The Hamiltonian, Sam Merulla, Waterfront Trust, Bay Observer, and media credentials
It’s the kind of response that only serves to inflame and distract. In an email Friday night, Sam Merulla asked Teresa DeFalco’s blog “The Hamiltonian” to provide media credentials such as the “national” credentials of The Hamilton Spectator. The full exchange can be found here on DeFalco’s blog.…
New Ticats stadium to be complete July 1st 2014? I'll believe it when I see it
Hamilton city councillor Lloyd Ferguson is promising that the new Ticats stadium on the current site of Ivor Wynne Stadium will be complete by July 1, 2014. Ferguson is the chair of the city’s stadium sub-committee and is in a position to make the stadium. However, scepticism is…
New Ticats stadium to be complete July 1st 2014? I'll believe it when I see it
Hamilton city councillor Lloyd Ferguson is promising that the new Ticats stadium on the current site of Ivor Wynne Stadium will be complete by July 1, 2014. Ferguson is the chair of the city’s stadium sub-committee and is in a position to make the stadium. However, scepticism is…
Stadium plans to be revealed September 24th
Hamiltonian’s will get to see what the new stadium replacing Ivor Wynne will look like on September 24, 2012. Pan Am Stadium Precinct sub-committee chair Lloyd Ferguson announced the unveiling plans at this week’s sub-committee meeting. The City is also revealing neighbourhood plans during a special GIC meeting…
Locke Street getting another coffee shop? This one in a basement
The apartment building on the northeast corner of Locke Street South and Pine St may soon house a coffee shop in its basement level. The owner of the building is requesting a variance from the City of Hamilton to allow a take-out only coffee shop to be constructed…
1am news release: Supercrawl announces "secret" pop-up show for today at noon
It’s not every night that I receive a news release at 1:00 a.m., let alone an awesome news release at 1:00 a.m. Supercrawl (@Supercrawl) is hosting a FREE concert later today at noon with two great acts – Said The Whale (@SaidTheWhale) and Hamilton’s own Terra Lightfoot (@TerraLightfoot)…
1am news release: Supercrawl announces "secret" pop-up show for today at noon
It’s not every night that I receive a news release at 1:00 a.m., let alone an awesome news release at 1:00 a.m. Supercrawl (@Supercrawl) is hosting a FREE concert later today at noon with two great acts – Said The Whale (@SaidTheWhale) and Hamilton’s own Terra Lightfoot (@TerraLightfoot)…
Open Streets should be every weekend
It’s great to walk down the middle of James Street – literally the middle. Open Streets Hamilton opens our historic James Street North to pedestrian traffic and is a great full day festival of civic life unlike any other. There’s no formal attempt to theme the street, things…
Anti-abortion campaign of disgusting images arrives in Hamilton
The group behind the controversial “Genocide Awareness Project”, which compared victims of the Nazi Holocaust to aborted fetuses, arrived in Hamilton with their message on Saturday. The Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform’s “EndtheKilling” campaign which shows graphic images of aborted fetuses set up across the city with activist…
Jimmy Wales calls for people to sign petition against extradition of Richard O'Dwyer
Wikipedia’s founder Jimmy Wales is joining the call for Richard O’Dwyer extradition to stopped. O’Dwyer is be to extradited to the United States for alleged crimes committed in the UK by a website he ran. The charges are criminal infringement of copyright and conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.…