Four more public elementary schools in lower Stoney Creek and east Hamilton are going up for sale as construction on a new Glen school and an expanded Collegiate Avenue school continues toward planned September openings.
Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca is backing away from reintroducing his former Liberal government’s cap-and-trade program that was scrapped by Premier Doug Ford.
The premier’s office says the 413 is needed to serve a growing population and relieve pressure on highways that will soon be over capacity. The provincial government has approved controversial MZOs to help fast-track development on lands owned by some of these major developers.
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, online conspiracy theories and misinformation continue to thrive, according to the Ontario Medical Association.
The federal and Ontario governments on Wednesday are expected to announce significant funding to help boost Canada’s future vaccine manufacturing capacity, the Star has learned.
Winona residents are being asked to pay close attention to their pets after a bag of fatty meat scraps was found next to a community mailbox in the Fifty Point area on March 31.
In a letter to premier Doug Ford and education minister Stephen Lecce, more than 300 Ontario doctors and allied health professionals are urging the province not to move forward with any more school closures as a result of COVID-19.
During a press event in Toronto on March 30, Ontario Premier Doug Ford appeared to suggest regions of the province might be headed for tighter restrictions leading into the Easter long weekend.
The chair of Hamilton’s Catholic school board says he has “deep, deep concerns” about the province’s proposal to make online and remote learning permanent options for all students once the COVID-19 pandemic threat ends.
Opponents of Hamilton city council’s plan to rezone a grassy municipal property near Fifty Point in Winona to allow a residential building up to 9 storeys high say they won’t give up without a fight.
"The best vaccine for you to take is the very first one that is offered to you." These were the words of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this month when speaking to the safety of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. Similar statements have been echoed time and time again by scientists, politicians and medical experts across North America.
An open letter detailing an incident of racial profiling in Waterdown in late March has sparked community outrage after residents shared photos of the unsigned letter on social media.
Following a series of graffiti and vandalism incidents — including damage to gravestones — at Union Cemetery in Waterdown, the City of Hamilton and Hamilton Police Services have increased security and patrols of the site.
The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War and several Yemeni Canadians joined a car cavalcade through the city on March 25, urging the government of Canada to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Hamilton’s public school board plans to use an integrity commissioner for any future formal inquiries into allegations of serious trustee misconduct that could lead to sanctions.
Four people associated with Greensville Elementary School have now tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, after a student tested positive March 26.