After many meetings of discussions, councillors agreed to amend City’s truck route bylaw to change to allow MTO farm license plated trucks to operate anywhere within the rural boundaries.
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Hamilton City Council Truck Route Sub-Committee for September 1, 2016
Full Video of the Hamilton City Council Truck Route Sub-Committee for September 1, 2016
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We Need to Focus on Compassion for Drug Addiction And Pass a Good Samaritan Law
We’re failing to put compassion above criminalization when dealing with drug overdose situations, it’s time to pass Bill C-224 and save lives.
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Awaiting Ruling from Court of Appeal on Hamilton v. Canada Post
Hamilton’s City Solicitor tells Metroland’s Hamilton Community News that she is “hopeful to see a decision in two to four weeks” in the City’s legal battle against Canada Post.
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Hamilton Committee of Adjustment for September 1, 2016
Hamilton’s Committee of Adjustment will hear 24 variance or severance applications during its first meeting of August. Here are some of the applications that drew the attention of The Public Record’s Joey Coleman.
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Hamilton Truck Route Sub-Committee for September 2016
Hamilton City Council’s Truck Route Sub-Committee will discuss a staff report responding to a motion to researching ban heavy trucks on Centennial Parkway from Queenston Road to Green Mountain Road, including the mountain access. There is also a motion, not public until the meeting, “respecting farm truck exceptions.”
The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. on September 1, The Public Record will broadcast it live.
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Tickets on Sale for Neighbourhood Development "Building Momentum" Fundraiser
The City is selling tickets for the neighbourhood development fundraising event “Building Momentum” on Friday, September 16 from 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Town Hall on Electoral Reform [Live Blog]
I’m at the Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Town Hall on Electoral Reform hosted by Liberal M.P. Filomena Tassi. The event started at 6:30pm at the Innovation Park in West Hamilton. I’m using a liveblogging format to cover this meeting. Follow along for updates and observations.
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Special Hamilton City Council GIC: Government Infrastructure Funding Lobbying Priorities [August 23, 2016]
City Council will debate a staff proposal to prioritize lobbying the Justin Trudeau federal Liberal government infrastructure, transit/transportation and affordable housing.
Live video starts at 9:30am
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Whitehead's Schtick Fail: Calls for Pedestrian Crosswalks at Upper James and Fennell, Mohawk, Stone Church
Ward 8 Councillor Terry Whitehead is concerned that Upper James is not getting pedestrian crosswalks and that the City is not following “empirical” data installing the crosswalks downtown.
Except that only two of the first five crosswalks is in the Lower City, and the locations he proposes for Upper James are already full signalized intersections.