McMaster Students and HSR reach new UPass Agreement
Proposals includes new late night service from campus and Hess Village, students must approve in referendum. The McMaster Students Union is reporting they’ve reached an agreement with the HSR to renew the UPass enjoyed by undergraduate students.[module type=”aside” align=”right” width=”quarter”] **Story Updates**– MSU cost will not impact rate…
2014 Budget Process: Capital Budget Day One [Live at 9:30 am]
It’s the start of the 2014 Capital Budget process today. Councillors will be given an overview of all the tax-supported capital projects during presentations from staff. They’ll also complete Tuesday’s agenda with presentations on Tax Assessment and Appeals. Live video starts at 9:30 a.m.…
Hamilton City Council for November 27 2013 [Replay]
(Note: to get video in HD, you must select HD in your YouTube settings. By default, YouTube chooses the best setting for your connection speed) City council gathers today at 5 p.m. to ratify the committee work of the past two weeks. Council will take the opportunity of…
Female Management Applicant Feared Losing Union Protection Against Sexual Harrassment at HSR: Arbitator
As Council votes on a proposed increase to the size of HSR’s upper management, funded by cutting three front-line positions, the question must be asked what has been done in light of the arbitrators ruling that found a qualified female candidate did not seek a promotion to senior…
2014 City Budget: Department Introduction Presentations [Replay]
The 2014 City Budget deliberations enters it’s biggest phase today as the General Managers for the six departments present their introductory overviews to Council. While no decisions are being made today, the tone of the coming months will be set. There will be a presentation on how tax…
Council's Emergency and Community Services Steps Up for Most Vulnerable Among Us
Councillors vote to continue supporting Hamilton’s most vulnerable citizens by funding programs cut by the province in 2012, but a bigger crisis looms – City social service reserves being used run out in 2014 and there’s no plan for 2015. Also, Councillors vote to very slightly increase Domiciliary…
Why I'm not Covering the 2014 Hamilton Municipal Election Until the 2014 Hamilton Municipal Election
Elections are serious business, and my coverage of the 2014 Hamilton Municipal Election will be the most thorough coverage of any local media outlet. This site will focus on giving you, the voter, in-depth informative information-based, without any preferred candidates or agenda, to enable you to decide what…
Hamilton Partners With Insurance Industry to Prevent Basement Flooding
Basement flooding, it’s almost as Hamilton as steel. [](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MRAT.jpg)A sample MRAT map A new tool launched by the City this week, and funded by the Insurance Bureau of Canada, will assist Hamilton and other cities to better target infrastructure funding to target areas most at…
Raise the Wage! – a Poverty Roundtable Event on the Minimum Wage
Over 30,000 people work in Hamilton but do not earn enough to live above the poverty line. The Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction wants to change this, and is hosting a panel discussion about the topic and how we can act to make a difference. It’s December 3rd,…
Hamilton Heritage Permit Review Subcommittee for November 2014
Heritage Permit Review’s November meeting is a light agenda with only one item of note; the stabilization and reconstruction of stone walls and the creation of a new entrance gate at Auchmar. This Subcommittee meets at the same time as Council. I will not be covering this meeting.…