COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ontario has been high this spring and summer, but some people remain on the fence, mulling over questions that leave room for doubt about vaccine safety and efficacy.

Despite Ontario entering Phase 3 of its COVID-19 reopening plan on July 16, the beach volleyball and juice bar facilities operated by Sandbox Sports Inc. at Confederation Beach Park will remain closed for the summer, according to company director Mark Zik.

Former town councillor, potter, citizen of the year dies in her 94th year

City of Hamilton documents show St. James United Church in Waterdown is exploring a plan to build 40 townhouses on its 306 Parkside Dr. site.

For the second year in a row, the yellow ducks will float in bins instead of Bronte Creek when the 2021 annual Duck Dash, hosted by the Carlisle Optimist Club, takes place virtually July 17.

After a year and a half without regular exposure to common cold and flu viruses, Ontarians can expect to see a resurgence in the fall — possibly to higher levels than in pre-COVID times, immunology experts say.

Fame — they’re going to live forever.

A familiar sight returns to the sky over Hamilton July 24.

Variety of factors making homes more expensive in Valley Town

Although originally planned for July and August, the City of Burlington has updated its plans to close Waterdown Road, pushing the closure until late fall.

There needs to be a "balance" in housing options, says Bob Maton, president of Ancaster Village Heritage Committee.

Italian flags were flying high on Sunday as the Azzurri captured the 2020 Euro soccer championship with a victory over England in penalty kicks.

Stephany Rasmusson’s online business was a smashing success in 2020.

Miles, a child and youth worker, last ran for the Conservatives in the 2015 federal election, finishing third.

Most Ontario farmers seem to have recovered from the late start to their season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Waterdown’s Chelsea Henricks was on her way to work on July 8, when she stopped at Petro-Canada at Clappison’s Corners and filled up the tank of her Mercedes with $75 of premium gasoline.

Valley Town community’s legal name ceased to exist 20 years ago

The new decorative lighting poles will be installed in 2021 along eight pathways in the Buchanan neighbourhood.

The resumption of social events and interactions following months of pandemic isolation will look differently for different people.

Nancy Smith figures Interval House of Hamilton (IHOH) has sheltered tens of thousands and women and children over the years and tens of thousands more have made use of their community programs.

As the province prepares to enter the final step of its COVID-19 reopening plan, chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore is saying "vaccines are our ticket out of this pandemic."

Andrea Horwath urges province to deny licence renewals for for-profit long-term care homes that failed residents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Adjudicator concludes city exercised reasonable discretion in not releasing document

Despite suggesting numerous times this week that the province would not be rushing into Step 3 of its reopening plan, due to concerns over the Delta variant, the ministry of health has confirmed Ontario will enter into Step Three on July 16.

The plan calls for 60 residential units on 0.35 hectares of land, along with a total of 65 parking spaces.

Amid a debate in Niagara Region about whether to open the Canada-U. S. border to non-essential travel, the Government of Ontario appears to have sided with the camp calling for the border to remain closed for now.

With more than half of all adults in Ontario fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unvaccinated people are now driving the majority of new cases. While the province has a plan to reach people facing barriers to vaccination, incentives like the lotteries Alberta and Manitoba have introduced are not part of that plan.

York Regional Police and Metropolitan Toronto Police combined forces to arrest teen terrorizing women along Steeles corridor.

Soaring real estate prices and exceedingly low mortgage interest rates are not exclusive to the Canadian market at the moment.

The proposal includes a four-storey, 224-bed long-term facility, and eight-storey and nine-storey apartment complexes.

As a result of the rise in overdose-related deaths in the province, the Ontario government has announced it will be investing in additional addictions treatment and supports, by providing annual funding.

Despite Ontario's declining COVID-19 case numbers and death rates, the province does not currently plan to move into Step Three of its reopening plan early, primarily due to concerns over the Delta variant, Health Minister Christine Elliott said.

Canada's first prime minister, and a primary figure in the country's Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald is less commonly known in history books for his treatment of Indigenous people.

Michael Scott needed a hip and knee replacement.

A Waterdown resident remains concerned about public safety — and the lack of communication from police — after the Crown withdrew the charges against the accused in a March 22 stabbing in Waterdown.

Flamborough residents in the area of 11th Concession Road East and Milburough Line are raising their opposition to a proposal to turn the two rural roads into truck routes.

The Ontario government has announced it will be investing $2.4 million into helping all school boards launch anti-human trafficking plans and protocols by next year.

With restrictions on travel gradually lifting as more of Canada's population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a growing number of Canadians is daydreaming about travel in the not-too-distant future.

Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce says it is the provincial government's goal to get students back in school full time this fall for in-person learning.

Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce says it is the provincial government's goal to get students back in school full time this fall for in-person learning.

Vancouver, which was the first Canadian municipality to introduce a vacant home tax, has raised over $60 million since 2018.

In 2018, Hamilton Police recorded about 250 complaints about ATVs from homeowners in Binbrook, Waterdown, and Glanbrook.

City of Hamilton dredging of Dundas’ Delsey Pond is still on hold, six weeks into an ongoing Ministry of Environment investigation of impacts on threatened and endangered species and their habitat.Meanwhile, the city delayed the start of another

Residents can provide feedback on draft land use study until July 14

The unopened stretch of Clappison Avenue that would connect Dundas Street and Parkside Drive in Waterdown has now been registered, but an exact timeline for its opening is not known.