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Hamilton has declared seven new outbreaks, including a hospital, elementary school, child care centres, workplaces, and supportive housing.

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council has announced a moratorium on development in the Haldimand Tract — an area covering roughly 384,451 hectares along the Grand River.

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council has announced a moratorium on development in the Haldimand Tract — an area covering roughly 384,451 hectares along the Grand River.

After a few days of spring weather, Environment Canada says as much as 10 centimetres of snow will fall on Hamilton tonight and Wednesday, and temperatures will dip below freezing.

Modelling from Hamilton Public Health shows by the end of June, the city will still have enough new daily cases to be in grey-lockdown or the red-control zone.

The City of Hamilton says its bylaw officers will fine people who use the escarpment stairs for non-essential travel and could ticket those for not wearing a face mask at playgrounds. 

Hamilton police and bylaw officers have laid 20 charges following a pair of lockdown protests over the weekend that included hundreds of people.

The union representing transit staff in Brantford says its members are “scared for themselves and their families” following a COVID-19 outbreak, and it’s calling for the workers to be prioritized for vaccines.

A member of the group advising Hamilton public health says the city isn’t doing enough to prioritize racialized, disabled and low-income residents in its vaccine rollout.

From the moment the COVID-19 vaccine is drawn from the vial, a clock starts ticking and Steve Flokstra is racing against time. The paramedic spent Saturday delivering doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to people who are homebound and otherwise might miss their chance at a shot.

Hamilton police say officers will not be randomly stopping residents as part of Ontario’s stay-at-home order.

Jennifer Munday was at home Friday night when an explosion rocked her neighbourhood. When she ran outside she found a house on Bonaventure Drive completely levelled, with shattered glass and other debris coating the area around it.

The fire department said crews were called to a “multiple alarm” explosion near Upper Paradise Road and Hadeland Avenue in a tweet posted just after 11:15 p.m. Friday.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the province’s pledge to send 25 per cent of its COVID-19 vaccines to 13 “hot spot” areas was too vague to know how it will impact Hamilton.

Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting a new single-day record of 247 cases of COVID-19.

Police say someone with the user name “Hag” has been using the Zoosk and Our Time dating sites.

Hamilton public health confirmed a vaccination clinic for inmates was scheduled to begin Thursday and continue until Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CBC News contacted all 34 Ontario public health units to ask how many, and why, doses were wasted in March as vaccination capacity ramped up significantly.

CBC News contacted all 34 Ontario public health units to ask how many, and why, doses were wasted in March as vaccination capacity ramped up significantly.

The mayor of West Lincoln, Ont., said he has received a summons to appear in court on May 25 after speaking at an anti-lockdown protest in St. Catharines.

Four more people in Hamilton have died after contracting the virus as the city recorded 156 new cases on Thursday. 

Developers of Royal Connaught Square are moving on to the third phase addition, which will add a glassy 36-storey tower of private units to Hamilton’s skyline, making it the second tallest building in the downtown core. 

The airport saw 66 per cent fewer riders last year, but 24 per cent more landed cargo aircraft billable weight.

That the 176 year old wood frame house is still standing in the downtown core is remarkable. It has the original fireplace, a beautiful hand carved entranceway, and the carpentry tools of the original owners tucked away in the attic.

Hamilton firefighters are responding to a three alarm structure fire, the department said in a tweet, “that made it through the roof” of the building.

Two hundred and one new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hamilton Wednesday — the highest single-day increase the city has seen over the course of the pandemic.

Hamilton Police Service says Const. Ryan Cole is a six-year member and the charge is related to an on-duty incident in November 2020.

A top health official at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) has broken down how COVID-19 spread inside Juravinski Hospital and caused five outbreaks in December.