Hamilton Community Food Security Stakeholder Advisory Committee for September 4, 2013
Farmers’ Market privatization, Urban Agriculture Policy, and Hamilton Food Strategy are all up for discussion when the City’s food security advisory committee gathers for their September meeting. With Councillor Brian McHattie pushing food security at Council, this committee is tasked with providing feedback to staff who are preparing…
Planning Committee for September 4, 2013
The Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw will be the first topic on today’s Planning Committee meeting. Following this, Committee will hear further delegations. There are 17 delegations requests for today thus far. Under the Planning Act, delegations for hearings do not need to be registered in advance. There are…
Chief of Police Glenn De Caire announces he won't seek second term
Hamilton Chief of Police Glenn De Caire will not seek a second term when his contract ends on December 31, 2014. De Caire joined the Hamilton Police service as Chief of Police on January 1, 2010 after serving 29 years on the Toronto Police Services, lastly as a…
Environment Hamilton: "Ministry of the Environment drops the ball again!"
Environment Hamilton is sounding the alarm after Ministry of the Environment provided disclosure to ArcelorMittal-Dofasco two weeks after a court deadline in the ongoing case against ArcelorMittal-Dofasco’s for 13 visible emissions volations. ArcelorMittal-Dofasco’s lawyer requested a three month adjournment to study the disclosure. More from Environment Hamilton.…
CATCH: "Secret plans for toxic chemicals"
Citizens at City Hall (CATCH) continues its dogged pursuit of accountability about perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) at Hamilton’s airport. Monday, they wrote a lengthy and well cited article about the lack of public information regarding how the PFOS contamination will be addressed. This week, as CATCH notes, City staff…
Hamilton Public Works for September 3, 2013
Intersection controls, street sweeping, new sewer use bylaw, capital spending update; those are just some of the exciting items on the agenda as City Council returns to full schedule after the summer lull. Full Agenda Two public delegations are scheduled today: James Burnett will present on the “benefits…
It's A Girl! Hamilton Paramedics Safely Deliver Baby in Rear of Ambulance
It’s A Girl! Hamilton Paramedics received a call at 1:22am this morning to the Wendy’s on Upper Centennial at Mud Street. Upon arriving, they found a woman in labour and quickly started transporting her to the nearest hospital, but the baby wasn’t going to wait to enter the…
Kevin Werner: "McHattie eyes mayor's chair"
2014 Election pre-coverage continues during the summer’s “slow” news season. Kevin Werner of Hamilton Community News profiles possible mayoral hopeful Brian McHattie in a feature piece posted to hamiltonnews.com Werner’s profile of McHattie goes deeper than *TheSpec’s *Andrew Dreschel last week revealing McHattie is looking to decide in…
TorStar: McMeekin commits to changing system
*The Toronto Star *profiles provincial Community and Social Services Minister Ted McMeekin as he embarks on reforming the province’s social assistance programs. Last week, McMeekin announced a very small increase in social assistance rates and changes to income restrictions to try and assist people to return to the…
HWDSB: Malloy's Back to School Video
Dr. John Malloy, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board’s Director of Education, addressed principals and vice-principals last week calling for them to engage and inspire students in the coming year with a commitment to excellence. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AbgFjI5QDI[/youtube] Via HWDSB YouTube Channel…