First Debate of Hamilton Mayoral Race [Live 7pm]
Should the City design itself to have higher density in the Core to increase taxation per acre and decrease taxes per capita? It may seem like a rhetorical question, but it is one that Hamilton is debating as the City’s financial reserves are draining, and cities across North…
Public Delegations on Proposed Flamborough School Closures [Live 6pm]
Parents and the community will have the opportunity to make their voices heard on the proposed closures of some West Flamborough elementary schools – to be replaced with new larger schools – at a special School Board meeting on April 29, 2014. The meeting will begin at 6pm…
Live Video: Tour of New Hamilton Pan Am Stadium [1:30pm Tuesday]
Infrastructure Ontario is conducting a media tour of the new Hamilton Pan Am Stadium during the afternoon of April 29th. The scheduled City of Hamilton Pan Am Stadium meeting for the same date was cancelled. Is the tour sign that the stadium will be completed on time? Watch…
REPLAY: Live Interview with Retiring Hamilton Police Deputy Chief Ken Leenderste
After 35 years as a sworn police office, Hamilton Deputy Chief of Police Ken Leenderste retires Wednesday. Just us at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2014 for a live interview with DC Leenderste, during which he’ll discuss his career, the future of police, and take questions. Of…
Governance Sub-Committee for April 28, 2014 [Replay]
Council’s Governance Committee will continue their never-able-to-complete work of how to disclose Council and Senior Management expensing practices, and amending the Integrity Commissioner bylaw to give the Commissioner more time to complete investigations. Just like the “Accountability and Transparency Committee”, which used to oversee the Integrity Commissioner, this…
FOUND – Hamilton Police Issue Missing Person Bulletin for Sara Salim, 33, of Binbrook
UPDATE: Ms. Salim was found safe. Hamilton Public thank the public for our assistance. Hamilton Police are asking for our help finding a missing person. The following statement was issued by Police at 1pm on Sunday, April, 27th, 2014: The Hamilton Police Service is seeking the assistance of…
Future Fund Board Meeting [Replay]
Hamilton’s Future Fund Board meets start the 2014 application period. The Fund, which Council used to fund the new stadium over the objections of the Board, is trying to use its depleted funds to fulfill it’s mandate of funding community initiatives that improve our City. Live video starts…
Hamilton City Council for April 23, 2014
City Council meets tonight to ratify their work from the past two weeks. Among the highlights: the approval of SCUBE, making City Hall accessible for those with disabilities, implementing approved two-way street conversions, and transit bus stop accessibility. Live coverage begins at 5pm.…
Hamilton Police Services Board for April 2014 [Live @ 4pm]
A packed Police Services Board agenda for April includes the annual reports from the Professional Standards Branch, Police Use of Force, 2013 Crime Statistics, and the Crime Prevention Report. Chief of Police Glenn De Caire is presenting on his position that police officers facing serious disciplinary charges should…
Hamilton Board of Health for April 22, 2014 [Replay]
Council meets as Board of Health to debate the compensation of the City’s doctor recruiter, Ephinephrine Auto-injector Pilot Project in two area shopping malls, Mobile Farmers’ Market Pilot, and air monitoring in Ward 5. Hamilton’s Physician Recruiter is paid at 93% of the average pay of the physician…