Hamilton’s Municipal Heritage Committee votes in favour of permitting demo, agreeing with new owners the historic auditorium is beyond saving
Posted inPlanning and Development
Hamilton Conservation Board Denies Application to Build Six-Storey Residential at 55 Cootes in Dundas
Proposed building on will be vulnerable to flooding, Conservation Board rules flooding cannot be mitigated, and lives be at risk if built.
Posted inCity Hall News
The Barton/Tiffany Tiny Shelters Are Late, Again
The City has no timeline for the arrival of the tiny shelter units. However, it remains confident that the Barton/Tiffany site will be operational “beginning in mid-January.”
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Ancaster Fiddlers Green Retirement Home Developer Files Non-Decision Appeal to OLT
City planning staff say the proposal is not compatible with the existing neighbourhood, and will result in the loss of 35 of 44 trees on the property.
Posted inHamilton Committee of Adjustment
Council to Debate Committee of Adjustment’s Repeated Overruling of Rural Zoning Rules
The CoA is approving intensification in areas without municipal water and sewage services.
Posted in2025 City of Hamilton Budget
Hamilton Increasing Building Permit Fees by 3 percent for 2025
City staff state building division operating cots will increase by 7.8 percent, but such a high increase may worsen Hamilton’s housing affordability crisis.
Posted inBriefs
Joey’s Notepad: Premier Ford Notes Hamilton LRT as a Priority in Letter Calling for “GO 2.0” Train Service Expansion
The directive notes that the “Hamilton light rail transit project” is a “critical transit project” that the Conservative government is committed to building.
Posted inHamilton City Council
Hamilton Council Will Vote on Encampment Enforcement & Removal
Two competing motions are on the agenda for January 15: one directing staff to enforce the existing encampment rules, another directing full removal of all encampments
Posted inHamilton City Council
Hamilton’s Public Health Committee to Study Implementing Wastewater Surveillance
Ontario ended province-wide testing in July 2024. Peterborough continued the program locally with an annual cost estimate of up to $62,500.
Posted inCity Hall
Robert Fyfe, Long-Time Member of Hamilton’s Veteran’s Committee, Deceased at Age 91
Fyfe was a member of the Hamilton Veteran’s Committee for many years, including serving as its Chair.