Port Authority applies for series of severances to lands north of Burlington, including Pier 15 – the site of the proposed Energy from Waste Plant.
It’s a step towards building the plant, and sets up for confrontation with City over use.
Day One Interview with Mayor Fred Eisenberger
On his first day in his second opportunity as Hamilton’s Mayor, Joey Coleman asked Mayor Eisenberger a few questions.
Discussion quickly turned to the drawers in the Mayor’s Office
Councillors Committee Assignments: A List of Interesting Changes and What They Could Mean
A look at Council Committees with noteworthy changes: Greater Bay Area Committee, Web Redevelopment, Municipal Heritage, Business Improvement Area (BIA) Advisory, Governance Review (Accountability and Transparency), Hamilton Port Authority – City of Hamilton Liaison Committee, and Selection Committee.
Multiple Alarm Fire on Lawrence Rd Sends One to Hospital
Hamilton Fire spokesperson Claudio Mostacci says an apartment fire at 710 Lawrence Rd in Hamilton’s Rosedale neighbourhood has sent one person to hospital, and killed one of two cats in the apartment.
Mostacci says the fire was caused by a candle flame which ignited the air while the resident was using household cleaning products.
The exact ignition was not yet known during the 7:10pm media briefing Saturday evening.
Firefighters responded to the fire in a fourth floor apartment at 6:20pm.
The patient was attended to by Firefighters and Paramedics, and taken to hospital.
James Baptist Developer Required To Remedy Damage To Heritage Window
City of Hamilton Planning Director Steve Robichaud says the developer of the James Baptist site will have to remedy damage to the heritage window damaged in this week’s wind storm.
Lobbying Queen's Park: Ticats, US Steel, and the City of Hamilton
With the municipal election now nearly a month behind us, it’s time to take a look at what’s happening at Queen’s Park in terms of Hamilton’s entities lobbying the provincial government.
What To Do About Voter Turnout: A TPR Discussion Event
What can be done about Hamilton’s historically low voter turnout? Can anything be done?
Next Four Years: Ridesharing, Uber, and Taxi Licensing
As the City of Toronto takes Uber to court, we look at the challenge facing the new Council as they’ll response to Uber’s disruption to taxi regulations as Uber prepares to expand to Hamilton.
Spoiler Alert: Council can’t do much but issue fines that Uber will pay – this will be decided in the Toronto court case.
Hamilton Police Launch Online Crime Mapping of Selected Crime Types
Hamilton Police are providing selected crime data exclusively to US-based RAIDS Analytics, but not as open data to the local community.