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When Lindsay Johnson’s 11-year-old daughter found out she wasn't going back to school after April break, she cried. Like last shutdown, this remote learning period will "take its toll" on Hamilton students and parents.

Saying the views of West Lincoln Mayor David Bylsma are outlandish and lacking in reality, Niagara Region Chair Jim Bradley said he is deeply troubled and disappointed with the mayor’s active participation in an illegal anti-lockdown protest in St. Catharines.

OPINION | There is lots of space, undeveloped, underdeveloped and underutilized throughout the city. It’s much harder to get individual urban landowners on board with development ideas than one or two large developers who already own the land and come with plans drawn up and shovel ready, writes Margaret Shkimba.

There are no active COVID-19 cases on the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and virtually all adult band members who want to be vaccinated have received at least their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Here's the latest on how you can get your COVID-19 vaccine in Hamilton

Halton police have arrested and charged a 27-year-old Hamilton man with sexual assault and extortion.

Hamilton public health is reporting two new COVID deaths, 42 new cases and three new outbreaks.

I don’t understand how he was even alive that he didn’t die from alcohol poisoning. A 36-year-old Hamilton man had a blood-alcohol level in excess of five times the legal limit when he drove to a St. Catharines beer store in September.

As the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre deals with a COVID-19 outbreak, advocates say family members are being left in the dark, and calls between inmates and their lawyers are being cancelled.

I said, ‘I think we won something. Like money. Like lots of money $100,000.’ But when Joe looked at it, he realized it was more. #HamOnt ... http://torstar.co/7yfp50D9Hhi See more

What they sold for: Even in winter, Hamilton’s beach strip is hot See what two million-dollar homes on Beach Boulevard were sold in December http://torstar.co/AWIz50D9spp

Pfizer cutting back vaccine deliveries to Canada due to production issues http://torstar.co/M8gC50D9Dp4

In hindsight, Ontario’s reopening seems now to have been too much, too quickly and not responsive enough when case numbers started to rise, writes Jim Young.

#EDITORIAL | This week’s decision to impeach Donald Trump for yet a second time will strike even some of his most committed foes as overkill. Whatever harm he’s done to the United States in the most brazen and bizarre presidency in the country’s history and that damage is as massive as it will prove enduring the sands in his hourglass are running out. In five days, Trump’s four-year term will end, no matter how much he fumes and fulminates. http://torstar.co/NDOU50D9sP2

Patricio Bettencourt found the true meaning of Christmas, on a dark, snowy downtown Hamilton corner on Christmas Eve.

Hamilton’s Catholic board has cancelled its final exams and eased graduation requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A driver has died following a two-vehicle collision on Robinson Road in Dunnville Thursday evening. http://torstar.co/ZaWM50D9yuv

A broad and deep knowledge base is essential in Jeopardy! and in life, writes Michael Zwaagstra. This is why it’s important for schools to have a knowledge-rich curriculum that sequentially builds on knowledge year by year. http://torstar.co/txPp50CUlYa

The Halton District School Board is closing all elementary schools on Nov. 30.

Ted Davis and his family were just finished unwrapping gifts when he had an unexpected Christmas morning interaction with Hamilton police. For a few minutes he was a suspect in a shooting that took place next door.

I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second. The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the traumatic experience in hope of helping others. http://torstar.co/jZTP50CusDe

McMaster University has delayed the start of classes in the winter semester by an additional week to help limit any potential COVID-19 cases after the holiday break.

The century-old technique of knife-shaving noodles is legendary. The method is considered an art form taking years to master. Noodle Me’s Zhao Libang and assistant Lin Yue have mastered it and demonstrate how it’s done.

The city’s auditor has asked Hamilton police to investigate an alleged $55,000 benefits fraud committed by an employee who has since been fired.

The Office of the Fire Marshal has been called after a house fire on the Hamilton Mountain on Tuesday evening. http://torstar.co/6H4B50CutUW

No one was injured in a blast at ArcelorMittal Dofasco that sent a plume over Hamilton Harbour.

With the doors of Peel and Toronto retailers and malls locked up tight under lockdown, Christmas shoppers may have their eyes on Hamilton to check gifts off this year’s lists. And that’s a cause for concern, said Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, chief medical officer of health for the city. http://torstar.co/ohDn50CupFx

Brunch to-go! Here are five mouth-watering Hamilton take-out hot spots.

People will die this winter." Their demands are multi-level, including a national call to defund the police, but also a specific local call for Hamilton to make housing a priority. Primarily they’re looking for an action plan to deal with homeless encampments around Hamilton, she said. http://torstar.co/KmtN50Cupn2

A Toronto couple and their two adult sons, who all worked as Ontario government computer specialists, are alleged to have been involved in the theft of more than $11 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the Star has learned. http://torstar.co/Cmk950CupCI

Today's Editorial Cartoon by Hamilton Spectator cartoonist Graeme MacKay. Time for Donald Trump to stop tweeting and start accepting reality. See more from our Opinion page... https://bit.ly/364cJuJ

OPINION | Jeanne Mayo says that she's disappointed some people feel Hamilton should not spend money on rebuilding Sam Lawrence Park in today's letters to the editor.

Two Niagara restaurants are requiring identification showing a local address for dine-in customers, in an attempt to protect themselves from COVID spread and anther lockdown. http://torstar.co/mZCn50BVf9M

Hamilton-born playwright Erin Shields has been chosen by Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha to be part of the Six Women Writing project, Gary Smith writes.

Premier Doug Ford ordered new COVID restrictions in York Region on Friday, citing the area’s high rates of transmission. But he made no commitments about four other regions, including Hamilton, that have also surpassed a concerning threshold.

Hamilton is reporting 19 new COVID-19 cases Saturday. There are 164 active cases in the city.

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A necessary and terrifying question facing investigators looking into the now-deceased man police say almost certainly killed 9-year-old Christine Jessop in York Region 36 years ago: could there be more victims?

Months after Hamilton’s infamous LRT derailment, Metrolinx is eyeing another major rapid transit link to the city. But not a transit line in the lower city.

We may have an equal-access health-care system in Ontario but there is nothing equal about the health of Hamiltonians. Steve Buist analyzes Hamilton's COVID-19 trends as compared to The Spectator's Code Red project.

Hamilton police apologized after three Black and brown runners were stopped and questioned at a Truth and Reconciliation exhibit outside central station. The runners say it is a symptom of systemic racism and oppression.

The Spectator's view: Based on all verifiable reports to date, the operators of the Hamilton SpinCo franchise did everything right. COVID-19 doesn’t care.

Shelter operators in Hamilton have seen a spike in demand for beds as the city clears encampments of homeless people. We were so behind to begin with. We have a lot of catching up to do, said YWCA director Medora Uppal. http://torstar.co/IkoV50BV1X1