Hamilton Public Works Committee for April 22, 2014 [Live @ 9:30am]
Public Works Committee will hear from the youngest delegates this term as Crown Point residents Isaac Neven, 11, and Brett Bailey, 13, delegate to seek a bike park to be built in the southwest corner of Gage Park. Bus stop accessibility and the Pan Am Games are the…
Council Sticks Together No Matter What, With the Exception of Brad Clark
[](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/clark_lonewolf_graphic.jpg)CityBlocs.ca graphic (Used under CC-BY-NC-SA license) Hamilton City Council loves a unanimous vote, and will go to great lengths to find unanimity on issues. When they can’t find agreement, they will often defer a decision to avoid the appearance of a divide on…
Great Work by Hamilton Community News Getting Fire Marshal's Report into Dundas Fire
The journalists at Hamilton Community News are among the hardest working in the business, and they have the stories to prove it. After a 14-month Freedom of Information battle, a sad statement on the Fire Marshal’s Office, Craig Campbell of HCN obtained the report into the massive November…
City to Close Beckett Drive (Queen St Hill) Tuesday 10am – Noon
[](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/beckett_drive_rock_slide.jpg)Beckett Drive Rock Slide on April 13, 2014 The City is closing Beckett Drive Tuesday, April 22, 2014 from 10am to noon for inspection of the escarpment rock face, following a rock slide on April 13th that briefly closed the road.Police…
Hamilton Police Seeking Suspect in Attempted Murder – Considered Dangerous
[](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Clipboard04.jpg)Edward MILLIGAN, 34, of Grimsby is being sought by Hamilton Police on a charge of Attempted Murder (Police Handout) Hamilton Police are searching for 34-year-old Edward MILLIGAN of Grimsby on…
Frankie "Venom" Kerr Public Art Project Public Meeting [Thurs Apr 19 @ 7:30pm – NO Live Video]
UPDATE: DUE TO THE WASTE INCINERATOR PUBLIC MTG, I WILL NOT BE COVERING THIS MEETING. Sorry The Ward 1 Area Rating funds are being used by Councillor Brian McHattie to fund a $200,000 Public Art project in Victoria Park to build a statue of Teenage Head signer Frankie…
Public Meeting on Proposed Waste Incinerator to be held Thursday Evening
[Thanks to Environment Hamilton](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=688985777810258&id=133975496644625&stream_ref=10), we now know of a proposed waste incinerator on Hamilton Harbour at the foot of Sherman Avenue, north of Burlington Street at Pier 19 on Port Authority lands. There will be a public meeting at the Steam and Technology Museum on Thursday night at…
Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee for April 2014 [Replay]
Hamilton’s Municipal Heritage Committee holds its April 2014 meeting on Thursday April 17 at 12:00 noon. Keeping with the City’s practice, this agenda is not public until at the earliest April 14th.…
Hamilton Grants Sub-Committee for April 2014 [Live Thurs Apr 17 @ 10am]
Council’s Grants Sub-Committee Committee holds its April 2014 meeting on Thursday April 17 at 10:00am. Keeping with the City’s practice, this agenda is not public until at the earliest April 14th.…
Hamilton's Media Policy Prevents Me From Stopping You (Further to my SCOTUSblog Tweets)
Further to (beyond 140 characters) this tweet of mine: Thankfully, @cityofhamilton‘s media policy doesn’t allow current journalists to deny new journalists access http://t.co/YutdLWdlkh — Joey Coleman (@JoeyColeman) April 16, 2014 One of journalism’s greatest sites is being denied media credentials by the old media, and hopefully will take…