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Michael Kras
24 Feb 2021

COVID-19 outbreak at Barton Street Jail grows to 28 cases

Just over a week after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, case numbers have grown among the facility’s inmates and staff. Public health officially declare...

Michael Kras
17 Feb 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Hamilton’s Barton Street Jail

The Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre – otherwise known as the Barton Street Jail – is the site of Hamilton’s latest COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak was officially declared by Hamilton pub...

Michael Kras
03 Feb 2021

New COVID-19 outbreak declared at Grace Villa as staff member tests positive

With one new coronavirus case confirmed at Grace Villa, a second COVID-19 outbreak has been declared by local public health at the Hamilton Mountain long-term care facility. The outbreak was officiall...

Michael Kras
26 Jan 2021

Hamilton hits 50 active COVID-19 outbreaks, sees downward trend in cases

Though overall case numbers are on a downward trend amid lockdown and stay-at-home orders, local public health is reporting that Hamilton currently has 50 active outbreaks of COVID-19. The news came a...

Michael Kras
21 Jan 2021

COVID-19 outbreak at Hamilton’s Grace Villa officially ends

After nearly two months, Hamilton’s longest and deadliest COVID-19 outbreak has officially been declared over by local public health. Long-term care facility Grace Villa at 45 Lockton Crescent was t...

Michael Kras
18 Jan 2021

Hamilton halts COVID-19 vaccine rollout due to supply issues

The City of Hamilton has been instructed by the province to halt regular rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine amid temporary supply issues involving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The city has been instructe...

Michael Kras
12 Jan 2021

BREAKING: Ontario declares state of emergency, issues stay at home order

As cases continue spiking in concerning directions with record daily highs despite current measures, the Ontario government has declared a state of emergency and will be enacting further restrictions ...

Michael Kras
11 Jan 2021

This online calculator shows you how soon you can get the COVID-19 vaccine

As news of local vaccination rollout continues, many Hamiltonians may be wondering when it might be their turn for a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine. Though Canada has purchased millions of doses of the v...

Michael Kras
11 Jan 2021

COVID-19 vaccine now rolling out to Hamilton’s long-term care residents

Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program is steadily moving forward, as shots are now being rolled out to the city’s residents living in long-term care or higher risk retirement facilities. Beginni...

Craig Clark
08 Jan 2021

Ontario’s first field hospital for COVID-19 patients opens in Burlington

The first field hospital in Ontario was constructed outside Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington to help control a large surge of COVID-19 cases that have overwhelmed health-care systems in the area. P...