Hamilton Council makes Encampment Coordination Team permanent
Staff say that the pilot was successful in preventing “entrenched encampments”. The permanent program will cost $1.3 million a year to run. Photo credit:…
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Hamilton Police announce crime gun confiscations in the city up 77 per cent
Officials say that many of the confiscations were a result of citizen tips. Photo credit: Facebook/Hamilton Police Service The Hamilton Police Service (HPS)…
City fraud and waste audit reveals multiple issues, Councillors decide to make tip hotline permanent
The City of Hamilton started its Fraud and Waste Hotline as a three-year pilot program in 2019. A recently released City of Hamilton…
New $1 million gift supports biological anthropology grad students at McMaster
The Shelley Saunders/Koloshuk Family Scholarship has supported promising McMaster PhD students in biological anthropology since 2008 and has helped McMaster’s Department of Anthropology earn a…
FirstOntario Centre renovations delayed for Grey Cup festivities
Photo credit: Hamilton Honey Badgers The FirstOntario Centre renovation plan will be delayed by a couple of weeks due to Grey Cup festivities.…
Provincial budget increases physician training at McMaster’s medical school
New provincial funding to expand the training capacity at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine was announced by Premier Doug Ford and Finance…
City of Hamilton’s major overhaul of truck routes starting this month
The changes are expected to reduce noise and improve air quality in the downtown area. The truck route changes are also meant to make…
City of Hamilton dredging deadline changed yet again – this time to October 31
Under the new agreement with the October deadline, the City of Hamilton will be required to submit weekly progress reports to the province. Clean-up…
Ontario invests $6.8 million to expand McMaster’s nuclear capacity
The 2023 provincial budget includes new funding to expand McMaster’s leadership in nuclear research, education and medical isotope production. Photo credit: McMaster University …
Nrinder Nann named in Integrity Commissioner complaint about safe injection site
Residents believe “questionable procedural issues took place during (a February) meeting” that green lit a safe injection site at 746 Barton Street East. Nann…