• Keanin Loomis announces run for Hamilton Mayor, will seek to unseat Andrea Horwath

    Local

    Keanin Loomis, former President and CEO of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and 2022 Hamilton mayoral candidate, officially announced on Feb. 25 that he will be running for mayor once again this October.

    Municipal elections across Ontario will be held on Oct. 26, 2026.

    Loomis will seek to unseat Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath in a rematch of the 2022 election, which saw him lose out by just 1.17 per cent of the vote (57,553 votes compared to Horwath’s 59,216).

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    PBO fiasco

    National

    For the first time in almost 20 years, Canada does not have a Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO). This role was first created in 2006 by the Harper Conservative government…

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    Mark Carney is outspending Justin Trudeau

    National

    Prime Minister Mark Carney is outspending former prime minister Justin Trudeau. Canada’s last fiscal year – and the estimates for the upcoming 2026-27 fiscal year…

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    MPPs must reject April 1 pay raise

    Provincial

    Watch your wallets because provincial politicians are trying to take another big pay raise.

    Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer scores highly but could use improvements

    National

    Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is one of the finest budget watchdogs in the world, but a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is recommending…

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    Hamilton Library staff detail “crisis” at Central branch amid potential temporary closure

    Local

    On Jan. 26, Hamilton Public Library (HPL) announced that its Central Library branch will be closed on Sundays for the foreseeable future and will open one hour later (9 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.) every other day, in response to mental health and addiction incidents.

    Then, in a Feb. 18 report to the HPL Board, CEO and Chief Librarian Paul Takala wrote that he is considering “a temporary closure of the Central Library to disrupt the pattern of drug use while making physical changes to the first floor.”

    Upgrades to Hamilton Airport complete as Porter adds new flights

    Local

    John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM) has officially completed major enhancements, including the addition of passenger jet bridges and updates to its international arrivals area.

    The Silent Productivity Killer

    National

    A number of recent news stories, combined with some things I have heard from several business owners, has all led to the same conclusion – Canada is on a very problematic path at present.

    Fraser Institute Expresses Skepticism Over Balanced Budget Timeline

    Provincial

    The Fraser Institute is out with a new study criticizing the record of the Progressive Conservative government under Premier Doug Ford.

    The $883-billion hole in the Canada-India deal

    National

    Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced five memorandums of understanding and plans for free trade by 2026.

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