Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman finds a coalition of homeless applicants who are challenging bylaws failed to meet the legal test for an injunction.
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Alberta Court Says Municipal Landmarks “Not a Soapbox”
Alberta’s superior court, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, upheld the decision of the City of Edmonton not to light up their municipal landmark High-Level Bridge in the colours of the Alberta March for Life Association.
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BRIEF: Heritage Committee Approves Security Bollards Around Hamilton City Hall
Council approved the $682,000 project in March.
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BRIEF: Ontario Regulation for Hamilton LRT Issued
Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit line is now officially an Ontario Priority Transit Project under the Building Transit Faster Act.
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COLEMAN: The Prince George Encampment Ruling, What It Could Mean for Hamilton
In Prince George, a B.C. Chief Justice adds suitable low-barrier accessible shelter to the requirements municipalities must meet or be restrained from removing encampments.
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OLT Issues Rare Cost Order Against the White Star Group for Gross Misbehaviour
OLT issues its strongest allowed rebuke against White Star Group
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Will the Superior Court Grant an Interlocutory Injunction Preventing Removal of Encampments in Hamilton?
Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman must decide if the Court will grant an interlocutory [temporary] injunction to restrain the City of Hamilton from using its Parks Bylaw to remove homeless encampments on public lands.
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Hamilton’s Central Park Soil Contaminated with Carcinogens: Environmental Site Assessment Reports
The Park is on land that was a tar-processing plant until expropriated in 1979. Nearby residents have expressed concerns for decades, with the Ministry of Environment ordering testing a decade ago.
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Hamilton’s Urban Boundary Debate on TVO’s The Agenda
Key highlights of the discussion between Councillors Lloyd Ferguson, John-Paul Danko, Lily Noble of Stop Sprawl Hamilton, and Mike Collin-Williams of the Homebuilders.
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Hamilton Urban Boundary Debate Delayed to November 9
City staff tell Environment Hamilton they need more time to complete their comparative analysis and evaluation of the impacts of freezing the urban boundary. City staff ruled out freezing the urban boundary in their initial studies and recommendations.