Local
City of Hamilton staff have begun removing encampments from parks after Council officially ended the municipal Encampment Protocol on March 6.
The motion to end the Encampment Protocol was brought forward at a Jan. 15 General Issues Committee meeting by Councillor Mike Spadafora (Ward 14 – West Mountain) and was seconded by Councillor Tom Jackson (Ward 6 – East Mountain).
The motion passed 13-2, with only Cameron Kroetsch (Ward 2 – Downtown Hamilton) and Alex Wilson (Ward 13 -Dundas-Central Flamborough) voting against it.
Councillor Nrinder Nann (Ward 3 – East Hamilton Centre) was absent from the vote.
Local
A newly released Housing Market Outlook Report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada’s national housing agency, says that Hamilton housing prices will rise over the next three years, but that price growth will be “tempered by high levels of inventory.”
National
Despite the fact they are often ill-treated by governments, SMEs are an essential component of a dynamic economy and a well-functioning democracy.
National
Don’t be fooled by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s smoke and mirrors: his government might appear different from former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s on the outside, but deeper down, it’s the same old Liberals.
National
A famous observation about history declares it to rhyme more than it repeats. As we prepare for Canada’s 45th federal election in 2025, there may be a temptation to look back a few decades, find a similar situation, and expect a familiar outcome.
