• Councillor Cameron Kroetsch blasts Horwath over budget process, calls for “equity-based budgeting”

    Local

    Councillor Cameron Kroetsch (Ward 2 – Downtown Hamilton) recently blasted Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath over the 2026 budget process in his ward newsletter.

    When Horwath was first elected mayor in October 2022, Kroetsch appeared to be one of her allies on Council.

    Back in 2022, Kroetsch said that he was “really looking forward to a Mayor who communicates clearly, avoids platitudes and generalizations, and will treat Hamiltonians with the respect they deserve.”

     

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    CityHousing Hamilton aiming to address safety concerns with new strategic plan

    Local

    CityHousing Hamilton (CHH), the city’s municipally-owned affordable housing provider, is aiming to address increased safety concerns at their social housing sites with a new five-year strategic plan.

     

     

     

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    Whither goest net zero?

    National

    Our current global instability, most recently driven by the Iran war and what it has done to energy markets, has again cast the entire issue of “Net Zero” into question.

     

     

     

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    The federal NDP is a house divided against itself

    National

    The selection of Avi Lewis as federal NDP leader does little to resolve the party’s existential crisis. In fact, it might have exacerbated it.

     

     

     

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    The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Ford government’s 2026 budget

    Provincial

    The Ford government’s 2026 budget contains some good news and bad news for taxpayers.

     

     

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    McMaster University and Candu Energy unveil new student engineering hub

    Local

    On Mar. 12, McMaster University and Candu Energy Inc. unveiled a new 5,000-square-foot engineering design studio on campus.

    The space will be named Candu Core and is meant to be a “hub for innovation in engineering education.”

    The space is named in recognition of a $1.5-million gift from Candu Energy Inc. to McMaster University to create the hub and is located in the John Hodgins Engineering building.

     

     

     

    Hockey returning to Hamilton as New York Islanders announce relocation of their AHL affiliate

    Sports

    Hockey appears set to return to Hamilton, with the New York Islanders of the NHL announcing on Mar. 19 that they intend to relocate their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team to the city.

     

     

     

    Another missed opportunity in the Ontario budget

    Provincial

    It could have been worse is about the best you can say about the 2026 Ontario budget released this week. Overall spending increased by about the rate of inflation, which is an improvement on previous budgets.

     

     

     

    Our most powerful prime minister?

    National

    When Canadians waved goodbye to former prime minister Justin Trudeau last March and welcomed Prime Minister Mark Carney to Parliament Hill’s executive offices, a sense of relief glided across the country.

     

    Canada’s healthcare system needs major reform, despite some successes

    National

    Canadians are so used to reading stories about our struggling healthcare system, it’s actually shocking to hear something good.

     

     

     

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