City commits $1.2-mil in financial incentives to 275 King St W development
The Hamilton Spectator reports today on 275 King Street West, focusing on a single lane closure of the King Street expressway that is blocked by the planned construction at the site. I’ve been following the development closely the past month as two City committees discussed various applications from the development…
Spectator announces end to paywall double-dip
*Disclosure: I’m currently a candidate for a web position at The Spectator. I unsuccessfully applied to CBC Hamilton. * The Hamilton Spectator’s paywall is coming down – for print subscribers. TheSpec implemented a Press+ paywall in September. The “wall” allowed non-subscribers to view 35 “free” articles a month. Print subscribers were…
Up with Chris Hayes for today
My favourite weekend political show…
The Greatest Challenge facing Journalism
Read the opening paragraph of Paul Bradshaw’s latest post Telling Wannabe Journos “Don’t Work For Free” Doesn’t Help and he lays out the biggest threat facing journalism – a lack of socio-economic diversity. Then read his paragraph explaining why some journalists do work for free. They work for…
Gawker's new anonymity implementation – smart!
Gawker gets it. (Mostly, let’s ignore the redesign for the purposes of this post) They value anonymity on the Internet and have implemented a system that encourages positive anonymous contributions to their content and comments. For anonymity, we’re introducing the “Burner” — a new way to submit information…
Jason Leach – at home in Victoria Park
Walking between think|haus on Dundurn to James Street, I encountered a gang of two urbanists conspiring in Victoria Park –Dave Kurac and Jason Leach. Here’s the thing, Jason Leach was walking around the park with a home coffee mug – not a travel mug, the standard dinner table…
A quick chat with #CstWelton
Walking down James Street this evening, I encountered Constable Welton at the intersection of Cannon around 1920 this evening. He had sped past me on his bicycle about 10 minutes prior – responding to a call. While we were chatting, he stopped traffic on Cannon (highway) assisting EMS…
Brother Walter Tucker, Hamilton's own
There is no higher compliment than to be Hamilton’s own. Brother Walter Tucker is one of Hamilton’s own. Sadly, Brother Tucker died today at age 79. His closest, and inseparable friend, Brother Michael Baldasaro shared the news on Facebook earlier this evening and Hamiltonians from all walks of…
A new project: The City Hall meeting tracker – Twitter and RSS
Tracking Hamilton City Council meetings is a challenge. They often cancel and defer meetings, they announce meetings at the last-minute, and sometimes they don’t announce their meetings. I’ve pondered creating a webspider to check the various Council and committee webpages for changes. I’ve done many spiders in the past. I run…
JP dismisses charge of careless driving in August 2010 incident that left cyclist dead
Justice of the Peace Charles W. Anderson dismissed a careless driving charge against Heather Ormerod resulting from a collision on August 10, 2010 at John St S and Forest Ave that left a 58-year-old cyclist unconscious with severe head injuries. The cyclist died August 18, 2010 after being taken off…