Public Health

Michael Kras
26 Mar 2020

Hamilton is offering free emergency child care to essential workers during COVID-19

In an effort to ease the burden on Hamilton’s health care professionals and other essential front-line workers during COVID-19, the city is offering emergency child care services from three licensed...

Michael Kras
25 Mar 2020

BREAKING: Trudeau releases new $2,000 per month emergency fund during COVID-19

In a considerable financial move this morning by the Canadian government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that emergency funding for Canadians during the COVID-19 outbreak will now come in the...

Michael Kras
25 Mar 2020

Off-peak hydro prices now in effect 24 hours a day in Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced yesterday that, in response to most Ontarians staying home amid the COVID-19 outbreak, all hydro bills will temporarily shift to off-peak rates all day for individu...

Michael Kras
25 Mar 2020

Hamilton’s conservation areas are now closed to the public

Leisurely hikes during quarantine are officially off the table, as the Hamilton Conservation Authority has immediately, temporarily closed all local conservation areas from public access during COVID-...

Michael Kras
24 Mar 2020

Hamilton is converting rec centres into COVID-19 shelters for the homeless

To help Hamilton’s homeless residents with self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak, the city has announced that it will temporarily convert local recreation centres into self-isolation shelters ...

Michael Kras
24 Mar 2020

A Hamilton tech company has developed an app to help the city fight COVID-19

In an inventive effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Hamilton, a local tech company has developed a new app and website that will help Hamilton’s health authorities proactively gather infor...

Craig Clark
24 Mar 2020

Conservation Halton closes all parks after a busy weekend of visitors not practicing social distancing

After a week that saw Halton’s first COVID-19 related death and Burlington mayor Marianne Meed Ward announcing a state of emergency, locals continued to flock to parks in the area forcing Conser...

Michael Kras
23 Mar 2020

BREAKING: Ontario orders all non-essential businesses to shut down amid COVID-19

The province of Ontario is officially ordering all non-essential businesses to shut down, in an effort to help mitigate the ongoing spread of COVID-19. The announcement this afternoon from Premier Dou...

Michael Kras
23 Mar 2020

Paramount Fine Foods is preparing free meals to those in need during COVID-19

While the outbreak of COVID-19 has put many of Hamilton’s restaurants, bars, and cafes in states of uncertainty, many business owners are taking this unprecedented opportunity to find ways of reachi...

Michael Kras
21 Mar 2020

Starlite Drive-in revokes announcement that they’d reopen during COVID-19

An announcement yesterday from Starlite Drive-In Movie Theatre that they would be open for business during COVID-19 turned out to be short-lived, as the news was quickly revoked later the same day. At...