• News
    • Council Standing Committees
    • Advisory and Sub-Committees
    • Citizen-Majority Boards and Agencies
      • Tribunals
        • Hamilton Committee of Adjustment
      • Hamilton Library Board
      • Police Services Board
  • City Council Coverage
  • Planning & Developments
  • Blogs & Opinion
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky
  • RSS Feed
Skip to content

TPR Hamilton | Hamilton's Civic Affairs News Site

TPR Hamilton | Hamilton's Civic Affairs News Site

Comprehensive Coverage of Hamilton's Civic Affairs

  • News
    • Council Standing Committees
    • Advisory and Sub-Committees
    • Citizen-Majority Boards and Agencies
      • Tribunals
        • Hamilton Committee of Adjustment
      • Hamilton Library Board
      • Police Services Board
  • City Council Coverage
  • Planning & Developments
  • Blogs & Opinion
Posted inColeman's Notes

Vote Against Urban Boundary Expansion Reveals Change in Municipal Politics Power Balance

by Joey ColemanNovember 24, 2021December 20, 2024

For as long as anyone can remember, the development industry’s interests have always won at Council.
Now, online mobilization and membership lists are changing that.

Posted inBriefs, Hamilton City Hall

Hamilton Street Railway Wants Metrolinx to Extend Dundas Street BRT to McMaster University

by Joey ColemanNovember 19, 2021November 19, 2021

In an email, the HSR’s senior transit planner writes “Maybe Metrolinx could get moving on their Dundas Street BRT (which desired extension to Mac) sooner, rather than later?”

Posted inBriefs

McMaster and City of Hamilton Have a Deal on Private-Public Student Residence at 1190 Main Street West

by Joey ColemanNovember 17, 2021November 17, 2021

The settlement hearing will be conducted on Wednesday, December 15 by teleconference.

Posted inColeman's Notes

COLEMAN: Vanderbeek being Powers Landlord Is Not a Conflict of Interest

by Joey ColemanNovember 17, 2021

Her personal experience and decade-long professional relationship with Powers are obviously why she voted for him to be the replacement Ward 5 city councillor. 

Posted inHamilton City Hall

Councillors Split Over Closed Session Changes to 2030 Commonwealth Games Bid

by Joey ColemanNovember 17, 2021November 24, 2021

Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger warns if Council votes deal the closed session changes to the bid, they would effectively “abandon the entire Commonwealth Games process.”

Posted inHamilton City Hall

A 2017 OMB Settlement Promised No Evictions at Ventura Towers, Why Are They Happening Today?

by Joey ColemanNovember 17, 2021

In 2017, City Council approved zoning changes at 181 John and 192 Hughson North with the condition there be no evictions of existing tenants. Now tenants are being evicted.

Posted inBriefs, Hamilton City Hall

BRIEF: Some Upper City Hall Managers Returning to Offices in December

by Joey ColemanNovember 16, 2021

Over 2100 City staff continue to work from home, and are expected to begin returning to offices in the new year.

Posted inBriefs

BRIEF: Hamilton City Hall Implements Public Notice Sign for Demolitions In-Fills

by Joey ColemanNovember 16, 2021

In recent years, the purchase and demolition of older homes has become more common in Hamilton. Many of these demolition and new builds are “as of right” within existing zoning, and no public notices were required.

Posted inColeman's Notes

COLEMAN: RIP Ted Gill, Hamilton Transportation Engineer

by Joey ColemanNovember 15, 2021

Gill became an engaged citizen in retirement because of a passion for building a better Hamilton, and provided me much insight in our conversations in recent years.

Posted inNews

Joey’s Notes: COVID Makes YoY Comparisons Useless – Library Stats Edition

by Joey ColemanNovember 13, 2021November 13, 2021

Hamilton Public Library Reports 6878% increase in physical circulation year-over-year

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 115 116 117 118 119 … 233 Older posts

About The Public Record

The mission of The Public Record is to provide informed coverage of Hamilton’s civic affairs to enable all residents to fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship.


The Public Record Press Club

The Public Record is a reader-funded local news site that depends on your support to provide journalism for all Hamiltonians.

Become a Press Club member today and help TPR grow local journalism here in Hamilton


  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky
  • RSS Feed

The Public Record

  • Support The Public Record, Become a Member of Our Press Club
  • Our Mission As The Public Record
  • Code of Ethics and Journalistic Practice
  • Corrections and Errors
  • Use Our Content: Our Licensing
© 2025 Unless otherwise stated, All Original Content is Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic The Public Record's Privacy Policy