Efforts are underway to find long-term temporary housing for seniors left homeless by the April 14 fire that damaged much of a three-storey apartment building at 110 Stoney Brook Dr. in lower Stoney Creek.
A 27-year-old man suffered multiple injuries including possible broken bones after falling from one of the public viewing platforms into the gorge at Mount Albion Falls around 5 p.m. on April 24.
Ontario is launching a new pilot program that will allow paramedics in 33 communities to treat palliative care patients for symptoms at home rather than in hospitals.
Ontario is showing tentative signs of bending the COVID-19 curve even as it sets new records for hospitalizations during the third wave, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Brown said during an update on Monday.
Amid a rise in ICU admissions across the province, medical experts have been discussing the possibility of invoking the Emergency Standard of Care protocol, developed by the Ontario Critical Care COVID-19 Command Centre, which includes three triaging scenarios.
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As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to threaten ICU capacity in Ontario, some physicians and residents have expressed fear that hospitals will begin triaging patients in critical care.
Even in the age of virtual committee meetings, Hamilton finds itself being admonished by the provincial ombudsman for inappropriately holding a meeting without the public present.
Despite the COVID-19 restrictions that have forced her to close and reopen her business multiple times, Teresa Nocita still has plenty of good news to report.
Canada's vaccine advisory group, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), has announced that, based on their latest investigation of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine data, they are now recommending the vaccine to individuals 30 and older.
When Hamilton Out of the Cold changed their free weekly meal service at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church to outside pickup only due to the coronavirus pandemic, they weren’t sure what to expect.
Certain vitamins sold at Costco and Walmart might contain fragments of metal wire that could damage your digestive system, Health Canada said in a warning to shoppers.
The sound of cranes and work crews will be buzzing at St. Peter’s Residence at Chedoke and Idlewyld Manor on the west Mountain by or before the end of September.
After months of public and political pressure, Ontario is developing a paid sick leave program to help ensure workers exposed to COVID-19 can stay home and still receive their wages. But what will that program look like?
Ontario's chief medical officer Dr. David Williams has directed hospitals to immediately stop all non-emergency surgeries and procedures, due to the rising number of COVID-19-related hospitalizations and ICU admissions in the province.
A previously confidential report is offering a glimpse into the unravelling relationships that led Hamilton public school board trustees to sanction Ward 5’s Carole Paikin Miller for a second time this year.
Several Ontario gyms have recently reopened under an exception in the province’s lockdown regulations intended to serve people with disabilities — raising concerns that they are exploiting a legal loophole and creating a public health risk.
From a virtual news conference while in self-isolation Thursday, Premier Doug Ford addressed the issue of paid sick days in Ontario while also apologizing for the latest lockdown measures.
Waterdown Collision has been recognized by the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce with the 2020 Outstanding Business Achievement (OBA) Community Service Award.
Health Canada has issued warnings to shoppers due to some serious safety issues regarding products sold at Urban Barn, Giant Tiger and Home Hardware, while some injuries have also triggered a recall from big-box giant Costco.
UPDATE - A Huronia West OPP officer told a group of people staying in Wasaga Beach that if they were stopped by police while on the road, they would potentially face a brace of tickets.
Mohawk College and Hamilton’s public health department have confirmed another case of the coronavirus at the college’s Centre for Aviation Technology at John C. Munro-Hamilton International Airport.
Shoppers Drug Mart has inked a deal with the provincial government to offer COVID-19 vaccinations on a 24-hour basis, seven days per week at 20 locations starting on April 21.
The fallout from the Hamilton public school board’s recent racism scandal lurked in the background as trustees selected new names for a renovated Stoney Creek school and one being built to replace Glen Echo and Glen Brae in east Hamilton.
Not everyone’s delighted, but the negative buzz surrounding the Attic Pizza Parlour’s conversion of its former dining area into a pot shop seems to have eased now that it’s been open for nearly four months.