This may be the calm before the coronavirus storm in Ontario, our last chance to plan for the panic of an approaching pandemic.

Wash your hands and do it often.

At the height of rush hour, passengers packed into public transit buses brush shoulders and sway with the road’s bumps and turns, often close enough to smell that day’s lunch on each other’s breath. Could it be close enough to catch a potentially deadly virus?

First Hubei province in China. Now Iran.

March break is almost here, and for some, it signals the start of a holiday.

Less than 10 tests have been done in the Peterborough area and none have turned out positive.

A fire in Burlington Monday night (March 2) has left a woman with life-threatening injuries and two children hurt.

"Public health has been ready for a while," said Emergency Services General Manager Paul Johnson.

The Ancaster Lowe’s home improvement store is looking to hire 56 people this spring in preparation for the home improvement industry’s busiest season.

City and Niagara Escarpment Commission still investigating tree clearing at 711 York Rd.

Hamilton’s public school board is blaming teacher contract disputes with the province for its failure to meet a goal of making more students feel safe, supported and accepted by June — a contention its elementary teachers’ union rejects.

THE ISSUE: Construction underway of 10-bed Margaret’s Place Hospice at St. Joseph’s Villa.LOCAL IMPACT: Fundraising still needed for first Dundas residential hospice spaces, while construction impacts surrounding neighbourhood.

Fear and anxiety are natural emotions, designed to protect us, but “over-intensive" anxiety is not helpful

Alectra Utilities says power was restored in Waterdown as of 11:30 a.m.The outage, impacting 362 customers., was reported at 9:19 a.m.The area without power stretched from Hamilton Street to First Street and from Dundas Street to Parkside Dr

A driver is facing Highway Traffic Act charges including distracted driving after a video showing the motorist on the phone.The video was posted on social media Monday morning (March 2) and appears to show the driver seeing police and trying to s

THE ISSUE: Stoney Creek Masons needed a new homeLOCAL IMPACT: Move to Stoney Creek United Church benefits both groups

Can certain kinds of facial hair impede the efficacy of a protective face mask?

As the spring travel season approaches, Toronto Pearson International Airport is taking extra precautions in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A three-storey, mixed use building is slated for 5 Hamilton St. South, at the southwest corner of Hamilton and Dundas streets.

On his 17th birthday, Mike Pierre posted a picture to his private Instagram account that revealed his suicidal thoughts.

Commuters faced some challenges at the start of the week, when protesters blocked the railway off York Boulevard, halting GO train service in Aldershot, Hamilton and Niagara.

Ontario Heritage Trust, which owns Chedoke Estate, wants building code information about Cardus's plans.

Hamilton had 124 opioid-related deaths in 2018, a 41 per cent increase from 2017.

RONA in Waterdown is gearing up for home improvement's busiest season and is looking to hire more than a dozen full- and part-time seasonal positions.

PetSmart Charities of Canada and the Simcoe and District Humane Society are partnering for the first National Adoption Weekend of 2020 during the weekend of Feb. 28 to March 1, at the Ancaster PetSmart location

Heritage salvage report removes bylaw hold provision

The Olive Board Charcuterie and Wine Bar is opening a new location at a former Starbucks outlet in Ancaster.

Full-time paramedics already stationed in Greensville

The outbreak started in Wuhan, China, and has spread across the world to more than 50 countries. Last month, it arrived at our front doorstep in Ontario.

Competition is generally seen as a good thing for athletes.

The issueN2N Centre’s Math Success program is coming to Helen Detwiler and St. Margarite d’Youville schools.Local impactThe free tutoring program will help 30 Grade 7 and 8 students with their math skills and some 125 students have been assisted since it began in 2015.

The remainder of the Canadians quarantined at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton have now returned home.

In the past three years, more than a third of schools and daycares that tested for lead — 36 per cent — had at least one exceedance of Health Canada’s guideline of 5 parts per billion (ppb)

"I think the (recommendation) was rich and particularly offensive," says Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

Imagine being stuck at home in quarantine due to the coronavirus or some other pandemic. It could happen. Are you ready?

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has sparked what the World Health Organization is calling an "infodemic" — an overwhelming amount of information. Here is a summary of important things to know.

Beyond the absence of physical interaction with the outside world for 14 days, the dehumanizing effect of quarantine — or self-isolation at home — can lead to losing one’s self identity.

Provincial emergency officials accidentally sent out a false alarm during a test of the alert system and the results of a probe into the incident are now public

Ashley Simpson, a 32-year-old Niagara native, went missing in 2016 from Yankee Flats, near Salmon Arm, British Columbia.

They’ve complained they’re too slow, hard to type on and run out of power too quickly, but most Hamilton public secondary students are still choosing to keep and use their school-issued iPads.

Current owner bought property less than two months ago

As demolition looms, a Stoney Creek community group is hoping to work with a developer to salvage historic features of the former Millen general store, believed to be the site of the village’s first business.

Eliminating area rating for transit will mean 6.6 per cent tax increase for suburban areas.

Schmidt family, which owns pot store in Stouffville, expects to open new store in April or May

Halton Regional Police are investigating a deadly collision in Milton Wednesday morning that has closed a major stretch of road.

Ward 4 Coun. Sam Merulla says he’s confident Delta Secondary School will find a buyer now that it’s being offered for sale on the open market.

The Williams Fresh Café in Stoney Creek closed earlier this month in an apparent rental dispute between the landlord, franchisor and franchisee.

The Toronto Star is able to share this database following a five-year quest for public access to the billing records. After Ontario’s health ministry denied a freedom-of-information request for data on top billers in 2014, the Star successfully appealed to the office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Evidence showed the home failed to implement the directives of their behaviour management strategies for a resident who attempted suicide.

Water leak at Towercrest Drive lasted for 10 months until it was discovered in November 2019.