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McMaster University successfully lobbied the Ontario Progressive Conservative government for legislative changes to facilitate its new for-profit private partnership student residence.
As part of COVID pandemic omnibus legislation, the government’s Bill 213 exempted land intended to be used by McMaster University from development charges.
Following the publication of the story, the City and Union representing the operators met and reached an agreement to reinstate them.
Immune compromised bus operators sought safe alternative work such as contract tracing, the City is steadfast in its decision to terminate them. The Union is going to fight the terminations at arbitration.
Eric Miller’s resignation letter states the Council have created a crisis in the Market by voting 13-1 to deny COVID rent support to vendors.
The City of Hamilton held their once-a-week COVID press conference this afternoon. A summary of the press conference.
Hamilton’s curve is going down as daily case counts decrease and the reproductive number is finally back below 1.
Long-time staff in the City’s planning and economic department have lobbied shortly after retiring in the past. E-Scooter lobbying is increasing as Council expected to vote on possible legalization of commercial e-scooter services.
The deal will allow a two-storey detached home in the alleyway, but with conditions of title and privacy protections for neighbours to the west of 315B
Hamilton’s daily new case number for today is 171, and hospitalizations continue to increase. Without full contact tracing, we do not know exactly where or how COVID is spreading in our community. During the past ten days, Hamilton Public Health says nearly 50% of cases are from close contact transmission. 28% of cases are “community […]
Ontario is doing poorly at containing COVID, but in this context, Hamilton is managing better than other nearby regions.
Hamilton General Hospital is over-capacity in its ICU as the region facing a surge in COVID hospitalizations
