City Knew About Structural Issues Before Gore Buildings Collapse
Timeline reveals 21 months of inadequate steps at city officials who knew the buildings were not safe, yet continued to issue permits for events in front of them.
$274,000 Stolen from the City of Hamilton in Business Email Compromise Fraud
City changed vendor bank account info multiple times, solely based on email requests – without conducting basic verification. City promises to do basics in the future.
PREVIEW: Hamilton Heritage Permit Review Committee on May 20, 2025
Five heritage permits will be reviewed at this meeting. All of them are routine.
PREVIEW: Hamilton Public Library Board of Directors on May 21, 2025
The Library Board’s will deal with the growing problem of people not returning borrowed materials, and approve information and housekeeping reports.
ATM Stolen from Hamilton Library Carlisle Branch
The TD Bank ATM in the lobby of the Carlisle library branch was stolen at around 11:15 p.m. on April 24.
PREVIEW: Hamilton City Council Emergency and Community Services Committee on May 22, 2025
The Fire Department Annual Report, an Updated Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Plan, and an update on the City’s child care expansion.
WEEKLY PREVIEW
Week Ahead: Hamilton Civic Meetings and Events for April 21 to 25, 2025
It’s the last week of the federal election campaign and Hamilton’s candidates will debate. Two OLT hearings, two City Hall meetings, and more in TPR’s weekly listing.
How Council Voted
How Hamilton City Council Voted: April 16 2025 Ratification Meeting
There were five divided votes during the April 16, 2025, Hamilton City Council meeting.
DAYBOOK
TPR Hamilton Daybook for Tuesday, May 20, 2025
It is the start of Council committee week.
Today, there are three meetings at City Hall: Public Health, Public Works, and Heritage Permit Review.
The Ontario Land Tribunal begins a hearing involving lands near the airport.
Read The DaybookTuesday’s Meetings
9:30 a.m. Public Health Sub-Committee
TPR Preview // Agenda // YouTube Live
10:00 a.m. Ontario Land Tribunal
3054 Homestead Drive, 9166 & 9174 Airport Road
By Videoconference
1:30 p.m. Public Works Committee
TPR Preview // Agenda // YouTube Live
6:00 p.m. Heritage Permit Review Sub-Committee
TPR Preview // Agenda // YouTube Live
Blogs and Columns
Joey’s Notepad: Nothing New on Hamilton LRT in 2025 Ontario Budget
The Ontario budget does not include any updates on Hamilton’s LRT project. The funding is still in the budget. With eleven days remaining until the tenth anniversary of the ‘we’re going to built it’ announcement, will Metrolinx announce something next week?
Joey’s Notepad: Civil Liberties and Police Drones Looking Into Vehicles
The effort to prevent road deaths by enforcing distracted driving laws is commendable. However, a free society cannot permit police to use drones to peer into car windows.
Joey’s Notepad: City of Hamilton Monitoring Bill 230 – Really?
Dog ate my homework – CBC is reporting the City claims it is closely monitoring Bill 230 on cooling apartments. There’s one problem: Bill 230 is dead (plus it was a private members bill.)
Joey’s Notepad: Following Up Whitby Council’s Crazy October Meeting
Whitby Council is a mess, with a Integrity Commissioner who didn’t shine much light on the issues, and they use a law firm instead of the Ombudsman to sort out closed meeting complaints.
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PREVIEW: Hamilton Council Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee on May 22, 2025
On the agenda: the City loses $274K to email fraud, semi-annual updates on fraud and waste reports, write-offs of Provincial Offences Act hard-to-collect fines, and repealing the Community Benefits Changes levied against new developments.
BRIEF: City of Hamilton Costs Heat-Related Misting Station: No Plans to Install This Year
Staff state that a 7.3 metre by 7.3 metre shade structure (a canopy) is $90,000 per unit installed, a new spray pad costs $900,000 “on average,” adding a water drink fountain costs $65,000, and a misting station “can range in costs from $10,000 to $50,000, depending on servicing, complexity, and scale.”
Hamilton to Vote on Ending Community Benefit Charges on New Housing
The City of Hamilton collected $79,113 in CBC fees in 2024. The City does not expect to collect any CBC fees in 2025 due to the lack of housing starts.
BRIEF: Hess Village Forming Business Improvement Area
They plan to raise $50,000 annually from a local tax levy to support programming and initiatives to attract more people to the restaurant, entertainment, and personal services focused business area.
City Council to Vote on $900K Grant to New Vision United Church for Music Hall
The City’s 2013 Music Strategy stated that Hamilton needs a mid-size music venue (500 to 1000 seat capacity), and successive councils have approved this as a priority in the Tourism Strategy and the Economic Development Action Plan.
PREVIEW: Hamilton Public Health Sub-Committee on May 20, 2025
It is a light agenda with two information matters.
Preview: Hamilton Council Public Works Committee on May 20, 2025
Dealing with an alleged significant encroachment and unpermitted structures, protecting events from vehicle attack, affordable housing lands, honouring Ulrich Nitka, and more.
BRIEF: Pedestrian Stairs Between York Blvd and Waterfront Trail Closed
The pedestrian stairs between the Waterfront Trail and York Blvd are closed due to safety concerns.
Hamilton Reviewing Safety Measures for Public Events Following April Vancouver Attack
Council’s Public Works Committee will vote Tuesday (May 20) to direct the City’s transportation department to identify safety measures to protect street festivals and other events this summer.
Hamilton-Oshawa Port Reports Record Revenue in 2024, Seeks CBSA Customs Approval to Keep Expanding
Port shares optimism during annual community meeting, as the Trump trade war overshadows Canada’s economy.
Provincial Government Sets Inclusionary Zoning Caps
Hamilton will only be permitted to seek up to five percent affordable units in major transit station areas.
Ontario Government Proposes Eliminating Mandatory Wind and Shadow Study Requirements
Part of the Bill 17 package, the Province is looking to cut what it argues is red-tape. The question is if studies can be required and if so, when?
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