“There are companies out there in distress and, the timing of implementing a new tax, in the worst sales environment in nearly three decades is clearly a challenge,” says West End Home Builders’ CEO Mike Collins-Williams
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Hamilton City Council Divided on HUPEG Agreement Concerns and Transparency
Required payments to the Art Gallery of Hamilton and delays renovating the Convention Centre are among the issues.
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Joey’s Notepad: Peeks Into the Status of Hamilton LRT Construction Planning
LRT design is not complete, only at 10 percent for the Eastgate terminus, meanwhile the City and Metrolinx are still negotiating who does what.
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Canadian Tire Proposes two 25-Storey buildings at Main and Victoria in Hamilton
576 residential units are proposed, with no retail – meaning the Downtown Hamilton Canadian Tire location will close.
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Hamilton Committee of Adjustment for September 10, 2024
City staff are recommending approval for 12 applications, plus two conditional approvals, one tabling, and asking CoA to deny six applications.
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Hamilton Council Debates Open Space versus Trees in Hamilton’s Parks
An unexpected Council debate: should open fields in City parks should be converted to urban forests
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Hamilton CLOSED SESSION WATCH: 12-3 Vote on Ontario Works Office Lease Extension
For reasons they are not permitted to reveal, three members of City Council voted against a “Lease Extension and Amending Agreement” for the City’s main Ontario Works office at 250 Main Street East.
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Council to Debate HSR ‘Fare Assist” on October 15
The implementation of the Fare Assist program coincided with the end of a “Voluntary Pay Program” that permitted anyone with a mobility device to board HSR buses for free.
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BRIEF: City of Hamilton Says Its Corrected Payroll Issues, Six Months after Cybersecurity Failure
“Our policy, calls for 20 percent of their pay, and we’ve actually, reduced that to 5 percent of their pay until they, they’re able to repay the the full amount. I think in the majority of cases, they’ll be repaid by the end of this year,” stated Lora Fontana.
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NOTED: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Asked About Safety Concerns in Hamilton Centre
Singh responded people have a right to be safe in their communities, operate businesses, before pivoting to border security.