Tuesday, July 21, 2026

This new feature is a bit of a retro feature. Back in the early days of blogging, before Twitter and what we now call social media, I had some variations of a microblog. This is that, returned.

In a media advisory sent yesterday (Monday, July 20, 2026), the Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre states it will hold its “ribbon cutting event for HART Hub Hamilton’s Residential Treatment Site” next Monday, July 27.
The advisory does not state when the Hub will open. There is a legal challenge pending at the Superior Court regarding the City’s decision that the treatment facility is a permitted use within the existing zoning.

Hamilton Paramedic Deputy Chief Cliff Eggleton is the next General Manager of Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) and Paramedic Chief.

The announcement was made earlier this month. He begins in Guelph-Wellington on August 4th.

The City of Hamilton has made its building permit search engine publicly available. You can visit it here: https://pplb.hamilton.ca/prod/webui/#/search/1521950

The data is more updated than the TPR building permit database. The TPR database relies upon the City’s mandatory monthly submissions to Statistics Canada, meaning the data in the TPR database is delayed a minimum of six weeks from permit issuance.

Ward 2 public school trustee Sabreina Dahab posted to Instagram this afternoon confirming she has registered for re-election. Dahab campaigned alongside city council candidate Cameron Kroetsch in 2022.

Minister of Health, and Deputy Premier, Sylvia Jones will be in Hamilton on Wednesday “to provide remarks and hold a media availability,” according to a just issued media advisory. The media availability is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

The Hamilton Fire Department is reporting multiple dispatches for flooding in the Glanbrook area.

A strong front of thunderstorms passed over Hamilton this afternoon.

The Buffalo weather radar, operated by the United States National Weather Service, estimated a peak rain intensity of 76 millimetres per hour over Glanbrook, with an estimated total rainfall this morning of 125 millimetres in the area.

The July average rainfall for Hamilton Airport, according to Environment Canada, is 97mm.

Updates at 3:55 p.m.

• GO Transit is not servicing the Beamsville Park and Ride stop “due to flooding in the area.” The same thunderstorm cells that passed over Glanbrook continued westward over Beamsville.
• Hamilton Police are reporting numerous road closures across Glanbrook and rural Upper Stoney Creek.

It was an uneventful Market Board meeting this evening.

The Board discussed the drop in monthly visitor counts that occurred during May and June. The discussion focused on the recent addition of full-time security at the market, and broader safety measures being taken in the downtown by Hamilton Police. Unsaid was the reality that to the extent the drop in visitors is because of broader perceptions and concern about downtown safety, the Market has limited-to-no ability to address those.

The Market is not sitting idle on efforts to create a more attractive experience for visitors.

Hamilton Farmers’ Market Traffic Decline Accelerates to 14.1 Per Cent in June, Report Cites Downtown Crime

Beginning in September, the Market will activate its York Boulevard space including opening its sliding panels onto the street. The Market has purchased new street furniture for the activation. The Market’s fall harvest festival will begin September 9 and run until October 10.

Vendor attendance policy was discussed at length. The stallholders association president discussed hypothetical scenarios — such as a vendor requiring cancer treatments on repeated Wednesdays for more than three months — to express concern about the Market’s requirement that vendors be open on all market days. The discussion did not progress into any changes.

The Market Board does not meet in August.

Hamilton’s Municipal Heritage Committee level of concern has increased regarding the future of St. Giles Church at the corner of Main Street East and Holton Street South in the centre of Ward 3.

The property is listed for sale at $2,895,000. The price is reflective of the land value of the 1.03 acres property. The church building does not heritage designation.

The Gothic Revival-style church, constructed in 1913, has sat vacant since 2016 since the merger of its congregation with the downtown Centenary United Church to former New Vision United Church. The congregation chose to worship in the Downtown Hamilton Centenary site at 24 Main Street West which also functions as a music hall.

In 2021, New Vision came to an agreement with the United Property Resource Corporation (UPRC) to develop the St. Giles site. The plans were abandoned following community opposition.

“The property is located in the attractive Gibson neighborhood with immediate access to public transit arteries to Hamilton GO station, the downtown core and McMaster University,” claims real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield on its listing page, noting the site could become townhouses.