290 new ground-oriented housing units are approved
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BRIEF: 541 Eatery & Exchange Extends Closure, Implements Layoffs
Barton Street social enterprise is facing increased costs due to food prices at the time as they become overwhelmed with demand for social services.
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Hamilton’s Homeless Deaths Continue, Data Shows Average Age of Death is 43
Mortality Stats for Dec 1 2022 to May 31 2023 reveal homelessness is tied to premature deaths in Hamilton.
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Hamilton Committee of Adjustment Files of Note for August 10, 2023
A summary of files that have uniqueness to them, or that staff are opposing the variances
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Hamilton City Clerk Andrea Holland Resigning to Pursue New Opportunities
Announcement comes only days after Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner ordered Hamilton’s City Clerk to respond to emails and voicemails as required by law.
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INBOX: Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath on the Auditor General Report on the Greenbelt
Horwath calls on Premier Doug Ford to “abandon [his] plan to develop the Greenbelt”
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Hamilton Developers Given Special Access to Lobby for Greenbelt Land Removal, Stand to Make Billions from Changes
Secretive Hamilton Greenbelt land removals came following lobbying at a land developer dinner in September 2022: Ontario Auditor General
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Joey’s Notepad: Maximum Phone Hold Wait Time for the Year is Not An Average
ATS managers are supposedly under close watch after a scathing audit.
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Is the Fork Finally Stuck in the Commonwealth Games?
Alberta pulls the plug on 2030 bid, leaving the Commonwealth Games without any known host bids for 2026 or 2030.
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BRIEF: Ontario AG To Release Special Report on Changes to Greenbelt
Report will be public at 11:00 a.m. on Weds Aug 9