Planning Committee Votes to Accept OMB Ruling on Lynwood Charlton Hall, and Review Radial Separation
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/73822896[/vimeo] Hamilton City Council’s Planning Committee went behind closed doors for nearly an hour Wednesday afternoon and emerged with a recommendation to City Council. Officially, “the recommendation shall remain confidential until such time as Council approval”. Councillor Terry Whitehead, following the closed session was asked to move a…
MISSING PERSON Helga Turnau
UPDATE: Hamilton Police report missing person Helga Turnau found and police are no longer concerned for her safety…
Hamilton Community Food Security Stakeholder Advisory Committee for September 4, 2013
Farmers’ Market privatization, Urban Agriculture Policy, and Hamilton Food Strategy are all up for discussion when the City’s food security advisory committee gathers for their September meeting. With Councillor Brian McHattie pushing food security at Council, this committee is tasked with providing feedback to staff who are preparing…
Planning Committee for September 4, 2013
The Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw will be the first topic on today’s Planning Committee meeting. Following this, Committee will hear further delegations. There are 17 delegations requests for today thus far. Under the Planning Act, delegations for hearings do not need to be registered in advance. There are…
Chief of Police Glenn De Caire announces he won't seek second term
Hamilton Chief of Police Glenn De Caire will not seek a second term when his contract ends on December 31, 2014. De Caire joined the Hamilton Police service as Chief of Police on January 1, 2010 after serving 29 years on the Toronto Police Services, lastly as a…
Environment Hamilton: "Ministry of the Environment drops the ball again!"
Environment Hamilton is sounding the alarm after Ministry of the Environment provided disclosure to ArcelorMittal-Dofasco two weeks after a court deadline in the ongoing case against ArcelorMittal-Dofasco’s for 13 visible emissions volations. ArcelorMittal-Dofasco’s lawyer requested a three month adjournment to study the disclosure. More from Environment Hamilton.…
CATCH: "Secret plans for toxic chemicals"
Citizens at City Hall (CATCH) continues its dogged pursuit of accountability about perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) at Hamilton’s airport. Monday, they wrote a lengthy and well cited article about the lack of public information regarding how the PFOS contamination will be addressed. This week, as CATCH notes, City staff…
Hamilton Public Works for September 3, 2013
Intersection controls, street sweeping, new sewer use bylaw, capital spending update; those are just some of the exciting items on the agenda as City Council returns to full schedule after the summer lull. Full Agenda Two public delegations are scheduled today: James Burnett will present on the “benefits…
It's A Girl! Hamilton Paramedics Safely Deliver Baby in Rear of Ambulance
It’s A Girl! Hamilton Paramedics received a call at 1:22am this morning to the Wendy’s on Upper Centennial at Mud Street. Upon arriving, they found a woman in labour and quickly started transporting her to the nearest hospital, but the baby wasn’t going to wait to enter the…
Kevin Werner: "McHattie eyes mayor's chair"
2014 Election pre-coverage continues during the summer’s “slow” news season. Kevin Werner of Hamilton Community News profiles possible mayoral hopeful Brian McHattie in a feature piece posted to hamiltonnews.com Werner’s profile of McHattie goes deeper than *TheSpec’s *Andrew Dreschel last week revealing McHattie is looking to decide in…