Raise the Wage! – a Poverty Roundtable Event on the Minimum Wage
Over 30,000 people work in Hamilton but do not earn enough to live above the poverty line. The Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction wants to change this, and is hosting a panel discussion about the topic and how we can act to make a difference. It’s December 3rd,…
Hamilton Heritage Permit Review Subcommittee for November 2014
Heritage Permit Review’s November meeting is a light agenda with only one item of note; the stabilization and reconstruction of stone walls and the creation of a new entrance gate at Auchmar. This Subcommittee meets at the same time as Council. I will not be covering this meeting.…
James Street Baptist Church: Is Taking Down Back 2/3rds a 'Demolition' or Alteration'?
[](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/james_street_baptist_church.jpg)James Street Baptist Church The partial demolition of the James Street Baptist Church was not on the agenda of this week’s Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee meeting. It had been expected to arrive at HMHC prior to going to Council in December. Instead, the heritage application…
SCUBE Redux: Planning Committee for November 19, 2013
Hamilton City Council’s Planning Committee is meeting in Stoney Creek as they redo the public hearing on the new Stoney Creek Fruitland-Winona Secondary Plan, popularly known as the Stoney Creek Urban Boundary Expansion (SCUBE) This meeting is a redo of the June 4, 2013 Planning Committee meeting as…
Troubled Rental Home in Rosedale Getting Fixed – Brought to Attention on Reddit This Summer
A rental home in Rosedale that came to wide public attention this summer after the plight of its citizens was highlighted on the local Reddit subforum in July is getting fixed up. The Reddit thread caught the attention of The Hamilton Spectatorwho covered the story in some depth.…
A Quick Note On: Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Comms During Sherwood Evacuation
The Hamilton-Wentworth doesn’t get a lot of positive press these days. Today they earned some with an excellent social media communications strategy. Just before noon, Sherwood Secondary School was evacuated due to a suspected natural gas leak. Within minutes, the Board updated their website and Twitter accounts to…
Hamilton Board of Health – 1:30pm – Smoking ban in Parks and Problem Gambling Prevention
City Council meets as Board of Health and on today’s agenda are two “hot topics”: Smoking and Gambling. Staff will present an update on the City’s no-smoking in parks bylaw and request more funding for problem gambling prevention. Live coverage begins at 1:30pm, Watch the Livestream and follow…
Public Works Committee for November 18, 2014
The HSR wishes to cut frontline staff to fund new managers, the City’s Protective Plumbing Program remains popular, Brock Students look to get UPass, and Public Works wants to consolidate its yards – all this and more on Monday’s Public Works agenda. Live coverage begins at 9:30am, watch…
Food Trucks Back on City's "Nice List" as Weekend Fines Cancelled
After issuing $200 tickets against food trucks involved in Savory Saturday, the City says there was an error and have cancelled the tickets. Senior City Staff are now working to find a way to prevent further ticketing of Food Trucks near special events who are respecting the spirit…
Students at Brock's Hamilton Campus to get HSR UPass
Students at Brock University’s Hamilton campus on King Street at Rosedale will so get the same deal as McMaster students on an 8-month HSR bus pass. If approved by Council, the Brock Education students will have unlimited use of the HSR starting in September 2014 at the same…