COVID-19 vaccine

Michael Kras
19 Mar 2021

Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands to all Indigenous adults

In partnership with local Indigenous organizations and communities, the City of Hamilton has further expanded its COVID-19 vaccine rollout to include all Indigenous adults in the city. This expansion ...

Michael Kras
19 Mar 2021

Premier Doug Ford visits Hamilton’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccine clinic

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was in Hamilton on Thursday to pay a visit to the city’s first forthcoming large-scale COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Ford met with city officials, posed for some photos, spoke a...

Michael Kras
15 Mar 2021

Ontario’s online COVID-19 vaccine booking launches today

Today marks the official launch of Ontario’s online booking system for the COVID-19 vaccines, hopefully streamlining the process of getting the province’s population inoculated. The booking system...

Michael Kras
13 Mar 2021

COVID-19 vaccines open up to Hamilton residents 80 and up

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility has widened just a touch more, with Hamilton residents ages 80 and up officially able to get their shots as of this coming Monday, March 15th. The widening of eligibility ...

Michael Kras
11 Mar 2021

Some Hamilton doctors to start offering COVID-19 vaccine for ages 60 to 64

A number of Hamilton-area doctors in primary care settings are set to begin offering the recently approved AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a select group of city residents as of this weekend. As part ...

Michael Kras
10 Mar 2021

Hamilton warns residents about COVID-19 vaccine scam

The City of Hamilton is warning residents about a scam regarding COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the city. City officials have been receiving notice about the scam, which is targeting Hamilton reside...

Michael Kras
09 Mar 2021

FirstOntario Centre will be used as a large-scale COVID-19 vaccine clinic

As Hamilton prepares to widen eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine and accelerate rollout, the city is repurposing FirstOntario Centre to turn it into a large-scale vaccination clinic. It’s a prime ...

Michael Kras
08 Mar 2021

Hamilton investigates alleged ‘inappropriate’ COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Hamilton Public Health is conducting an investigation following allegations that three employees working at one of the city’s mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics administered doses to 15 individuals...

Michael Kras
05 Mar 2021

BREAKING: Health Canada approves Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Adding a fourth effective vaccine candidate to the mix, Health Canada has just officially issued approval of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the country. The vaccine joins those ...

Michael Kras
03 Mar 2021

Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccine hotline deals with overwhelming demand

For Hamilton’s older seniors, the effort needed to get through on the city’s COVID-19 hotline to register for their vaccine has been nothing short of Herculean. As vaccine bookings opened for loca...