Local
A motion brought forward by Councillor John-Paul Danko (Ward 8 – West/Central Mountain) to have city staff review the city’s controversial tiny shelter purchase was approved by Hamilton Council on Jan. 22.
The motion passed unanimously in a 16 to 0 vote.
The city’s purchase of 40 tiny shelters to house the homeless has been marred by controversy, with project delays and revelations that the structures were actually manufactured in China rather than from a local company.
Local
In January the City of Hamilton announced that they are distributing $8.2 million for 11 different affordable housing projects…
National
Canadians are opening their home heating bills with a sense of dread this month, thanks to the carbon tax.
National
Amid the growing tensions from the ongoing trade war with the United States under President Donald Trump, an unexpected surge in Canadian patriotism has emerged.
National
It would be almost funny, if it wasn’t so serious. After years of Canadian economists and business leaders pleading for the removal of interprovincial trade barriers to boost our economy, all of a sudden, our politicians are falling all over themselves to pledge their support.