Longwood Road Bridge Rehab – the City is looking to have maintenance rehabilitation work done on the Longwood Road bridge over Highway 403. The work is necessary and has been on the books for a few years now. The bridge will undergo significant work (or even potential replacement) as part of the LRT project. The […]
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Joey’s Notes: The 317 Unvaccinated, Untested City of Hamilton Staff
If they wish to resist vaccination, the City of Hamilton is allowing them.
The 317 holdouts are now resisting testing, which is even more absurd.
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Ontario Court Rules Against Injunction, City of Hamilton Plans to Resume Enforcement at Encampments
Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman finds a coalition of homeless applicants who are challenging bylaws failed to meet the legal test for an injunction.
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Alberta Court Says Municipal Landmarks “Not a Soapbox”
Alberta’s superior court, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, upheld the decision of the City of Edmonton not to light up their municipal landmark High-Level Bridge in the colours of the Alberta March for Life Association.
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BRIEF: Heritage Committee Approves Security Bollards Around Hamilton City Hall
Council approved the $682,000 project in March.
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BRIEF: Ontario Regulation for Hamilton LRT Issued
Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit line is now officially an Ontario Priority Transit Project under the Building Transit Faster Act.
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COLEMAN: The Prince George Encampment Ruling, What It Could Mean for Hamilton
In Prince George, a B.C. Chief Justice adds suitable low-barrier accessible shelter to the requirements municipalities must meet or be restrained from removing encampments.
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OLT Issues Rare Cost Order Against the White Star Group for Gross Misbehaviour
OLT issues its strongest allowed rebuke against White Star Group
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Will the Superior Court Grant an Interlocutory Injunction Preventing Removal of Encampments in Hamilton?
Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman must decide if the Court will grant an interlocutory [temporary] injunction to restrain the City of Hamilton from using its Parks Bylaw to remove homeless encampments on public lands.
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Hamilton’s Central Park Soil Contaminated with Carcinogens: Environmental Site Assessment Reports
The Park is on land that was a tar-processing plant until expropriated in 1979. Nearby residents have expressed concerns for decades, with the Ministry of Environment ordering testing a decade ago.