City Council round-up: July 12, 2012
A busy day at City Hall today at Council’s July meeting. Key items on the agenda: approving committee motions including the Vranich loan/grant, industrial businesses operating without a certificate of approval from the Ministry of Environment, and a series of new motions from Councillors. Vranich loans and grants…
Hamilton Fire working to extinguish 10 hay bales in Glanbrook
Hamilton’s fire service is working to extinguish 10 hay bales that were caught up in an earlier grass fire. The service responded to reports of a large grass fire on Miles Rd in Glanbrook shortly after 1pm today and found “approximately 10 acres” of field on fire, says…
Big victory for Hamilton Labour Movement: all taxi drivers now unionized
Sam Lawrence supporting a 1930s picket line in favour of better working conditions for restaurant workers The Ontario Labour Relations Board** [ruled in favour](http://canlii.ca/en/on/onlrb/doc/2012/2012canlii38608/2012canlii38608.html)**of Blue Line taxi drivers who sought to unionize. They are now represented by the [Ontario Taxi Workers’ Union](http://otwu.ca/). The Taxi Workers’ Union already represents the…
Looking at the map, but not getting it right – a correction
I got it wrong, looked at the right place on the map, and still got it wrong today.It took me less than 3 minutes to publicly correct my error. Here’s how I made the error, and what steps I’m taking to prevent similar mistakes in the future. I…
Hamilton July 9 2012 GIC meeting live coverage
Hamilton City Council is meeting as General Issues Committee today. I’m here with the webcam running. Below is live video and updates. Use the hashtag #YHMgov to have your tweet automatically pulled into the coverage.…
Use the Future Fund for Good Shepherd loan?
UPDATED – 1 The Good Shepherd Centre is requesting a $5-mil interest free bridging loan to assist the organization while they await pledged donor dollars for the now completed $55-mil Good Shepherd Square affordable housing complex on King West between Ray and Pearl. The complex includes social services and…
CITY. LIFE. hamilton photographs by michael hrysko at HIStory + HERitage July 13 – Sept 7
One of Hamilton’s most prolific and original photographic artists’ work is being showcased this summer at HIStory + HERitage starting with this Friday’s James Street art crawl. Michael W Hrysko’s unique lens-view will warm the heart of every lover of this city and offers the opportunity to see what is familiar…
Toronto's @Open_TO MapJam!
The real power of open data is not accountability or transparency, it’s collaboration and engagement. A couple weeks ago, I enjoyed the opportunity to be part of that in Toronto when the city’s open data department (@Open_TO) held their MapJam event. The City of Toronto’s geospatial team hosted the event…
About that thunderstorm this morning…
I managed to sleep through the morning thunderstorm that occurred only hours after I posted the thunderstorm forecast for the day. Sigh, I didn’t see any sign of the storm when I finally started my nap at 6:30am. There’s always next time….…
Stoney Creek fail to remain leaves 89-year-old male cyclist with serious injuries in hospital
[module align=”right” width=”half” type=”aside”][/module]Hamilton police are seeking public assistance finding a vehicle involved in a fail to remain incident that left a 89-year-old cyclist in serious but stable condition in hospital. At 9:10 PM on Wednesday, July 4, an 89-year-old cyclist was riding south on Grays Road North…