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File this under brutality, but not the police kind. A young male who admits on video to dealing “fake cocaine” alleges police brutality from a few minor scrapes and alleged marks from handcuffs after police tackled him for attempting to deal “fake cocaine” in Hamilton’s downtown core. In…

The following statement was sent to media by Hamilton police at 21:23 tonight: Update: June 15th, 2012 Hamilton, On Hamilton Police Homicide Unit continues to investigate the attempt murder of a 47 year old Hamilton man that occurred on the morning of June 15th, 2012.  The victim is…

[](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/2012/04/hamilton-wentworth-district-school-board-files-demolition-permit-to-level-downtown-administrative-headquarters/2432712144_b2cb49561f_z/)A picture of the headquarters of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board taken by Flickr user juggybiv during the H Magazine/HIStory + HERitage walk in March 2008. (Licensed under CC) In what should be an interesting scheduling conflict, The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board [announced](http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/media/events/details.aspx?id=1701) today…

Also today at the governance sub-committee, they voted for a new policy that will limit ceremonial activities to no more than two per meeting and limited to five minutes each. This does not include the “religious greeting” (prayer) at the beginning of council. All presentations will be subject…

Hamilton City Council continues to debate when they’ll meet with a majority of Councillors preferring 5pm over the traditional 7pm start time. The governance sub-committee, consisting of five councillors, discussed a report showing 9 councillors in favour of continuing with 5pm meetings, 5 opposed, and 2 undecided. ![](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/WP_000084-300×224.jpg…

Hamilton’s Central Park is a typical city park – there’s a baseball diamond, playground, tennis courts, splash pad, a network of walking trails connecting the amenities, and a great tobogganing hill with a big buzz-kill “no tobogganing” sign to protect the city from liability. What’s unique to this…

*Apologies for the delay on this post. I was bedridden sick for most of last week and am still not quite 100%. * Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina launched his own official blog last week. In this launch post, Mayor Bratina notes the involvement of Teresa DiFalco (The Hamiltonian), Ryan…

It’s pride week in Hamilton and the pride flag is proudly displayed above the Council Chambers at City Hall. For a full listing of events this week, visit www.hamiltonpride.org…

A third floor window shows the damage from the 2000 – 2003 fires Development company Hess Village Real Estate, owned by Denis Vranich, applied for its final building permits to begin the renovation of 275 King Street West. The application comes about a month after the city’s…

Finally, a downtown parking lot is being converted – albeit for two days – into something useful. Homegrown Hamilton is applying for a Special Occasion Permit to sell alcohol during the June 23-24, 2012 Open to the Core and Open Streets Festivals, at the Imperial Parking Lot 16-24 James Street North. The…