Taking action to break the poverty cycle in Hamilton
*The following post was first published as my July column in Hamilton’s full broadsheet monthly newspaper Urbanicity. * The 2011 Census collection is complete. We won’t see the results for many months, but we can surely expect Hamilton’s poverty indicators will continue to show a crisis in our…
Hamilton City Council facing July deadline for velodrome
Hamilton City Council may need to hold at least one special meeting before the end of July as external deadline for the velodrome Request for Proposals process is July 28. That’s when Toronto 2015 CEO Ian Troop stated he plans to issue the RFP for the new facility.…
Updated: McMaster warns grad students – don't live east of James Street
UPDATE: McMaster University spokesperson Gord Arbeau writes in an email: Obviously this is not a “statement by McMaster University” but reflective of the personal opinions of one person who drafted an anecdotal letter about possible housing choices. It was sent to nine incoming Masters students by email and…
Updated: McMaster warns grad students – don't live east of James Street
UPDATE: McMaster University spokesperson Gord Arbeau writes in an email: Obviously this is not a “statement by McMaster University” but reflective of the personal opinions of one person who drafted an anecdotal letter about possible housing choices. It was sent to nine incoming Masters students by email and…
Mayor Bratina's office cuts 29 cheques
Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina’s $10,000 donation to the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton was completed by issuing 29 separate cheques to individual United Way agencies. Rob Rossini, general manager, finance & corporate services, confirmed in an email Thursday the donations were dispersed by the Mayor’s office…
Mayor Bratina's office cuts 29 cheques
Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina’s $10,000 donation to the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton was completed by issuing 29 separate cheques to individual United Way agencies. Rob Rossini, general manager, finance & corporate services, confirmed in an email Thursday the donations were dispersed by the Mayor’s office…
City of Hamilton Act 1985
Hamilton City Council now directly controls the city’s municipally owned downtown entertainment facilities following a Council decision to disband the HECFI board. Hamilton Entertainment and Convention Facilities Incorporated (HECFI) was created in 1985 when the provincial legislature amended the City of Hamilton Act. The City Clerk’s office provided…
Removed HECFI Board member supports #HamOnt Council takeover
HECFI Board member Vito Sgro, a well-known Charted Accountant and political organizer, is supporting City Council’s decision to take over governance of HECFI. In an email to City Councillors tonight Mr. Sgro says the mess at HECFI was worse than he expected when appointed by Council in spring 2011 to…
Report my errors, see my revisions – transparency in journalism
“The journalism industry ships lemons every day. Our newsrooms have a massive quality control problem. According to the best counts we have, more than half of stories contain mistakes — and only 3 percent of those errors are ever fixed.” – Scott Rosenberg (Bio) opening his recent post ‘How Newsrooms Can…
My PRESTO card error fixed!
Using the PRESTO card I excitedly purchased my PRESTO card shortly after GO unveiled the fare payment system for public use. I rushed to the Hamilton GO Centre to get my card. With disappointment, I learned that I could only use the card for GO train trips and not…