HWDSB Central Mountain School Closures – Public Delegations [Live]
The public gets its say on the HWDSB’s proposed closure of Central Mountain Schools. Delegations begin at 6pm at City Hall. For this meeting, the HWDSB is providing a live feed that you can watch on their YouTube page, and that I’ve embedded with permission.…
Dr. Disc "Raise the Roof" Concert Series is back for 2014!
Normally, I don’t cover Hamilton’s music scene. Has anyone who knows me will tell you, I’m a horrible taste in music. Dr. Disc’s “Raise the Roof” Concert Series is the cure for someone like me, with great local music performing on the roof of the Downtown Hamilton music…
Hamilton Planning Committee for May 6, 2014 [Live 9:30am]
Planning Committee will consider granting an 11-storey building for the City Square development on the ground of the old Thistle Club in the heart of Durand, changes to the Animal By-Law to allow Ray’s Zoo (and similar establishments) to operate in the City, three developments in Ancaster, and…
Lack of Education Reporters Hurts Public Engagement in Ed. Policy [Blog]
This evening, Hamiltonians are speaking in front of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board as their East Hamilton community schools face closures – Parkdale, Rosedale, Roxborough Park, and Woodward are all on the chopping block. [![Parents and Residents of East Hamilton Gather at City Hall on May 5, 2014…
HWDSB East End School Closures – Public Delegations [Replay]
The public gets its say on the HWDSB’s proposed closure of four East Hamilton (Ward 4) schools: Parkdale, Rosedale, Roxborough Park, and Woodward. Delegations begin at 6pm at City Hall. For this meeting, the HWDSB is providing a live feed that you can watch on their YouTube page,…
Development Charges Review Committee [Replay]
The City’s Development Charges Review Committee meets at 9:30 a.m. in Council Chambers to review staff recommendations to increase some Development Charges to decrease the taxpayer subsidy for new greenfield developments. Staff were directed by the Committee during it’s meeting two weeks ago to review some aspects of…
Property Standards Hearing for Gore Park Buildings [Replay]
[](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ryGv1.jpg)18–28 King before tenants were evicted. (RTH Photo) Watch Live: [https://new.livestream.com/accounts/763580/events/2975497/](https://new.livestream.com/accounts/763580/events/2975497/) Hamilton’s Property Standards Committee meets to hear an appeal by Wilson Blanchard of an order to bring their buildings at 18-28 King Street East up to property standards. I will…
Missing 14-year-old found
Hamilton Police report Ms. Atkinson was found safe and sound. They thank the public for assistance.…
First Debate of Hamilton Mayoral Race [Live 7pm]
Should the City design itself to have higher density in the Core to increase taxation per acre and decrease taxes per capita? It may seem like a rhetorical question, but it is one that Hamilton is debating as the City’s financial reserves are draining, and cities across North…
Public Delegations on Proposed Flamborough School Closures [Live 6pm]
Parents and the community will have the opportunity to make their voices heard on the proposed closures of some West Flamborough elementary schools – to be replaced with new larger schools – at a special School Board meeting on April 29, 2014. The meeting will begin at 6pm…