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Dec 29, 2024 · Bike lanes In the same week that Hamilton Councillors received their first full briefing on the 2024 City of Hamilton Budget, calling for a 7.9 percent tax increase, councillors were also presented with a proposal to spend $60 million on a rapid acceleration of the construction of bike lanes. Staff presented the proposal in response […]
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News Hamilton’s Soupfest returns February 25. A favourite mid-winter charitable and community event, Soupfest is back for the 30th year, Tuesday February 25th, from 1130 am to 7 pm...
Nine-year-old Hamilton child dies in QEW rollover accident
5 days ago · A nine-year old Hamilton child who was apparently sleeping in the back seat of a pickup truck has died after the truck went off the QEW in Burlington and flipped over several times. The accident took place in the westbound lane of the highway between Burloak and Bronte Road. OPP say the child was ejected […]
2025 Hamilton Budget will see $400 increase in taxes and water rates
4 days ago · Andrea Horwath is the wrong person to have veto power over budgeting. Once again she is allowing “stealing” from reserves. She had the opportunity, other than the police budget, to tell management to hold the line at an inflationary rate, which is 2.7%, and which pensioners will get on their OAS and CPP.
Massive infrastructure investments credited for banner year for ...
Feb 24, 2024 · The Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA) has released its shipping recap for the 2023 season and all of the indicators were pointing upward. HOPA Ports reported a combined total cargo of 11,293,179 metric tonnes (MT) through the ports of Hamilton and Oshawa. The 2023 total was a 9% increase from 2022, marking the second-highest volume […]
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Oct 20, 2024 · It’s good to see there’s a plan in place to open part of the Burlington Canal pier. Hamilton city councillors received a report this week from Public Works that the Hamilton side of the pier extending into lake on Ontario could be open to the public by the spring. Then negotiations should continue to open […]
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News New Hamilton population estimates could put pressure on urban boundary. If people were wondering where Hamilton would put the additional 168,000 people and 75,000 homes that were being forecast as coming between 2031...
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May 19, 2024 · With the onset of another summer season, It appears the public’s patience with homeless encampments is wearing thin, and there appears to be less inhibition in speaking out about the situation. This weekend, Justin Rotsaert, a resident of Ferrie Street, near the Bayfront Park encampment circulated a letter describing his most recent encounter with an […]