Tourists trying to visit the Louvre Museum on Monday were out of luck, as the world’s most visited museum stayed closed for a second straight day because of workers’ worries about the potential spread of the new virus.

Three more residents of Washington state have died from coronavirus, officials announced Monday, bringing to five the death toll in the United States and intensifying the crisis in this state, where a nursing facility in Kirkland has become a focus of illness and fear.

Police say they confiscated cocaine, marijuana, cannabis resin, crack cocaine and oxycodone, as well as three sets of body armour and two stun guns.

The increase will be timed with rollout of phone app

Ontario Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Cultural Industries announced that the province enjoyed a record year in film and television production, including much job creation. Hamilton played a big part with several major projects.

Molson Coors employees returned to work Monday amid heightened security at the Milwaukee brewery where a worker last week fatally shot five co-workers and then himself.

A spate of new cases was reported over the weekend, all of them people who had recently travelled to Iran or Egypt, or family members of those who had visited the countries.

City and NEC still investigating tree clearing at 711 York Rd.

Long-rumoured Woody Allen memoir coming in April

Student had been in self-isolation after returning from a trip to Italy, which has more than 1,600 confirmed cases of the virus.

Keep that umbrella handy Hamilton

Emily is a registered nurse making $69,000 a year, while Tom is an apprentice tradesman who clocks in $44,000 a year. Their monthly spending adds up to around $6,000 and the $300 to $800 left over goes straight into paying off debt.

Hamilton’s Chris Zhou finds inspiration hanging at Facebook for a day.

The streaming giant is asking record labels and artists for money to advertise their songs within its app, arguing that they’ll reach new fans and increase their popularity.

Alectra Utilities is reporting a power outage in Waterdown, impacting 362 customers.The cause of the outage, which was reported at 9:19 a.m., is being investigated.The area without power is approximately from Hamilton Street to First Street an

More than 500 orchids were on display at the 39th annual orchid show over the weekend

Anonymous government officials give a picture of what has been happening behind the scenes as the Wet’suwet’en solidarity movement has risen to national attention.

Relatives of the family who were found dead in a Mississauga house within five years of each other asks the Peel police board to implement all recommendations from a long-awaited — and still pending — police watchdog’s investigation.

Annual monitoring report shows 2,793 suspensions in the first semester, with 131 for bullying.

The fast-food chain had sued the CBC for defamation over a “Marketplace” report in February 2017 that focused on the amount of chicken in its chicken sandwiches.

Halton Region police have charged a 29-year-old man with distracted driving and speeding after he was allegedly watching a livestream on his phone.

“Citizens who serve on juries are not receiving a benefit; they are doing a civic duty,” Justice Robert Goldstein wrote after several prospective jurors told court they would not be paid by their employers.

The family is heading back home to Calgary after searching for Ellsworth-Clark, who has been missing since Jan. 11.

The city will try to build up the low-lying trail along Cootes Paradise before forecasted high Lake Ontario water levels drown the paved path again.

COVID-19 is the latest example of a public health fear fuelled by its seeming randomness.

A dozen vehicles joined a slow-moving protest early Sunday

Student at Hamilton school ‘proactively’ responded to flu-like symptoms and sought medical care, university says.

As Canadian communities brace for rising risks of spring flooding related to climate change, a non-profit group has published findings suggesting preserving wetlands and forests can be key to reducing adaptation costs.

In a news release issued Sunday, provincial officials said the four new cases all had a recent history of travel to countries where the virus has spread rampantly.

The agency is also contacting registered Presto users who travelled on that bus, but says it is limited in contacting those who used an unregistered card or paid cash.

The possible breakthrough announcement comes as talks between hereditary chiefs and government ministers entered a fourth day.

Four specialized units of the Ontario Provincial Police have been using a divisive facial recognition tool since December, the force told the Star on Sunday.

Hamilton Aerial Group gives a lesson on clean water at DeLight Festival

Student at Hamilton school ‘proactively’ responded to flu-like symptoms and sought medical care, university says.

They decided to try and sell some of their stuff, since, as Nik says, “they can’t stop buying.” They began online, then moved on to street festivals, to test the waters and see if there was a market for their clothing.

A dozen vehicles joined slow-moving protest Sunday

40-year old man charged.

Hamilton Aerial Group gives a lesson on clean water at DeLight Festival

University of Rochester researchers found that between 1999 and 2016, about 100,000 people died from opioids were not accounted for.

Thousands of migrants clash with riot police at Greek border checkpoint as Turkey lets refugees cross into Europe.

New cases reported Saturday in Durham and York regions, as well as new cases in B.C. and the U.S., are raising concern that COVID-19 could begin to spread locally within a matter of weeks.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made good on a promise to inject $10 million into coal communities to help them diversify and find economic development opportunities.

A woman and her 15-year-old daughter were attacked while speaking Spanish in East Boston. Felony hate-crime charges have been filed against two women.

COVID-19 is the latest example of a public health fear fuelled by its seeming randomness.

Canadian Humanitarian, a non-government organization based in Medicine Hat, says in a statement on its website that a group of volunteers and staff members are in custody.

Liberal MLA Rich Coleman says he won’t run for re-election in 2021.

Health officials say there are three new cases of COVID-19: one in York Region and another in Durham Region.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spoke at the Nova Scotia NDP’s convention in Halifax.

The first patient, who tested positive in this country on Jan. 25, arrived in Toronto, the original epicentre of the outbreak.

In a news conference Saturday, Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said the fact that the conversations are continuing is “a very good sign.”