Public Health

Michael Kras
04 Jan 2022

Here’s how Hamilton is impacted by Ontario’s new COVID-19 restrictions

Yesterday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced new restrictions as the province grapples with the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the infectious Omicron variant. On top of a delayed retur...

Michael Kras
03 Jan 2022

Ontario delays school return by two weeks, moves to modified Stage Two restrictions

Ontario is delaying the return to school by two weeks and bringing back numerous other COVID-19 restrictions as cases continue to skyrocket across the province. Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday a...

Michael Kras
31 Dec 2021

Ontario limits PCR testing to high-risk individuals, delays return to school

The Ontario government has announced some changes to its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the exponential rise of the Omicron variant. The new measures, announced on Thursday, including delaying ...

Michael Kras
29 Dec 2021

Hamilton’s ‘GOVAXX’ pop-up vaccine clinics are now appointment-only

One of Hamilton’s roaming pop-up vaccine clinics has switched from a walk-in to appointment-only model. The ‘GOVAXX’ Clinic, launched all around Ontario as a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic on a ...

Michael Kras
28 Dec 2021

Hamilton administers over 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines

In an encouraging milestone, the City of Hamilton has officially exceeded one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered. A release from the city on December 24th shared the positive news while g...

Michael Kras
17 Dec 2021

Hamilton ramps up COVID-19 vaccination capacity for booster doses

As the Omicron variant continues to surge across Ontario, the City of Hamilton has announced its immediate plans to ramp up vaccine capacity to get booster shots to residents as quickly as possible. T...

Michael Kras
16 Dec 2021

Ontario announces new measures to combat Omicron variant of COVID-19

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the province at an unprecedented rate, the Ontario government is announcing new measures to help mitigate the spread. The two largest move...

Michael Kras
14 Dec 2021

Hamilton residents aged 50+ can now book a COVID-19 booster shot

Starting this week, eligible Hamilton residents ages 50 and up are eligible to book an appointment for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccines. Locals who fall into this category are now eligible to rec...

Michael Kras
03 Dec 2021

Hamilton will open COVID-19 vaccine boosters to residents aged 50+

Following direction from the Ontario government, the City of Hamilton will soon open eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine boosters to residents ages 50 and above. Beginning December 13th at 8 am, Hamilton...

Michael Kras
01 Dec 2021

Canada officially bans unvaccinated travellers from planes and trains

As of this past Tuesday, November 30th, all Canadian travellers ages 12 and up on planes and trains must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Through the previous month, negative molecular COVID-19 t...