Hamilton’s new payday loan bylaw may seem to be the landmark moment in the battle over pay day loans, it’s symbolic. Changes being made by the province to strengthen credit unions are where the fight will be won.
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Low-to-Mid-Rise Residential Building Elevators About to Be Added to Hamilton Property Standards Bylaw
UPDATE: The bylaw amendment passed at Planning Committee. Further Reading: City’s New Elevator Bylaw is an Interesting Stretch of Municipal Property Standards Powers The Hamilton Seniors Advisory Committee is getting one of their priorities onto the Council agenda as the Planning Committee looks to add the operation of elevators in low-to-mid-rise buildings into the Property […]
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Hamilton Planning Committee for February 16, 2016 [Replay Video]
Councillors voted to implement municipal licensing of the pay day loan industry in Hamilton, approved a student apartment building beside the Lister Block, made substantive changes to the planning application process and added low-to-mid-rise elevators to the property standards bylaw.
Full replay video.
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CRTC Makes Ruling in City's Fight Against Bell: Who Won?
The City of Hamilton is declaring victory in its fight against Bell Canada at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
However, its unclear if they won based upon the CRTC’s siding with Bell Canada on a few important issues in a decision issued on Wednesday.
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The Public Record on TVO's The Agenda: The Future of Local Media
What is the future of local journalism in Canada? As newspapers shutter, television stations cut back, and big media corporations threaten to shut down local broadcast stations, TVO’s The Agenda “examines the health and viability of regional journalism and why it matters.” Full Video
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Hamilton City Council for February 10, 2016
Hamilton City Council meets to approve their committee work of the past two weeks and to debate motions, including a motion to seek an injunction to shut down the operation of Uber in Hamilton. Related: UBER’s Hamilton Email Blitz an Uber-Failure Replay Video
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UBER's Hamilton Email Blitz an Uber-Failure
Uber may know how to beat the taxi industry, but is completely loss at how to win votes from City Council.
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Hamilton Council Budget Delegations for 2016
Hamilton City Council’s annual public delegations on the budget runs from 3pm to 7pm, and you can watch live here on The Public Record.
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Hamilton Council Emergency and Community Services Committee for February 8, 2016
Council’s E&CS Committee’s main topics of discussion today are an update on the Social Assistance Management Software, the McQueston Urban Farm, and delegations from the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic “respecting endorsement of a report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights” and the YWCA Hamilton “respecting the YWCA Hamilton Transitional Living […]
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Hamilton Council Audit, Finance, Admit Committee for February 8, 2016
Council’s Audit, Finance, and Administration meets for primarily administrative housekeeping items. One item of special note, Council reviewed an additional $50 administration fee for lead-pipe replacement loans.