A look at the 12 City Council meeting this week, and one Ontario Land Tribunal hearing.
Posted inCity Hall
City of Hamilton Was Concerned About Stability of Collapsed Gore Buildings in July, Refuses to Release Key Documents
City building officials inspected the structures on November 8, they collapsed on Nov 11 – TPR asked for info about November 8th’s inspection. The City declined to answer.
Posted in2026 City of Hamilton Budget, Citizen-Majority Boards and Agencies
Hamilton Farmers Market Submits 2025 Budget: Levy Ask Up $46,000
Market seeks $378,268 in municipal levy dollars, up 14 percent from $331,903 in 2024.
Posted inCity Hall
New Hamilton Airport Lease Includes $30,000/year payment into Ward 11 Councillor “Discretionary Fund”
The growth of “slush funds” continues at Hamilton City Hall.
Posted inHamilton City Council Votes
How Hamilton City Council Voted: November 13 2024 Ratification Meeting
Councillors differed on using the notwithstanding clause re: encampments, endorsing keep ‘safe consumption sites’
Posted inCity Hall
Divisional Court Rules City of Hamilton’s Rejection of CHP Ad Reasonable
City declined to run a political bus shelter defining the word “woman” as an “adult female” citing city policy and academic research regarding potential harm to gender-non-confirming and transgender individuals.
Posted inInbox, Police Services Board
INBOX: SIU States Investigators “collected a replica firearm from the scene” in West Hamilton Saturday Police Shooting
Statement adds context to the SIU’s Saturday and Sunday statements, and comes as community members and the deceased family express concerns about what happened.
Posted inPolice Services Board
Statement from the Family of Erixon Kabera
TPR received the following statement from the family of Erixon Kabera who was shot and killed by a Hamilton Police officer in a November 9, 2024 incident that is being investigated by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit
Posted inCity Hall News, Planning and Development
Hamilton Gore Building Collapse: First Remarks by Mayor Andrea Horwath and City Manager Marnie Cluckie
“But for the Grace of God, as they say, as far as we know at this point, there are no injuries,” Mayor Horwath
City Manager says city building inspectors were on site on Friday.
Posted inBriefs
Hamilton Farmers Market Reports Busiest Day Since the Pandemic Began in 2020
6,798 people visited the Market on Hamilton Day – an increase of over 35 percent from 2023’s Hamilton Day, and triple the Saturday foot traffic the week prior in October.