Catherine Ahad’s hands never seem to stop moving as she handles coffee cups, containers and other waste at one of the two new low-waste sorting stations in the food court at CF Lime Ridge.

It was a shorter service than in previous years.

Food Banks Canada’s recently released HungerCount 2021 report warns that food banks across the country are bracing for a “tidal wave of new clients” — and Flamborough is in the same boat.

"These are not the fireworks we remember when we were children," said Stoney Creek Coun. Maria Pearson.

More than a hundred mostly masked onlookers joined invitation-only guests as Stoney Creek marked Remembrance Day with a scaled-back ceremony at Cenotaph Park for a second year in a row due to COVID-19 concerns.

Premier Doug Ford says he wants a "good deal," but not a deal that will cost taxpayers "billions" of dollars.

They are getting fewer in number, and age has left some of them in declining health, but they are still determined.

The Hamilton Conservation Authority will meet city council’s request to limit its municipal levy increase for 2022 to two per cent with money to spare thanks to surging attendance revenues.

Options for reinstating 15A bus route from McMaster to Aldershot being developed.

With a surge in COVID-19 cases across the province, several grocery stores are reporting new COVID-19 infections.

With COVID-19 numbers rising across the province, Ontario is pausing its reopening plan.The province will not go ahead with the next step of restrictions that were to be lifted Nov. 15. The pause will keep capacity limits and proof of vaccinat

The Ontario government announced $18.5 million in funding over three years to increase access to safe and affordable housing, employment assistance and child care to support survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking through the Transitional and Housing Support Program.

In 2015, a city option was to demolish the 1930 building as part of building the $17-million Bernie Morelli Recreation Centre.

Jennie (Jane) Florence Parker helped to create the 93-hectare green space known as Confederation Beach Park.

During over a three-hour budget meeting, more than 25 people urged councillors to invest in housing, child care, and approve a living wage.

Frank Briatico of Stoney Creek thought he’d won $50 on his Lotto 6/49 ticket, until he took a second look and saw some extra digits.

Hamilton public school board education director Manny Figueiredo is stepping down to become president and chief executive officer for the YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford in March.

Drivers are going to notice some changes on some neighbourhood streets on the west Mountain.

Former Hamilton Mayor Larry Di Ianni, former councillors Russ Powers and Don Ross among 21 candidates seeking Ward 5 seat.

To the chagrin of its chair, the Hamilton Conservation Authority won’t allow protected wetlands and other natural features to be bulldozed unless forced to do so by higher levels of government.

Hunter appealing two tickets for signs on Cootes, Osler

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning shoppers about an expanded mushroom recall impacting several big-name grocery stores across Ontario.

The 20-page report recommends Whitehead has his pay docked for a month and be restricted from talking to select staff.

Hamilton Community News has learned contract talks between the employer council and the union representing 13,500 full-time faculty, counsellors and librarians at Ontario’s 24 community colleges, including Mohawk College, are about to resume.

Lyn Acke and Beverly Wilson were among the first folks to pick up a free hot meal when Out of the Cold Hamilton resumed its weekly meal service at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church on Mohawk Road West Nov. 1.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is creating a whistleblower policy amid concerns existing protections don’t go far enough, especially for those facing systemic racism and discrimination.

Temporary car-free zones during arrival and dismissal encourage active transportation

The committee will be renamed the Women and Gender Equity Committee to include trans and nonbinary individuals.

The culvert replacement project that has closed Evans Road from Dundas Street East to Parkside Drive is behind schedule, and the City of Hamilton said work is now not expected to be complete until spring 2022.

The accused in a series of vandalism incidents at Waterdown’s Union Cemetery earlier this year had his case adjourned until May 3 to set a date for trial, in virtual court on Nov. 2.

Remembrance Day 2021 is a milestone year for the Royal Canadian Legion (RCL).

Rainbow crosswalks slated for the intersection of Parkside Drive and Keewaydin Street in Waterdown will not be installed this fall.

Some big-name stores in Canada are reporting new recalls that are impacting countless shoppers, sparking warnings from Health Canada.

November is, among other things, Bereavement Month, and the Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice is running a series of programs aimed at raising awareness and helping people who are coping with the loss of a loved one.

Ancaster BIA has cancelled the A Village Christmas and tree lighting ceremony for the second year in row.

Waterdown District High School (WDHS) is marking Remembrance Day with a display in the atrium commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong and the Korean War.

The deadline to show proof of vaccination is Nov. 30.

The 2021 Waterdown Terry Fox Run has raised just under $7,200 — and counting.

The truck route advisory committee will be reviewing ideas to change the truck route master plan.

After Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger floated the idea of Hamilton closing downtown streets to temporarily “pedestrianize” the roadways — potentially including Waterdown — Ward 15 Coun. Judi Partridge said while Eisenberger mentioned Waterdown, she has not had any kind of a conversation with staff about it.

Hamilton called all in-person Remembrance Day ceremonies in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.

The fall 2021 salmon spawning run into Spencer Creek and Grindstone Creek is considered over, largely before it really started.

Construction of a new St. James the Apostle Catholic Elementary School in upper Stoney Creek is expected to begin as early as January now that the project is finally ready to go to tender.

Lockers and showers will reopen, while indoor and outdoor ice rinks will open to "normal" capacity.

While the Ontario government announced that almost three million Ontarians at higher risk for COVID-19 will soon be eligible for booster shots, the disease continues to emerge in big-name grocery stores.