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Michael Kras
20 Jan 2021

McMaster University offers residence rooms to frontline healthcare workers

As the second wave of the pandemic continues to rage on and threaten our hospital capacities, McMaster University has announced it is offering its residence rooms and meals at cost to Hamilton’s fro...

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...

Michael Kras
07 Jan 2021

Ontario extends online class for elementary & secondary students to January 25th

Though elementary school students across Ontario were set to return to in-person classes this coming Monday, the Ford government has just announced that all students in Southern Ontario elementary and...

Craig Clark
06 Jan 2021

Hamilton police charge 32 individuals for breaking lockdown rules over the holidays

Officials in Hamilton said they received over 200 complaints of potential breaches of bylaws and restrictions during lockdown that came into effect on December 26th. According to a report on Global Ne...

Michael Kras
14 Oct 2020

Hamilton’s daily rate of new COVID-19 cases reaches highest point to date

With 111 new COVID-19 cases confirmed over the long weekend and an average of 25 new cases each day within the last week, Hamilton is seeing its largest daily rate of new cases since the pandemic firs...

Michael Kras
03 Oct 2020

Hamilton tightens restrictions as COVID-19 cases climb

As new confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to spike all across the city and province, the City of Hamilton is tightening some restrictions in the interest of public health & safety. The city’s med...

Michael Kras
28 Sep 2020

Ontario reports 700 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in a single day

It’s definitely not the kind of record we’re happy to break, but the Province of Ontario has just confirmed 700 new COVID-19 cases in a single day; the largest one-day increase in cases since the ...