up patients in intensive care units? We’re not doing that in Ontario.” — Christine Elliott, Ontario minister of health, this week.
Black public servants file lawsuit against feds
Black federal public servants file lawsuit alleging systemic discrimination
Twelve patients dead in COVID-19 hospital outbreak
Twelve patients die in COVID-19 outbreak at hospital in London, Ont.
Minassian tells doc he knew what he did was wrong
Psychiatrist for the defence to testify for fifth day at van attack trial
‘There are real ramifications’: Family of Jude Strickland urging drivers to slow down in wake of his death
Jude Strickland died of injuries Thursday morning after being hit by a truck on Tuesday afternoon.
Criticism mounts for Montreal-based Pornhub
Ottawa working to address child pornography, PM says as Pornhub faces media criticism
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