Fire Department makes second rescue of week in Queen Street Apartment Fire
Hamilton’s Fire Department successfully rescued a 60-year-old man from his burning apartment just after 2:30 p.m. this afternoon – their second rescue of a person from a fire this week. Fire Department Spokesperson Claudio Mostacci says crews received the call at approximately 2:36 p.m. and arrived at the…
HWDSB Trustees Voting on New Ward Boundaries, Including Merger of Ancaster-Westdale
The Hamilton-Wentworth District School’s Trustees are voting on new Ward boundaries at their December 9 meeting, following a recommendation this week by their Governance Committee. If approved it will be the first substantial change to Ward boundaries since the former County and City Boards of Education were forcefully…
McMaster Students and HSR reach new UPass Agreement
Proposals includes new late night service from campus and Hess Village, students must approve in referendum. The McMaster Students Union is reporting they’ve reached an agreement with the HSR to renew the UPass enjoyed by undergraduate students.[module type=”aside” align=”right” width=”quarter”] **Story Updates**– MSU cost will not impact rate…
2014 Budget Process: Capital Budget Day One [Live at 9:30 am]
It’s the start of the 2014 Capital Budget process today. Councillors will be given an overview of all the tax-supported capital projects during presentations from staff. They’ll also complete Tuesday’s agenda with presentations on Tax Assessment and Appeals. Live video starts at 9:30 a.m.…
Hamilton City Council for November 27 2013 [Replay]
(Note: to get video in HD, you must select HD in your YouTube settings. By default, YouTube chooses the best setting for your connection speed) City council gathers today at 5 p.m. to ratify the committee work of the past two weeks. Council will take the opportunity of…
Female Management Applicant Feared Losing Union Protection Against Sexual Harrassment at HSR: Arbitator
As Council votes on a proposed increase to the size of HSR’s upper management, funded by cutting three front-line positions, the question must be asked what has been done in light of the arbitrators ruling that found a qualified female candidate did not seek a promotion to senior…
2014 City Budget: Department Introduction Presentations [Replay]
The 2014 City Budget deliberations enters it’s biggest phase today as the General Managers for the six departments present their introductory overviews to Council. While no decisions are being made today, the tone of the coming months will be set. There will be a presentation on how tax…
Council's Emergency and Community Services Steps Up for Most Vulnerable Among Us
Councillors vote to continue supporting Hamilton’s most vulnerable citizens by funding programs cut by the province in 2012, but a bigger crisis looms – City social service reserves being used run out in 2014 and there’s no plan for 2015. Also, Councillors vote to very slightly increase Domiciliary…
Why I'm not Covering the 2014 Hamilton Municipal Election Until the 2014 Hamilton Municipal Election
Elections are serious business, and my coverage of the 2014 Hamilton Municipal Election will be the most thorough coverage of any local media outlet. This site will focus on giving you, the voter, in-depth informative information-based, without any preferred candidates or agenda, to enable you to decide what…
Hamilton Partners With Insurance Industry to Prevent Basement Flooding
Basement flooding, it’s almost as Hamilton as steel. [](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MRAT.jpg)A sample MRAT map A new tool launched by the City this week, and funded by the Insurance Bureau of Canada, will assist Hamilton and other cities to better target infrastructure funding to target areas most at…