- Michael Kras
- 04 Mar 2020
Ontario will offer free therapy for people with depression and anxiety
The province’s health ministry announced on Wednesday that it will soon be offering free therapy for anxiety and depression. The new program, called Mindability, will be funded just like OHIP (Ontar...
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- Michael Kras
- 02 Mar 2020
McMaster University student tests negative for coronavirus
A self-isolated student at Hamilton’s McMaster University has tested negative for coronavirus disease. This past Friday, a public statement was issued that an anonymous undergraduate student at McMa...
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- Craig Clark
- 29 Feb 2020
City of Hamilton to provide free menstrual products at five recreation centres
Hamilton city council voted on Wednesday to spend about $121,000 on a pilot project that would offer free menstrual health products in five recreation centres around the city. Director of ChildrenR...
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- Craig Clark
- 01 Feb 2020
Hamilton Public Health is working with hospitals to prepare for coronavirus
Though no cases are confirmed in Hamilton yet, local health officials and community partners are continuing to monitor the latest information on the coronavirus as the World Health Organization declar...
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- Craig Clark
- 11 Dec 2019
The City of Hamilton has decided on a second safe injection site location
The City of Hamilton has decided on the location of a second safe injection site after eight months of searching. The site will be located in an area of the city that has been most impacted by the opi...
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- Michael Kras
- 20 Nov 2019
Dust cloud from the botched demolition in Hamilton will not harm long-term health
If you live in Hamilton, particularly the North end of the city, you likely have vivid memories of the recent (and incomprehensibly idiotic) uncontained demolition of the old Hamilton Specialty Bar s...
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- Oluseyi Olomodosi
- 01 Nov 2019
Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday in Hamilton
Hamiltonians will get a chance to catch up with some extra sleep this weekend, as the clocks turn back an hour for the end of Daylight Saving Time. The time change will happen at 2 am on Sunday Novemb...
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- Michael Kras
- 08 Oct 2019
Vital Signs is debuting new mental health data in Hamilton
It’s safe to say that pretty much everyone is affected by mental illness at some time and in some way or another. That’s why Hamiltonians will find lots of interest in some new data on mental heal...
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- Sue Littleton
- 08 Feb 2017
Why I’m Having a Double Mastectomy
(My kiddo needs his mum) I’ve never talked so much about breasts as I have over the past month or so, not even when I was a nursing mom. You see, I’ve recently made rather a major decision regardi...
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- Laura Shirk
- 09 Dec 2016
Culture Trip
10 Cultural Gems in Burlington REFRESH & REMIND: BURLINGTON’S CULTURAL GEMS Deemed just another bedroom community by some, Burlington has more to offer than meets the eye of those passing throug...
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