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Horwath’s Inaugural Speech Promises a Better City Government

Housing, Safety, Inclusion, Honesty, and Change will serve as foundational themes for Horwath’s first term as Hamilton’s Mayor.

Hamilton’s Procedural Bylaw’s citizenship requirement violates Ontario’s Libraries Act, with the bylaw open, the Mayor says it is time to reconsider.

Fengate LIUNA filed non-decision appeals pre-empting Council’s public hearings, leaving residents to argue at the Ontario Land Tribunal

Justice Joseph R. Henderson ruled the suspension of the policy means the alleged harms of the policy are now “hypothetical.”

Past Hamilton politicians protested oaths to the Crown, a brief history.

Strong mayors will be able to govern with a 1/3rd minority of Council on “certain municipal by-laws related to provincial priorities.”

Reorg is prep for Planning Act changes that impose refunds when the City fails to make decisions in 60, 90, and 120 days on planning applications.

City Councillors approve deal as Titan argues in court its scrapyard should be grandfathered and allowed to operate in Freelton

Creation of two residential lots denied at English Church Road and Upper James

Ancaster’s heritage advocates worried making Ancaster’s community node part of city-wide density targets will cause the Old Village’s destruction.