Full City of Hamilton statement: "Update: Claremont Access"
The City of Hamilton issued the following statement at 1145hrs today: Update: Claremont Access HAMILTON, ON – February 23, 2012 – The Public Works Department is continuing to respond to a wall failure that occurred along the embankment of the downbound Claremont Access yesterday afternoon. City crews remained onsite…
Full City of Hamilton statement: "Update: Claremont Access"
The City of Hamilton issued the following statement at 1145hrs today: Update: Claremont Access HAMILTON, ON – February 23, 2012 – The Public Works Department is continuing to respond to a wall failure that occurred along the embankment of the downbound Claremont Access yesterday afternoon. City crews remained onsite…
Ash Wednesday is here!? and my schedule for today
I can’t believe Lent is already here and I haven’t prepared properly for it. Nonetheless, I’m not cut off from a few bad habits I need to change. It’s cold turkey. It also means a busier than usual Wednesday. I work my “day job” in the morning and…
Higher education cost-spiral entering the crosshairs
As a ?former? higher education reporter, I very happy to see higher education affordability being discussed in the context of spiralling inflation and targeted financial aid. President Obama is threatening to tie affordability to financial aid. It could be empty election year rhetoric. If actually implemented, such a…
The Youth Criminal Justice Act and Twitter photos
A great citizen photo of police interrupting dinner to stop crime Thursday evening, one of the Hamilton police ACTION teams interrupted their dinner at The Baltimore House to break-up what they thought was a drug deal in progress. What looked like a drug deal turned out to be…
Great time at Democamp Hamilton 5
Software Hamilton is achieving great success with the February 9, 2012 democamp turnout the largest thus far. Ryan McGreal’s keynote “Services-First: A Better Way to Build a Web Application” was inspiring and a helpful reminder for a journohacker of the fundamentals of web development. Nick Tomkin of Orbital’s presentation of his…
Power outages in Hamilton
I emailed my Ward Councillor, Brian McHattie, as a private citizen on Tuesday expressing concerns about the ongoing power interruptions in my area of Hamilton. It seems not a week goes by without some interruption in the west downtown district. Many of them occur during clear weather with little…
Hamilton Ward Map — almost done
I’m almost ready to release the Hamilton ward map I’ve been working on the past week. As many of my readers are aware, I’ve been requesting this data for 18 months without success. Using the Statistics Canada census tracts as a skeleton, I’ve been able to draw all…
HSR detours due to SIU investigation on Quigley Rd
Route 4 Bayfront SB from Nash/King. East on King, right, south on Greenhill continue to EOL. NB , regular route to Greenhill and Quigley, left on Quigley, right on Veevers, left on Greenhill to King. Left on King to Nash and regular route. Route 5 Delaware, 5E. EB…
As long as you don't throw eggs at me…
Ever have those days in which your mood swings, you know why, but you can’t seem to fully control it? Today’s one of those days for me. Thankfully there are people who help make it better by brightening me day. I had the pleasure of meeting one at…